Company: FRME
Filing Date: 2025-10-17
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001193125-25-242318
Chunk: 218

Company: FIRST MERCHANTS CORP
Filing Date: 2025-10-17
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 218
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 of an undertaking by such person to repay such expenses if it should ultimately be determined that he or she is not entitled to the indemnification outlined above. As permitted by the Indiana Business Corporation Law, the directors and officers of First Merchants are covered by an insurance policy indemnifying them against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the federal securities laws, which might be incurred by them in such capacity. Item 21. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules. (a) The following Exhibits are being filed as part of this Registration Statement except those which are incorporated by reference:

| Exhibit 
 No.     
 2.1     
 3.1     |     | Description of Exhibit                                                                                                                                                              
 Agreement and Plan of Merger between First Merchants Corporation and First Savings Financial Group, Inc., dated September                                                           
 24, 2025 (attached as Annex A to the proxy statement and prospectus contained in this Registration Statement)*†                                                                     
 First Merchants Corporation Articles of Incorporation, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of First Merchants’ Form 8-K filed on May 22, 2024) (SEC No. 000-17071) |
|:--------|:----|:------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 3.2     |     | Bylaws of First Merchants Corporation effective as of May                                                                                                                           
 20, 2024 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of First Merchants’ Form 8-K filed on May 22, 2024) (SEC No. 001-41342)                                                          |
| 4.1     |     | First Merchants Corporation Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of First Merchants Capital Trust II (incorporated by reference to                                             
 Exhibit 4.1 of First Merchants’ Form 8-K filed on July 3, 2007) (SEC                                                                                                                
 No. 000-17071)                                                                                                                                                                      |

II-1

| Exhibit 
 No.     |     | Description of Exhibit                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 4.2     |     | Indenture of First Merchants Capital Trust II (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of First Merchants’ Form 8-K filed on July 3, 2007) (SEC No. 000-17071)                                                                                                      |
| 4.3     |     | Guarantee Agreement of First Merchants Capital Trust II (incorporated by reference to Exhibit