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| Subsequent Events                | SUBSEQUENT EVENTSOn January 5, 2015, First Merchants Corporation, an Indiana corporation (“First Merchants”), and C Financial Corporation, an Ohio corporation (“C Financial”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization and Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which, C Financial will, subject to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement, merge with and into First Merchants (the “Merger,”) whereupon the separate corporate existence of C Financial will cease and First Merchants will survive.  Immediately following the Merger, Cooper State Bank, an Ohio state bank and wholly-owned subsidiary of C Financial, will be merged with and into First Merchants Bank, National Association, a national bank and wholly-owned subsidiary of First Merchants, with First Merchants Bank, National Association continuing as the surviving bank.  The Merger Agreement has been approved by the Boards of Directors of each of First Merchants and C Financial, but the consummation of the Merger is conditioned upon the approval of the C Financial shareholders and certain regulatory authorities as well as satisfaction of customary closing conditions.  The Merger Agreement provides that upon the effective date of the Merger (the “Effective Date”), the shareholders of C Financial shall be entitled to receive an aggregate of $14,500,000 in cash in exchange for all of the outstanding shares of C Financial common stock, $1.00 par value.  The amount each shareholder will receive will be equal to $14,500,000 multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of C Financial Common Stock held by such shareholder and the denominator of which is the number of shares of C Financial Common Stock outstanding on the Effective Date.  Any shareholders who dissent from the Merger in accordance with Ohio Revised Code Sections 1701.84 and 1701.85, as amended, will only receive payment through the dissenters’ rights proceedings.  Subject to C Financial common shareholders’ approval of the Merger Agreement, regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions, the parties anticipate completing the Merger in the second quarter of 2015. |

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The entire disclosure for significant events or transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date through the date the financial statements were issued or the date the financial statements were available to be issued. Examples include: the sale of a capital stock issue, purchase of a business, settlement of litigation, catastrophic loss, significant foreign exchange rate changes, loans to insiders or affiliates, and transactions not in the ordinary course of business.
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