First Merchants Corporation Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend
MUNCIE, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- At its meeting held on February 16, 2009, the Board of Directors of First Merchants Corporation (NASDAQ: FRME) declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.23 per share on its common stock.
The cash dividend is payable March 20, 2009, to stockholders of record March 6, 2009. For purposes of broker trading, the ex-date of the cash dividend is March 4, 2009.
About First Merchants Corporation
First Merchants Corporation is a financial holding company headquartered in Muncie, Indiana. Subsidiaries of the Corporation include First Merchants Bank, N.A., First Merchants Bank of Central Indiana, N.A., Lafayette Bank & Trust Company, N.A., Commerce National Bank, Lincoln Bank and First Merchants Trust Company, N.A. The Corporation also operates First Merchants Insurance Services, a full-service property casualty, personal lines, and healthcare insurance agency.
First Merchants Corporation's common stock is traded over-the-counter on the NASDAQ National Market System under the symbol FRME. Quotations are carried in daily newspapers and can be found on the company's Internet web page (http://www.firstmerchants.com).
Source: First Merchants Corporation
Contact: First Merchants Corporation Mark K. Hardwick, 765-751-1857 Executive Vice President/Chief Financial Officer