First Merchants Corporation Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend
MUNCIE, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 2, 2006--
At its regularly scheduled meeting held on July 25, 2006, 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 September 20, 2006, to stockholders of record September 6, 2006. For purposes of broker trading, the ex-date of the cash dividend is September 1, 2006.
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., Madison Community Bank, N.A., United Communities National Bank, First National Bank, Decatur Bank & Trust Company, N.A., Frances Slocum Bank, N.A., Lafayette Bank & Trust Company, N.A., Commerce National 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 and is a majority member of Indiana Title Insurance Company, LLC, a title 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, Muncie Mark K. Hardwick, 765-751-1857 http://firstmerchants.com