First Merchants Corporation Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend
MUNCIE, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 22, 2006--At its regularly scheduled meeting held on February 14, 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 March 20, 2006, to stockholders of record March 6, 2006. For purposes of broker trading, the ex-date of the cash dividend is March 2, 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, Madison Community Bank, United Communities National Bank, First National Bank, Decatur Bank & Trust Company, Frances Slocum Bank, Lafayette Bank & Trust Company, Commerce National Bank and Merchants Trust Company. 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 Corporation's Internet web page (http:/www.firstmerchants.com).
CONTACT: First Merchants Corporation
Mark K. Hardwick, 765-751-1857
http://firstmerchants.com
SOURCE: First Merchants Corporation