News Release Details

First Merchants Corporation to Report Fourth Quarter 2007 Financial Results, Host Conference Call

01/16/2008

MUNCIE, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

First Merchants Corporation (NASDAQ:FRME) will report fourth quarter 2007 financial results on January 23, 2008. The Corporation will host a fourth quarter earnings conference call at 2:30 p.m. (EST) on Wednesday, January 23, 2008. To participate dial (Toll Free) 800-860-2442 and reference First Merchants Corporation's fourth quarter earnings release. A replay will be available until January 31, 2008. To access replay, US/Canada participants should dial (Toll Free) 877-344-7529 or for International participants, dial 412-317-0088. The replay passcode is 414887#.

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 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 Mark K. Hardwick, 765-751-1857 Executive Vice President/Chief Financial Officer http://firstmerchants.com
  • First Merchants Corporation

    200 East Jackson Street
    P.O. Box 792
    Muncie, IN 47305-2814

    (765) 747-1500

  • Investor Relations Contact

    Nicole M. Weaver
    765.521.7619 or
    800.262.4261, Ext. 47619

    nweaver@firstmerchants.com

  • Shareholder Relations Contact

    Cindy Holaday
    765.741.7278 or
    800.262.4261, Ext. 27278

    shareholderrelations
    @firstmerchants.com

  • Transfer Agent

    Broadridge
    PO Box 1342
    Brentwood, NY 11717-0718
    (888) 401-4448