News Release Details

First Merchants Corporation to Report Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results, Host Conference Call and Web Cast

10/5/2009

MUNCIE, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- First Merchants Corporation (NASDAQ: FRME) will report third quarter 2009 financial results on November 2, 2009. The Corporation will host a third quarter earnings conference call and web cast at 2:30 p.m. (ET) on Tuesday, November 3, 2009. To participate, dial (Toll Free) 800-860-2442 and reference First Merchants Corporation's third quarter earnings release. International callers please call +1 412-858-4600. In order to view the web cast and presentation slides, please go to http://www.talkpoint.com/viewer/starthere.asp?Pres=128214 during the time of the call. A replay of the call will be available until November 9, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. (ET) and the web cast replay is available until November 3, 2010. To access a replay of the call, US/Canada participants should dial (Toll Free) 877-344-7529 or for International participants, dial +1 412-317-0088. The replay passcode is 434332.

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. 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, Executive Vice President/Chief Financial Officer, 765-751-1857 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