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

• Press Release
• Source: First Merchants Corporation
• On 5:23 pm EDT, Monday October 5, 2009

MUNCIE, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--First Merchants Corporation (NASDAQ: FRME - News) 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.

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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).

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