First Merchants Corporation Announces Cash Dividend

First Merchants Corporation Announces Cash Dividend

First Merchants Corporation (NASDAQ: FRME) declared a cash dividend on August 11, 2016 of $0.14 per share. The dividend is payable on September 16, 2016 to shareholders of record on September 2, 2016. For purposes of broker trading, the ex-date of the cash dividend is August 31, 2016.

About First Merchants Corporation:

First Merchants Corporation is a financial holding company headquartered in Muncie, Indiana. The Corporation is comprised of First Merchants Bank, which also operates as Lafayette Bank & Trust, and First Merchants Private Wealth Advisors which operates as a division of First Merchants Bank.

First Merchants Corporation’s common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select 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 and the Shield Logo are federally registered trademarks of First Merchants Corporation.

First Merchants Corporation
David L. Ortega, 765-378-8937
First Vice President/Director of Investor Relations
http://www.firstmerchants.com

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