GlobeNewswire Inc | Nov 6, 2020 10:00AM EST

November 06, 2020

MUNCIE, Ind., Nov. 06, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Merchants Corporation(NASDAQ: FRME) declared a cash dividend on November 6, 2020 of $0.26 per share. The dividend is payable on December 18, 2020, to shareholders of record as of December 4, 2020. For purposes of broker trading, the ex-date of the cash dividend is December 3, 2020.

About First Merchants Corporation:

First Merchants Corporation is a financial holding company headquartered in Muncie, Indiana. The Corporation has one full-service bank charter, First Merchants Bank. The Bank also operates as First Merchants Private Wealth Advisors (as a division of First Merchants Bank).

First Merchants Corporations 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 companys Internet web page ( http://www.firstmerchants.com).

FIRST MERCHANTS and the Shield Logo are federally registered trademarks of First Merchants Corporation.

For more information, contact:Nicole M. Weaver, Vice President and Director of Corporate Administration 765-521-7619 http://www.firstmerchants.com