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First Merchants Corporation to Present at the Macquarie Small- & Mid-Cap Conference

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^{Published in Business and Finance on Thursday, June 10th 2010 at 9:15 GMT by Market Wire}  

MUNCIE, Ind.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--First Merchants Corporation (NASDAQ:FRME) Michael Rechin, President and Chief Executive Officer and Mark Hardwick, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer will present at the Macquarie Small- & Mid-Cap Conference on Tuesday, June 15 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern in New York, New York.

On June 15th, interested investors may access the presentation materials by visiting the Investor Relations section at [ www.firstmerchants.com/InvestorRelations ].

About First Merchants Corporation

First Merchants Corporation is a financial holding company headquartered in Muncie, Indiana. The Corporation is comprised of First Merchants Bank, N.A., which also operates as Lafayette Bank & Trust, A Division of First Merchants Bank, N.A., Commerce National Bank, A Division of First Merchants Bank, N.A., as well as First Merchants Trust Company, N.A., and First Merchants Insurance Group, a full-service property casualty, personal lines, and healthcare insurance agency.

First Merchants Corporationa�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 companya�s Internet web page ([ http://www.firstmerchants.com ]).