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First Merchants Corporation to Report Second Quarter 2010 Financial Results, Host Conference Call and Web Cast

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^{Published in Business and Finance on Wednesday, July 21st 2010 at 6:31 GMT by Market Wire}  

MUNCIE, Ind.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--First Merchants Corporation (NASDAQ: FRME) will report second quarter 2010 financial results on July 28, 2010. The Corporation will host a second quarter 2010 earnings conference call and web cast at 2:30 p.m. (ET) on Wednesday, July 28, 2010. To participate, dial (Toll Free) 800-860-2442 and reference First Merchants Corporationa™s second quarter earnings release. International callers please call +1 412-858-4600. 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 442131.

In order to view the web cast and presentation slides, please go to [ http://www.talkpoint.com/viewer/starthere.asp?Pres=131510 ] during the time of the call. A replay of the call will be available until August 12, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. (ET) and the web cast replay is available until July 28, 2011.

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 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 ]).