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First Merchants Corporation to Present at the 2010 East Coast Financial Services Conference

^{Published on 2010-10-21 06:40:45 - 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 2010 East Coast Financial Services Conference on Thursday, November 11 at 8:55 a.m. Eastern Time in Aventura, Florida.

On November 11, 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, Commerce National Bank, and First Merchants Trust Company as divisions of First Merchants Bank, N.A. First Merchants Corporation also operates First Merchants Insurance Group, a full-service property casualty, personal lines, and healthcare insurance agency.

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