First Merchants Corporation 2024-2025 Proxy Voting Records

Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: F. Howard Halderman

First Merchants Corporation’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: F. Howard Halderman”): 36,934,158 for, 7,272,950 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 19, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “F. Howard Halderman, Kevin D. Johnson, Clark C. Kellogg and Michael C. Rechin were elected to the Board of Directors for one-year terms expiring at the 2026 annual meeting of shareholders.”
Support: 84% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 90 asset managers below reported 20,577,780 for, 3,367,851 withheld, 27,985 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Kevin D. Johnson

First Merchants Corporation’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Kevin D. Johnson”): 41,437,134 for, 2,769,974 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 19, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “F. Howard Halderman, Kevin D. Johnson, Clark C. Kellogg and Michael C. Rechin were elected to the Board of Directors for one-year terms expiring at the 2026 annual meeting of shareholders.”
Support: 94% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 90 asset managers below reported 23,440,657 for, 334,317 withheld, 198,643 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Clark C. Kellogg

First Merchants Corporation’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Clark C. Kellogg”): 40,337,812 for, 3,869,296 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 19, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “F. Howard Halderman, Kevin D. Johnson, Clark C. Kellogg and Michael C. Rechin were elected to the Board of Directors for one-year terms expiring at the 2026 annual meeting of shareholders.”
Support: 91% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 90 asset managers below reported 20,851,732 for, 3,094,933 withheld, 26,951 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Michael C. Rechin

First Merchants Corporation’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Michael C. Rechin”): 39,264,624 for, 4,942,484 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 19, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “F. Howard Halderman, Kevin D. Johnson, Clark C. Kellogg and Michael C. Rechin were elected to the Board of Directors for one-year terms expiring at the 2026 annual meeting of shareholders.”
Support: 89% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 90 asset managers below reported 20,848,126 for, 3,098,537 withheld, 26,953 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of First Merchants Corporation's named executive officers.

First Merchants Corporation’s own tally for this item (“2. Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of Corporation's named executive officers”): 41,044,302 for, 3,027,719 against, per its Form 8-K filed May 19, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 93% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).

Fund voting reports, all 90 managers: 22,060,968 for, 1,912,648 against, 0 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 230 managers: 20,622,561 for, 2,460,455 against, 66,116 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Description as filed by funds: Proposal to ratify the appointment of the firm Forvis Mazars, LLP as the independent auditor for 2025.

First Merchants Corporation’s own tally for this item (“3. Approval of Forvis Mazars, LLP as independent auditor for 2025”): 48,086,570 for, 2,092,977 against, per its Form 8-K filed May 19, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 96% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 91 asset managers below reported 23,566,166 for, 408,659 against, 0 abstained.

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