First Merchants annual meeting results: director Brooks gets 53% support, say-on-pay approved

FIRST MERCHANTS CORP

Director Brooks elected with only 53% of votes cast (23.8M for, 21.0M withheld); 6.3M broker non-votes.
Other directors elected with >90% support except Fehring (64%) and Lehman (62%).
Advisory say-on-pay passed with 95% approval (42.4M for, 2.2M against).
Ratification of Forvis as auditor passed with 49.3M for, 1.7M against.

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Shareholder Votes SEC 8-K Item 5.07 confidence 0.9

FIRST MERCHANTS CORP shareholders approved Proposal to ratify Forvis, LLP as independent auditor for 2023 at the 2023-05-10 meeting.

Proposal: auditor ratification
Outcome: passed
Meeting: 2023-05-10

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3. Proposal to ratify Forvis, LLP as independent auditor for 2023: FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN BROKER NON-VOTES 49,343,387 1,650,788 43,843 —

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Shareholder Votes SEC 8-K Item 5.07 confidence 0.9

FIRST MERCHANTS CORP shareholders approved Approval, on an advisory basis, of executive compensation at the 2023-05-10 meeting.

Proposal: say on pay
Outcome: passed
Meeting: 2023-05-10

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2. Approval, on an advisory basis, of executive compensation: FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN BROKER NON-VOTES 42,392,845 2,165,571 174,019 6,305,583

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Shareholder Votes SEC 8-K Item 5.07 confidence 0.9

FIRST MERCHANTS CORP shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-05-10 meeting.

Proposal: director election
Outcome: passed
Meeting: 2023-05-10

Exact text from the filing

1. Election of Directors: FOR WITHHELD BROKER NON-VOTES Susan W. Brooks 23,762,926 20,969,509 6,305,583 Dr. Mung Chiang 43,906,420 826,015 6,305,583 Patrick J. Fehring 28,593,425 16,139,010 6,305,583 Michael J. Fisher 28,596,248 16,136,187 6,305,583 Kevin D. Johnson 43,216,910 1,515,525 6,305,583 Gary J. Lehman 27,774,685 16,957,750 6,305,583 Jason R. Sondhi 43,992,175 740,260 6,305,583 Jean L. Wojtowicz 26,847,054 17,885,381 6,305,583

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