AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER BY AND BETWEEN FIRSTMERIT CORPORATION AND CITIZENS REPUBLIC BANCORP, INC. DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 12, 2012Merger Agreement • September 14th, 2012 • Citizens Republic Bancorp, Inc. • National commercial banks • Delaware
Contract Type FiledSeptember 14th, 2012 Company Industry JurisdictionThis AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of September 12, 2012 (this “Agreement”), is by and between FIRSTMERIT CORPORATION, an Ohio corporation (“Parent”), and CITIZENS REPUBLIC BANCORP, INC., a Michigan corporation (the “Company”).