ContractAnd Iab Merger Agreement • May 5th, 2020 • Indiana
EX-2.1 2 exhibit21fmcandiabdefmerger.htm FMC AND IAB MERGER AGREEMENT EXHIBIT 2.1 AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION AND MERGER BETWEEN FIRST MERCHANTS CORPORATION AND INDEPENDENT ALLIANCE BANKS, INC. THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION AND MERGER (the “Agreement”), is entered as of the 17th day of February, 2017, by and between FIRST MERCHANTS CORPORATION, an Indiana corporation (“First Merchants”) and INDEPENDENT ALLIANCE BANKS, INC., an Indiana corporation (“IALB”). W I T N E S S E T H: WHEREAS, First Merchants is a registered bank holding company under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, with its principal place of business in Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana, with First Merchants Bank, an Indiana commercial bank (“FMB”) as its wholly-owned subsidiary; WHEREAS, IALB is a registered bank holding company under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, with its principal place of business in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, with IAB FINANCIAL BANK, an I
