First Merchants Corporation · NASDAQ:FRME

First Merchants — Q2 2021 Earnings Presentation

27 slides from First Merchants's earnings presentation, Jul 26, 2021

  1. Slide 1: Investor Update Second Quarter 2021

    INVESTOR UPDATE Second Quarter 2021

  2. Slide 2: Forward Looking Statement

    Forward Looking Statement This presentation contains forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe-harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements can often, but not always, be identified by the use of words like “believe”, “continue”

  3. Slide 3: Executive Management Team

    Executive Management Team 3 Mark Hardwick Chief Executive Officer Mark K. Hardwick currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of First Merchants Corporation and First Merchants Bank. Mark joined First Merchants in November of 1997 as Corporate Controller and was promoted to Chief Financial Offi

  4. Slide 4: First Merchants Corporation Financial Highlights

    First Merchants Corporation (NASDAQ: FRME) Financial Highlights as of 6/30/2021 $14.9 Billion $9.1 Billion $12.2 Billion $6.0 Billion Assets Under Advisement* Total Assets Total Loans Total Deposits TCE/TA: YTD Return on TCE YTD ROAA: Dividend Yield: Price / Tangible Book: Price / 2021 Est. EPS: 1.4

  5. Slide 5: Second Quarter Highlights and Year-to-Date Highlights

    Second Quarter Highlights 5 Year-to-Date Highlights 1.45% ROA 1.71% PTPP ROA ROA $105.0 Million $1.94 Per Share Net Income & EPS 11.40% ROE 16.82% ROTCE ROE & ROTCE  Completed integration of Hoosier Trust Company  6.7% annualized loan growth, excluding PPP loans 12.04% ROE 17.77% ROTCE ROE & ROTCE

  6. Slide 6: Strategy & Key Lines of Business

    Strategy & Key Lines of Business 6 Consumer BankingCommercial Banking Private Wealth Advisory Full Spectrum of Debt Capital and Treasury Service Offerings Located in Prime Growth Markets Small Business & SBA Middle Market C&I Investment Real Estate Public Finance Sponsor Finance Asset Based Lending

  7. Slide 7: Deposit Growth and Loan Growth by Region and Line of Business

    Deposit Growth Annualized Consumer Group (7%) Commercial Group 29% Total Deposits 8% Region and Line of Business Second Quarter Highlights 7 Indianapolis Indianapolis MSA Rank: 10 Deposits: $2.5B Loans: $3.1B Columbus Columbus MSA Rank: 11 Deposits: $766M Loans: $1.3B Northwest Indiana Lake County R

  8. Slide 8: Second Quarter Financial Results

    Second Quarter Financial Results 8  48.91% Efficiency Ratio  Pre-Tax, Pre-Provision (PTPP) Earnings totaled $65.9, an increase of $7.4 million from 1Q21  6.7% annualized loan growth, over prior quarter excluding PPP loans  Non-interest income increased $6.8 million over prior quarter; including

  9. Slide 9: 2021 Year-to-Date Financial Results

    2021 Year-to-Date Financial Results 9 2021 Year-to-Date Highlights  49.54 Efficiency Ratio  Pre-Tax, Pre-Provision (PTPP) earnings totaled $124.3 million, an increase of $7.4 million over prior year  Net income, excluding the impact of PPP loans, increased $26.9 million over prior year  Tangible

  10. Slide 10: Investment Portfolio Highlights

     Net unrealized Gain of $131.7 million Investment Portfolio Highlights 10 2Q21 Investment Portfolio Composition Yield on Investments (%) / Total Investments ($B) $4.1B Total Investment Portfolio GainsHighlights Realized Gains  2Q 2020 $3.1 million  3Q 2020 $1.8 million  4Q 2020 $2.4 million  1Q

  11. Slide 11: Loan Portfolio Highlights

    Commercial & Industrial 29.2% Commercial Real Estate Owner-Occupied 10.4% Commercial Real Estate Non-Owner Occupied 24.8% Construction Land & Land Development 5.4% Agricultural Land & Production 2.6% Public Finance/Other Commercial 8.3% Residential Mortgage 12.5% Home Equity 5.4% Other Consumer 1.4%

  12. Slide 12: Allowance for Credit Losses - Loans

    $130,648 $204,703 $199,775 $74,055 $0 $4,928 $9,000 $59,000 $109,000 $159,000 $209,000 ALLL 12/31/2020 Day 1 CECL Adjustment ACL - Loans 1/1/2021 Net Charge- offs Provision Expense ACL - Loans 6/30/2021 Increase Decrease Allowance for Credit Losses - Loans 12 2Q21 Allowance for Credit Losses - Loans

  13. Slide 13: Deposit Portfolio Highlights

    Demand Deposits 60% Savings Deposits 34% Certificates & Time Deposits > $100k 2% Certificates & Time Deposits < $100k 3% Brokered Deposits 1% 13 2Q21 Deposit Composition Highlights $12.2B Total 1Defined as total deposits less time deposits > $100k vs. Prior Periods Cost of Total Deposits (%) / Total

  14. Slide 14: Net Interest Margin

    Net Interest Margin 14 $105.1$97.1 $97.3 $105.1 $107.0$97.8 2Q20 3Q20 4Q20 1Q21 2Q21 1. Net Interest Income - FTE ($millions) 97.1$ 97.3$ 107.0$ 105.1$ 109.2$ 2. Fair Value Accretion 3.7$ 3.3$ 3.0$ 1.8$ 2.5$ 3. PPP Loan Income 4.7$ 6.1$ 11.6$ 9.2$ 9.7$ 4. Tax Equivalent Yield on Earning Assets 3.72%

  15. Slide 15: Non-Interest Income Highlights

    15 2Q21 Non-Interest Income Detail ($M) $30.9M Total Non-Interest Income Trends ($M) Fee Income / Revenue Non-Interest Income Highlights Highlights  87% in Customer-related fees totaling $26.9 million for 2Q21 • Increased $6.2 million over 1Q21 driven by a $4.3 million increase in gains on the sale

  16. Slide 16: Non-Interest Expense Highlights

    Salary & Benefits $42.4 61% Premises & Equipment $10.5 15% Outside Data Processing $4.7 7% Professional & Other Outside Services $3.0 4% Intangible Asset Amortization $1.5 2%Marketing $1.1 2% FDIC Expense $1.4 2% Other $4.7 7% 16 2Q21 Non-Interest Expense Detail $69.3M Total Non-Interest Expense Tre

  17. Slide 17: Capital Ratios

    17 Tangible Common Equity Ratio Common Equity Tier 1 Ratio Total Risk-Based Capital Ratio Capital Ratios 9.31% 9.31% 9.57% 9.31% 9.31% 11.84% 12.02% 12.02% 11.99% 11.94% 2Q20 3Q20 4Q20 1Q21 2Q21 CET 1 Ratio Target CET1 Ratio (10.00%) 14.18% 14.38% 14.36% 14.33% 14.23% 2Q20 3Q20 4Q20 1Q21 2Q21 TRBC R

  18. Slide 18: Loan Portfolio

    19.4% 9.5% 7.4% 6.8% 6.3% 6.2% 4.8% 4.8% 4.7% 4.2% Manufacturing Wholesale Trade Retail Trade Admin Services Prof. Service Investment CRE Specialty Trade Finance & Insur. Construction Medical  Total loans grew $143 million excluding PPP • $ 30 million Sponsor Finance • $ 85 million CRE Non-Owner Oc

  19. Slide 19: Asset Quality

    $19.4 $15.0 $2.7 $2.0 3 3 2 2 Hotel Entertainment Investment RE Manuf & Other $ in Deferral # in Deferral Asset Quality 19 Asset Quality Trends ($M) Highlights vs. Prior Quarter vs. 2Q20  Non-accrual loans decreased $.3 million  NPAs + 90PD decreased $1.3 million, remained at 65 basis points of lo

  20. Slide 20: Non-Performing Assets

     $1.3 million net reduction in NPAs + 90 PD  $5.4 million in new non-accruals • Mainly from three commercial real estate loans  Top Three Nonaccrual Names total $36.2 million  $1.7 million of gross charge-offs in 2Q21 with recoveries of $.4 million Non-Performing Assets 20 Highlights 2nd Quarter

  21. Slide 21: Track Record of Shareholder Value

    Track Record of Shareholder Value 21 10-Year Total Return (6/30/11 – 6/30/21) Earnings per Share Tangible Book Value per Share Dividends per Share CAGR 2010-2020: 19.0% CAGR 2010-2020: 10.2% CAGR 2010-2020: 38.5% $0.48 $0.34 $1.41 $1.41 $1.65 $1.72 $1.98 $2.12 $3.22 $3.19 $2.74 $1.94 $9.21 $9.64 $10

  22. Slide 22: History of Organic and Whole Bank Acquisition Growth

    $1.6 $1.8 $2.7 $3.1 $3.2 $3.2 $3.6 $3.8 $4.8 $4.5 $4.2 $4.2 $4.3 $5.4 $5.8 $6.8 $7.2 $9.4 $9.9 $12.5 $14.1 $14.6 $14.9 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 1Q21 2Q21 History of Organic and Whole Bank Acquisition Growth 22 Total Asse

  23. Slide 23: Vision for the Future

    Vision for the Future 23 People:  Enhance our culture through the power of collaboration, accountability and effective teams  Source, recruit, onboard and engage a diverse and inclusive workforce with a commitment to career pathing and market level compensation  Communicate our Corporate Social R

  24. Slide 24: Appendix

    APPENDIX First Merchants Corporation

  25. Slide 25: Non-GAAP

    Non-GAAP 25 1 Includes net unrealized gains or losses on securities available for sale, net gains or losses on cash flow hedges, and amounts resulting from the application of the applicable accounting guidance for defined benefit and other postretirement plans. CAPITAL RATIOS (dollars in thousands):

  26. Slide 26: Non-GAAP

    Non-GAAP 26 TANGIBLE COMMON EQUITY RATIO (dollars in thousands): 2Q20 3Q20 4Q20 1Q21 2Q21 Tangible Common Equity Ratio (dollars in thousands) Total Stockholders' Equity (GAAP) 1,809,095$ 1,833,656$ 1,875,645$ 1,805,856$ 1,871,800$ Less: Preferred Stock (125) (125) (125) (125) (125) Less: Intangible

  27. Slide 27: Non-GAAP

    Non-GAAP 27 RETURN ON TANGIBLE COMMON EQUITY (dollars in thousands): 2Q21 YTD 2Q21 Return on Tangible Common Equity Total Average Stockholders' Equity (GAAP) 1,843,250$ 1,846,037$ Less: Average Preferred Stock (125) (125) Less: Average Intangible Assets, Net of Tax (567,795) (569,107) Average Tangib

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