FirstMerit Corporation to Present at Sandler O'Neill + Partners East Coast Financial Services Conference

  FirstMerit Corporation to Present at Sandler O'Neill + Partners East Coast
                        Financial Services Conference

PR Newswire

AKRON, Ohio, Nov. 8, 2012

AKRON, Ohio, Nov. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- FirstMerit Corp. (Nasdaq: FMER) will
be participating in the Sandler O'Neill + Partners East Coast Financial
Services Conference on Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 10:55 a.m. ET.  Paul G.
Greig, chairman, president & CEO, will discuss business, financial performance
and strategies.  The presentation will include forward-looking statements.

Interested investors may access the live audio presentation, with slides
available for viewing, by visiting http://www.firstmerit.com/investors.  A
replay of the webcast will be archived in the investor relations section of
FirstMerit's web site at http://www.firstmerit.com.

About FirstMerit

FirstMerit Corporation is a diversified financial services company
headquartered in Akron, Ohio, with assets of $14.6 billion as of September 30,
2012 and 196 banking offices and 204 ATM locations in Ohio, Western
Pennsylvania, and Chicago, Illinois areas. FirstMerit provides a complete
range of banking and other financial services to consumers and businesses
through its core operations. Principal affiliates include: FirstMerit Bank,
N.A., FirstMerit Mortgage Corporation, FirstMerit Title Agency, Ltd. and
FirstMerit Community Development Corporation.

FirstMerit Corporation
Analysts/Media Contact: Thomas O'Malley
Director Corporate Communications/Investor Relations Officer
Phone: 330.384.7109

SOURCE FirstMerit Corporation

Website: http://www.firstmerit.com