AKRON, Ohio, May 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Board of Directors of
FirstMerit Corporation (Nasdaq: FMER) today announced the appointment of
Steven H. Baer to the FirstMerit Corporation Board of Directors, effective
as of July 1, 2007.
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Baer is Managing Member, Rally Capital Services, LLC, a private
investment banking and financial consulting firm serving middle market
businesses. In his role, Baer advises businesses in a wide variety of
industries on operations, acquisitions, sales and liquidations. Mr. Baer
has 19 years of banking experience at American National Bank & Trust
Company of Chicago (now part of JPMorgan Chase & Company) where he was
Senior Vice President & Group Head of Commercial Finance, Commercial Real
Estate, and Managed Assets. Baer also served for 8 years as President & CEO
of Koenig & Strey Financial Services, a financial services company
encompassing residential mortgage banking and residential title and
casualty insurance agencies.
Baer graduated from and received both his Bachelors and his Masters of
Science of Business Administration from the University of Denver.
"We are pleased to add Steven to the Board. His leadership in financial
services and commercial banking combined with broader experience working
with mid-sized businesses in a wide variety of industries will provide
significant insight and depth to the Corporation. We look forward to
working with him and to his contribution," said Paul G. Greig, Chairman and
CEO of FirstMerit.
The appointment fills an existing vacancy on the board and increases
the number of directors to 13. Mr. Baer was appointed to serve the full
term as a Class I Director, which term will expire at the 2010 annual
meeting of shareholders.
About FirstMerit Corporation
FirstMerit Corporation is a diversified financial services company
headquartered in Akron, Ohio, with assets of $10.3 billion as of March 31,
2007 and 161 banking offices and 176 ATMs in 25 Ohio and Western
Pennsylvania counties. FirstMerit provides a complete range of banking and
other financial services to consumers and businesses through its core
operations. Principal wholly-owned subsidiaries include: FirstMerit Bank,
N.A., FirstMerit Mortgage Corporation, FirstMerit Title Agency, Ltd., and
FirstMerit Community Development Corporation.
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(330) 384-7109
SOURCE FirstMerit Corporation
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