AKRON, Ohio, Nov. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Board of Directors
of FirstMerit Corporation (Nasdaq: FMER) today declared a quarterly cash
dividend of $0.29 per share on the Corporation's Common Stock, payable
December 17, 2007, to shareholders of record on November 26, 2007.
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ABOUT FIRSTMERIT CORPORATION
FirstMerit Corporation is a diversified financial services company
headquartered in Akron, Ohio, with assets of $10.4 billion as of September
30, 2007 and 160 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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SOURCE FirstMerit Corporation