FirstMerit Corporation Media Contact: Rob Townsend (Media Relations Officer)
Phone: 330-384-7075
  
AKRON, Ohio, April 30, 2009 -- FirstMerit Corp. (Nasdaq: FMER) will present at the Barclays Capital Financial Services Conference to be held in London on Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 11:50 a.m. BST (6:50 a.m. ET). Paul G. Greig, chairman & 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 $11.0 billion as of March 31, 2009 and 158 banking offices and 172 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.