First Merchants (FRME) S-4/A Registration of securities issued in business combination transactions (amended)

Exhibit 99.2

	1251 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 6TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10020
	P 212 466-7800 | TF 800 635-6851
	Piper Sandler & Co. Since 1885. Member SIPC and NYSE.

CONSENT OF PIPER SANLDER & CO.

We hereby consent to the inclusion of our opinion letter to the Board of Directors of Level One Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) as an Annex to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus relating to the proposed merger of the Company with First Merchants Corporation contained in Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and to references to such opinion and the quotation or summarization of such opinion in such Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder (the “Regulations”), nor do we admit that we are experts with respect to any part of such Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement within the meaning of the term “experts” as used in the Act or the Regulations.

New York, New York

January 10, 2022