November 23, 2009 (FinancialWire) — The board of FirstMerit Corp. (NASDAQ: FMER) has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.16 per share on the company’s common stock payable December 21, 2009, to shareholders of record on November 30, 2009.

Ohio-based FirstMerit is a diversified financial services company with postedassets of $10.8 billion as of September 30, 2009.

The company operates 156 banking offices and 179 ATMs in 25 Ohio and Western Pennsylvania counties.

FirstMerit provides a 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, FirstMerit Title Agency, and FirstMerit Community Development.

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