X0306 4/A 2014-03-04 2014-03-06 0 0000354869 FIRSTMERIT CORP /OH/ FMER 0001398347 Richgels William P III CASCADE PLAZA AKRON OH 44308 0 1 0 0 Executive Vice President Common Stock 2014-03-04 4 A 0 8090 0.00 A 87469 D Common Stock 2014-03-04 4 F 0 2677 21.14 D 84792 D This amendment is filed solely to correct the reporting of the vesting of certain performance based restricted stock units, originally granted on April 5, 2013, with respect to 1/3 of the original award based on performance during the 2013 performance period. 4,623 of these shares were previously reported on a Form 4 filed on April 9, 2013, and are reported again due to the vesting of those shares, plus an additional 3,467 previously unreported shares, on March 4, 2014. The total securities owned has also been updated to reflect this vesting and the prior reporting. This amount has been updated to reflect the vesting and the prior reporting described in this amendment, but these changes are not reflected in the Reporting Person's Form 4 filings since the filing of the original report. By: Carlton E. Langer For: William P. Richgels 2014-08-27