SEC Form 4 · accession 0000712534-15-000196

FIRST MERCHANTS CORP · FRME

Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗

Reporting owner

Officer — Chief Banking Officer · Other

Period of report

Jul 28, 2015

Accepted (ET)

Jul 30, 2015 · 2:35 pm EDT

Rule 10b5-1 plan

unknown — predates the checkbox

Issuer CIK

0000712534

Table I — non-derivative securities

Security	Date	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Owned after	D/I	Nature of ownership
Common Stock	Jul 28, 2015	M	2,000	$15.32	A	41,045	D
Common Stock	Jul 28, 2015	M	7,500	$11.38	A	48,545	D
Common Stock	Jul 28, 2015	M	8,000	$11.14	A	56,545	D
Common Stock^F1	Jul 28, 2015	F	8,116	$26.08	D	48,429	D
Common Stock	holding	—	—		—	3,039	I	401(k) Plan

Security	Conv. / exercise price	Date	Code	Shares	A/D	Exercisable	Expires	Underlying	Underlying shares	D/I
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$15.32	Jul 28, 2015	M	2,000	D	Feb 19, 2015	Feb 19, 2023	Common Stock	2,000	D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$11.38	Jul 28, 2015	M	7,500	D	Feb 23, 2014	Feb 23, 2022	Common Stock	7,500	D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$11.14	Jul 28, 2015	M	8,000	D	Feb 24, 2011	Feb 24, 2019	Common Stock	8,000	D