Welcome to our dedicated page for First Merchants SEC filings (Ticker: FRME), a comprehensive resource for investors and traders seeking official regulatory documents including 10-K annual reports, 10-Q quarterly earnings, 8-K material events, and insider trading forms.
The First Merchants Corporation (FRME) SEC filings page provides access to the company’s regulatory disclosures filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. First Merchants is an Indiana-incorporated financial holding company whose common stock and depositary shares for its 7.50% Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A (FRMEP), are listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. Through its full-service bank charter, First Merchants Bank, the company operates a community banking business that includes personal and business banking, real estate mortgage lending, cash management services, brokerage, wealth management, and insurance.
Among the key filings available are Form 8-K current reports, which First Merchants uses to disclose material events. These include quarterly earnings announcements, where the company reports net interest income, noninterest income, noninterest expense, loan and deposit balances, asset quality measures, and capital ratios, along with details about scheduled earnings conference calls and webcasts. Other 8-K filings document dividend declarations on common stock and on the Series A preferred stock, specifying cash dividend amounts, record dates, and payment dates.
Filings also cover corporate actions such as the entry into a material definitive agreement. For example, First Merchants has filed an 8-K describing its Agreement and Plan of Merger with First Savings Financial Group, Inc., outlining the all-stock merger terms, exchange ratio, anticipated timing, and related voting and registration arrangements. Additional exhibits, such as merger agreements, voting agreements, press releases, and investor presentations, are incorporated by reference in these reports.
On this page, users can review FRME’s SEC filings to analyze how the company describes its financial condition, capital structure, dividend practices, and significant transactions. AI-powered summaries can help explain the contents of lengthy documents, highlight key items in earnings releases, and clarify the implications of corporate actions and preferred stock terms for common and preferred shareholders.
First Merchants Corporation furnished a Form 8-K announcing its third-quarter 2025 results and related investor events. The company issued a press release for the quarter ended September 30, 2025, and provided materials for an earnings discussion.
The press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1. A slide presentation for the earnings conference call and webcast at 9:00 a.m. (ET) on October 23, 2025 is furnished as Exhibit 99.2. The information is furnished, not filed, and is not incorporated by reference unless specifically stated.
First Merchants Corporation announced it furnished a press release reporting third-quarter results for the period ended September 30, 2025. The company will host an earnings conference call and webcast on October 23, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. ET. The press release is provided as Exhibit 99.1 and the slide presentation for the call as Exhibit 99.2. The furnished materials are not deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act and will only be incorporated by reference if expressly stated.
First Merchants Corp (FRME) filed a Form 13F Holdings Report, confirming its quarterly institutional equity holdings disclosure. The filing lists 523 reportable positions on the Form 13F Information Table with an aggregate reported value of $2,652,618,673 (rounded to the nearest dollar). The report includes 0 other included managers, indicating First Merchants filed independently for these holdings.
The report is signed by Kimbra Edwards, Private Wealth Operations, Manager, in Muncie, IN, dated 10-03-2025. This is an administrative disclosure of portfolio holdings, not an earnings or transaction announcement.
First Merchants Corporation announced a quarterly cash dividend on its 7.50% Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A. The dividend is $46.88 per preferred share, equivalent to $0.4688 per depositary share, payable on November 14, 2025 to stockholders of record on October 31, 2025.
The company furnished a press release as Exhibit 99.1. Common stock (FRME) and preferred depositary shares (FRMEP) trade on Nasdaq.
Summary: This registration statement/proxy relates to a proposed merger of First Merchants Corporation and First Savings Financial Group, Inc. under an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated
Jean L. Wojtowicz, a director of First Merchants Corp (FRME), reported an insider purchase on 09/30/2025. The filing shows the acquisition of 828 shares of common stock at a reported price of $37.70 per share. After the reported transaction the filing lists 62,860.599 shares beneficially owned by the reporting person, and notes that this total includes 10,035 restricted stock award shares. The Form 4 was filed as a single reporting-person filing and signed with a confirming statement dated 10/02/2025.
Jason R. Sondhi, a director of First Merchants Corp (FRME), reported an open-market purchase of company stock. The Form 4 shows a transaction on 09/30/2025 acquiring 621 shares at a reported price of $37.7 per share. After the transaction the filing reports 8,306 shares beneficially owned directly and an indirect holding of 489.427 attributed to a spouse IRA. The filing also discloses that the direct total includes 7,822 restricted stock awards. The Form 4 was filed as a single reporting person filing and bears a confirming signature dated 10/02/2025.
Michael C. Rechin, a Director of First Merchants Corp (FRME), reported a purchase of company common stock on 09/30/2025. The filing shows a non-derivative acquisition of 642 shares at a reported price of $37.70 per share. After the purchase, the reporting person’s total direct beneficial ownership is listed as 88,598.867 shares, plus 5,120.073 shares held indirectly through a 401(k). The filing also discloses Restricted Stock Awards totaling 7,876 shares included in the ownership count. The Form 4 was signed as a confirming statement on 10/02/2025.
Insider purchase reported: Director Gary Lehman acquired 580 shares of First Merchants Corp (FRME) on 09/30/2025 at a reported price of $37.70 per share. After the transaction, the reporting person beneficially owned 52,531.799 shares in total. The filing notes the position includes 7,359 restricted stock awards. The Form 4 was signed as a confirming statement on 10/02/2025.
Clark C. Kellogg, a director of First Merchants Corp (FRME), reported a purchase of 600 shares of the company's common stock on 09/30/2025 at a reported price of $37.7 per share. After the transaction he beneficially owned 13,957.396 shares directly. The filing also discloses indirect holdings of 409 shares held by the Rosella Kellogg Revocable Trust and 1,104.331 shares held in a 401(k) plan. The filing notes the direct holdings include 7,626 restricted stock award shares.
The Form 4 is signed/confirmed on 10/02/2025. All details are limited to this single non-derivative purchase; no sales, option exercises, or other derivative transactions are reported in this filing.
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