Mark K. Hardwick - 07 Jul 2025 Form 4 Insider Report for FIRST MERCHANTS CORP (FRME)

Role
Chief Executive Officer, Director
Signature
Jacob Burkett (Confirming Statement on File)
Issuer symbol
FRME
Transactions as of
07 Jul 2025
Transactions value $
$472,864
Form type
4
Filing time
05 Aug 2025, 15:30:11 UTC
Previous filing
23 Jun 2025
Next filing
22 Sep 2025
SEC
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Reporting Owners (1)

Name Relationship Address Signature Signature date CIK
HARDWICK MARK K Chief Executive Officer, Director 200 E JACKSON STREET, MUNCIE Jacob Burkett (Confirming Statement on File) 05 Aug 2025 0001170817

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction FRME Common Stock Tax liability -$314K -8.47K -7.96% $37.11 97.9K 03 Aug 2025 Direct
transaction FRME Common Stock Award $787K +21K +21.45% $37.49 119K 04 Aug 2025 Direct F1
holding FRME Common Stock 16.8K 07 Jul 2025 401(k) Plan

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Underlying Class Amount Exercise Price Ownership Footnotes
transaction FRME Phantom Stock Award $7.37 +0.205 +0.01% $35.93 3.23K 07 Jul 2025 Common Stock 0.205 Direct F2
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 Includes Restricted Stock Awards totaling 63,328.111 shares.
F2 Each share of phantom stock is the economic equivalent of one share of FRME common stock. The shares of phantom stock will be settled in cash or shares of FRME common stock, at the reporting person's election, upon separation from First Merchants.