secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FIRST MERCHANTS CORP (FRME)
CIK:        0000712534
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-05-11T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000712534-22-000103
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

First Merchants appoints Patrick Fehring to board following Level One merger
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- Board expanded to 13 members; Fehring fills Class III vacancy through 2023 annual meeting.
- Fehring is former CEO of Level One Bancorp, which merged with First Merchants in April 2022.
- He will receive pro rata director retainer and participate in non-employee director equity plan.
- Clark Kellogg also appointed to the Audit Committee.
- Fehring has 27 years at Fifth Third Bancorp prior to founding Level One.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712534/000071253422000103/0000712534-22-000103-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712534/000071253422000103/frme-20220510.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000712534-22-000103

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