secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FIRST MERCHANTS CORP (FRME)
CIK:        0000712534
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-02-08T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000712534-23-000054
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.40
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

First Merchants appoints Purdue President Dr. Mung Chiang to board
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- Board size increased from 14 to 15 with Dr. Chiang filling new Class II vacancy.
- Dr. Chiang is President of Purdue University, appointed to Risk and Credit Policy Committee.
- Jean Wojtowicz named Vice Chairperson; Halderman and Brooks appointed as committee chairs.
- Dr. Chiang will serve until 2023 annual meeting, eligible for election to three-year term.
- He receives pro rata director retainer and participates in equity plan; no other material arrangements.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712534/000071253423000054/0000712534-23-000054-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712534/000071253423000054/frme-20230207.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000712534-23-000054

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