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Issuer:     FIRST MERCHANTS CORP (FRME)
CIK:        0000712534
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000712534-24-000168
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

First Merchants appoints Jean Wojtowicz as Board Chair, replacing retiring Charles Schalliol
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- Charles Schalliol retired after 17 years as Chair; oversaw growth from $3B to >$18B assets via 10 acquisitions.
- Jean Wojtowicz, board member for 20 years, becomes Chair and Chair of Compensation and HR Committee effective May 7, 2024.
- Michael Rechin, former CEO (2007-2020), appointed Vice Chair of the Board.
- Wojtowicz also serves on Audit and Nominating & Governance Committees; CEO Mark Hardwick expresses confidence in new leadership.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712534/000071253424000168/0000712534-24-000168-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712534/000071253424000168/frme-20240507.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000712534-24-000168

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