---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000712534-25-000178"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FRME"
cik: "0000712534"
company_name: "FIRST MERCHANTS CORP"
filed_at: "2025-08-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T12:39:17.348001+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First Merchants declares $0.36/share common dividend payable Sept 19, 2025

## Summary
- Cash dividend of $0.36 per common share announced on August 15, 2025.
- Payable on September 19, 2025 to shareholders of record as of September 5, 2025.
- Dividend rate unchanged from prior quarter; routine declaration.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000712534-25-000178
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FRME
- cik: 0000712534
- company_name: FIRST MERCHANTS CORP
- filed_at: 2025-08-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712534/000071253425000178/0000712534-25-000178-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712534/000071253425000178/frme-20250815.htm

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