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Issuer:     FIRST MERCHANTS CORP (FRME)
CIK:        0000712534
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-10-15T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000712534-25-000183
Event type: dividend
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.20
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

First Merchants declares quarterly preferred dividend of $0.4688 per depositary share
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- Quarterly cash dividend on 7.50% Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock Series A: $46.88 per share.
- Equivalent to $0.4688 per depositary share (FRMEP), payable Nov 14, 2025.
- Record date for stockholders is October 31, 2025.
- Dividend is unchanged from prior quarter; no common stock dividend announced.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712534/000071253425000183/0000712534-25-000183-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712534/000071253425000183/frme-20251015.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000712534-25-000183

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