secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FIRST MERCHANTS CORP (FRME)
CIK:        0000712534
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-10-22T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000712534-25-000191
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

First Merchants Q3 2025 EPS $0.98 vs $0.84 YoY; loans up 8.7% annualized; announces acquisition of First Savings
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- Net income $56.3M, diluted EPS $0.98 vs $0.84 in Q3 2024; adjusted EPS $0.99.
- Total loans grew $288.8M (8.7% annualized) linked quarter; deposits up $72.4M.
- Nonperforming assets stable at 0.36%; CET1 ratio 11.34%, tangible common equity 9.18%.
- Announced all-stock acquisition of First Savings Financial Group (~$241M) adding $2.4B assets; expected close Q1 2026.
- Repurchased 162,474 shares for $6.5M in Q3; YTD repurchases $36.5M.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712534/000071253425000191/0000712534-25-000191-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712534/000071253425000191/frme-20251022.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000712534-25-000191

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