secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FIRST MERCHANTS CORP (FRME)
CIK:        0000712534
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-12T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000712534-26-000003
Event type: dividend
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.20
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

First Merchants declares $46.88 quarterly preferred dividend payable Feb 16
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- Quarterly cash dividend on 7.50% Series A preferred stock: $46.88 per share ($0.4688 per depositary share).
- Record date January 30, 2026; payment date February 16, 2026.
- Ticker FRMEP for depositary shares; no change to common stock dividend announced.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712534/000071253426000003/0000712534-26-000003-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712534/000071253426000003/frme-20260112.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000712534-26-000003

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