secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FIRST MERCHANTS CORP (FRME)
CIK:        0000712534
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-02T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000712534-26-000013
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

First Merchants completes merger with First Savings Financial Group; combined assets ~$21.4B
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- Merger effective Feb 1, 2026; each FSFG share converted into 0.85 FRME shares; ~6.1M FRME shares issued.
- First Savings contributed $2.4B assets, $1.9B loans, $1.7B deposits as of Dec 31, 2025.
- Combined company ~$21.4B assets; integration expected to complete in Q2 2026.
- First Savings Bank merges into First Merchants Bank; combined bank retains First Merchants brand.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712534/000071253426000013/0000712534-26-000013-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712534/000071253426000013/frme-20260202.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000712534-26-000013

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