secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FIRST MERCHANTS CORP (FRME)
CIK:        0000712534
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-09T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000712534-26-000017
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.30
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

First Merchants appoints former First Savings CEO Larry Myers to board
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- Larry Myers appointed to First Merchants Corp and Bank boards, effective Feb 9, 2026.
- Myers was President/CEO of First Savings Bank, which merged with First Merchants on Feb 1, 2026.
- His initial term runs until the 2026 annual meeting; then stands for one-year election.
- No director compensation until Q3 2026 due to temporary employee status through merger integration.
- Appointed to Risk and Credit Policy Committee; no other material agreements or transactions.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712534/000071253426000017/0000712534-26-000017-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712534/000071253426000017/frme-20260209.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000712534-26-000017

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