secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FIRST MERCHANTS CORP (FRME)
CIK:        0000712534
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-16T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000712534-26-000028
Event type: dividend
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.05
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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- Dividend of $46.88 per share on Series A preferred stock (NAS: FRMEP).
- Equivalent to $0.4688 per depositary share, payable May 15, 2026.
- Record date for holders is April 30, 2026.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712534/000071253426000028/0000712534-26-000028-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712534/000071253426000028/frme-20260416.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000712534-26-000028

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