secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FIRST MERCHANTS CORP (FRME)
CIK:        0000712534
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-07-22T20:12:30+00:00
Accession:  0000712534-26-000056
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

First Merchants Q2 EPS $0.70, down from $0.98 YoY; credit deterioration drives $33M provision
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- Net income available to common stockholders $43.5M ($0.70 diluted EPS) vs $56.4M ($0.98) in Q2 2025; adjusted EPS $0.74.
- Net interest margin 3.38%, up 3 bps QoQ and 13 bps YoY; loan growth $221.7M (5.8% annualized).
- Two commercial relationships ($41.8M) placed on nonaccrual; provision for credit losses $33.0M; NPA ratio 0.56% (up from 0.43%).
- Completed First Savings systems conversion; deposits grew $267.8M (6.5% annualized).
- Repurchased 336,145 shares for $13.4M in Q2; CET1 ratio 11.16%.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712534/000071253426000056/0000712534-26-000056-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712534/000071253426000056/frme-20260722.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000712534-26-000056

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