FIRST MERCHANTS CORPORATION (NASDAQ:FRME) Files An 8-K Other Events

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FIRST MERCHANTS CORPORATION (NASDAQ:FRME) Files An 8-K Other Events

ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS

On May 1, 2017, First Merchants Corporation issued a press
release announcing the declaration of a cash dividend of $0.18
per share. The cash dividend is payable on June 16, 2017 to
stockholders of record as of June 2, 2017. A copy of the press
release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on
Form 8-K.
The information in this Form 8-K and the attached exhibit shall
not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”),
or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be
expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
(a) Not applicable.
(b) Not applicable.
(c) Not applicable.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit 99.1
Press Release dated May 1, 2017 issued by First
Merchants Corporation


About FIRST MERCHANTS CORPORATION (NASDAQ:FRME)

First Merchants Corporation is a financial holding Company. The Company has a bank charter, First Merchants Bank, National Association (the Bank), which is opened for business in Muncie, Indiana. The Bank also operates Lafayette Bank and Trust, Ameriana Bank, Ameriana Financial Services and First Merchants Trust Company as divisions of First Merchants Bank, N.A. The Bank includes approximately 120 banking locations in approximately 30 Indiana, over two Illinois and over two Ohio counties. Its delivery channels include automated teller machines, check cards, interactive voice response systems and Internet technology. The Company, through the Bank, offers a range of financial services, including accepting time deposits, savings and demand deposits; making consumer, commercial, agri-business and real estate mortgage loans; providing personal and corporate trust services; providing full-service brokerage, and providing other corporate services, letters of credit and repurchase agreements.

FIRST MERCHANTS CORPORATION (NASDAQ:FRME) Recent Trading Information

FIRST MERCHANTS CORPORATION (NASDAQ:FRME) closed its last trading session up +0.85 at 42.23 with 190,483 shares trading hands.