FIRST MERCHANTS CORP — Director's Dealing 2012

Jul 5, 2012

SEC Form 4/A — Form 4/A

Issuer: FIRST MERCHANTS CORP (FRME)
CIK: 0000712534
Period of Report: 2012-06-30

Reporting Person: Stewart Michael J (Chief Banking Officer)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-06-30	Common Stock	A	87.000	$12.2320	Acquired	39505.383	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Employee stock option (Right to Buy) = 24,000

F2: Includes 32,990.252 shares held in restricted stock awards.

F3: On July 3, 2012, the reporting person inadvertently filed a duplicate Form 4 that reported transactions which had previously been reported on a Form 4 filed earlier July 3, 2012. The amount of securities beneficially owned as reported in Table I, Col 5 of both Forms 4 filed on July 3, 2012 are the same as reported on this form amendment.