FIRST MERCHANTS CORP — Director's Dealing 2012

Feb 27, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: FIRST MERCHANTS CORP (FRME)
CIK: 0000712534
Period of Report: 2012-02-23

Reporting Person: MARTIN JOHN (Chief Credit Officer, Senior Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-02-23	Common Stock	A	5600.00	—	Acquired	17085.462	Direct
2012-02-24	Common Stock	F	408.000	$11.300	Disposed	16677.462	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2011-02-11	Employee Stock Option - Right to Buy	$9.20	A	1000	Acquired	2021-02-11	Common (1000)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Includes 13,441.462 shares held in restricted stock awards.

F2: Employee Stock Options - Right to Buy equals 2,000