FIRST MERCHANTS CORP — Director's Dealing 2012

Jan 4, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: FIRST MERCHANTS CORP (FRME)
CIK: 0000712534
Period of Report: 2011-12-31

Reporting Person: LORENTSON JEFFREY B (Chief Risk Officer, Senior Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-12-31	Common Stock	A	43	$6.897	Acquired	8200.2231	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Employee Stock Option - Right to Buy equals 3,000.

F2: Includes 4,271.041 shares held in restricted stock awards.