FIRST MERCHANTS CORP — Director's Dealing 2012

Oct 2, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: FIRST MERCHANTS CORP (FRME)
CIK: 0000712534
Period of Report: 2012-09-28

Reporting Person: LORENTSON JEFFREY B (Chief Risk Officer)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-09-28	Common Stock	P	29.000	$11.9214	Acquired	9613.268	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Employee Stock Option totals 6,250 shares.

F2: Includes 4,595.758 shares held in restricted stock awards.