FIRST MERCHANTS CORP — Director's Dealing 2012

Jul 3, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

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

Reporting Person: Sherman Patrick A (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-06-30	Common Stock	A	501.000	$0.00	Acquired	21731.344	Direct
2012-07-02	Common Stock	P	40.876	$12.2320	Acquired	21772.220	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-06-30	Non-Employee Director Stock Option (right to buy)	$12.46	A	1500.00	Acquired	2022-06-30	Common Stock (1500.00)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Non-Employee Director Stock Option (Right to Buy) = 6,000 shares

F2: Includes 8,015 shares held in restricted stock awards.