FIRST MERCHANTS CORP — Director's Dealing 2012

Dec 18, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: FIRST MERCHANTS CORP (FRME)
CIK: 0000712534
Period of Report: 2012-12-14

Reporting Person: BRADSHAW JAMI L (Senior Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-12-14	Common Stock	M	1750	$5.89	Acquired	21276.059	Direct
2012-12-14	Common Stock	S	1750.00	$14.02	Disposed	19526.059	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-12-14	Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$5.89	M	1750.00	Disposed	2020-02-25	Common Stock (1750.00)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Employee Stock Option - Right to Buy equals 9,220 shares.

F2: Includes 2,762.452 shares held in 401(k) retirement account, and 5,503.353 restricted stock awards.