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: BRADSHAW JAMI L (Chief Accounting Officer, Senior Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-02-23	Common Stock	A	2250.00	—	Acquired	19997.964	Direct
2012-02-24	Common Stock	F	544.00	$11.3000	Disposed	19453.964	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Includes 2,778.316 shares held in 401(k) retirement account, and 6,529.754 restricted stock awards.

F2: Employee Stock Option - Right to Buy equals 7,470