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: Stewart Michael J (Chief Banking Officer, Executive Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-02-23	Common Stock	A	11725.00	—	Acquired	40174.192	Direct
2012-02-24	Common Stock	F	1089.00	$11.3000	Disposed	39085.192	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-02-23	Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$11.3800	A	7500.000	Acquired	2022-02-23	Common Stock (7500.00)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Includes 1,167.80 shares held in 401(k) retirement account and 34,989.392 restricted stock awards.

F2: Employee Stock Option - Right to Buy equals 14,000