FIRST MERCHANTS CORP — Director's Dealing 2016

Jan 5, 2016

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: FIRST MERCHANTS CORP (FRME)
CIK: 0000712534
Period of Report: 2015-12-31

Reporting Person: Schalliol Charles E (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2015-12-31	Common Stock	A	768	$25.42	Acquired	41922	Direct
2016-01-04	Common Stock	A	1084.44	—	Acquired	43006.44	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Received in exchange for 1,200 shares of Ameriana Bancorp common stock in connection with merger of Ameriana Bancorp into First Merchants Corporation ("the Merger"). On the effective date of the Merger, the closing price of Ameriana's common stock was $22.92 per share, and the closing price of First Merchant's common stock was $25.42 per share.

F2: Includes Restricted Stock Awards totaling 8,273 shares