FIRST MERCHANTS CORP — Director's Dealing 2016

Nov 16, 2016

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: FIRST MERCHANTS CORP (FRME)
CIK: 0000712534
Period of Report: 2016-11-14

Reporting Person: HARDWICK MARK K (CFO & COO, Executive Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2016-11-14	Common Stock	F	13591	$32.11	Disposed	55034.445	Direct
2016-11-14	Common Stock	M	8000	$26.31	Acquired	63034.445	Direct
2016-11-14	Common Stock	M	8000	$28.25	Acquired	71034.445	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2016-11-14	Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$26.31	M	8000	Disposed	2017-02-08	Common Stock (8000.0)	Direct
2016-11-14	Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$28.25	M	8000	Disposed	2018-02-27	Common Stock (8000.0)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Phantom Stock	1804.216	Direct
Common Stock	10000.354	Indirect
Common Stock	446	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Includes Restricted Stock Awards totaling 29,310.111 shares