{"url_path":"/sec/frme/8-k/2026-07-13/item-8-01","section_key":"item-8-01","section_title":"Item 8.01 OTHER EVENTS","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-07-13","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712534/0000712534-26-000051-index.html","accession_number":"0000712534-26-000051","cik":"0000712534","ticker":"FRME","issuer_name":"FIRST MERCHANTS CORP","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712534/0000712534-26-000051-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0000712534","primary_entity_name":"FIRST MERCHANTS CORP"},"word_count":141,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS\n\nOn July 13, 2026, First Merchants Corporation issued a press release announcing its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend on its 7.50% Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock Series A, of $46.88 per share (equivalent to $0.4688 per depositary share) payable on August 14, 2026, to stockholders of record on July 30, 2026. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.\n\nThe information in this Form 8-K and the attached exhibit shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing."}