f8k3rdqtr2011earningsrelease.htm


 


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
 
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
 
DATE OF REPORT (Date of earliest event reported): October 25, 2011

 Commission File Number 0-17071

 
FIRST MERCHANTS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


INDIANA
35-1544218
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

200 East Jackson Street
P.O. Box 792
Muncie, IN 47305-2814
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
 
(765) 747-1500
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
 
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
 
 
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
 
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
 
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
 
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 


 
 

 


ITEM 2.02 RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.

On October 25, 2011 First Merchants Corporation issued a press release to report its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2011. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K,  including  Exhibit No. 99.1  hereto,  shall not be deemed  "filed"  for  purposes  of Section 18 of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,  or otherwise subject to liability of  that  section.   The  information  in  this  Current  Report  shall  not  be incorporated  by  reference  into any filing or other  document  pursuant to the Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended,  except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing or document.

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(a)        Not applicable.

(b)        Not applicable.

(c)        Exhibits.

           Exhibit 99.1      Press Release, dated October 25, 2011, issued by First Merchants Corporation
 

 
 

 


SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
                 First Merchants Corporation
                 (Registrant)

By: /s/ Mark K. Hardwick
Mark K. Hardwick
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Principal Accounting Officer)


Dated: October 25, 2011
 

 
 
 

 


EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit No.                       Description

 
99.1  
Press Release, dated October 25, 2011, issued by First Merchants Corporation