Company: FRME
Filing Date: 2025-02-24
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000712534-25-000058
Chunk: 186

Company: FIRST MERCHANTS CORP
Filing Date: 2025-02-24
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 5
Chunk 186
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ITEM 5. MARKET FOR THE REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES.

PERFORMANCE GRAPH

The following graph compares the cumulative five year total return to shareholders on First Merchants Corporation’s common stock relative to the cumulative total returns of the Russell 2000 Index and the KBW Nasdaq Regional Banking Index. The graph assumes that the value of the investment in the Corporation’s common stock and in each of the indexes (including reinvestment of dividends) was $100 on December 31, 2019 and tracks it through December 31, 2024.

  Period Ending Index12/31/201912/31/202012/31/202112/31/202212/31/202312/31/2024First Merchants Corporation$100.00 $93.07 $107.02 $108.22 $101.92 $113.97 Russell 2000 Index100.00 119.96 137.74 109.59 128.14 142.93 KBW Nasdaq Regional Banking Index100.00 91.29 124.74 116.10 115.64 130.90 

The stock price performance included in this graph is not necessarily indicative of future stock price performance.

COMMON STOCK LISTING 

First Merchants Corporation common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol FRME.  At the close of business on February 19, 2025, the number of shares outstanding was 58,535,244.  There were 3,912 stockholders of record on that date.

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PART II: ITEM 5. AND ITEM 6.

PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY THE ISSUER AND AFFILIATED PURCHASES

The following table presents information relating to our purchases of equity securities during the three months ended December 31, 2024, as follows:

PeriodTotal Numberof SharesPurchased (1)AveragePrice Paidper ShareTotal Number of SharesPurchased as part of Publicly announced Plans or ProgramsMaximum Number of Shares that may yet be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs (2)October, 202488,494 $37.43 88,348 1,116,985 November, 202478,858 $36.99 78,553 1,038,