Company: FRME
Filing Date: 2025-04-01
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000712534-25-000077
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Company: FIRST MERCHANTS CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-01
Form: DEF 14A
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 13G of beneficial ownership filed on January 25, 2024 with the SEC. The Schedule 13G reports sole dispositive power with respect to 5,176,638 shares and sole voting power with respect to 4,993,899 shares.

2 First Merchants Corporation 2025 Proxy Statement

(4) Based solely on Dimensional Fund Advisors, LP’s statement on Schedule 13G of beneficial ownership filed on February 9, 2024 with the SEC. The Schedule 13G reports sole dispositive power with respect to 3,074,411 shares and sole voting power with respect to 3,014,088 shares.

#### SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF MANAGEMENT
The following table individually lists the amount and percent of the outstanding FMC common stock beneficially owned on the Record Date by the directors, the director-nominees, each of the named executive officers (“ NEOs ”) listed in the Summary Compensation Table on page 37, and all of the directors, director-nominees and executive officers as a group. Unless otherwise indicated, the beneficial owner has sole voting and investment power. The information provided in the table is based on FMC’s records and information filed with the SEC and provided to the Company.

The number of shares beneficially owned by each person is determined under SEC rules, and the information is not necessarily indicative of beneficial ownership for any other purpose. Under SEC rules, beneficial ownership includes shares of which a person has the right to acquire beneficial ownership on or before May 19, 2025 (60 days after the Record Date) by exercising vested stock options (“ Vested Options ”) awarded to participants under FMC’s Long-term Equity Incentive Plan (“ LTEIP ”). It also includes shares of restricted stock (“ Restricted Shares ”) awarded to participants under the LTEIP or under FMC’s Equity Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors that are still subject to restrictions.

| Beneficial Owner                                         |     | Amount and Nature of  Beneficial Ownership |     | Percent  
 of Class |
| Michael R. Becher                                        |     | 25,886(1)                                  |     | *        |
| Susan W. Brooks                                          |     | 8,951(2)                                   |     | *        |
| Mung Chiang                                              |     | 5,419(3)                                   |     | *        |
| Patrick J. Fehring                                       |     | 123,492(4)                                 |     | *        |