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First Merchants Corp Insider Trading

FRME

Every SEC Form 4 insider trading filing for First Merchants Corp (FRME) since April 2023 — open-market buys and sells by directors and officers, option exercises, and cluster activity, updated as each filing is reported to the SEC. Why 2023?

Exchange
Nasdaq
Sector
National Commercial Banks
CIK
0000712534
Filings
327
Insiders
25
Last filing
2026-08-19

Activity summary

Recent insider activity is bearish. Over the last 30 days, insiders net sold $2.4M across 9 transactions, with 8 offsetting purchases.

Three year balance

Buy and sell value by quarter, Q4 23 to Q3 26. First Merchants Corp insiders are net buyers across the period shown.

Q4 23Q1 24Q2 24Q3 24Q4 24Q1 25Q2 25Q3 25Q4 25Q1 26Q2 26Q3 26

Bars below the rule are sales, above are purchases. Largest quarter on the chart is $3.4M.

90 day insight

Over the last 90 days, First Merchants Corp insiders bought $3.7M (22 transactions) and sold $1.9M (11 transactions).

  • Most active insider: Fluhler Stephan with 4 transactions totaling $464K.
  • Largest single purchase: $916K by Hardwick Mark K on Aug 3, 2026.

Activity skews bullish — buys outpace sales.

Insider Transactions

Sourced from SEC EDGAR Form 4 filings. Updated hourly.

DateInsiderCompanyTypeSharesPriceValue
Aug 19, 2026Fluhler StephanFRME
Sale
4,080$43.20$176K
Aug 3, 2026Stewart Michael JFRME
Award
16,000$43.63$698K
Aug 3, 2026Fluhler StephanFRME
Award
5,000$43.63$218K
Aug 3, 2026Scurlock Eva D.FRME
Award
4,000$43.63$175K
Aug 3, 2026Hardwick Mark KFRME
Award
21,000$43.63$916K

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Top insiders

By total value filed.

Hardwick Mark KChief Executive Officer4 filings+$668K
Myers Larry WFirst Vice President5 filings$1.0M
Stewart Michael JPresident2 filings+$437K
Kawiecki MicheleChief Financial Officer2 filings+$442K
Fluhler StephanChief Information Officer5 filings$12K

Institutional Ownership

Top 13F-HR holders of First Merchants Corp as of 2026-06-30

↓ decreasing
Total reported AUM
$593.6M
QoQ change
-62.5%
Reporting period
2026-06-30
#1
State Street Corp
CIK 0000093751
$111.5M
2.6M shares
#2
BlackRock, Inc.
CIK 0002012383
$108.6M
2.5M shares
#3
BlackRock, Inc.
CIK 0002012383
$90.0M
2.1M shares

Data source: quarterly 13F-HR filings — institutional holders report positions within 45 days of quarter end. Joined with insider activity above — see who's loading up institutionally while insiders are trading. Full 13F-HR API →