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FIRST MERCHANTS CORP

FRME Net selling
CIK 0000712534 #1841 in the set updated 18 Sep 2026
Bought (120 mo)
$1.44M
out of their own pocket, the only kind of buying there is
Sold (120 mo)
$14.63M
$0.00 on a plan · $2.31M straight out of an exercise
Sold at will
$12.32M
48 of 58 sales
Net
−$13.19M
−$10.88M against sales at will

By person

31 insiders · 222 transactions
8.5×

Mark K. Hardwick holds 8.5 times base salary in stock. $7.06M of shares against $826.54K in salary for 2025.

Salary from the company's own proxy. The shares are what Mark K. Hardwick last reported holding, valued at $43.20, the price Common Stock was last bought or sold at on the open market here, on 19 Aug 2026.

Insider
Role
Bought
Sold
Net
Holding
Of company
Worth
Change
Fehring Patrick J.
Director
—
$2.72M (6)
−$2.72M
99,880
0.1590%
$4.31M
−34.0%
RECHIN MICHAEL C
Director
—
$2.68M (7)
−$2.68M
95,545
0.1521%
$4.13M
−12.5%
Schalliol Charles E
Director
—
$1.53M (4)
−$1.53M
41,030
0.0653%
$1.77M
−12.0%
HARDWICK MARK K
Chief Executive Officer
$144.72K (1)
$1.55M (6)
−$1.41M
163,378
0.2602%
$7.06M
+56.6%
FLUHLER STEPHAN
Chief Information Officer
—
$1.20M (9)
−$1.20M
24,495
0.0390%
$1.06M
+114.7%
Myers Larry W
Director
—
$1.04M (4)
−$1.04M
90,269
0.1437%
$3.90M
−21.3%
Marhenke Michael C
Director
$821.72K (4)
$1.73M (3)
−$905.97K
27,875
0.0444%
$1.20M
−9.9%
Stewart Michael J
President
$1.07K (1)
$775.08K (5)
−$774.01K
123,070
0.1960%
$5.32M
+78.7%
HOY WILLIAM L
Director
—
$421.71K (5) scheduled
−$421.71K
33,603
0.0535%
$1.45M
+46.3%
CHAFFIN H DOUGLAS
Director
—
$220.24K (1)
−$220.24K
37,203
0.0592%
$1.61M
−28.8%
LORENTSON JEFFREY B
Chief Audit Executive
—
$205.57K (1)
−$205.57K
15,228
0.0242%
$657.84K
+7.6%
Scurlock Eva D.
Chief Risk Officer
—
$136.47K (1)
−$136.47K
28,223
0.0449%
$1.22M
+20.8%
WALKER TERRY L
Director
$170.70K (2)
$51.65K (1)
+$119.04K
57,432
0.0915%
$2.48M
+30.1%
MARTIN JOHN
Chief Credit Officer
—
$90.73K (1)
−$90.73K
71,549
0.1139%
$3.09M
+84.2%
Becher Michael R
Director
—
$50.64K (1)
−$50.64K
29,699
0.0473%
$1.28M
+265.3%
FISHER MICHAEL J
Director
$50.20K (1)
—
+$50.20K
19,029
0.0303%
$822.05K
—
Sherman Patrick A
Director
$34.00K (68)
—
+$34.00K
51,125
0.0814%
$2.21M
+41.0%
KELLOGG CLARK C
Director
$31.34K (2)
—
+$31.34K
16,858
0.0268%
$728.28K
+4,727%
Lehman Gary
Director
$175.00K (40)
$203.88K (2) scheduled
−$28.88K
53,775
0.0856%
$2.32M
+90.4%
Kawiecki Michele
Chief Financial Officer
—
$26.65K (1)
−$26.65K
74,413
0.1185%
$3.21M
+530.6%
Sondhi Jason R
Director
$14.73K (2)
—
+$14.73K
11,062
0.0176%
$477.88K
+1,979%
Halderman Howard
Director
$164.96 (1)
—
+$164.96
29,776
0.0474%
$1.29M
+259.7%
WOJTOWICZ JEAN L
Director
—
—
—
66,731
0.1063%
$2.88M
+108.4%
Peterson Joseph C
Chief Commercial Officer
—
—
—
45,482
0.0724%
$1.96M
+38.7%
Harris Steven C
Chief Human Resources Officer
—
—
—
22,797
0.0363%
$984.83K
+289.1%
Kimball Chad
Chief Risk Officer
—
—
—
18,090
0.0288%
$781.50K
+619.2%
Brooks Susan W
Director
—
—
—
12,572
0.0200%
$543.12K
+6,651%
Johnson Kevin D
Director
—
—
—
9,498
0.0151%
$410.29K
+34,421%
ENGLISH RODERICK
Director
—
—
—
9,369
0.0149%
$404.75K
+5.6%
Chiang Mung
Director
—
—
—
8,864
0.0141%
$382.93K
+142,343%
Fultz Paul G
Director
—
—
—
518
0.0008%
$22.38K
—

Individual transactions

122
Insider
Date
Role
Action
Shares
Price
Amount
Halderman Howard
30 Dec 2024
Director
Buy
4
$41.24
$164.96
Stewart Michael J
29 Mar 2024
President
Buy
36
$29.67
$1.07K
FISHER MICHAEL J
18 Dec 2023
Director
Buy
1,380
$36.38
$50.20K
Sondhi Jason R
28 Jul 2023
Director
Buy indirect
70
$32.20
$2.25K
Sondhi Jason R
28 Jul 2023
Director
Buy indirect
388
$32.15
$12.47K
KELLOGG CLARK C
12 May 2023
Director
Buy indirect
1,000
$24.72
$24.72K
Sherman Patrick A
2 May 2022
Director
Buy
12
$40.19
$500.04
Sherman Patrick A
1 Apr 2022
Director
Buy
12
$41.97
$499.95
Sherman Patrick A
1 Mar 2022
Director
Buy
12
$43.10
$500.00
Sherman Patrick A
1 Feb 2022
Director
Buy
12
$42.73
$499.98
Sherman Patrick A
3 Jan 2022
Director
Buy
12
$41.94
$500.01
Sherman Patrick A
1 Dec 2021
Director
Buy
12
$40.65
$500.00
Sherman Patrick A
1 Nov 2021
Director
Buy
12
$42.07
$500.02
Sherman Patrick A
1 Oct 2021
Director
Buy
12
$42.13
$500.02
Sherman Patrick A
1 Sep 2021
Director
Buy
12
$41.17
$500.00
Sherman Patrick A
2 Aug 2021
Director
Buy
12
$40.55
$500.01
Sherman Patrick A
1 Jul 2021
Director
Buy
12
$42.26
$500.00
Sherman Patrick A
1 Jun 2021
Director
Buy
11
$45.86
$500.01
Sherman Patrick A
3 May 2021
Director
Buy
11
$46.82
$499.99
Sherman Patrick A
1 Apr 2021
Director
Buy
11
$47.07
$500.02
Sherman Patrick A
1 Mar 2021
Director
Buy
12
$43.29
$500.00
Sherman Patrick A
1 Feb 2021
Director
Buy
13
$38.44
$500.00
Sherman Patrick A
4 Jan 2021
Director
Buy
13
$37.18
$500.00
Sherman Patrick A
1 Dec 2020
Director
Buy
14
$34.55
$500.01
KELLOGG CLARK C
23 Nov 2020
Director
Buy
200
$33.08
$6.62K
Sherman Patrick A
2 Nov 2020
Director
Buy
19
$26.16
$500.01
Sherman Patrick A
1 Oct 2020
Director
Buy
22
$23.19
$499.99
Sherman Patrick A
1 Sep 2020
Director
Buy
19
$25.78
$500.00
Sherman Patrick A
3 Aug 2020
Director
Buy
20
$24.64
$500.00
Sherman Patrick A
1 Jul 2020
Director
Buy
19
$26.61
$500.00
Sherman Patrick A
1 Jun 2020
Director
Buy
18
$28.34
$500.00
Marhenke Michael C
6 May 2020
Director
Buy
10,000
$25.53
$255.30K
Sherman Patrick A
1 May 2020
Director
Buy
18
$28.07
$500.00
Sherman Patrick A
1 Apr 2020
Director
Buy
20
$25.64
$500.01
HARDWICK MARK K
16 Mar 2020
CFO & COO
Buy indirect
5,424
$26.68
$144.72K
Marhenke Michael C
13 Mar 2020
Director
Buy
5,000
$28.50
$142.50K
Marhenke Michael C
5 Mar 2020
Director
Buy
10,000
$33.66
$336.57K
Sherman Patrick A
2 Mar 2020
Director
Buy
13
$37.25
$500.02
Sherman Patrick A
3 Feb 2020
Director
Buy
12
$40.05
$499.98
Sherman Patrick A
2 Jan 2020
Director
Buy
12
$41.45
$499.99
Sherman Patrick A
2 Dec 2019
Director
Buy
12
$40.64
$500.02
Lehman Gary
2 Dec 2019
Director
Buy
41
$40.64
$1.67K
Sherman Patrick A
1 Nov 2019
Director
Buy
12
$40.06
$500.00
Lehman Gary
1 Nov 2019
Director
Buy
42
$40.06
$1.67K
Sherman Patrick A
1 Oct 2019
Director
Buy
13
$37.80
$500.01
Lehman Gary
1 Oct 2019
Director
Buy
44
$37.80
$1.67K
Sherman Patrick A
3 Sep 2019
Director
Buy
14
$35.21
$500.00
Lehman Gary
3 Sep 2019
Director
Buy
47
$35.21
$1.67K
Sherman Patrick A
1 Aug 2019
Director
Buy
13
$38.67
$500.00
Lehman Gary
1 Aug 2019
Director
Buy
43
$38.67
$1.67K
Sherman Patrick A
1 Jul 2019
Director
Buy
13
$37.08
$499.99
Lehman Gary
1 Jul 2019
Director
Buy
45
$37.08
$1.67K
Lehman Gary
3 Jun 2019
Director
Buy
49
$33.83
$1.67K
Sherman Patrick A
3 Jun 2019
Director
Buy
15
$33.83
$500.00
Sherman Patrick A
1 May 2019
Director
Buy
14
$36.85
$500.00
Lehman Gary
1 May 2019
Director
Buy
45
$36.85
$1.67K
Lehman Gary
1 Apr 2019
Director
Buy
45
$36.99
$1.67K
Sherman Patrick A
1 Apr 2019
Director
Buy
14
$36.99
$499.98
Lehman Gary
1 Mar 2019
Director
Buy
41
$40.65
$1.67K
Sherman Patrick A
1 Mar 2019
Director
Buy
12
$40.65
$499.99
Lehman Gary
1 Feb 2019
Director
Buy
45
$37.05
$1.67K
Sherman Patrick A
1 Feb 2019
Director
Buy
13
$37.05
$500.00
Sherman Patrick A
2 Jan 2019
Director
Buy
15
$34.17
$499.99
Lehman Gary
2 Jan 2019
Director
Buy
49
$34.17
$1.67K
WALKER TERRY L
19 Dec 2018
Director
Buy
1,000
$35.12
$35.12K
Sherman Patrick A
3 Dec 2018
Director
Buy
12
$41.76
$500.00
Lehman Gary
3 Dec 2018
Director
Buy
40
$41.76
$1.67K
Lehman Gary
1 Nov 2018
Director
Buy
40
$41.86
$1.67K
Sherman Patrick A
1 Nov 2018
Director
Buy
12
$41.86
$500.01
Lehman Gary
1 Oct 2018
Director
Buy
37
$45.11
$1.67K
Sherman Patrick A
1 Oct 2018
Director
Buy
11
$45.11
$500.02
Lehman Gary
4 Sep 2018
Director
Buy
35
$47.95
$1.67K
Sherman Patrick A
4 Sep 2018
Director
Buy
10
$47.95
$499.98
Lehman Gary
1 Aug 2018
Director
Buy
35
$48.15
$1.67K
Sherman Patrick A
1 Aug 2018
Director
Buy
10
$48.15
$500.01
Sherman Patrick A
2 Jul 2018
Director
Buy
11
$46.72
$499.93
Lehman Gary
2 Jul 2018
Director
Buy
36
$46.72
$1.67K
Sherman Patrick A
1 Jun 2018
Director
Buy
11
$45.79
$500.03
Lehman Gary
1 Jun 2018
Director
Buy
36
$45.79
$1.67K
Sherman Patrick A
1 May 2018
Director
Buy
11
$43.53
$500.14
Lehman Gary
1 May 2018
Director
Buy
38
$43.53
$1.67K
Lehman Gary
2 Apr 2018
Director
Buy
40
$41.63
$1.67K
Sherman Patrick A
2 Apr 2018
Director
Buy
12
$41.63
$500.01
Lehman Gary
1 Mar 2018
Director
Buy
40
$42.06
$1.67K
Sherman Patrick A
1 Mar 2018
Director
Buy
12
$42.06
$499.99
Sherman Patrick A
1 Feb 2018
Director
Buy
11
$43.51
$500.02
Lehman Gary
1 Feb 2018
Director
Buy
38
$43.51
$1.67K
Sherman Patrick A
2 Jan 2018
Director
Buy
12
$42.62
$499.98
Lehman Gary
2 Jan 2018
Director
Buy
39
$42.62
$1.67K
WALKER TERRY L
15 Dec 2017
Director
Buy
3,176
$42.69
$135.58K
Sherman Patrick A
1 Dec 2017
Director
Buy
12
$43.02
$499.98
Lehman Gary
1 Dec 2017
Director
Buy
39
$43.02
$1.67K
Marhenke Michael C
29 Nov 2017
Director
Buy
2,000
$43.68
$87.35K
Sherman Patrick A
1 Nov 2017
Director
Buy
12
$43.22
$499.99
Lehman Gary
1 Nov 2017
Director
Buy
39
$43.22
$1.67K
Sherman Patrick A
2 Oct 2017
Director
Buy
12
$42.72
$500.01
Lehman Gary
2 Oct 2017
Director
Buy
39
$42.72
$1.67K
Lehman Gary
1 Sep 2017
Director
Buy
42
$39.28
$1.67K
Sherman Patrick A
1 Sep 2017
Director
Buy
13
$39.28
$499.98
Sherman Patrick A
1 Aug 2017
Director
Buy
12
$40.14
$500.01
Lehman Gary
1 Aug 2017
Director
Buy
42
$40.14
$1.67K
Sherman Patrick A
3 Jul 2017
Director
Buy
12
$40.44
$499.98
Lehman Gary
3 Jul 2017
Director
Buy
41
$40.44
$1.67K
Lehman Gary
1 Jun 2017
Director
Buy
41
$40.23
$1.67K
Sherman Patrick A
1 Jun 2017
Director
Buy
12
$40.23
$500.01
Lehman Gary
1 May 2017
Director
Buy
40
$41.89
$1.67K
Sherman Patrick A
1 May 2017
Director
Buy
12
$41.89
$499.99
Sherman Patrick A
3 Apr 2017
Director
Buy
13
$38.96
$499.99
Lehman Gary
3 Apr 2017
Director
Buy
43
$38.96
$1.67K
Sherman Patrick A
1 Mar 2017
Director
Buy
12
$41.08
$500.00
Lehman Gary
1 Mar 2017
Director
Buy
41
$41.08
$1.67K
Lehman Gary
1 Feb 2017
Director
Buy
43
$38.33
$1.67K
Sherman Patrick A
1 Feb 2017
Director
Buy
13
$38.33
$499.99
Lehman Gary
31 Jan 2017
Director
Buy
6,836
$16.09
$110.00K
Lehman Gary
3 Jan 2017
Director
Buy
44
$37.72
$1.67K
Sherman Patrick A
30 Dec 2016
Director
Buy
13
$37.72
$499.99
Lehman Gary
1 Dec 2016
Director
Buy
49
$34.33
$1.67K
Sherman Patrick A
1 Dec 2016
Director
Buy
15
$34.33
$499.99
Lehman Gary
1 Nov 2016
Director
Buy
59
$28.25
$1.67K
Sherman Patrick A
1 Nov 2016
Director
Buy
18
$28.25
$500.00
Lehman Gary
3 Oct 2016
Director
Buy
63
$26.62
$1.67K
Sherman Patrick A
3 Oct 2016
Director
Buy
19
$26.62
$500.00
Show all 222 transactions →

What was left out

Form 4 filings counted 933
Amendments (4/A) skipped 75
Filings about a different issuer 0
Unreadable filings 0
Joint filings 0
Sales on a Rule 10b5-1 plan 0
Sales straight out of an exercise 10
Sales at will 48
Transactions with no price 0
Shares from compensation/vesting 1,338,715
Sales filed before the plan box existed 34
History held since 2 Sep 2016