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): July 14, 2017
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)
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Item 8.01. Other Events.
Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization and Merger entered into by and between First Merchants Corporation (“First Merchants”) and Independent Alliance Banks, Inc. (“IALB”) on February 17, 2017 (the “Merger Agreement”), First Merchants filed Articles of Merger with the Secretary of State of Indiana to complete its previously announced acquisition of IALB through the merger of IALB with and into First Merchants (the “Merger”), effective as of 5:00 p.m. (Eastern) on July 14, 2017.
As of the effective time of the Merger, each share of outstanding IALB common stock was converted into the right to receive 1.6530 shares of First Merchants common stock.
Immediately following the Merger, iAB Financial Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of IALB, merged with and into First Merchants Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of First Merchants, with First Merchants Bank surviving the merger and continuing its corporate existence.
The foregoing description of the mergers does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Merger Agreement, which is incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit 2.1.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit No. Description of Exhibit.
2.1 | Agreement and Plan of Reorganization and Merger by and between First Merchants Corporation and Independent Alliance Banks, Inc., dated as of February 17, 2017 (attached as Exhibit 2.1 to First Merchants Corporation’s Form 8-K filed on February 17, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference). |
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, Chief Operating Officer and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Principal Accounting Officer)
Dated: July 14, 2017