First Merchants Corp. (FRME)

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First Merchants Corporation and Community Bancshares, Inc. Announce the Signing of a Definitive Merger Agreement


Date : 07/22/2014 @ 8:55AM
Source : Business Wire
Stock : First Merchants Corp. (MM) (FRME)
Quote : $20.61 0.23 (1.13%) @ 1:17PM

First Merchants Corporation (NASDAQ: FRME) and Community Bancshares, Inc. today announced they have executed a definitive agreement whereby Community Bancshares will merge with and into First Merchants, and its wholly-owned bank subsidiary, Community Bank, will merge with and into First Merchants Bank, N.A.

The merger agreement provides that shareholders of Community Bancshares will have the right to exchange each Community Bancshares common share held for either or a combination of (i) 4.0926 shares of First Merchants’ common stock, or (ii) $85.94 in cash. In the event that the total amount of cash elections exceeds $15 million, proration will occur to limit the cash paid to $15 million. Based on the closing price of First Merchants’ common stock on July 21, 2014 of $20.38, the transaction value is approximately $46.3 million.

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First Merchants Corp. [$FRME] due diligence

bullish

$FRME

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##### recent news/filings ~ source: finance.yahoo.com

Fri, 16 May 2014 17:04:15 GMT ~ FIRST MERCHANTS CORP Financials
read full: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=frme
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Thu, 15 May 2014 13:55:18 GMT ~ FIRST MERCHANTS CORP Files SEC form 8-K, Change in Directors or Principal Officers, Submission of Matters to a Vote o
read full: http://biz.yahoo.com/e/140515/frme8-k.html
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Mon, 12 May 2014 16:17:15 GMT ~ FIRST MERCHANTS CORP Files SEC form 8-K, Change in Directors or Principal Officers, Financial Statements and Exhibits
read full: http://biz.yahoo.com/e/140512/frme8-k.html
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Fri, 09 May 2014 11:42:46 GMT ~ FIRST MERCHANTS CORP Files SEC form 10-Q, Quarterly Report
read full: http://biz.yahoo.com/e/140509/frme10-q.html
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Fri, 25 Apr 2014 20:07:00 GMT ~ Why First Merchants (FRME) Stock Closed Up Today
read full: http://www.thestreet.com/story/12683883/1/why-first-merchants-frme-stock-closed-up-today.html?puc=yahoo&cm_ven=YAHOO
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##### company info ~ source: otcmarkets.com

Link: http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/FRME/company-info
Ticker: $FRME
OTC Market Place: Not Available
CIK code: 0000712534
Company name: First Merchants Corp.
Company website: http://www.firstmerchants.com
Incorporated In: IN, USA

##### extra dd links

Edgar filings: http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0000712534&owner=exclude&count=40
Latest filings: http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/FRME/filings
Latest financials: http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/FRME/financials
Latest news: http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/FRME/news - http://finance.yahoo.com/q/h?s=FRME+Headlines

Major holdings: http://data.cnbc.com/quotes/FRME/tab/8.1
Insider transactions (1): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/it?s=FRME+Insider+Transactions
Insider transactions (2): http://www.secform4.com/insider-trading/FRME.htm
Insider transactions (3): http://www.insidercow.com/history/company.jsp?company=FRME

RegSho: http://www.regsho.com/tools/symbol_stats.php?sym=FRME&search=search

DTCC: http://search2.dtcc.com/?q=First+Merchants+Corp.&x=10&y=8&sp_p=all&sp_f=ISO-8859-1
Spoke company information: http://www.spoke.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=First+Merchants+Corp.
Corporation WIKI: http://www.corporationwiki.com/search/results?term=First+Merchants+Corp.&x=0&y=0
WHOIS: http://whois.domaintools.com/http://www.firstmerchants.com
Alexa: http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/http://www.firstmerchants.com#
Corporate website internet archive: http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.firstmerchants.com

Short Sales: http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/FRME/short-sales
Insider Disclosure: http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/FRME/insider-transactions
Research Reports: http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/FRME/research
Historical Prices: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=FRME+Historical+Prices
Basic Tech. Analysis: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ta?s=FRME+Basic+Tech.+Analysis
Company Profile: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=FRME+Profile
Key Statistics: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=FRME+Key+Statistics
Industry: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/in?s=FRME+Industry
Insider Roster: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ir?s=FRME+Insider+Roster
Income Statement: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=FRME
Balance Sheet: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bs?s=FRME
Cash Flow: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/cf?s=FRME+Cash+Flow&annual
Market Watch: http://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/FRME
Bloomberg: http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/FRME:US
Morningstar: http://quotes.morningstar.com/stock/s?t=FRME
Bussinessweek: http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot_article.asp?ticker=FRME
Barchart: http://www.barchart.com/quotes/stocks/FRME
OTC Short Report: http://otcshortreport.com/index.php?index=FRME
Investopedia: http://www.investopedia.com/markets/stocks/FRME/?wa=0

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##### last known share structure ~ source: otcmarkets.com

Market Value: $788,924,812 a/o Jul 03, 2014
Shares Outstanding: 36,023,964 a/o Apr 30, 2014
Float: Not Available
Authorized Shares: Not Available
Par Value: No Par Value

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