PROXY CORNER: First Merchants Corp.

First Merchants Corp., 200 E. Jackson St., Muncie 47305 (www.firstmerchants.com), operates 95 branches in 26 Indiana counties, two Illinois counties and two Ohio counties. In 2014, First Merchants earned $60.2 million, or 1.65 cents per diluted share. A year earlier, it earned $42.2 million, or $1.41 cents per diluted share. First Merchants shares trade on NASDAQ under the ticker FRME. Information for Proxy Corner is taken from Yahoo Finance and the company’s proxy statement dated April 2, 2014. View full Proxy Corner feature