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      "filed": "2025-11-04",
      "source_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712534/000160834725000012/0001608347-25-000012-index.htm"
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      "text": "First Merchants delivered strong third quarter results. Earnings per diluted share were $1.09, up 11 percent from the third quarter of last year, fully taxable equivalent net interest margin 1 rose 6 basis points to 3.44 percent, and deposit growth was solid",
      "speaker": "Mark Hardwick",
      "title": "Chief Executive Officer",
      "form": "8-K",
      "filed": "2026-10-21",
      "source_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712534/000071253426000073/a3q26earningsreleaseex991.htm"
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  "source": "SEC EDGAR filings, read by Steadybase. Every value links to the filing it came from."
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