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First Merchants Corporation401(k)

FIRST MERCHANTS CORPORATION RETIREMENT INCOME AND SAVINGS PLAN · MUNCIE, IN · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.06%

Peer grade: B · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

First Merchants Corporation reported $165,889 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.06% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,510 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.07% to 0.06%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 230 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 55th-largest of 1,562 plans among Indiana employers on file, and the 450th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2025, employees put in $1.90 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$299,661,038
Participants with balances2,666
Active participants2,011
Employer contributions$7,058,859
Employee contributions$13,386,101
Employer contribution per active participant$3,510
Average account balance$112,401
Benefits paid to participants$21,993,660
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$299.7M · 2,666 accts · $7.1M emplr
2024$260.9M · 2,698 accts · $7.1M emplr
2023$238.9M · 2,786 accts · $7.0M emplr
2022$204.7M · 2,732 accts · $6.5M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$165,889
Total administrative$165,889
The First Merchants Corporation 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$3,510
Median for plans this size$4,295
2025$3,510 per active participant
2024$3,432 per active participant
2023$3,213 per active participant
2022$3,062 per active participant

First Merchants Corporation's 2025 employer contribution ran below the $4,295 median for plans its size. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20251
LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION · Contract administrator$165,889

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Administrative cost history4
2025$165,889 · 0.06%
2024$166,283 · 0.07%
2023$174,935 · 0.08%
2022$150,780 · 0.07%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 351544218 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.