8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 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): February 21, 2019

Merchants Bancorp

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Indiana	001-38258	20-5747400
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

11555 North Meridian Street, Suite 400
Carmel, Indiana 46032

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(317) 569-7420

(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.

On February 21, 2019, the Company issued a press release announcing that the Company’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.07 per share on the Company’s outstanding shares of common stock. The dividend is payable April 1, 2019 to shareholders of record on March 15, 2019. The press release has been attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Also on February 21, 2019, the Company’s Board of Directors declared that the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders will be held on Thursday, May 16, 2019.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release dated February 21, 2019 issued by Merchants Bancorp

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SIGNATURE

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.

	MERCHANTS BANCORP
Date: February 21, 2019	By:	/s/ John F. Macke
		Name: John F. Macke
		Title: Chief Financial Officer

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EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Media Contact: Rebecca Marsh

Merchants Bancorp

Phone: (317) 805-4356

Email: rmarsh@merchantsbankofindiana.com

Investor Contact: John Macke

Merchants Bancorp

Phone: (317) 536-7421

Email: jmacke@merchantsbankofindiana.com

PRESS RELEASE

Merchants Bancorp Increases Quarterly Cash Dividend

For Release February 21, 2019

CARMEL, Indiana — Merchants Bancorp (“Merchants”) (Nasdaq: MBIN), parent company and registered bank holding company of Merchants Bank of Indiana (“Merchants Bank”), today announced that the Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend for the first quarter of 2019 of $0.07 per share on the Company’s outstanding shares of common stock, a 17% increase compared with the fourth quarter of 2018.  The dividend is payable April 1, 2019, to shareholders of record on March 15, 2019.

ABOUT MERCHANTS BANCORP

Merchants Bancorp is a diversified bank holding company headquartered in Carmel, Indiana operating multiple lines of business, including Federal Housing Administration (“FHA”) multi-family housing and healthcare facility financing and servicing, mortgage warehouse financing, retail and correspondent residential mortgage banking, agricultural lending and traditional community banking.  Merchants Bancorp, with $3.9 billion in assets and $3.2 billion in deposits as of December 31, 2018, conducts its business through its direct and indirect subsidiaries, Merchants Bank of Indiana, Merchants Capital Corporation, Farmers-Merchants Bank of Illinois, Merchants Capital Servicing LLC, and Merchants Mortgage, a division of Merchants Bank of Indiana. For more information and financial data, please visit Merchants’ Investor Relations page at investors.merchantsbankofindiana.com.