SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Petrie Michael F. (Last) (First) (Middle) 410 MONON BOULEVARD (Street) CARMEL INDIANA 46032 (City) (State) (Zip) UNITED STATES (Country)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Merchants Bancorp [ MBIN ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director X 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Chairman and CEO
	2a. Foreign Trading Symbol
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 05/05/2026	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	05/05/2026		S		20,000	D	$46.75	1,873,328(1)	D
Common Stock	05/05/2026		S		10,696	D	$46.75	736,013	I	Spouse is Trustee of The Petrie Grandchildren Trust
Common Stock	05/06/2026		S		8,334	D	$46.86	1,864,994(1)	D
Common Stock								2,111,868	I	By Spouse
Common Stock								1,425,000	I	Spouse is Trustee of the Emily J. Petrie Irrevocable GST Trust 2010
Common Stock								2,611,424	I	Spouse is Trustee of the Emily J. Petrie Irrevocable Trust - 2010
Common Stock								1,425,000	I	Spouse is Trustee of the Julia L. Petrie Irrevocable GST Trust 2010
Common Stock								2,410,152	I	Spouse is Trustee of the Julia L. Petrie Irrevocable Trust - 2010
Series C Depositary Shares								2,958	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Includes 48,961 unvested restricted stock units for which the reporting person does not have voting rights or receive dividends until vested and shares are issued: 27,591 vesting 2/1/2027; 14,515 vesting 2/1/2028; and 6,855 vesting 2/1/2029.

Remarks:

	/s/ Terry A. Oznick, attorney-in-fact	05/07/2026
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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* Form 4: SEC 1474 (03-26)