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): August 21, 2025

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.)

410 Monon Boulevard
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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, without par value	MBIN	NASDAQ
Depositary Shares, each representing a 1/40th interest in a share of Series C Preferred Stock, without par value	MBINN	NASDAQ
Depositary Shares, each representing a 1/40th interest in a share of Series D Preferred Stock, without par value	MBINM	NASDAQ
Depositary Shares, each representing a 1/40th interest in a share of Series E Preferred Stock, without par value Common Stock, without par value	MBINL	NASDAQ

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as deﬁned in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised ﬁnancial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On August 21, 2025, Merchants Bancorp (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that the Company’s Board of Directors declared the following quarterly cash dividends:

$0.10 per share on the Company’s outstanding shares of its common stock;

$15.00 per share (equivalent to $0.375 per depositary share) on the Company’s outstanding shares of its 6% Series C preferred stock;

$20.625 per share (equivalent to $0.5156 per depositary share) on the Company’s outstanding shares of its 8.25% Series D preferred stock; and

$19.06 per share (equivalent to $0.4765 per depositary share) on the Company’s outstanding shares of its 7.625% Series E preferred stock.

Each of the dividends are payable on October 1, 2025 to shareholders of record on September 15, 2025.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.		Description

99.1		Press Release dated August 21, 2025 issued by Merchants Bancorp.
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File. The cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the inline XBRL document.

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: August 21, 2025	By:	/s/ Terry Oznick
		Name: Terry Oznick
		Title: General Counsel and Secretary

Merchants Bancorp 8-K