MBINO Merchants Bancorp

Exhibit 24

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Terry A. Oznick and Tami L. Durle, acting singly and with full power of substitution, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

 

1.

prepare, execute in the undersigned’s name and on the undersigned’s behalf, and submit to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a Form ID, Uniform Application for Access Codes to File on EDGAR, if necessary, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes, passwords, or anything similar, as applicable, enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

 

2.

execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer and/or director of Merchants Bancorp (the “Company”), Forms 3, 4 and 5 (and any amendments thereto) in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, and any other forms or reports the undersigned may be required to file in connection with the undersigned’s ownership, acquisition, or disposition of securities of the Company;

 

3.

do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Forms 3, 4, or 5, Form ID, or other form or report, or any amendments thereto, and timely file such form or report with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

 

4.

take any other action in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by or for, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such information, disclosures, terms, and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact’s discretion.

 

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever required, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact’s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.

 

The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request and on the behalf of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with, or any liability for the failure to comply with, any provision of Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

 

 

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 or 5 with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact. If at any time, any of the aforementioned attorneys-in-fact are no longer employed by the Company or its affiliates, such person’s appointment as attorney-in-fact shall terminate.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of August 21, 2024.

 

	/s/ Sean A. Sievers
	Sean A. Sievers

 

STATE OF INDIANA	)
	):
COUNTY OF HAMILTON	)

 

Signed (or attested) before me on August 21, 2024.

 

/s/ Rachel A. Reynolds

 

[Notary Seal]

 

 

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