** Merchants Bancorp's shares down 9.7% at $43 in extended trading as it seeks equity raise
** MBIN rose for 11th straight session on Mon, finishing up 0.4% at $47.61, a fresh record high close
** Carmel, Indiana-based commercial and residential mortgage finance bank after the bell announces 2.4 mln share offering
** It plans to use net proceeds for general purposes, including to support balance sheet growth
** Morgan Stanley lead bookrunner, joined by Piper Sandler and Eaymond James
** As of Mar 31, Merchants had $17.8 bln in assets and $14 bln in deposits
** It has ~43.35 mln shares outstanding for roughly $2.1 bln market cap
** YTD, shares up 12% YTD. Stock was trading around $23 a year ago
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
((lance.tupper@thomsonreuters.com lance.tupper@tr.com 1-646-279-6380))
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