---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-043146"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "FMAO"
cik: "0000792966"
company_name: "FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANCORP INC"
filed_at: "2023-08-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T08:08:19.500067+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Farmers & Merchants Bancorp board elects annual say-on-pay votes after shareholder advisory recommendation

## Summary
- Shareholders recommended annual advisory votes on executive compensation; Board adopted annual frequency.
- Decision effective until next required frequency vote under SEC rules.
- No other changes from original 8-K filing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-043146
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: FMAO
- cik: 0000792966
- company_name: FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANCORP INC
- filed_at: 2023-08-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/792966/000095017023043146/0000950170-23-043146-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/792966/000095017023043146/fmao-20230417.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-043146
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-043146.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-043146.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANCORP INC shareholders approved Advisory vote on frequency of future say-on-pay votes.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: the Company’s shareholders voted to recommend, on a non-binding and advisory basis, that future shareholder advisory votes on the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers be held annually.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/792966/000095017023043146/0000950170-23-043146-index.htm

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