---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-062707"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FMAO"
cik: "0000792966"
company_name: "FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANCORP INC"
filed_at: "2024-05-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T11:44:02.524869+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# FMAO Board Chairman Jack Johnson retires; Andrew Briggs succeeds as Chair

## Summary
- Jack C. Johnson retired from the Board on May 21, 2024, under mandatory retirement provisions.
- Johnson served as Chairman from July 2013 to April 2024; Board size reduced to twelve.
- Andrew Briggs appointed Chairman of the Company and Bank on May 3, 2024; Kevin Sauder remains Vice Chairman.
- Johnson was instrumental in guiding F&M through growth; retirement celebrated at May 21 board meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-062707
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FMAO
- cik: 0000792966
- company_name: FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANCORP INC
- filed_at: 2024-05-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/792966/000095017024062707/0000950170-24-062707-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/792966/000095017024062707/fmao-20240521.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-062707.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jack C. Johnson retired as Chairman at FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANCORP INC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Chairman
  source text: Effective May 21, 2024, Jack C. Johnson retired from the Board of Directors of the Company and Farmers & Merchants State Bank (the “Bank”), the wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, in accordance with the mandatory retirement provisions contained in the Company’s governing documents.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/792966/000095017024062707/0000950170-24-062707-index.htm

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