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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-137388"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FMAO"
cik: "0000792966"
company_name: "FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANCORP INC"
filed_at: "2024-12-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T02:39:26.122970+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Eugene N. Burkholder retires from F&M Bank board; board reduced to 11 members

## Summary
- Eugene N. Burkholder retired from the board of Farmers & Merchants Bancorp and its bank subsidiary effective Dec. 17, 2024.
- He served as independent director since March 2012 and chaired the Enterprise Risk Management Committee.
- The board will not fill the vacancy, reducing total board size from 12 to 11 members.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-137388
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FMAO
- cik: 0000792966
- company_name: FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANCORP INC
- filed_at: 2024-12-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/792966/000095017024137388/0000950170-24-137388-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/792966/000095017024137388/fmao-20241217.htm

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