---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-23-024184"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FMCB"
cik: "0001085913"
company_name: "FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANCORP"
filed_at: "2023-05-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T03:30:55.635402+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Farmers & Merchants Bancorp declares $8.30 mid-year dividend, 5.7% increase, 58th straight annual rise

## Summary
- Mid-year cash dividend of $8.30 per share, payable July 1, 2023 to holders of record June 9, 2023.
- Dividend up 5.7% from $7.85 paid in July 2022; marks 58th consecutive year of increases.
- Company has paid uninterrupted dividends for 88 years; ranks 14th among Sure Dividend's 49 'Dividend Kings'.
- Q1 2023 net income $23.5M ($30.80 diluted EPS) vs $17.1M in Q1 2022; trailing 12-month EPS $105.65.
- Total assets $5.1B; non-performing loans only $387k; tier 1 leverage ratio 9.94%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-23-024184
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FMCB
- cik: 0001085913
- company_name: FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANCORP
- filed_at: 2023-05-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1085913/000114036123024184/0001140361-23-024184-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1085913/000114036123024184/brhc20052751_8k.htm

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