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Issuer:     FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANCORP (FMCB)
CIK:        0001085913
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-11-15T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001140361-23-053421
Event type: dividend
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Farmers & Merchants Bancorp increases year-end cash dividend 6% to $8.80/share
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- Year-end cash dividend of $8.80 per share, a 6.02% increase over prior comparable dividends.
- Dividend payable on January 2, 2024 to shareholders of record as of December 6, 2023.
- Trailing twelve months net income $86.9M ($114.13 EPS), up 22.4% YoY; payout ratio 15.0%.
- Company repurchased and retired 17,126 shares (2.23% of outstanding) over the past year.
- Record Q3 2023 net income: $22.0M for three months, $66.9M for nine months, up 12.8% and 21.5% YoY.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1085913/000114036123053421/0001140361-23-053421-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1085913/000114036123053421/ef20014761_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-23-053421

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