---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-24-040602"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FMCB"
cik: "0001085913"
company_name: "FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANCORP"
filed_at: "2024-09-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T05:50:06.897301+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# EVP and CAO Deborah Skinner to retire Dec 31, 2024; successor search underway

## Summary
- Deborah Skinner, EVP & CAO, notified Board on Sept 3, 2024 of retirement effective Dec 31, 2024.
- Company anticipated retirement and initiated succession planning late last year; internal and external candidates vetted.
- Search committee in final stages; replacement expected before her departure for orderly transition.
- Company notes 27-year track record of orderly executive officer transitions via succession planning.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-24-040602
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FMCB
- cik: 0001085913
- company_name: FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANCORP
- filed_at: 2024-09-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1085913/000114036124040602/0001140361-24-040602-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1085913/000114036124040602/ef20035666_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-040602
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-040602.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-040602.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Deborah Skinner departed as Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer at FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANCORP.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer
  source text: On September 3, 2024, in compliance with the terms of her executive employment contract, Deborah Skinner officially notified the Board of Directors in writing of her intention to retire effective December 31, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1085913/000114036124040602/0001140361-24-040602-index.htm

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