---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-21-277947"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FMAO"
cik: "0000792966"
company_name: "FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANCORP INC"
filed_at: "2021-09-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T02:28:45.126529+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# FMAO gets regulatory nods for Perpetual buy; David Vernon elected director

## Summary
- Received all federal and state regulatory approvals for acquisition of Perpetual Federal Savings Bank.
- Perpetual shareholders voted nearly 98% in favor (64% of votes cast).
- Acquisition expected to close on October 1, 2021, within six months of announcement.
- David Vernon, a current Perpetual director and funeral home operator, elected to FMAO board effective closing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-277947
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FMAO
- cik: 0000792966
- company_name: FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANCORP INC
- filed_at: 2021-09-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/792966/000119312521277947/0001193125-21-277947-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/792966/000119312521277947/d195662d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-277947
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-277947.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-277947.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  David P. Vernon was appointed as Director at FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANCORP INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: determined to appoint David P. Vernon to its Board of Directors effective as of the consummation of the merger of Perpetual Federal Savings Bank of Urbana ("Perpetual") with and into Farmers & Merchants State Bank
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/792966/000119312521277947/0001193125-21-277947-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.