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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-013438"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FMFG"
cik: "0001698022"
company_name: "Farmers & Merchants Bancshares, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-05-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T07:13:41.482468+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Gary A. Harris to succeed James R. Bosley as President and CEO at year-end 2022

## Summary
- Gary A. Harris becomes President of Company and Bank on July 1, 2022; CEO on January 1, 2023 after James R. Bosley retires Dec 31, 2022.
- Harris has been with Farmers and Merchants Bank since 2008, most recently as EVP and Chief Lending Officer.
- Boards selected Harris after an East Coast search led by Kaplan Partners; he will be only the fifth President in 102-year bank history.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-013438
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FMFG
- cik: 0001698022
- company_name: Farmers & Merchants Bancshares, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-05-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- 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/1698022/000143774922013438/0001437749-22-013438-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698022/000143774922013438/fmfg20220524_8k.htm

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