---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-011106"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FMFG"
cik: "0001698022"
company_name: "Farmers & Merchants Bancshares, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-04-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T13:07:26.211601+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Farmers and Merchants Bancshares shareholders elect three directors, ratify auditor

## Summary
- All three director nominees (Cassell, Wooden, Harris) were elected with over 1.6M votes for each.
- Ratification of Yount, Hyde & Barbour as independent auditor passed with 1,961,663 votes for, 8,833 against.
- Broker non-votes of 243,534 on director elections.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-011106
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FMFG
- cik: 0001698022
- company_name: Farmers & Merchants Bancshares, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-04-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698022/000143774923011106/0001437749-23-011106-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698022/000143774923011106/fmfg20230426_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Farmers & Merchants Bancshares, Inc. shareholders approved Election of three nominees to serve on the Company's Board of Directors until the earlier of (a) 2027 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, (b) he or she is removed in accordance with the Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”), and (c) the time at the 2023-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-25
  source text: Proposal 1 – Election of three nominees to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors until the earlier of (a) 2027 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, (b) he or she is removed in accordance with the Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”), and (c) the time that he or she fails to qualify to serve as a director as provided in the Bylaws: For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Roger D. Cassell 1,623,305 104,489 243,534 Paul F. Wooden, Jr. 1,656,817 70,977 243,534 Gary A. Harris 1,724,729 3,065 243,534
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698022/000143774923011106/0001437749-23-011106-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Farmers & Merchants Bancshares, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the Appointment of Yount, Hyde & Barbour, P.C. as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2023 at the 2023-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-25
  source text: Proposal 2 – Ratification of the Appointment of Yount, Hyde & Barbour, P.C. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2023: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 1,961,663 8,833 832 -
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698022/000143774923011106/0001437749-23-011106-index.htm

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