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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-026756"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FMFG"
cik: "0001698022"
company_name: "Farmers & Merchants Bancshares, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-09-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T08:43:30.671890+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CEO Gary Harris gets 2,000 immediate shares, up to 3,000 more in conditional grants through 2026

## Summary
- CEO Gary A. Harris granted 2,000 fully-vested shares effective Sept 22, 2023 under 2023 Equity Compensation Plan.
- Conditional grants of 1,000 vested shares each on Sept 22, 2024, 2025, and 2026 if employed in good standing.
- Total potential grant of 5,000 shares of common stock (par value $0.01 per share) over four years.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-026756
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FMFG
- cik: 0001698022
- company_name: Farmers & Merchants Bancshares, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-09-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698022/000143774923026756/0001437749-23-026756-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698022/000143774923026756/fmfg20230926_8k.htm

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