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Farmers and Merchants Bancshares adopts one-year stockholder rights plan with 11% trigger after activist filing
Farmers & Merchants Bancshares, Inc.
- Adopted rights plan triggered at 11% beneficial ownership; expires July 29, 2025.
- Action follows July 8 Schedule 13D/A by Renbaum investor group owning ~10.1% seeking to acquire up to 24.9%.
- Rights plan designed to prevent creeping control without board negotiation or control premium.
- Existing holders as of Aug 12, 2024 receive one right per share; rights become exercisable on distribution date.
- Board can redeem rights at $0.001 per right before distribution date.