---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-25-014544"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FMFG"
cik: "0001698022"
company_name: "Farmers & Merchants Bancshares, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-05-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T17:47:10.928096+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Appoints Barry Luciani as EVP and Chief Retail Banking Officer

## Summary
- Appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Retail Banking Officer effective April 29, 2025.
- Annual base salary of $190,000 and eligibility for the Bank's executive bonus program.
- Previously served as SVP Director of Retail Banking since October 2020; joined through Carroll Community Bank acquisition.
- Mr. Luciani has not served as a public company director in the last five years.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-25-014544
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FMFG
- cik: 0001698022
- company_name: Farmers & Merchants Bancshares, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-05-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698022/000143774925014544/0001437749-25-014544-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698022/000143774925014544/fmfg20250505_8k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: c484ce6312
  claim: Barry Luciani was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Retail Banking Officer at Farmers & Merchants Bancshares, Inc..
  evidence_excerpt: appointed Barry Luciani to serve as the Bank’s Executive Vice President and Chief Retail Banking Officer (“CRBO”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698022/000143774925014544/0001437749-25-014544-index.htm

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