---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-003620"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FMNB"
cik: "0000709337"
company_name: "FARMERS NATIONAL BANC CORP /OH/"
filed_at: "2026-02-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T03:43:55.145268+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Farmers National and Middlefield shareholders approve merger; close expected Q1 2026

## Summary
- Farmers shareholders approved Merger Agreement: 27.6M For, 2.4M Against, 2.96M broker non-votes.
- Authorized common shares increased from 50M to 75M via approved amendment.
- Share issuance proposal approved: 27.5M For, 2.6M Against, 2.96M broker non-votes.
- Merger of Middlefield into Farmers expected to close in Q1 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-003620
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FMNB
- cik: 0000709337
- company_name: FARMERS NATIONAL BANC CORP /OH/
- filed_at: 2026-02-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/709337/000143774926003620/0001437749-26-003620-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/709337/000143774926003620/fmnb20260209_8k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 121789420140d1702c1b0fffc32cc50a5c435014
  claim: FARMERS NATIONAL BANC CORP /OH/: Increased authorized common shares from 50,000,000 to 75,000,000 shares.
  evidence_excerpt: At the 2026 Special Meeting, the Company’s shareholders approved an amendment to Article IV of the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, as amended (the “Articles”), to increase the Company’s authorized common shares from 50,000,000 shares to 75,000,000 shares (the “Common Shares Amendment”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/709337/000143774926003620/0001437749-26-003620-index.htm

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