---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-020810"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FMFG"
cik: "0001698022"
company_name: "Farmers & Merchants Bancshares, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-06-16T20:34:35+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T20:37:20.120041+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Extends shareholder rights plan expiration date to July 29, 2027

## Summary
- Second Amendment to Rights Agreement with Equiniti Trust Company extends final expiration to July 29, 2027.
- No other terms of the Rights Agreement were modified.
- Prior expiration date was under the First Amendment dated June 17, 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-020810
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FMFG
- cik: 0001698022
- company_name: Farmers & Merchants Bancshares, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-06-16T20:34:35+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698022/000143774926020810/0001437749-26-020810-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698022/000143774926020810/fmfg20260616_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-020810.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  Farmers & Merchants Bancshares, Inc. amended Second Amendment to Rights Agreement with Equiniti Trust Company, LLC (effective 2026-06-16).
  - Action: amendment
  - Counterparty: Equiniti Trust Company, LLC
  - Effective: 2026-06-16
  source text: On June 16, 2026, Farmers and Merchants Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”) and Equiniti Trust Company, LLC (“EQ”) entered into a Second Amendment to Rights Agreement (the “Amendment”), which amended the Rights Agreement, dated as of July 30, 2024, by and between the Company and EQ, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of June 17, 2025 (as amended, the “Rights Agreement”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698022/000143774926020810/0001437749-26-020810-index.htm

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