---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-22-014529"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FMAO"
cik: "0000792966"
company_name: "FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANCORP INC"
filed_at: "2022-04-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T07:14:48.128170+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Farmers & Merchants Bancorp COO Edward Leininger resigns, effective May 27, 2022

## Summary
- EVP and COO Edward Leininger resigned; will continue in role and assist transition until May 27, 2022.
- Leininger served since 1981; Board expressed appreciation for his dedication.
- At Annual Meeting, all 12 director nominees elected with strong support (e.g., Briggs: 6,897,785 for, 386,307 withheld).
- Advisory vote ratified BKD, LLP as auditor: 9,657,314 for, 3,333 against, 96,700 abstentions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-22-014529
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FMAO
- cik: 0000792966
- company_name: FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANCORP INC
- filed_at: 2022-04-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/792966/000156459022014529/0001564590-22-014529-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/792966/000156459022014529/fmao-8k_20220412.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-22-014529.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Edward A. Leininger resigned as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANCORP INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On April 13, 2022, Edward A. Leininger, the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”), delivered his formal resignation to the Company’s Board of Directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/792966/000156459022014529/0001564590-22-014529-index.htm

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