---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001654954-23-000514"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FMBM"
cik: "0000740806"
company_name: "F&M BANK CORP"
filed_at: "2023-01-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T14:21:58.446367+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# F&M Bank Corp. EVP and Chief Banking Officer F. Garth Knight separates employment effective Jan 10, 2023

## Summary
- F. Garth Knight separated employment with F&M Bank Corp. and its subsidiary Farmers & Merchants Bank on January 10, 2023.
- Mr. Knight served as Executive Vice President and Chief Banking Officer for both the Company and the Bank.
- No successor or interim replacement is named in the filing; departure reasons not disclosed.
- No severance or compensatory arrangements were reported.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001654954-23-000514
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FMBM
- cik: 0000740806
- company_name: F&M BANK CORP
- filed_at: 2023-01-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/740806/000165495423000514/0001654954-23-000514-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/740806/000165495423000514/fmbm_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-23-000514
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-23-000514.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-23-000514.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  F. Garth Knight departed as Executive Vice President and Chief Banking Officer at F&M BANK CORP.
  - Action: separated employment
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Banking Officer
  source text: On and effective January 10, 2023, F. Garth Knight separated employment with F&M Bank Corp. (the “Company”) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Farmers & Merchants Bank (the “Bank”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/740806/000165495423000514/0001654954-23-000514-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.