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Item 5.02.
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Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
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On September 21, 2026, the Board of Directors (the "Company Board") of Farmers and Merchants Bancshares, Inc. (the "Company") and the Board of Directors (together with the Company Board, the "Board") of Farmers and Merchants Bank, the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary (the "Bank"), elected Mark C. Krebs to serve as a director (Class I) of the Company and the Bank, respectively, until the 2027 annual meeting of stockholders and thereafter until his successor is duly elected and qualifies. The Board has appointed Mr. Krebs to its Asset/Liability, Investor Relations, and Nominating Committees.
Mr. Krebs, who is 66 years old, served as the Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer ("CFO") of the Company from August 2016 until his retirement on June 30, 2025 and as the Executive Vice President - CFO of the Bank from April 2017 until his retirement on June 30, 2025. Beginning on September 15, 2025, and until his election to the Board, Mr. Krebs served as an advisor to the Board. Prior to April 2017, Mr. Krebs served as Senior Vice President - Chief Financial Officer of the Bank from January 2010 to April 2017. From November 2007 to November 2009, Mr. Krebs served as a chief financial officer or consultant at several firms. From February 2004 to August 2007, he served as Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Director of Investor Relations of Fieldstone Investment Corporation, a publicly-traded real estate investment trust. Mr. Krebs worked for American Home Mortgage, a publicly-traded mortgage banking company, and its predecessor, Columbia National, Inc., a mortgage banker and servicer, between February 1986 and January 2004 as Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Controller. Mr. Krebs started his career in 1982 with KPMG, an international accounting firm.
For his service on the Board, Mr. Krebs will be entitled to receive the same director compensation as that received by other non-employee directors. Such compensation is discussed in the Company's definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on March 26, 2026 (the "2026 Proxy Statement") under the heading, "DIRECTOR COMPENSATION", which discussion is incorporated herein by reference.
Since the beginning of the Company's fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries engaged in any transaction with Mr. Krebs or any of his affiliates for which disclosure would be required pursuant to Item 404(a) of the SEC's Regulation S-K, and no such transaction is currently proposed for the remainder of the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026. During 2025 and 2024, Mr. Krebs was a party to various compensatory arrangements with, and received compensation from, the Bank in connection with his service as the Bank's CFO, which compensation is discussed in the 2026 Proxy Statement under the heading "EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION" and the Company's definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on March 24, 2025 under the heading "EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION", which discussions are incorporated herein by reference.
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