Company: FMFG
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form Type: PREC14A
Source: 0001437749-25-007538
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Company: Farmers & Merchants Bancshares, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form: PREC14A
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 Card, the Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and any additional information furnished to stockholders. Solicitation of proxies may be in person, by telephone, electronic mail or personal solicitation by the Company’s directors, officers or staff members. Proxies will be solicited on behalf of the Company Board by the Company’s directors and certain executive officers and other employees of the Company. Such persons are listed in Appendix A to this Proxy Statement. Other than the persons described in the Proxy Statement, no general class of employee of the Company will be employed to solicit stockholders in connection with this proxy solicitation. However, in the course of their regular duties, employees may be asked to perform clerical or ministerial tasks in furtherance of this solicitation. No additional compensation will be paid to our directors, officers or staff members for such services.

Copies of solicitation materials will be furnished to banks, brokerage houses, fiduciaries, and custodians holding shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), in their names that are beneficially owned by others to forward to those beneficial owners. The Company may reimburse persons representing beneficial owners for their costs of forwarding the solicitation materials to the beneficial owners. The Company Board does not expect to employ specially engaged employees, representatives or other persons to solicit security holders.

The Company currently estimates that it will spend a total of approximately $[●] for, in furtherance of, or in connection with the solicitation of proxies, including fees for attorneys, accountants, public relations or financial advisers, solicitors, advertising, printing, transportation, litigation and other costs incidental to the solicitation. As of the date hereof, the Company estimates that its total expenditures to date for, in furtherance of, or in connection with the solicitation of proxies is approximately $[●].

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RECORD DATE</div>

Stockholders of record as of the close of business on [●], 2025 (the “Record Date”) of issued and outstanding shares of the Common Stock are entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting. Only stockholders as of the close of business on the Record Date will be entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting.

<div align='center'>OUTSTANDING SHARES AND VOTING RIGHTS</div>

As of the Record Date, 3,175,347 shares of the Common Stock were issued and outstanding. Each share is entitled to one vote on