Company: FMFG
Filing Date: 2025-03-24
Form Type: DEFC14A
Source: 0001437749-25-008883
Chunk: 47

Company: Farmers & Merchants Bancshares, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-24
Form: DEFC14A
Chunk 47
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 of such reports and amendments thereto filed electronically with the SEC during the year ended December 31, 2024, or written representations that no reports were required, the Company believes that no person who served as an executive officer or director of the Company or who beneficially owned more than 10% of the Common Stock during the year ended December 31, 2024 failed to timely file any report required to be filed by Section 16(a) during 2024 or any prior year except that Roger D. Cassell filed one late Form 4 relating to a purchase of Common Stock in 2024, Emily B. Miller filed one late Form 4 relating to a purchase of Common Stock in 2024, and J. Lawrence Mekulski filed one late Form 4 relating to a purchase of Common Stock in 2024.

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SUBMISSION OF STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS FOR 2026 ANNUAL MEETING</div>

A stockholder who desires to present a proposal pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act to be included in the proxy statement for, and voted on by the stockholders at, the 2026 Annual Meeting must submit such proposal in writing, including all supporting materials, to the Company at its principal office no later than November 24, 2025 (120 days prior to the anniversary of the date this year’s proxy statement was released to stockholders in connection with the Annual Meeting) and meet all other requirements for inclusion in the proxy statement.

A stockholder who intends to present a proposal for business to be considered at the 2026 Annual Meeting but does not seek inclusion of that proposal in the Company’s proxy statement for such meeting must comply with Section 8 of Article I of the Bylaws, which requires, among other things, that the stockholder deliver written notice of the proposal to the Secretary of the Company at the principal executive offices no earlier than October 31, 2025 (180 days prior to the first anniversary of the Annual Meeting) and no later than December 30, 2025 (120 days prior to the first anniversary of the Annual Meeting), provided that in the event that the date of the 2026 Annual Meeting is advanced by more than 30 days or delayed by more than 60 days from the first anniversary of the Annual Meeting, notice by the stockholder must be so delivered not earlier than the 90 day prior to the 2026 Annual Meeting and not later than the close of business on