Company: FMFG
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form Type: PREC14A
Source: 0001437749-25-007538
Chunk: 48

Company: Farmers & Merchants Bancshares, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form: PREC14A
Chunk 48
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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 the later of the 60 day prior to the 2026 Annual Meeting or the 10 day following the date on which public announcement of the date of the 2026 Annual Meeting is first made.

If notice of a stockholder proposal is not timely received, then the proposal will be disregarded and/or proxies will be authorized to exercise discretionary authority with respect to the proposal.

<div align='center'>DIRECTOR NOMINATIONS AT THE 2026 ANNUAL MEETING</div>

A stockholder who desires to nominate a person for election to the Company Board at the 2026 Annual Meeting must deliver or mail written notice of an intent to make such nomination to the Chairman of the Company Board or the President of the Company in accordance with Section 4 of Article II of the Bylaws no earlier than [●] (180 days prior to the first anniversary of the Annual Meeting) and no later than [●] (150 days prior to the first anniversary of the Annual Meeting).

<div align='center'>DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLICIT PROXIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE 2026 ANNUAL MEETING</div>

A stockholder who intends to solicit proxies at the 2026 Annual Meeting in support of one or more director nominees other than the Company’s nominees must provide the Company with notice of such intention in accordance with Rule 14a-19 promulgated under the Exchange Act, unless the information required by the notice has been provided in a preliminary or definitive proxy statement previously filed by such stockholder. To be deemed timely, the notice must (i) be postmarked or transmitted electronically to the Company at its principal executive office no later than [●] (60 calendar days prior to the anniversary of the Annual Meeting, or the next business day if the 60 calendar day falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday), (ii) include the names of all nominees for whom such stockholder intends to solicit proxies, and (iii) include a statement that such stockholder intends to solicit the holders of shares representing at least 67% of the voting power of shares entitled to vote on the election of directors in support of director nominees other than the Company’s nominees. If, however, the date of the 202