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Farmers Merchants Bancshares Inc

For the period ended Dec 31, 2024. Filed Mar 13, 2025.

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FY2024 · Filed Mar 13, 2025

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 10-K

☑ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024

or

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from _____to _____

Commission file number 000-55756

Farmers and Merchants Bancshares, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland81-3605835
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
4510 Lower Beckleysville Road, Suite H, Hampstead, Maryland21074
(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:410-374-1510

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:None

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

Common stock, par value $.01 per shareCommon Stock Purchase Rights
Title of ClassTitle of Class

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☐No ☑

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Act. Yes ☐No ☑

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☑ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☑ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer ☐Accelerated filer ☐
Non-accelerated filer ☑Smaller reporting company ☑
Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.☐

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.☐

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to § 240.10D-1(b). ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).Yes☐ No ☑

The aggregate market value of the registrant’s voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was last sold, or the average bid and asked price of such common equity, as of the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter:$39,132,287.

The number of shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding as of February 28, 2025:3,175,347

Documents Incorporated by Reference

Portions of the registrant’s definitive proxy statement for the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed with the SEC pursuant to Regulation 14A are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Farmers and Merchants Bancshares, Inc.

Table of Contents

PART I
ITEM 1.Business2
ITEM 1A.Risk Factors13
ITEM 1B.Unresolved Staff Comments23
ITEM 1C.Cybersecurity23
ITEM 2.Properties25
ITEM 3.Legal Proceedings26
ITEM 4.Mine Safety Disclosures26
PART II
ITEM 5.Market for the Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities27
ITEM 6.[Reserved]27
ITEM 7.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations28
ITEM 7A.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk48
ITEM 8.Financial Statements and Supplementary Data48
ITEM 9.Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure103
ITEM 9A.Controls and Procedures103
ITEM 9B.Other Information105
ITEM 9C.Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspection105
PART III
ITEM 10.Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance105
ITEM 11.Executive Compensation105
ITEM 12.Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters105
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