Dividends and Basic Earnings Per Common Share

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

Dividends and Basic Earnings Per Common Share [Abstract]

Dividends and Basic Earnings Per Common Share

6. Dividends and Basic Earnings Per Common Share

Farmers & Merchants Bancorp common stock is not traded on any exchange. The shares are primarily held by local residents and are not actively traded. On May 17, 2013, the Board of Directors of Farmers & Merchants Bancorp announced a mid-year cash dividend of $6.20 per share, a 5.1% increase over the $5.90 per share paid on July 2, 2012. The cash dividend was paid on July 1, 2013, to shareholders of record on June 10, 2013.

Basic earnings per share amounts are computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period. The following table calculates the basic earnings per share for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012.

	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
(net income in thousands)	2013		2012		2013		2012
Net Income	$	5,565	$	5,162	$	11,816	$	11,352
Average Number of Common Shares Outstanding		777,882		778,939		777,882		779,118
Basic Earnings Per Common Share	$	7.15	$	6.63	$	15.19	$	14.57