8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 19, 2018

Farmers and Merchants Bancshares, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland	000-55756	81-3605835
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission file number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
4510 Lower Beckleysville Road, Suite H, Hampstead, MD		21074
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

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

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

On November 19, 2018, the Board of Directors of Farmers and Merchants Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”) declared a cash dividend of $.43 per share of common stock, which will be paid on December 21, 2018 to stockholders of record as of December 7, 2018. A copy of the Company’s press release relating to the dividend is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

The exhibits filed with this report are listed in the following Exhibit Index:

Exhibit No. Description

            99.1 Press release dated November 21, 2018 (filed herewith)

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	FARMERS AND MERCHANTS BANCSHARES, INC.
Dated: November 21, 2018	By:	/s/ James R. Bosley, Jr.
		James R. Bosley, Jr. President & CEO

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EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE	FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
November 21, 2018 Farmers and Merchants Bancshares, Inc.    4510 Lower Beckleysville Rd, Suite H          Hampstead, Maryland 21074	Mr. James R. Bosley, Jr.  President (410) 374-1510, Ext. 104

FARMERS AND MERCHANTS BANCSHARES, INC. DECLARES CASH DIVIDEND OF $.43 PER SHARE

HAMPSTEAD, MARYLAND (November 21, 2018) – On November 19, 2018, the Board of Directors of Farmers and Merchants Bancshares, Inc., the parent of Farmers and Merchants Bank, declared a cash dividend of $.43 per share of common stock, which will be paid on December 21, 2018 to shareholders of record on December 7, 2018. The $.43 per share dividend is a $.03 increase over the $.40 per share dividend paid in June 2018. The semi-annual dividend has increased eighteen consecutive times, starting with the June 2010 dividend. The combined 2018 dividend of $.83 per share represents a 2.6% yield on the current market value of $32.15 per share and represents a 9.2% increase over the $.76 per share dividend paid in 2017. The annual dividend has increased by at least $.05 per share for six consecutive years.

Please visit the investor relations section of the Bank’s website, www.fmb1919.com. It includes press releases, financial information, stock information, peer analysis, and information about Farmers and Merchants Bancshares, Inc. officers and directors.

Farmers and Merchants Bancshares, Inc. was formed in August of 2016 to operate as a bank holding company with Farmers and Merchants Bank as its wholly-owned subsidiary. Farmers and Merchants Bank was chartered in Maryland in 1919, and is currently celebrating over 99 years of service to the community. The Bank serves the deposit and financing needs of both consumers and businesses in Carroll and Baltimore Counties along the Route 30, Route 140 and Route 795 corridors from Owings Mills, Maryland to the Pennsylvania State line. The main office is located in Upperco, Maryland, with seven additional branches in Owings Mills, Hampstead, Greenmount, Reisterstown and Westminster. The shares of the Company’s common stock are traded in the over-the-counter market by certain broker-dealers and price quotations are available through the OTC Markets Group’s OTC Pink Market under the symbol “FMFG”.