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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-17-156386
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-A12B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170503
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170503

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANCORP INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000792966
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SAVINGS INSTITUTION, FEDERALLY CHARTERED [6035]
		IRS NUMBER:				341469491
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			OH
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-A12B
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-38084
		FILM NUMBER:		17810030

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		307-11 N DEFIANCE ST
		CITY:			ARCHBOLD
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			43502
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4194462501

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		307-11 NORTH DEFIANCE ST
		CITY:			ARCHBOLD
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			43502
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM 8-A
</B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g)&nbsp;OF THE </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FARMERS&nbsp;&amp; MERCHANTS BANCORP, INC. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>OHIO</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>34-1469491</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>307 North Defiance Street, Archbold, Ohio</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>43502</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of principal executive offices)</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Zip Code)</B></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Securities to be registered pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(b) of the Act: </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Title of each class</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; width:61.90pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>to be so registered</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Name of each exchange on which</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; width:112.65pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>each class is to be registered</B></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>common stock, no par value</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC</B></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General
Instruction A.(c) or (e), check the following box.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9746; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to
Section&nbsp;12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d) or (e), check the following box.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If this
form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement file number to which this form relates: </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(if applicable) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Securities to be registered pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(g) of the Act: </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Title of class) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Title of
class) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:1.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Description of Registrant&#146;s Securities to be Registered. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Farmers&nbsp;&amp;
Merchants Bancorp, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Ohio and a financial holding company registered under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended. The Registrant&#146;s common
shares are being registered under Section&nbsp;12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 pursuant to this registration statement on Form 8-A. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Set forth below is a description of the Registrant&#146;s common shares. This description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the
Registrant&#146;s Amended Articles of Incorporation (the &#147;Articles&#148;), its Amended Code of Regulations (the &#147;Code&#148;), and the relevant provisions of Ohio law. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Authorized shares </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
Articles authorize 10,000,000 shares of common stock, without par value (the &#147;Shares&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Voting rights </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">At all meetings of the Registrant&#146;s shareholders, 33 <SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">1</SUP>/<SUB
STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:bottom">3</SUB>% of the shares entitled to vote, represented either in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Except in the election of members of the Registrant&#146;s
board of directors (the &#147;Board&#148; and &#147;Directors&#148; as applicable) where the Shares may be voted cumulatively, the holders of the Shares are entitled at all times to one&nbsp;vote for each Share. Except with respect to the election
of Directors, and as otherwise provided by the Articles or the Code, or by applicable law, a majority of votes cast at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall determine the outcome of any motion. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Directors are elected by a plurality of the votes cast, which means that the nominees receiving the largest number of votes FOR will be
elected. The laws of Ohio and the Registrant&#146;s Articles permit cumulative voting in the election of Directors if a shareholder submits the appropriate written notice to the Registrant not less than 48 hours before the time fixed for holding a
meeting of shareholders for the purpose of electing Directors, and the appropriate announcement of the giving of such notice is made upon the convening of the meeting. Cumulative voting rights allow shareholders to multiply the number of shares
owned by them times the number of Directors to be elected to calculate their total respective voting power and to cast such votes for one nominee or to allocate such votes among nominees as they deem appropriate. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Preemptive rights </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Shareholders possess the preemptive right to subscribe for additional shares of the Registrant if and when offered for sale thereby. The Ohio
General Corporation Law provides that shareholders having preemptive rights shall have the right, during a reasonable time and on reasonable terms fixed by the Directors, to purchase additional shares of the Registrant in proportion to their
respective holdings, subject to a limited number of exceptions. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Liquidation rights </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Registrant, the remaining assets of the Registrant, after the payment of all
debts and necessary expenses, will be distributed among the holders of the Shares pro rata in accordance with their respective holdings.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Conversion, redemption and sinking fund rights; shares nonassessable </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">There are no conversion terms, sinking fund provisions or redemption rights associated with the Registrant&#146;s Shares. Upon receipt of
consideration by the Registrant as fixed by its Board, each Share issued is then fully paid and nonassessable. </P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Payment of dividends </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The holders of the Registrant&#146;s Shares, are entitled to the payment of dividends when, as and if the Board may in its discretion
periodically declare, which dividends may be paid out of funds legally available for dividends and distributions under applicable laws and regulations. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Special meetings </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Special
meetings of shareholders may be called in accordance with the Ohio General Corporation Law by any of the following: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The chairperson of the Board, the president, or, in case of the president&#146;s absence, death, or disability, the vice-president authorized to exercise the authority of the president; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Board by action at a meeting, or a majority of the Directors acting without a meeting; and </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Persons who hold 25% of all Shares outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Shareholder vote required to approve business combinations with Interested Persons </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Article Sixth of the Articles provides that certain business combination transactions between the Registrant and a party that owns more than
10% of the Registrant&#146;s outstanding shares of common stock require the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the Registrant&#146;s outstanding Shares other than those beneficially owned by the counterparty to the proposed
transaction. The foregoing shareholder vote requirements do not apply to any proposed transaction: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">if a majority of the outstanding shares of the counterparty&#146;s capital voting stock is owned by the Registrant and/or its subsidiaries; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">if the Board of Directors of the Registrant shall have approved a memorandum of understanding with the counterparty regarding and substantially consistent with such transaction prior to the time the counterparty became
the beneficial owner of 10% or more of the Registrant&#146;s outstanding shares of capital stock; or </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">if approved by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of at least three-fourths of the Registrant&#146;s Board. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The provisions contained in Article Sixth of the Articles could have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of
the Registrant. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Restrictions on Alienation </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">No restrictions on alienation of the Shares are imposed by the Registrant&#146;s Articles or Code. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Amendments to Articles and Code </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Article Ninth of the Articles provides that any amendment may be made by the affirmative vote of the holders of 66 <SUP
STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">2</SUP>/<SUB STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:bottom">3</SUB>% of the total number of shares voted, provided however, that the total number of shares voted in favor of the amendment represents at least a
majority of the total voting power of the Registrant. In addition, any amendment that is inconsistent with, or would have the effect of altering or repealing the provisions of Article Sixth of the Registrant&#146;s Articles requires the affirmative
vote of the holders of Shares that would be required to approve a transaction under the provisions thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under the provisions of Ohio
law and the Code, the Code may be altered, amended, added to or repealed by the affirmative vote of the holders of shares entitling them to exercise a majority of the voting power of the Registrant. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Removal of Directors </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under the Ohio General Corporation Law, if the shareholders have the right to vote cumulatively in the election of directors, then, all the
directors or any individual director may be removed from office, without assigning any cause, by the vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power entitling them to elect directors in place of those to be removed, except that, unless all the
directors are removed, no individual director shall be removed if the votes of a sufficient </P>

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number of shares are cast against the director&#146;s removal that, if cumulatively voted at an election of all the directors, or all the directors of a particular class, as the case may be,
would be sufficient to elect at least one director. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Exhibits. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In accordance with the &#147;Instructions as to Exhibits&#148; with respect
to Form 8-A, no exhibits are required to be filed as part of this registration statement because no other securities of the Registrant are registered on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC and the securities registered hereby were previously registered by
the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SIGNATURE </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of Section&nbsp;12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>FARMERS&nbsp;&amp; MERCHANTS BANCORP, INC.</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Barbara J. Britenriker</TD></TR>
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