OREANDA-NEWS. The Board of Directors of Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc., (OTCQX:FMAO) the holding company of The Farmers & Merchants State Bank, with assets over one billion dollars at June 30, 2016, declared the 2016 third quarter cash dividend of $0.23 per share.  This dividend is payable on October 20, 2016 to shareholders of record as of September 27, 2016.

The 2016 third quarter dividend represents a 4.5% increase over the dividend payment paid for the same period last year.  Year-to-date, the Bank has paid out $0.68 per share compared with the same period last year of $0.65 per share.

About Farmers & Merchants State Bank:
Farmers & Merchants State Bank is a $1 billion independent community bank that has been serving Northwest Ohio and Northeast Indiana for 119 years.  F&M has offices with locations in Fulton, Defiance, Henry, Lucas, Williams and Wood counties in Ohio and Allen, DeKalb and Steuben counties in Indiana. Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc. is the bank holding company of the Farmers & Merchants State Bank and is traded on the OTCQX exchange under the symbol FMAO.