UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 144 NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ATTENTION: Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly with a market maker. AREA CODE 1 OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0101 Expires: June 30,2017 Estimated average burden hours per response ........... 1.00 SEC USE ONLY DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO. CUSIP NUMBER I (a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print) Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc (b) IRS IDENT. NO. 34-1469491 (c) S.E.C. FILE NO. 001-38084 WORK LOCATION 1 (d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER STREET CITY STATE ZIP CODE 307 N Defiance St Archbold OH 43502 (b (e) TELEPHONE NO. NUMBER 419 446-2501 2 (a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD Steven A Everhart RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER Director (c) ADDRESS STREET CITY STATE ZIP CODE 605 S Defiance St Archbold OH 43502 INSTRUCTION: The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number. 3 (a) Title of the Class of Securities To Be Sold (b) Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the Securities are to be Offered or Each Market Maker who is Acquiring the Securities SEC USE ONLY Broker-Dealer File Number (c) Number of Shares or Other Units To Be Sold (See instr. 3(c)) (d) Aggregate Markel Value (See instr.J(d)) (e) Number of Shares or Other Units Outstanding (See instr. 3(e)) Approximate Date of Sale (See instr. 3(f)) (MO. DAY YR.) (g) Name of Each Securities Exchange (See instr. 3(g)) Boenning & Scattergood COMMON 9922 Brewster Lane; Powell, OH 43065 1,258 (1)$42,458 9,266,676 (1) 09/25/2017NASDAQ INSTRUCTIONS: I. (a) Name of issuer ( b) Issuer’s I.R.S. Identification Number (c) Issuer’s S. E.C. file number, if any (d) Issuer’s address, including zip code (e) Issuer’s telephone number, including area code 2. (a) Name of person for w hose account the securities are to be sold ( b) Such person’s relation sh ip to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10% stock holder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing) (c) Such person’s address, including zip code 3. (a) Title of the class of securities to be sold (b) Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be sold (c) Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face amount) (d ) Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the filing of this not ice (e) Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most recent report or statement published by the issuer (f) Approximate d ate on which the securities are to be sold (g) Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number. SEC 1147 (08-07)

TABLE I—SECURITIES TO BE SOLD Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor: Title of Date you Name of Person from Whom Acquired Amount of Date of the Class Acquired Nature of Acquisition Transaction (if gift, also give date donor acquired) Securities Acquired Payment Nature of Payment 7/27/2017 Acquired through issuer’s open market Computershare - Plan Administrator 93.044332 (1) 7/27/2017 All transactions were COMMON 4/21/2014 1/21/2014 dividend reinvestment program 174.204600 (1) 4/21/2014 192.557800 (1) 1/21/2014 CASH DIVIDENDS 10/21/2013 192180600 (1) 10/21/2013 7/20/2013 183.876400 (1) 7/20/2013 4/22/2013 138.02600 (1) 4/22/2013 1/22/2013 10/22/2012 INSTRUCTIONS: If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid. 140.552400 (1) 1/22/2013 143.536200 (1) 10/22/2012 TABLE II- SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold. Name and Address of Seller Title of Securities Sold Date of Sale Amount of Securities Sold Gross Proceeds Steven A Everhart Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc. 6/23/2017 1,000 (1) $54,000 605 S Defiance St Common Stock Archbold, OH 43502 REMARKS: (1) All share numbers reported herein reflect a two for one split of the common stock of Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc. effective September 20, 2017. INSTRUCTIONS: ATTENTION: The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to be sold See the definition of “person” in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to be given not only as hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to to the person for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included the current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly in that definition. In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are disclosed. If such person has adopted a written trading plan or given trading instructions to satisfy Rule required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing 10b5-l under the Exchange Act , by signing the form and indicating the date that the plan was adopted or the this notice. instruction given, that person makes such representation as of the plan adoption or instruction date. 09/20/2017 “Steven A Everhart” /s/ Steven A Everhart DATE OF NOTICE (SIGNATURE) DATE OF PLAN ADOPTION OR GIVING OF INSTRUCTION, IF RELYING ON RULE 1085- 1 The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed. Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures. ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001) SEC 1147 (02-08)