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    <div style="text-align: center;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 11, 2024</div>
    <div style="text-align: right;">Registration No. 333-</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">UNITED STATES</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 2.65pt; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 2.65pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Washington, D.C. 20549</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 2.65pt; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold;">FORM S&#8209;8</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 2.65pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 2.65pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 24pt; font-weight: bold;">Farmers &amp; Merchant Bancorp</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 2.65pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Delaware</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">94-3327828</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">111 West Pine Street, Lodi, California</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">95240</div>
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          <td style="width: 49%; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">&#160;(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</td>
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          <td style="width: 49%; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">&#160;(Zip Code)</td>
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            <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Farmers &amp; Merchants Bancorp 2025 Restricted Stock Retirement Plan</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(Full title of the plan)</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; text-indent: 2.6pt; font-weight: bold;">Bart R. Olson</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; text-indent: 2.6pt; font-weight: bold;">Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; text-indent: 2.6pt; font-weight: bold;">Corporate Secretary</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; text-indent: 2.6pt; font-weight: bold;">Farmers &amp; Merchants Bancorp</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; text-indent: 2.6pt; font-weight: bold;">111 West Pine Street</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; text-indent: 2.6pt; font-weight: bold;">Lodi, California 95240</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; text-indent: 2.6pt;">(Name and address of agent for service)</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">(209) 367-2300</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Copy to:</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Rodney R. Peck</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Patricia F. Young</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Four Embarcadero Center, 22<sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">nd</sup> Floor</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">San Francisco, CA 94111</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">(415) 983-1000</div>
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    <div>Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated
      filer,&#8221; &#8220;smaller reporting company,&#8221; and &#8220;emerging growth company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</div>
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            <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-left: 9pt;">Large accelerated filer &#9744;</div>
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            <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Accelerated filer &#9746;</div>
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            <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Non-accelerated filer &#9744;</div>
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            <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Smaller reporting company &#9744;</div>
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            <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Emerging Growth Company &#9744;</div>
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    <div>If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the
      Securities Act. &#9744;</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">The Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing in accordance with Rule 462 under the Securities Act.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">FARMERS &amp; MERCHANTS BANCORP</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">PART I</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 45pt;">The information specified in Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from this registration statement on Form S-8 (this &#8220;Registration Statement&#8221;) in accordance with the provisions of Rule
      428 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;) and the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 45pt;">The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I will be sent or given to employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act. Such documents are not required to be, and are
      not, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act. These documents and the documents
      incorporated by reference in this registration statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">PART II</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</div>
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          <td style="width: 45pt; vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold;">ITEM 3.</td>
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            <div style="font-weight: bold;"><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><u>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</u></font>.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 45pt;">The following documents filed with the Commission are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement of the Registrant:</div>
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          <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top;">(a)</td>
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            <div>Registrant&#8217;s Annual Report on <a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001085913/000114036124013280/ef20015353_10k.htm">Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023,</a>&#160;including the information contained in the
              Company&#8217;s <a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001085913/000114036123015923/brhc10050742_def14a.htm">Proxy Statement filed with the Commission on April 3, 2024</a>, for its Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 13,
              2024, that has been incorporated by reference into the Form 10-K;</div>
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          <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top;">(b)</td>
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            <div>Registrant&#8217;s Quarterly Reports on <a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001085913/000114036124025234/ef20026298_10q.htm">Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2024</a>, <a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001085913/000114036124036649/ef20029679_10q.htm">June 30, 2024</a>, and <a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001085913/000114036124045878/ef20034572_10q.htm">September




                30, 2024</a>, filed with the Commission on May 9, 2024, August 9, 2024, and November 8, 2024, respectively;</div>
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          <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top;">(c)</td>
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            <div>Registrant&#8217;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on <a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001085913/000114036124003775/ef20019678_8k.htm">January 25, 2024</a>, <a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001085913/000114036124018230/ef20026016_8k.htm">April 5, 2024</a>, <a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001085913/000114036124026029/ef20029137_8k.htm">May 14,
                2024</a>, <a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001085913/000114036124026272/ef20029128_8k.htm">May 15, 2024</a>, <a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001085913/000114036124040602/ef20035666_8k.htm">September 9, 2024</a>, <a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001085913/000114036124041179/ef20035694_8k.htm">September




                16, 2024</a>, <a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001085913/000114036124043159/ef20036803_8k.htm">October 8, 2024</a>, <a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001085913/000114036124046484/ef20038564_8k.htm">November 13, 2024</a>, <a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001085913/000114036124048196/ef20039360_8k.htm">December




                2, 2024</a>, and <a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001085913/000114036124048314/ef20039448_8k.htm">December 3, 2024</a>, but only to the extent that the items therein are specifically stated to be &#8220;filed&#8221; rather
              than &#8220;furnished&#8221; for the purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act;&#160;and</div>
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          <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top;">(d)</td>
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            <div>The description of Registrant&#8217;s common stock set forth in Exhibits <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1085913/000114036108018682/ex4_1.htm">4.1</a>, <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1085913/000114036116054117/ex4_2.htm">4.2</a> and <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1085913/000114036120005743/ex4_3.htm">4.3</a> to the Registrant&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K
              for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 45pt;">In addition, all documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;) (other than the portions of these
      documents not deemed to be filed) on or after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered pursuant to this Registration
      Statement have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement
      contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein
      modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</div>
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          <td style="width: 45pt; vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold;">ITEM 4.</td>
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            <div style="font-weight: bold;"><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><u>Description of Securities</u></font>.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-left: 9pt;">Not applicable.</div>
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          <td style="width: 45pt; vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold;">ITEM 5.</td>
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            <div style="font-weight: bold;"><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><u>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</u></font>.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-left: 9pt;">Not applicable.</div>
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          <td style="width: 45pt; vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold;">ITEM 6.</td>
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            <div style="font-weight: bold;"><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><u>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</u></font>.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 45pt;">Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law authorizes a court to award, or a corporation's Board of Directors to grant, indemnification to directors and officers in terms sufficiently broad
      to permit such indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act. Article XVI of the Registrant&#8217;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation contains a
      provision eliminating the personal liability of the Registrant&#8217;s directors to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law.
      Article XI of the Registrant's Amended Bylaws provides for the indemnification of the Registrant&#8217;s directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, and provides that the Registrant, by action of its
      Board of Directors, may provide indemnification to employees and agents with the same scope and effect as the foregoing indemnification of directors and officers.&#160; The Registrant has entered into agreements with certain officers and key employees
      implementing such indemnification.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 45pt;">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of our company pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation
      Law, our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, our Amended Bylaws or any of our indemnification agreements with our officers, we have been informed that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
      expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 45pt;">We maintain a Directors&#8217; and Officers&#8217; Liability Insurance Policy designed to reimburse us for any covered payments made by us pursuant to the foregoing indemnification.</div>
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          <td style="width: 45pt; vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold;">ITEM 7.</td>
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            <div style="font-weight: bold;"><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><u>Exemption From Registration Claimed</u></font>.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-left: 9pt;">Not applicable.</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 45pt;">(a)&#160; &#160; The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 45pt;">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Kent A. Steinwert and Bart R. Olson, jointly and severally, as his or her
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 11, 2024
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S‑8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Farmers & Merchant Bancorp
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
94-3327828
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
111 West Pine Street, Lodi, California
95240
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp 2025 Restricted Stock Retirement Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Bart R. Olson
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
Corporate Secretary
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp
111 West Pine Street
Lodi, California 95240
(Name and address of agent for service)
(209) 367-2300
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Rodney R. Peck
Patricia F. Young
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Four Embarcadero Center, 22
nd
Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
(415) 983-1000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated
      filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer ☐
Accelerated filer ☒
Non-accelerated filer ☐
Smaller reporting company ☐
Emerging Growth Company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the
      Securities Act. ☐
The Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing in accordance with Rule 462 under the Securities Act.
FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANCORP
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The information specified in Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from this registration statement on Form S-8 (this "Registration Statement") in accordance with the provisions of Rule
      428 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") and the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8.
The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I will be sent or given to employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act. Such documents are not required to be, and are
      not, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act. These documents and the documents
      incorporated by reference in this registration statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
The following documents filed with the Commission are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement of the Registrant:
(a)
Registrant's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023,
including the information contained in the
              Company's
Proxy Statement filed with the Commission on April 3, 2024
, for its Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 13,
              2024, that has been incorporated by reference into the Form 10-K;
(b)
Registrant's Quarterly Reports on
Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2024
,
June 30, 2024
, and
September

                30, 2024
, filed with the Commission on May 9, 2024, August 9, 2024, and November 8, 2024, respectively;
(c)
Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on
January 25, 2024
,
April 5, 2024
,
May 14,
                2024
,
May 15, 2024
,
September 9, 2024
,
September

                16, 2024
,
October 8, 2024
,
November 13, 2024
,
December

                2, 2024
, and
December 3, 2024
, but only to the extent that the items therein are specifically stated to be "filed" rather
              than "furnished" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act; and
(d)
The description of Registrant's common stock set forth in Exhibits
4.1
,
4.2
and
4.3
to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K
              for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
In addition, all documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") (other than the portions of these
      documents not deemed to be filed) on or after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered pursuant to this Registration
      Statement have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement
      contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein
      modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
ITEM 4.
Description of Securities
.
Not applicable.
ITEM 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
.
Not applicable.
ITEM 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law authorizes a court to award, or a corporation's Board of Directors to grant, indemnification to directors and officers in terms sufficiently broad
      to permit such indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act. Article XVI of the Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation contains a
      provision eliminating the personal liability of the Registrant's directors to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law.
      Article XI of the Registrant's Amended Bylaws provides for the indemnification of the Registrant's directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, and provides that the Registrant, by action of its
      Board of Directors, may provide indemnification to employees and agents with the same scope and effect as the foregoing indemnification of directors and officers.  The Registrant has entered into agreements with certain officers and key employees
      implementing such indemnification.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of our company pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation
      Law, our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, our Amended Bylaws or any of our indemnification agreements with our officers, we have been informed that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
      expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
We maintain a Directors' and Officers' Liability Insurance Policy designed to reimburse us for any covered payments made by us pursuant to the foregoing indemnification.
ITEM 7.
Exemption From Registration Claimed
.
Not applicable.
ITEM 8.
Exhibits
.
Exhibit No.
Description
5.1*
Opinion of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP.
23.1*
Consent of Eide Bailly LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.
23.2*
Consent of Moss Adams LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.
23.3*
Consent of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1*
Power of Attorney (included in the signature page to this Registration Statement).
99.1
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp 2025 Restricted Stock Retirement Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on December 2, 2024).
107*
Filing Fee Table.
* Filed herewith.
ITEM 9.
Undertakings
.
(a)    The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)    To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)      to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)   to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in
      the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would
      not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in
      volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement; and
(iii)   to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this
      Registration Statement;
provided
,
however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the information required
      to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in
      this Registration Statement.
(2)   That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
      offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)    To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)   The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or
      section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall
      be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c)   Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing
      provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
      indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by
      such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
      jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused
      this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Lodi, State of California, on the 11
th
day of December, 2024.
FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANCORP
By:
/s/ Bart. R. Olson
Bart R. Olson
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Kent A. Steinwert and Bart R. Olson, jointly and severally, as his or her
      attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of substitution, for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all exhibits
      thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
      necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact, or any of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may
      lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
Name
Title
Date
/s/ Kent A. Steinwert
Director, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer (
Principal Executive Officer
)
December 11, 2024
Kent A. Steinwert
/s/ Bart R. Olson
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (
Principal Financial and Accounting Officer
)
December 11, 2024
Bart R. Olson
/s/ Edward Corum, Jr.
Director
December 11, 2024
Edward Corum, Jr.
/s/ Stephenson K. Green
Director
December 11, 2024
Stephenson K. Green
/s/ Gary Long
Director
December 11, 2024
Gary Long
/s/ Kevin Sanguinetti
Director
December 11, 2024
Kevin Sanguinetti
/s/ Calvin Seuss
Director
December 11, 2024
Calvin Seuss
/s/ Craig James
Director
December 11, 2024
Craig James