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EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>

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<font color=windowtext face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:12.0pt;">CURRENT REPORT</font></b></p>

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Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></p>

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(Date of earliest event reported): April 20, 2016 (April 19, 2016)</font></p>

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AND MERCHANTS CORPORATION <br>
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name of Registrant as specified in its charter)</font></p>

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Street, Columbia, Tennessee&#160; 38401</font></u></p>

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telephone number, including area code</font></p>

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former address, if changed since last report)</font></p>

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5 &#8211; CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT</font></p>

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OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.</font></p>

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<font color=windowtext face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:12.0pt;">On April 19,
2016, First Farmers and Merchants Corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221; or &#8220;First Farmers&#8221;)
held its annual meeting of shareholders (the &#8220;Annual Meeting&#8221;). At the Annual
Meeting, the shareholders of the Company voted on (1) a proposal to approve the
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 16, 2016, by and between
First Farmers and Merchants Corporation and FFMC Merger Corporation, a
Tennessee corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of First Farmers, pursuant to
which FFMC Merger Corporation will merge with and into First Farmers, with
First Farmers being the surviving corporation and (2) the election of ten
directors to the Company&#8217;s Board of Directors.&#160; A breakdown of the votes cast
is set forth below.</font></p>

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	<font color=windowtext face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:12.0pt;">The proposal to
approve the Agreement
and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 16, 2016, by and between First Farmers
and Merchants Corporation and FFMC Merger Corporation, a Tennessee corporation
and wholly-owned subsidiary of First Farmers, pursuant to which FFMC Merger
Corporation will merge with and into First Farmers, with First Farmers being
the surviving corporation.</font></p></li>
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	<font color=black face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">
  For</font></b></p>
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  <p align=center style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;"><b>
	<font color=black face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">      Against</font></b></p>
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	<font color=black face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">Abstain</font></b></p>
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	<font color=black face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">2,766,209</font></p>
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  <p align=center style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;">
	<font color=black face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">51,750</font></p>
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  <p align=center style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;">
	<font color=black face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">1,792</font></p>
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<font color=windowtext face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:12.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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	<font color=windowtext face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:12.0pt;">The proposal to
approve the election of the following ten (10) nominees as directors of First
Farmers.</font></p></li>
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	<font color=black face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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	<font color=black face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">Director
  Nominee</font></b></p>
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	<font color=black face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">
  For</font></b></p>
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	<font color=black face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">
  Withheld</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;">
	<font color=windowtext face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">M.
  Darlene Baxter</font></p>
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  <p align=center style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;">
	<font color=black face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">2,748,883</font></p>
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 <td nowrap valign=top width=28% style="height:15.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;">
  <p align=center style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;">
	<font color=black face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">70,868</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
<tr style="height:15.0pt;">
  <td nowrap valign=bottom width=42% style="height:15.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;">
	<font color=windowtext face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">Jonathan
  M. Edwards</font></p>
  </td>
 <td nowrap valign=top width=30% style="height:15.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;">
  <p align=center style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;">
	<font color=black face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">2,749,775</font></p>
  </td>
 <td nowrap valign=top width=28% style="height:15.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;">
  <p align=center style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;">
	<font color=black face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">69,976</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
<tr style="height:15.0pt;">
  <td nowrap valign=bottom width=42% style="height:15.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;">
	<font color=windowtext face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">Thomas
  Napier Gordon</font></p>
  </td>
 <td nowrap valign=top width=30% style="height:15.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;">
  <p align=center style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;">
	<font color=black face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">2,684,353</font></p>
  </td>
 <td nowrap valign=top width=28% style="height:15.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;">
  <p align=center style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;">
	<font color=black face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">135,398</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
<tr style="height:15.0pt;">
  <td nowrap valign=bottom width=42% style="height:15.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;">
	<font color=windowtext face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">Dalton
  M. Mounger</font></p>
  </td>
 <td nowrap valign=top width=30% style="height:15.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;">
  <p align=center style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;">
	<font color=black face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">2,752,513</font></p>
  </td>
 <td nowrap valign=top width=28% style="height:15.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;">
  <p align=center style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;">
	<font color=black face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">67,238</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
<tr style="height:15.0pt;">
  <td nowrap valign=bottom width=42% style="height:15.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;">
	<font color=windowtext face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">Timothy
  E. Pettus</font></p>
  </td>
 <td nowrap valign=top width=30% style="height:15.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;">
  <p align=center style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;">
	<font color=black face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">2,657,339</font></p>
  </td>
 <td nowrap valign=top width=28% style="height:15.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;">
  <p align=center style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;">
	<font color=black face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">162,412</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
<tr style="height:15.0pt;">
  <td nowrap valign=bottom width=42% style="height:15.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;">
	<font color=windowtext face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">Patrick
  J. Riley</font></p>
  </td>
 <td nowrap valign=top width=30% style="height:15.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;">
  <p align=center style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;">
	<font color=black face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">2,753,883</font></p>
  </td>
 <td nowrap valign=top width=28% style="height:15.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;">
  <p align=center style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;">
	<font color=black face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">65,868</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
<tr style="height:15.0pt;">
  <td nowrap valign=bottom width=42% style="height:15.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;">
	<font color=windowtext face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">Matthew
  M. Scoggins, Jr.</font></p>
  </td>
 <td nowrap valign=top width=30% style="height:15.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;">
  <p align=center style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;">
	<font color=black face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">2,748,942</font></p>
  </td>
 <td nowrap valign=top width=28% style="height:15.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;">
  <p align=center style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;">
	<font color=black face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">70,809</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
<tr style="height:15.0pt;">
  <td nowrap valign=bottom width=42% style="height:15.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;">
	<font color=windowtext face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">T.
  Randy Stevens</font></p>
  </td>
 <td nowrap valign=top width=30% style="height:15.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;">
  <p align=center style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;">
	<font color=black face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">2,638,454</font></p>
  </td>
 <td nowrap valign=top width=28% style="height:15.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;">
  <p align=center style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;">
	<font color=black face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">181,297</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
<tr style="height:15.0pt;">
  <td nowrap valign=bottom width=42% style="height:15.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;">
	<font color=windowtext face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">Brian
  K. Williams</font></p>
  </td>
 <td nowrap valign=top width=30% style="height:15.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;">
  <p align=center style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;">
	<font color=black face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">2,730,013</font></p>
  </td>
 <td nowrap valign=top width=28% style="height:15.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;">
  <p align=center style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;">
	<font color=black face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">89,738</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
<tr style="height:15.0pt;">
  <td nowrap valign=bottom width=42% style="height:15.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;">
	<font color=windowtext face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">Dr.
  David S. Williams</font></p>
  </td>
 <td nowrap valign=top width=30% style="height:15.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;">
  <p align=center style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;">
	<font color=black face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">2,754,775</font></p>
  </td>
 <td nowrap valign=top width=28% style="height:15.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;">
  <p align=center style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;">
	<font color=black face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">64,976</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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Form8-k- Prepared by EDGARX.com
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): April 20, 2016 (April 19, 2016)
FIRST FARMERS
AND MERCHANTS CORPORATION
(Exact
name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Tennessee
(State or
  Other Jurisdiction
of
  Incorporation)
000-10972
(Commission
  File Number)
62-1148660
(I.R.S.
  Employer
Identification
  No.)
816 South Garden
Street, Columbia, Tennessee  38401
(Address of
principal executive offices)
(931) 388-3145
Registrant's
telephone number, including area code
Not Applicable
(Former Name or
former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing
  is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant
  under any of the following provisions:
☐
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the
  Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
☐
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the
  Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
☐
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule
  14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act
(17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
☐
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule
  13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act
(17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
SECTION
5 – CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
ITEM 5.07.  SUBMISSION
OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.
On April 19,
2016, First Farmers and Merchants Corporation (the "Company" or "First Farmers")
held its annual meeting of shareholders (the "Annual Meeting"). At the Annual
Meeting, the shareholders of the Company voted on (1) a proposal to approve the
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 16, 2016, by and between
First Farmers and Merchants Corporation and FFMC Merger Corporation, a
Tennessee corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of First Farmers, pursuant to
which FFMC Merger Corporation will merge with and into First Farmers, with
First Farmers being the surviving corporation and (2) the election of ten
directors to the Company's Board of Directors.  A breakdown of the votes cast
is set forth below.
The proposal to
approve the Agreement
and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 16, 2016, by and between First Farmers
and Merchants Corporation and FFMC Merger Corporation, a Tennessee corporation
and wholly-owned subsidiary of First Farmers, pursuant to which FFMC Merger
Corporation will merge with and into First Farmers, with First Farmers being
the surviving corporation.
For
Against
Abstain
2,766,209
51,750
1,792
The proposal to
approve the election of the following ten (10) nominees as directors of First
Farmers.
Director
  Nominee
For
Withheld
M.
  Darlene Baxter
2,748,883
70,868
Jonathan
  M. Edwards
2,749,775
69,976
Thomas
  Napier Gordon
2,684,353
135,398
Dalton
  M. Mounger
2,752,513
67,238
Timothy
  E. Pettus
2,657,339
162,412
Patrick
  J. Riley
2,753,883
65,868
Matthew
  M. Scoggins, Jr.
2,748,942
70,809
T.
  Randy Stevens
2,638,454
181,297
Brian
  K. Williams
2,730,013
89,738
Dr.
  David S. Williams
2,754,775
64,976
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.
FIRST FARMERS AND MERCHANTS
CORPORATION
Date:
  April 20, 2016
By:
  /s/ Robert E. Krimmel
Robert E. Krimmel
Chief Financial Officer