SEC Company Response from Farmers & Merchants Bancshares, (FMFG) — May 17, 2017
Farmers & Merchants Bancshares, Inc.
Date: May 17, 2017 · CIK: 0001698022 · Accession: 0001144204-17-028139
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File numbers found in text: 333-217918
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[Farmers and Merchants Bancshares, Inc. Letterhead]
May 17, 2017
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attn: Ms. Katelyn Donovan
Re: Farmers and Merchants Bancshares, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File 333-217918)
Request for Acceleration of Effective Date
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Farmers and Merchants Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby requests acceleration of the effectiveness of the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form S-1 to 10:00 a.m., Eastern Standard Time, on Monday, May 22, 2017, or as soon thereafter as is practicable. Any changes to the schedule for the effectiveness may be communicated through the Company’s counsel, Andrew Bulgin, Esquire, of Gordon Feinblatt LLC, The Garrett Building, 233 East Redwood Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202-3332, at (410) 576-4280 (voice), (410) 576-4196 (facsimile), or abulgin@gfrlaw.com (e-mail).
The Company hereby acknowledges that:
· should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;
· the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosures in the filing; and
· the Company may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
Sincerely yours,
Farmers and Merchants Bancshares, Inc.
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[Farmers and Merchants Bancshares, Inc.
Letterhead]
May 17, 2017
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attn: Ms. Katelyn Donovan
Re: Farmers and Merchants Bancshares, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File
333-217918)
Request for Acceleration of Effective
Date
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Farmers and Merchants Bancshares, Inc. (the
“Company”) hereby requests acceleration of the effectiveness of the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form
S-1 to 10:00 a.m., Eastern Standard Time, on Monday, May 22, 2017, or as soon thereafter as is practicable. Any changes to the
schedule for the effectiveness may be communicated through the Company’s counsel, Andrew Bulgin, Esquire, of Gordon Feinblatt
LLC, The Garrett Building, 233 East Redwood Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202-3332, at (410) 576-4280 (voice), (410) 576-4196 (facsimile),
or abulgin@gfrlaw.com (e-mail).
The Company hereby acknowledges that:
· should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose
the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;
· the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does
not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosures in the filing; and
· the Company may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by
the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
Sincerely yours,
Farmers and Merchants Bancshares, Inc.
By:
/s/ James R. Bosley, Jr.
James R. Bosley, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer