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WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 28, 2018

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F & M Bank Corp.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Item 5.02.

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

As previously disclosed, the Board of Directors of F&M Bank Corp. (the "Company") named Mark C. Hanna as President of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary, F&M Bank, effective December 1, 2017.  Dean W. Withers, the Company's former President and Chief Executive Officer, remained Chief Executive Officer of the Company for a transition period in connection with his retirement.  On June 28, 2018, Mr. Withers officially retired as Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the Bank.  Mr. Withers will remain a director of the Company and the Bank.

In connection with the foregoing, the Board of Directors named Mr. Hanna to the additional role of Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the Bank, effective July 1, 2018.  Additional information regarding Mr. Hanna is available in the Company's proxy statement for its 2018 annual meeting of shareholders, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 16, 2018.

 

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.