Press release
Independent Proxy Advisory Firm ISS Recommends Shareholders Vote “FOR” Farmers National Banc Corp. Proposed Merger with Middlefield Banc Corp.
Recommendation Highlights Strategic Benefits and Value Creation of Merger The Board of Directors Urges Shareholders to Vote by February 9, 2026, at 11:59
About this update from Farmers National Banc Corp.
[{"type":"text","content":"\nRecommendation Highlights Strategic Benefits and Value Creation of Merger\n\n\nThe Board of Directors Urges Shareholders to Vote by February 9, 2026, at 11:59 p.m., ET\n\n\n CANFIELD, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nFarmers National Banc Corp. (“Farmers”) (NASDAQ: FMNB), the holding company for The Farmers National Bank of Canfield (“Farmers National Bank”), today announced that Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc. (“ISS”), an independent proxy advisory firm, has recommended shareholders vote “FOR” all proposals at the Special Meeting of Shareholders to be held on February 10, 2026, including the Company’s proposed merger of Middlefield Banc Corp. (“Middlefield”) (NASDAQ: MBCN), the holding company for The Middlefield Banking Company (“Middlefield Bank”), into Farmers.\n\n\nISS is widely recognized as a leading independent voting and corporate governance advisory firm. ISS analyses and recommendations are relied on by many major institutional investment firms, mutual funds and fiduciaries throughout North America.\n\n\nShareholders are Encouraged to Vote Ahead of the Proxy Deadline\n\n\nFarmers reminds those shareholders that have not yet voted to vote without delay FOR the merger and the other proposals to be considered at the Special Meeting of Shareholders.\n\n\nAdditional information about the merger and voting instructions can be found in the joint proxy statement/prospectus of Farmers and Middlefield that was distributed to Farmers’ shareholders.\n\n\nFOR ASSISTANCE WITH VOTING YOUR SHARES, PLEASE CONTACT ALLIANCE ADVISORS AT 1-855-206-1454.\n\n\nAbout Farmers National Banc Corp.\n\n\nFounded in 1887, Farmers National Banc Corp. is a diversified financial services company headquartered in Canfield, Ohio, with $5.2 billion in banking assets. Farmers National Banc Corp.’s wholly-owned subsidiaries are comprised of The Farmers National Bank of Canfield, a full-service national bank engaged in commercial and retail banking with 62 banking locations in Mahoning, Trumbull, Columbiana, Portage, Stark, Wayne, Medina, Geauga and Cuyahoga Counties in Ohio and Beaver, Butler, Allegheny, Jefferson, Clarion, Venango, Clearfield, Mercer, Elk and Crawford Counties in Pennsylvania, and Farmers Trust Company, which operates trust offices and offers services in the same geographic markets. Total wealth management assets under care at Decembe...