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F&M BANK CORP.

2014

ANNUAL REPORT

F&M Bank Corp. 

1908
F&M Bank
incorporates
in Timberville

2006 
Two branches 
open in  
Harrisonburg,  
and one branch 
opens  
in  Luray

1979
Third branch  
opens in  
Broadway

1995 
New branch 
opens in  
Bridgewater 

1956
Chairman  
Lawrence  
Hoover, Sr.  
announces  
Bank growth  
to $5 million  
at the annual  
shareholders’ 
meeting 

1983
State  
Corporation 
Commission  
approves holding 
company, F&M Bank 
Corp. for the Bank, 
and TEB Life  
Insurance Company

1973
Second Bank  
branch opens  
in Elkton 

2008 
F&M  
purchases a  
70% majority 
interest in VBS 
Mortgage in  
Harrisonburg

2001
F&M purchases 
Woodstock  
and Edinburg  
branches 
from First Union

2014
Bank  
announces 
record  
earnings  
following  
separate 
preferred and 
common stock 
offerings; plans 
begin for two 
new Staunton  
branches

2012
F&M opens loan 
production office 
in Fishersville,  
and an  
automotive 
dealer finance  
division in  
Harrisonburg

YOUR MONEY. YOUR COMMUNITY. YOUR BANK.

DEAR 
FELLOW 
SHAREHOLDERS,

DEAN WITHERS 
PRESIDENT AND CEO

Based on our most recent stock 
price of $20.95 this would be an 
annualized return of 3.44%.  This 
return is above average for banks 
in our peer group. 

We continue to be involved 
with our communities, through 
donations to charitable                        
organizations, being members 
and Board members of civic       
organizations, holding shred 
days, etc.  I don’t think any other 
bank in our area does as much  
as we do to support our  
communities. We are also  
involved with financial literacy 
in our local schools. We provide 
classroom programs for  
elementary through high  
schools along with our staff  
helping to teach in classrooms 
when asked. 

I want to thank all of our staff, 
who worked very hard this past 
year to make all of this happen.   
I also want to thank you our 
shareholders for the support you 
have provided through the years.  

We hope to see you at our annual 
shareholders’ meeting in May.

The year 2014 was a record 
year of earnings for F & M Bank 
Corp. Net income totaled $5.802 
million, which was an increase 
of $1.086 million over year 2013 
earnings of $4.716 million.  
This increase was attributed to  
a number of factors. First, Loans 
Held for Investment increased 
$39.749 million to $518.202 
million. Second, the Net Interest 
Margin on these loans increased 
to 4.30%. Third, we were able to 
reduce our Provision for Loan 
Losses to $2.250 million, down 
from $3.775 million in 2013. 

The loan increase came primarily 
from the continued success of 
our Indirect Dealer Division and 
our Loan Production Office in  
Augusta County. The Indirect 
Dealer Division also was the 
driver for the increase in the Net 
Interest Margin.  We were able 
to reduce our Provision for Loan 
Losses through the continued 
improvement in our Credit  
Quality (Nonperforming Loans 
to Total Assets dropped from 
2.28% to 1.15% and Charge Offs 
dropped to .33% from .78%). 
With continued improvement in 
the economy, all of these factors 
should improve further in the 
future.  We were also successful 
in improving our total deposits, 
which increased by $27.356  
million to $491.505 million.   

All of this was accomplished 
while keeping our Efficiency 
Ratio below 60% at 58.51%. 
For more financial information, 
please review the enclosed 10K.
With the improved earnings,  
we were able to increase our  
first quarter 2015 dividend to 
$.18 per share.  

F&M BANK CORP. ANNUAL REPORT 2014 

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2014 

FINANCIAL  
FIGURES

NET INCOME (AS A % OF TOTAL ASSETS) 

2012

2013

2014

.86%

.73%

.82%
.80%

1.00%
.87%

F&M BANK
PEER

NET INTEREST INCOME (AS A % OF TOTAL ASSETS) 

2012

2013

2014

3.70%

3.42%

3.77%
3.34%

4.01%
3.38%

OVERHEAD EXPENSE (AS A % OF TOTAL ASSETS) 

2012

2013

2014

2.35%

3.14%

2.61%

3.14%

2.71%

3.03%

NET LOAN LOSSES (AS A % OF LOANS HELD FOR INVESTMENT) 

2012

2013

2014

.59%
.57%

.76%

.33%

.34%

.19%

ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES (AS A % OF TOTAL LOANS) 

2012

2013

2014

1.75%

1.80%

1.71%
1.61%

1.64%

1.42%

NON-PERFORMING ASSETS (AS A % OF TOTAL ASSETS) 

2012

2013

2014

2.73%

2.25%

2.75%

1.61%

1.73%
1.17%

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YOUR MONEY. YOUR COMMUNITY. YOUR BANK.

YEAR 
IN 
REVIEW

CONTINUAL GROWTH 

F&M Bank announced record 
earnings for 2014. Our fourth 
quarter earnings increased 
32.26% versus prior year, to 
$1.566 million and full year  
earnings of $5.802 million 
increased $1.086 million, or 
23.03%.  

The significant increase in  
earnings is due primarily to a 
very strong net interest margin 
of 4.30% for the full year. 

Loan demand continued at a  
robust pace in the fourth 
quarter, as the total portfolio 
increased $11.3 million for the 
quarter and $39.7 million for the 
full year, with most of the growth 
derived from our Dealer Finance 
Division and our Fishersville 
Loan Production Offices. 

Non-performing loans now 
equal 1.35% of the loan portfolio 
vs. 2.63% at year end 2013.  
On a nominal basis, non- 
performing loans have  
decreased $5.6 million (44.6%) 
compared to the prior period.

F&M BONUS REWARDS  

In 2013, the Bank began a  
partnership with Velocity Solutions 
to develop F&M Bonus Rewards,  
a referral program that earns  
customers points for the purchase  
of tangible goods, travel  
experiences, and gift cards.  

Since its inception, the Bonus  
Rewards program has been  
enthusiastically adopted by  
account holders, resulting in  
671 new referred accounts.  

NATIONAL RECOGNITION 

F&M Bank received national 
recognition from three banking  
publications for ranking 113 of the 
top 200 banks in the U.S. for 3-year 
Return on Average Equity; 63rd of 
the Top 100 Banks for loan  
production; and as one of the  
top 50 community banks - one of 
only two in Virginia - for social  
media efforts. 

On January 22, 2015, our Board of  
Directors declared a fourth quarter 
dividend of $0.18 per share, which 
is an increase of $.01 per share or a 
5.88% increase.  

CAPITAL RAISE AND  
PREFERRED STOCK 

In 2014, we announced the  
successful completion of a private 
placement of FMBM common stock 
and successful completion of two 
capital raises offering up to $10 
million of mandatorily convertible 
preferred stock. 

FMBM sold through a private  
placement 774,231 shares of our 
common stock at a price of $16.50 
per share. F&M Bank engaged  
investment banking firms FIG 
Partners, L.L.C. and Compass Point 
Research & Trading, LLC to act as 
placement agents to assist with the 
private placement. The net proceeds 
of the private placement in total 
were approximately $12.0 million.

The Bank intends to use the net 
proceeds of this offering for general 
corporate purposes, including  
organic growth, market expansion 
into Augusta County, to pay off 
subordinated debt, and for possible 
future acquisitions. 

F&M BANK CORP. ANNUAL REPORT 2014 

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BANK 
OFFICE 
SPOTLIGHT

VBS  
MORTGAGE  
VBS Mortgage, located in  
Harrisonburg, VA, opened for  
business in 1999 and was  
acquired by F&M, with a  
70 percent invested interest,  
in 2008. VBS operates under  
the direction of its President,  
Kevin Russell and VP, Terri Dart. 

VBS Mortgage has committed 
to the personalized service and 
accommodation of its clients’ 
entire home financing needs. 
VBS makes this possible with a 
knowledgeable and driven sales 
team; by providing in-house  
processing and underwriting; 
and offering the most  
competitive products and  
rates available 

VBS Mortgage acquired a  
Spanish-speaking lender in  
2014 and continues to grow  
in the Harrisonburg and  
surrounding markets, with  
additional service opportunities 
in Maryland and North Carolina. 

FISHERSVILLE  
LOAN OFFICE 

On October 1, 2012, F&M Bank 
opened a loan production office in 
Fishersville, VA. This office is  
currently staffed with a team of two 
Business Development/Commercial 
Loan Officers, J.T. Bishop and Gary 
Davenport, as well as Office  
Manager Barbara Bartley. 

Future plans include acquiring one  
or more mortgage lenders in  
cooperation with our affiliate VBS 
Mortgage. As the Bank’s loan office 
and courier service can only provide 
limited service in the vibrant, and 
growing Augusta County market, 
plans for two full-service branches 
are also currently underway with 
target opening dates of June 2015 
and early 2016, respectively.

DEALER FINANCE  
DIVISION 

On September 25, 2012, F&M 
Bank began operations of a loan  
production office in Penn Laird, 
VA, which specializes in 
providing automobile financing 
through a network of auto- 
mobile dealers throughout the 
existing geographic footprint of 
F&M Bank.  

Since its opening, the office has 
operated under the helm of 
Greg Berkshire, Ryan May and 
Brenda Sayre, three officers with 
extensive experience in banking 
and dealer financing.  

In 2014, additional staff member  
Jessica Fletcher came onboard 
to assist the office’s growing 
production.  

Approximately forty dealers are 
currently contracted with the 
Dealer Finance Division to  
originate loans on behalf of  
the Bank. 

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COMMUNITY  
BANK 
DIFFERENCE

Bank and VBS employees spend the 
day volunteering with United Way 
at Our Community Place.

Aaron Green, Commercial Lender, 
gives students a tour during VBA’s 
Bank Day.  

F&M was one of 25 banks across 
Virginia that hosted area seniors,  
where students interviewed  
employees and received a  
“behind the scenes” look  
at operations.  

We were pleased to learn that 
Broadway High School senior 
Maddie White won the $2,000 
regional scholarship for her 
essay about F&M Bank. 

FINANCIAL EDUCATION 

We know that the future of 
business and industry is in the 
hands of today’s students, which 
is why F&M Bank has invested 
heavily in financial education 
programs like Everfi Financial 
Literacy, the American Bankers’ 
Association’s Teach Children 
to Save program, and Cemark 
Financial Education for high 
school and elementary school  
students. Through web-based 
learning modules; SOL- 
supporting curriculum; and 
classroom visits, F&M is working 
to empower future generations.   

GIVNG BACK  

All nine F&M branches hosted 
events in 2014 such as customer  
appreciation days, “family fun” days, 
and document shredding events  
for the community.  

Outside of working hours, employees 
also reported volunteering nearly 
1,500 hours in the community with 
organizations like United Way;  
Big Brothers, Big Sisters; Rotary;  
small business development centers; 
Lions’ Clubs; chambers of commerce; 
little league; and other non-profit 
organizations near and dear to  
their hearts. 

VBA BANK DAY 

The third Tuesday in March was 
declared Bank Day in Virginia by the 
Virginia General Assembly in 1991.  
On this day, Virginia high school  
seniors spend a day in banks across 
the Commonwealth shadowing  
a banker in their daily duties.  
The purpose of this experience is for 
the students to learn about banking, 
financial services, and the vital role 
banks play in their communities. 

After Bank Day concludes, students 
are then tasked with writing an  
essay about their experience.  
Seven scholarships (six regional and 
one statewide) are awarded on the 
basis of these essays.  

F&M BANK CORP. ANNUAL REPORT 2014 

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GO 
LOCAL

As a member of the Independent 
Community Bankers of America (ICBA) 
Association, we proudly take part in 
the  “Go Local”  initiative, which  
contributes to a thriving local  
economy and gives consumers a 
hometown investment that they  
can be proud of. 

The assets held at your community 
bank remain invested in our towns 
and contribute to our citizens’ quality 
of life, whether in the form of loans to 
residents who want to buy a home, or 
to small business owners looking to 
open a business, shop, or restaurant 
on Main Street. 

Whether located in the small towns of 
the Shenandoah Valley, or in suburbs 
of larger cities, community banks 
improve America’s neighborhoods by 
funding nearly 60 percent of all small 
businesses under $1 million, and by 
using local dollars to help families 
purchase a home, buy a car, finance 
college and build financial security.  

By driving local economies  
and creating jobs where we live,  
community banks are an integral  
part of our financial system and  
play a key role in our nation’s  
economic recovery. 

Excerpt courtesy of Nancy  
Bondurant Jones, author of Banking 
on the Future: A 100-Year History of 
Farmers & Merchants Bank 1908-2008.

As a small business ourselves, we only 
thrive when our customers and  
communities do the same. Looking 
out for the best interests of our  
neighbors has been ingrained in the 
way we conduct business since our 
own humble beginnings in 1908... 

After many townspeople witnessed 
family fortunes disappear following the 
devaluation of Confederate money at 
the close of the Civil War, not all  
Timberville residents were receptive to 
the concept of a new bank in town.  

However, cautiously hopeful of a new 
government monetary system that 
would last, a few local businessmen led 
the way to promote an independent 
local bank in Timberville. With the 
times fostering an emerging concept 
of banking -- a convenient place near 
home to safely deposit, borrow or invest 
money  somewhere other than in a sock 
or under a floorboard -- the trust of 
our communities and local customers 
helped F&M bank raise the $10,000  
capital needed to open its doors in 
1908. 

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YOUR MONEY. YOUR COMMUNITY. YOUR BANK.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
HELPING 
OUR  
NEIGHBORS

Bank President and CEO Dean  
Withers challenges the public to help 
the Salvation Army reach its winter 
2014/2015 fundraising goals. 

F&M Bank was honored to donate 
the first gift at the Salvation Army’s 
Kettle Drive kickoff in November. 

F&M Bank President and CEO,  
Dean Withers, contributed to the 
Drive’s Kickoff event with a $2,500  
contribution. Mr. Withers,  
pictured (left), speaks about the  
Salvation Army’s mission and  
challenges the gathering crowd  
to also help the organization reach  
its goal of $160,000, which served 
thousands of our struggling  
neighbors this holiday season. 

In August, Timberville branch  
employees started a food drive  
playfully titled, “Stuff the (Courier) 
Van” to benefit Hope Distributed 
CDC, a food pantry serving the 
Shenandoah Valley.  

This food drive spurred ideas for  
other fundraising initiatives at our  
branches, which served several 
non-profit organizations within  
our  geographic footprint. 

Customers and employees  
take pride in supporting  
their communities. 

F&M BANK CORP. ANNUAL REPORT 2014 

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THANK YOU 
FOR YOUR SERVICE

35 YEARS 

Brenda Swartz
Assistant Branch Manager  
Edinburg Branch 

Kathryn Smith
Custodian  
Broadway Branch 

30 YEARS 

Cindy Sherman
Commercial Relationship Manager 
and Loan Operations Manager  
Timberville Branch  

20 YEARS 

Frances Showalter
Teller 
Broadway Branch 

Sally Erickson
Branch Manager 
Port Road Branch 

Mike Pugh
Board of Directors  

15 YEARS 

Claire Wrenn
Teller  
Bridgewater  Branch 

Ellen Fitzwater
Board of Directors 

MARY PROPHET 

Mary joined F&M  as a Teller in 1971 
before moving into Bookkeeping 
and a variety of Customer Support 
roles.  After 43 years as a team 
member,  Mary retired in July 2014. 

LYNWOOD DOVEL  
(IN MEMORIAM) 

Lynwood “Woody” Dovel joined the 
Elkton Branch as Branch Manager  
and Vice President in May 1974.  
Mr. Dovel retired as Senior Vice  
President in 1995, coming back to 
work in the Collections department 
briefly in 1998. Mr Dovel passed  
away in July 2014. 

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DIRECTORS 

OFFICERS 

Thomas L. Cline 
Chairman of the Board, Farmers 
& Merchants Bank and F&M 
Bank Corp. 

Larry A. Caplinger 
EVP/Chief Lending Officer, 
Farmers & Merchants Bank 

John N. Crist 
Partner, Hoover Penrod,  
PLC-Attorneys 

Ellen  Fitzwater 
Accounting Consultant and 
Partner, F & R Leasing, LLC 

Daniel J. Harshman 
Manager, Town of Edinburg 

Richard S. Myers 
President, Dick Myers Chrysler-
Dodge-Jeep, Inc 

Michael W. Pugh 
President, Old Dominion Realty, 
Inc.; Vice President, Colonial 
Appraisal Service, Inc 

Christopher S. Runion 
President, Eddie Edwards  
Signs, Inc 

Ronald E. Wampler 
Partner, Dove Ohio Farms, LLC 
and WWTD Ohio Farms, LLC 

Dean W. Withers 
President, Farmers & Merchants 
Bank and F&M Bank Corp.

Dean W. Withers 
President & CEO 

Larry A. Caplinger 
EVP/Chief Lending Officer  
Secretary of the Board 

Neil W. Hayslett 
EVP/Chief Administrative Officer 

Stephanie E. Shillingburg 
EVP/Chief Retail Officer  

Carrie A. Comer 
SVP/Chief Financial Officer 

Ralph C. Foltz, Jr. 
SVP/Operations 

Jeffrey L. Lam 
SVP/Retail Loan Administrator 

Edward A. Strunk 
SVP/Commercial Loan Administrator 

Joshua P. Hale 
SVP/Business Development Leader 

VICE PRESIDENTS 

Deborah A. Andes 
Anita C. Beckman 
Gregory T. Berkshire 
J.T. Bishop 
Sylvia T. Bowman 
Gary L. Davenport 
Carolyn J. Dove 
Sally H. Erickson 
Aaron S. Green 
Charles P. Harder 

Henry E. Hawkins 
Teresa D. Helmick 
W. Brent Meadows 
John E. Meyer 
Kate S. Pascarella 
Jonah J. Pence 
Kitty H. Purcell 
Robert R. Reedy, Jr. 
Melody Ritchie 
Karen B. Rose 
Kevin A. Russell 
President, VBS Mortgage 
Brenda L. Sayre 
Cynthia A. Sherman 
Gregory B. Spitler 
Krista L. Suter 

ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENTS 

Matthew Beahm  
Jacqueline D. Burner 
Thomas L. Campbell 
Kay T. Dean 
Keith M. Deeds 
Kathy L. Grubbs 
Chris A. Gunter 
Mary Ellen Harrison 
Anthony W. Keyser 
Cathy M. Lindamood 
Ryan May 
Matthew Robinson 
Sean D. Ryman 
Natalie M. Strickler 
Brenda Swartz 

Barbara Bartley, Branch Officer

F&M BANK CORP. ANNUAL REPORT 2014 

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INVESTOR INFORMATION 

Transfer Agent for F&M Bank Corp. 
Stock (FMBM): 

Computershare  
P.O. Box 30170  
College Station, TX 77842  

www.computershare.com 
1-800-368-5948

LOAN OFFICES 
VBS Mortgage 
2040 Deyerle Avenue, Suite 102 
Harrisonburg, VA 
442-8583 
NMLS# 275173 

Dealer Finance Division 
4759 Spotswood Trail 
Penn Laird, VA 
437-3480 

Loan Production Office 
1842 Jefferson Highway 
Fishersville, VA  
946-8160 

LOCATIONS

BRANCHES 

Bridgewater 
100 Plaza Drive 
828-6300 

Broadway 
126 North Timber Way 
896-7071 

Edinburg 
120 South Main Street 
984-4128 

Elkton 
127 West Rockingham Street 
298-1251 

Harrisonburg - Cross Keys 
80 Cross Keys Road 
433-7575 

Harrisonburg - Port Road 
1085 Port Republic Road 
433-0112 

Luray 
700 East Main Street 
743-1130 

Staunton (coming soon!) 
2813 N. Augusta Street  

Timberville 
205 South Main Street 
896-8941 

Woodstock 
161 South Main Street 
459-3707 

www.fmbankva.com