---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000737875-25-000034"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FKYS"
cik: "0000737875"
company_name: "FIRST KEYSTONE CORP"
filed_at: "2025-08-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T11:38:26.346083+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First Keystone appoints Michelle Karas SVP & COO with $190K salary

## Summary
- Michelle Karas, 59, joined as SVP & COO on Aug 13, 2025, with $190K annual salary plus executive benefits.
- Previously served as SVP, Chief Data Officer & Corporate Secretary at Penns Woods Bancorp since Feb 2012.
- No other arrangements or material relationships requiring disclosure under Reg S-K.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000737875-25-000034
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FKYS
- cik: 0000737875
- company_name: FIRST KEYSTONE CORP
- filed_at: 2025-08-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/737875/000073787525000034/0000737875-25-000034-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/737875/000073787525000034/fkys-20250813x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000737875-25-000034
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000737875-25-000034.txt

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