secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CITIZENS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC (CZFS)
CIK:        0000739421
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-01-03T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000739421-25-000005
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.35
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Citizens Financial Services enters change-in-control agreements with two senior executives
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- Agreements with David Z. Richards Jr. (Senior EVP, Director Emerging Markets) and Stephen J. Guillaume (SVP, CFO), effective Dec 31, 2024.
- Upon qualifying termination related to a change in control, each executive receives lump sum equal to 1x base salary plus average bonus, and pro rata bonus.
- Continued health and long-term disability insurance for 18 months; accelerated vesting of time-based equity awards.
- Non-compete for 12 months and non-solicitation for 18 months post-termination.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/739421/000073942125000005/0000739421-25-000005-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/739421/000073942125000005/changeincontrolagreements.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000739421-25-000005

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