---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000739421-26-000059"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CZFS"
cik: "0000739421"
company_name: "CITIZENS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC"
filed_at: "2026-06-22T11:30:28+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T11:35:16.950493+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Appoints John Behm to board; amends CFO SERP; discloses FY2025 bonuses and CEO pay ratio 36.9

## Summary
- John D. Behm appointed to Board of Directors effective June 16, 2026; continues as Bank director.
- SERP amendment provides CFO Stephen Guillaume 10% of highest average cash compensation as retirement benefit.
- FY2025 bonuses: CEO Randall Black $590,601 cash; other NEOs combined $266,728 cash plus restricted stock.
- CEO pay ratio disclosed: median employee $48,896, CEO total $1,803,244, ratio 36.9 to 1.
- Total compensation for NEOs updated: Black $1.8M, Richards $482.7k, Willson $454.6k, Guillaume $371.6k, White $415.4k.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000739421-26-000059
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CZFS
- cik: 0000739421
- company_name: CITIZENS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
- filed_at: 2026-06-22T11:30:28+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/739421/000073942126000059/0000739421-26-000059-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/739421/000073942126000059/czfs-20260622.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000739421-26-000059
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000739421-26-000059.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000739421-26-000059.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  John D. Behm was appointed as director at CITIZENS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  source text: appointed John D. Behm to the Company’s Board of Directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/739421/000073942126000059/0000739421-26-000059-index.htm

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