---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000862831-26-000002"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FISI"
cik: "0000862831"
company_name: "FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INC"
filed_at: "2026-05-21T20:06:16+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-21T22:24:38.682939+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# FISI shareholders elect all five director nominees and approve say-on-pay and auditor ratification at annual meeting

## Summary
- David P. Bovenzi, Andrew W. Dorn Jr., Steven C. Finch, Robert M. Glaser, Susan R. Holliday elected to three-year terms ending 2029.
- Say-on-pay advisory vote passed with 13,784,109 FOR vs 1,541,347 AGAINST and 112,443 abstentions.
- Ratification of RSM US LLP as auditor for FY 2026 approved: 17,157,943 FOR, 522,914 AGAINST, 20,513 abstain.
- Broker non-votes totaled 2,263,471 on director elections and say-on-pay; no broker votes on auditor ratification.
- Record date March 23, 2026; 19,684,776 shares outstanding and entitled to vote.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000862831-26-000002
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FISI
- cik: 0000862831
- company_name: FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INC
- filed_at: 2026-05-21T20:06:16+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/862831/000086283126000002/0000862831-26-000002-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/862831/000086283126000002/fisi-20260520.htm

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