---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000943374-25-000117"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "OBT"
cik: "0001754226"
company_name: "Orange County Bancorp, Inc. /DE/"
filed_at: "2025-02-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T03:44:25.287922+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Orange County Bancorp extends CEO Gilfeather's employment term to March 2028; amends SERP performance goals

## Summary
- CEO Michael Gilfeather's employment term extended to March 31, 2028; auto-renews to March 2029 unless notice given.
- SERP performance target for contributions raised from $1B to $2.5B in total assets.
- SERP amendment removes 2026 sunset on contributions, allowing ongoing performance-based contributions.
- Annual SERP performance-based contribution stays at $60,000, increasing to $260,000 for FY2023 onward.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000943374-25-000117
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: OBT
- cik: 0001754226
- company_name: Orange County Bancorp, Inc. /DE/
- filed_at: 2025-02-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1754226/000094337425000117/0000943374-25-000117-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1754226/000094337425000117/form8k_022025.htm

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