---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-029399"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FISI"
cik: "0000862831"
company_name: "FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INC"
filed_at: "2023-06-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T19:32:27.542918+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Financial Institutions, Inc. reports annual meeting voting results; all proposals pass

## Summary
- All five director nominees (Boswell, Dorn, Glaser, Harting, Holliday) elected with >10.3M votes FOR each.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 10.5M FOR, 785K AGAINST, 174K abstain.
- Ratification of RSM US LLP as auditor for FY 2023 passed: 13.5M FOR, 282K AGAINST.
- Total shares voted: ~13.8M; broker non-votes ~2.3M on director and say-on-pay proposals.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-029399
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FISI
- cik: 0000862831
- company_name: FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INC
- filed_at: 2023-06-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/862831/000095017023029399/0000950170-23-029399-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/862831/000095017023029399/fisi-20230622.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INC shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation at the 2023-06-21 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-21
  source text: Proposal 2 - Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation FOR: 10,522,344 AGAINST: 784,969 ABSTAIN: 174,051 BROKER NON-VOTES: 2,311,620
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/862831/000095017023029399/0000950170-23-029399-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INC shareholders approved Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2023-06-21 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-21
  source text: Proposal 3 - Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm FOR: 13,507,981 AGAINST: 282,394 ABSTAIN: 2,609
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/862831/000095017023029399/0000950170-23-029399-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INC shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-06-21 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-21
  source text: Proposal 1 - Election of Directors Donald K. Boswell FOR: 10,372,288 WITHHELD: 1,109,076 BROKER NON-VOTES: 2,311,620 Andrew W. Dorn, Jr FOR: 11,081,775 WITHHELD: 399,589 BROKER NON-VOTES: 2,311,620 Robert M. Glaser FOR: 11,081,517 WITHHELD: 399,847 BROKER NON-VOTES: 2,311,620 Bruce W. Harting FOR: 11,102,764 WITHHELD: 378,600 BROKER NON-VOTES: 2,311,620 Susan R. Holliday FOR: 10,872,877 WITHHELD: 608,487 BROKER NON-VOTES: 2,311,620
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/862831/000095017023029399/0000950170-23-029399-index.htm

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