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Issuer:     FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INC (FISI)
CIK:        0000862831
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-01-27T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-25-009190
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.30
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Financial Institutions appoints Angela Panzarella to Board, increasing size to 12
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- Appointment effective January 22, 2025; board expands from 11 to 12 members, 11 independent.
- Panzarella will serve on Audit and Management Development & Compensation Committees.
- Background includes CEO of YWCA Rochester (2018-2020), 20-year tenure at Bausch+Lomb, prior public board at Transcat.
- She is independent under NASDAQ standards and expected to stand for election at next annual meeting.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/862831/000095017025009190/0000950170-25-009190-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/862831/000095017025009190/fisi-20250122.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-25-009190

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