---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-25-034613"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FISI"
cik: "0000862831"
company_name: "FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INC"
filed_at: "2025-03-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-25T08:22:39.272493+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Samuel Gullo to retire after 25 years, not standing for re-election at 2025 annual meeting

## Summary
- Samuel M. Gullo informed the board on March 4, 2025 of his decision not to stand for re-election.
- His retirement from Financial Institutions Inc. and Five Star Bank boards takes effect after the 2025 annual meeting.
- Decision is for personal reasons, more time with family; not due to any disagreement with the company.
- Gullo served 25 years on both boards.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-25-034613
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FISI
- cik: 0000862831
- company_name: FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INC
- filed_at: 2025-03-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/862831/000095017025034613/0000950170-25-034613-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/862831/000095017025034613/fisi-20250304.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-25-034613.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Samuel M. Gullo retired as Director at FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 4, 2025, Samuel M. Gullo, a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Financial Institutions, Inc. (the “Company”) and the Board of Directors of the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Five Star Bank, informed the Board of his decision not to stand for re-election at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/862831/000095017025034613/0000950170-25-034613-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.