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accession: "0000950170-25-078932"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FISI"
cik: "0000862831"
company_name: "FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INC"
filed_at: "2025-05-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T07:15:48.881186+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shareholders approve amended 2015 Long-Term Incentive Plan, elect directors at annual meeting

## Summary
- Plan amended: shares increased by 400,000, term extended to May 28, 2035, director compensation limits combined to $300K/$500K.
- Plan approved with 14,350,846 for, 2,066,025 against, 23,150 abstain.
- Directors elected: Birmingham, Harting, Panzarella, Schrader, and VanGelder each received over 14.9M votes for.
- Say-on-pay advisory vote approved: 13,171,061 for, 3,203,190 against.
- Ratification of RSM US LLP as auditor for FY2025 approved with 17,777,141 for.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-25-078932
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FISI
- cik: 0000862831
- company_name: FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INC
- filed_at: 2025-05-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/862831/000095017025078932/0000950170-25-078932-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/862831/000095017025078932/fisi-20250528.htm

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