{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001104659-25-031200","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"PFIS","cik":"0001056943","company_name":"PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.","filed_at":"2025-04-02T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:02:47.347585+00:00","generated_at":"2026-05-23T23:08:02.509373+00:00","sec_items":["5.02"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.25,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.25,"confidence":"high","headline":"Peoples Financial appoints Stephanie Westington as Chief Accounting Officer effective April 1","bullets":["Stephanie A. Westington, CPA, named SVP and Chief Accounting Officer effective April 1, 2025.","Westington previously served as SVP Chief Profitability Officer since July 2024 merger with FNCB.","James M. Bone, Jr., who had been principal accounting officer since March 31, will cease in that role.","No new material plan, contract, or award entered in connection with her appointment.","Westington, 59, is a licensed CPA with prior banking and accounting leadership experience."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-031200","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-031200.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-031200.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-031200.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1056943/000110465925031200/0001104659-25-031200-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1056943/000110465925031200/tm2511291d1_8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-05-23T23:08:02.509373+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"26f93e61a9","claim":"Stephanie A. Westington was appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer at PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP..","evidence_excerpt":"On March 28, 2025, the boards of directors of Peoples Financial Services Corp., a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Company”), and its banking subsidiary, Peoples Security Bank and Trust Company (the “Bank”), approved the appointment of Stephanie A. Westington, CPA, as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company and the Bank, a role in which she will serve as the principal accounting officer of the Company, effective as of April 1, 2025.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1056943/000110465925031200/0001104659-25-031200-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"appointed"},{"label":"Role","value":"Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer"}]},{"claim_id":"b0132d9f95","claim":"James M. Bone, Jr. departed as principal accounting officer at PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP..","evidence_excerpt":"Upon the effectiveness of Ms. Westington’s appointment, Mr. Bone ceased to serve as principal accounting officer.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1056943/000110465925031200/0001104659-25-031200-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"ceased"},{"label":"Role","value":"principal accounting officer"}]}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}