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Issuer:     COMMUNITY FINANCIAL SYSTEM, INC. (CBU)
CIK:        0000723188
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-09-18T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-25-091070
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.25
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Community Financial System appoints John A. Vaccaro as independent director effective Oct 1, 2025
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- Appointed John A. Vaccaro as independent director effective October 1, 2025.
- Vaccaro is Chairman Emeritus of MML Investors Services, a broker-dealer with $285B in assets under management.
- He served as CEO of MML Investors Services from 2009 to March 2025, leading 7,500+ financial advisors.
- Board expands to 13 directors, 12 of whom are independent under NYSE standards.
- Vaccaro also joined Community Bank, N.A. board and will serve on its Trust Committee.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723188/000110465925091070/0001104659-25-091070-index.htm
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  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-091070

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