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Issuer:     PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP. (PFIS)
CIK:        0001056943
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-02T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-039162
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Peoples Financial appoints Champi President; Tulaney retires with consulting deal
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- Gerard A. Champi appointed President of Peoples and Peoples Bank effective April 3, 2026, succeeding retiring Thomas P. Tulaney; Champi remains CEO.
- Accelerated vesting of 207 restricted shares and 709 RSUs for Tulaney; company vehicle transferred upon retirement.
- Peoples Bank entered consulting agreement with Tulaney at $8,000/month for advisory services; either party may terminate with 30 days notice.
- Director Elisa Zúñiga Ramirez will not stand for reelection at 2026 annual meeting; board size reduced to 14 (Peoples) and 15 (Peoples Bank).
- No disagreement cited for director departure; changes effective at 2026 annual meeting.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1056943/000110465926039162/0001104659-26-039162-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1056943/000110465926039162/tm2610999d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-039162

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