---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-26-002778"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TRST"
cik: "0000357301"
company_name: "TRUSTCO BANK CORP N Y"
filed_at: "2026-01-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T06:39:21.601248+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# TrustCo Bank EVP & COO Robert M. Leonard to retire effective Dec 31, 2026

## Summary
- Robert M. Leonard, Executive Vice President and COO, delivered retirement notice on January 27, 2026.
- His retirement from the Company and subsidiaries, including Trustco Bank, is effective December 31, 2026.
- The Company has not announced a replacement or succession plan for the COO role.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-26-002778
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TRST
- cik: 0000357301
- company_name: TRUSTCO BANK CORP N Y
- filed_at: 2026-01-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/357301/000114036126002778/0001140361-26-002778-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/357301/000114036126002778/ef20064254_8k.htm

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