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Issuer:     FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INC (FISI)
CIK:        0000862831
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-12-11T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-25-316059
Event type: debt
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 1.01, 2.03, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Financial Institutions Inc. issues $80M subnotes at 6.50%, to redeem $65M higher-cost debt
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- Issued $80M of 6.50% fixed-to-floating subordinated notes due 2035; fixed rate for first 5 years, then SOFR+312bps.
- Net proceeds to redeem $65M of outstanding subnotes currently bearing ~8.1-8.2% interest, expected redemption on/about Jan 15, 2026.
- Notes rated BBB- by Kroll; CEO expects Total Risk-Based Capital ratio to be temporarily elevated ~150 bps at year-end.
- CEO says refinancing provides more attractive rates and additional capital for deployment.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/862831/000119312525316059/0001193125-25-316059-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/862831/000119312525316059/fisi-20251211.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-316059

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