secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INC (FISI)
CIK:        0000862831
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-09-08T20:05:14+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-385193
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.10
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Director Bruce W. Harting retires; Board rebalances classes, Holliday reclassified
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- Bruce W. Harting retired from Financial Institutions, Inc. and Five Star Bank boards effective September 1, 2026, to pursue outside interests.
- Board size reduced from 13 to 12 members; resignation not due to any disagreement with the Company or management.
- Susan R. Holliday, Chair, resigned from 2029 Class and was reappointed to 2028 Class effective September 3, 2026, for class rebalancing.
- After reclassification, each of the three board classes has 4 members; Holliday continues as Chair with no changes to compensation or committee assignments.
- Holliday's service deemed uninterrupted; her reappointment runs until 2027 Annual Meeting when shareholders will elect her to 2028 Class.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/862831/000119312526385193/0001193125-26-385193-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/862831/000119312526385193/fisi-20260908.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-385193

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