---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-24-006217"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CZNC"
cik: "0000810958"
company_name: "CITIZENS & NORTHERN CORP"
filed_at: "2024-04-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T05:05:49.813260+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Citizens & Northern Corp annual meeting elects directors, approves say-on-pay, ratifies auditor

## Summary
- Class I directors Kilmer, Lehman, Loughery, Pellegrino elected; votes for ranged from 5.5M to 6.6M of ~6.96M votes cast.
- Say-on-pay advisory vote passed: 5.48M for, 1.21M against, 0.27M abstain, 3.53M broker non-votes.
- Ratification of Baker Tilly as auditor approved: 10.11M for, 0.09M against, 0.07M abstain.
- Meeting held April 25, 2024; 10.49M shares (68% of 15.34M outstanding) present or represented.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-24-006217
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CZNC
- cik: 0000810958
- company_name: CITIZENS & NORTHERN CORP
- filed_at: 2024-04-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/810958/000155837024006217/0001558370-24-006217-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/810958/000155837024006217/cznc-20240425x8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  CITIZENS & NORTHERN CORP shareholders approved Approval and Adoption of the 2023 Compensation of the Named Executive Officers at the 2024-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-25
  source text: Proposal II – Approval and Adoption of the 2023 Compensation of the Named Executive Officers
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/810958/000155837024006217/0001558370-24-006217-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CITIZENS & NORTHERN CORP shareholders approved Election of Class I Directors at the 2024-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-25
  source text: Proposal I - Election of Class I Directors
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/810958/000155837024006217/0001558370-24-006217-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CITIZENS & NORTHERN CORP shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Baker Tilly US, LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024 at the 2024-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-25
  source text: Proposal III – Ratification of the appointment of the firm of Baker Tilly US, LLP as the Corporation’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/810958/000155837024006217/0001558370-24-006217-index.htm

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