---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-24-010437"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CZNC"
cik: "0000810958"
company_name: "CITIZENS & NORTHERN CORP"
filed_at: "2024-07-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T14:40:02.362344+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Citizens & Northern grants CEO J. Bradley Scovill 20,000 shares of restricted stock

## Summary
- Grant of 20,000 restricted shares to CEO J. Bradley Scovill on July 30, 2024.
- Shares vest on April 30, 2027, with accelerated vesting upon termination without cause or for good reason.
- Grant is part of amended employment agreement effective May 22, 2024.
- Recipient receives voting rights and dividends on restricted shares prior to vesting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-24-010437
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CZNC
- cik: 0000810958
- company_name: CITIZENS & NORTHERN CORP
- filed_at: 2024-07-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/810958/000155837024010437/0001558370-24-010437-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/810958/000155837024010437/cznc-20240730x8k.htm

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