form8k.htm

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report – January 4, 2010

Commission File Number: 0-23863
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PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
PENNSYLVANIA
  
23-2391852
(State of incorporation)
  
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
     
50 MAIN STREET, HALLSTEAD, PA
  
18822
(Address of principal executive offices)
  
(Zip code)
     
(570) 879-2175
(Registrant’s telephone number  including area code)
     
 

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 5.02
Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers
 
 
Attorney Russell D. Shurtleff has resigned his position as Director and Vice Chairman of Peoples Financial Services Corp. and Peoples National Bank effective January 4, 2010.  Mr. Shurtleff has resigned due to his election as President Judge of the 44th Judicial District serving Wyoming and Sullivan Counties in Pennsylvania.  He has served as director of the bank and holding company since 2000.
 
 
Earle A. Wootton has been appointed to the Board of Directors of Peoples National Bank to serve Mr. Shurtleff’s remaining term as a Class III director, which expires at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2012.  Mr. Wootton is a founding director of the Community Foundation of Susquehanna and Wyoming Counties, a director of the United Way of Susquehanna County and a trustee of Keystone College. He serves as Chairman of the Marcellus Committee for the Community Foundations of Pennsylvania.  Prior to his retirement in 2004, Mr. Wootton was president of a group of commercial printing and publication companies and has been a director of community and regional financial institutions for twenty-five years.  Mr. Wootton has a Bachelor of Science degree from Rochester Institute of Technology and an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.  Earle and his wife, June, reside in Montrose, Pennsylvania.
 
 






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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Dated: January  4, 2010 
/s/
Alan W. Dakey
   
By: Alan W. Dakey
President & CEO
     
     
Dated: January  4, 2010 
/s/
Richard S. Lochen, Jr.
   
By: Richard S. Lochen, Jr.
Chief Administrative Officer
     
     
    Dated: January 4, 2010
/s/
Debra E. Dissinger
   
By: Debra E. Dissinger
Executive Vice President/COO
     
     
     Dated: January 4, 2010
/s/
Joseph M. Ferretti
   
By: Joseph M. Ferretti
Sr.Vice President/CCO
     
     
     Dated: January 4, 2010
/s/
Frederick J. Malloy
   
By: Frederick J. Malloy
Vice President/Controller
     

 
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