Company: PFIS
Filing Date: 2025-07-18
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001104659-25-069074
Chunk: 79

Company: PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.
Filing Date: 2025-07-18
Form: S-4
Chunk 79
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 whether or not the parties involved are entitled to indemnification under the Peoples bylaws. Expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding may be paid by Peoples in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding as authorized in the manner provided in the Peoples bylaws upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director, officer and/or employee to repay such amount, unless it shall ultimately be determined that they are entitled to be indemnified by Peoples as authorized in the Peoples bylaws. The indemnification provided by Peoples’ bylaws shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which a person seeking indemnification may be entitled under any agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise, both as to action in their official capacity while serving as a director, officer and/or employee and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer and/or employee and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs and personal representatives of such a person. Item 21. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules (a) The following exhibits are filed herewith or incorporated herein by reference:

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 Peoples Financial Services Corp. Articles of Incorporation, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Peoples’ Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 17, 2014)                                                                                           
 Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of Peoples Financial Services Corp., effective as of May 19, 2020 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Peoples’ quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed with the with the SEC on August 10, 2020)           | ​ 
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| ​ |        3.3 | ​ | ​ | Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of Peoples Financial Services Corp., effective May 30, 2025 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Peoples’ current report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 3, 2025)                                                     | ​ |
| ​ |        4.1 | ​ | ​ | Indenture dated