Company: PFIS
Filing Date: 2025-03-07
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-021551
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Company: PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.
Filing Date: 2025-03-07
Form: PRE 14A
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 Peoples Financial Services Corp. and Peoples Security Bank and Trust Company as of July 1,
2024, in accordance with the FNCB merger agreement. Prior to the FNCB merger, Mr. Coccia served on the boards of directors of FNCB
and FNCB Bank since 1998. Mr. Coccia is President of Coccia Ford, Inc. (doing business as Coccia Ford Lincoln), a car dealership
in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Mr. Coccia is a member of the Board of Directors of AllOne Charities and NEPA Highmark’s Advisory
Board. Mr. Coccia also served on the Lincoln Mercury Dealer Association Board. Mr. Coccia’s strong business background
and knowledge of owning and operating a large local business, his broad community involvement, and his service as a director of FNCB and
FNCB Bank since 1998 qualify him to serve as a director of the Company and the Bank.

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Joseph L. DeNaples, Esquire, age 46, was appointed as a director of Peoples Financial Services Corp. and Peoples Security Bank and Trust Company
as of July 1, 2024, in accordance with the FNCB merger agreement. Prior to the FNCB merger, Mr. DeNaples served on the boards
of directors of FNCB and FNCB Bank since 2017. Mr. DeNaples is a partner at the law firm of Cipriani & Werner, PC and is
Director of Risk Management for Mount Airy Casino Resort. He focuses his law practice in banking, commercial, real estate, gaming, corporate,
secured transactions and bankruptcy law. Mr. DeNaples also serves as Solicitor for both the Lackawanna County Sheriff’s Office
and the County of Lackawanna Transit System Authority. Mr. DeNaples is a member of the Lackawanna County Bar Association and is admitted
to practice in Pennsylvania as well as the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and the United States
Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Mr. DeNaples serves on the Boards of Northeastern Pennsylvania Council
Scouting America and the Saint Francis of Assisi Kitchen. Mr. DeNaples received his Juris Doctorate degree from the Villanova University
Charles Widger School of Law. Mr. DeNaples extensive business and