Company: PFIS
Filing Date: 2025-05-12
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001558370-25-007366
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Company: PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.
Filing Date: 2025-05-12
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 2
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 and developments; our ability to comply with privacy and data protection requirements; changes in U.S. or regional economic conditions, including changes due to federal policies and regulations with respect to trade, including tariffs and trade barriers; our ability to compete effectively in our industry; the soundness of other financial institutions; adverse changes in laws and regulations; fiscal and monetary policies of the federal government and its agencies; a failure to meet minimum capital requirements; our ability to realize the anticipated benefits of our merger with FNCB Bancorp, Inc.; future acquisitions or a change in control; and our ability to pay dividends. Additional factors that may affect our results are discussed in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, in Part II, Item 1A of this report and in reports we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time.

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These risks and uncertainties should be considered in evaluating forward-looking statements and undue reliance should not be placed on such statements.  Except as required by applicable law or regulation, we do not undertake, and specifically disclaim any obligation, to release publicly the result of any revisions that may be made to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of the statements or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events. 

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Critical Accounting Policies: 

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The Company’s consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP. The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to establish critical accounting policies and make accounting estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the