# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000862831
**File Stem:** 0000950170-23-009481
**Filing Date:** 2023-3
**Character Count:** 7129
**Document Hash:** d3142b0d581891e66a6ce4c9b6cb0423
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0000950170-23-009481.hdr.sgml**: 20230323

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000950170-23-009481

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 14

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20230323

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Other Events

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230323

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230323

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INC
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000862831
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 160816610
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** NY
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 000-26481
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23756247

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 220 LIBERTY STREET
- **CITY:** WARSAW
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 14569
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 5857861100

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 220 LIBERTY STREET
- **CITY:** WARSAW
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 14569

?xml version="1.0" encoding="ASCII"? 8-K

**UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549**

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**FORM** 8-K

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**CURRENT REPORT**

**Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934**

**Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):** March 23, 2023<br>

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Financial Institutions, Inc.

**(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)**

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| New York | 0-26481 | 16-0816610 |
| **(State or Other Jurisdiction<br>of Incorporation)** | **(Commission File Number)** | **(IRS Employer<br>Identification No.)** |
| 220 Liberty Street |  |  |
| Warsaw**,** New York |  | 14569 |
| **(Address of Principal Executive Offices)** |  | **(Zip Code)** |

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**Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code:** 585 786-1100<br>

Not Applicable

**(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)**

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

**Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:**

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| **<br>Title of each class** | **Trading<br>Symbol(s)** | **<br>Name of each exchange on which registered** |
| Common stock, par value $0.01 per share | FISI | Nasdaq Global Select Market |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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**Item 8.01 Other Events.**

Financial Institutions, Inc. (the "Company") has determined that the Annual Meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 21, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. EDT. The meeting will be held in a virtual format only, via live webcast. The record date for the Annual Meeting is Monday, April 24, 2023. Further details regarding the Annual Meeting, including how to participate, will be included in the Company's Proxy Statement and Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be made available to shareholders and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about April 27, 2023.

On March 23, 2023, the Company issued a press release announcing the date, time and location of the Annual Meeting. A copy of this

press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this current report on Form 8-K.

**Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.**

(d) <u>Exhibits</u>.

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| **Exhibit**<br>**Number** | **Description**  | **Location** |
| 99.1 | [<u>Press Release issued by Financial Institutions, Inc. on March 23, 2023</u>](fisi-ex99_1.htm) | Filed Herewith |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |  |

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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.

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|  |  |  | Financial Institutions, Inc. |
| Date: | March 23, 2023 | By:  | /s/ Samuel J. Burruano, Jr.  |
|  |  |  | **Samuel J. Burruano, Jr.<br>Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; and Corporate Secretary** |

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## Ex-99

![img145321324_0.jpg](img145321324_0.jpg)

**Financial Institutions, Inc. Announces** 

**2023 Annual Meeting Date**

**WARSAW, N.Y. – March 23, 2023** – Financial Institutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISI) (the "Company"), the parent company of Five Star Bank (the "Bank"), SDN Insurance Agency, LLC, Courier Capital, LLC and HNP Capital, LLC, today announced that Wednesday, June 21st, has been established as the date of its 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The meeting will be held in a virtual format only, via live webcast, beginning at 10:00 am Eastern Time.

The record date for voting at the Annual Meeting will be April 24, 2023. Further details regarding the Annual Meeting, including how to participate, will be included in the Financial Institutions, Inc. Proxy Statement and Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be made available to shareholders and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about April 27, 2023.

**About Financial Institutions, Inc.** 

Financial Institutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISI) is an innovative financial holding company with approximately $5.8 billion in assets offering banking, insurance and wealth management products and services through a network of subsidiaries. Its Five Star Bank subsidiary provides consumer and commercial banking and lending services to individuals, municipalities and businesses through its Western and Central New York branch network and has commercial loan production offices in Syracuse, NY and Baltimore, MD, serving the Central New York and Mid-Atlantic regions, respectively. SDN Insurance Agency, LLC provides a broad range of insurance services to personal and business clients, while Courier Capital, LLC and HNP Capital, LLC offer customized investment management, consulting and retirement plan services to individuals, businesses, institutions, foundations and retirement plans. Learn more at five-starbank.com and <u>www.FISI-Investors.com</u>.

**Investor and Media Contact:**

Pamela A. Kennard

(585) 584-1549

pakennard@five-starbank.com

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