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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 (Date of earliest event reported): June 22, 2023

 

 

Financial Institutions, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

New York

0-26481

16-0816610

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

220 Liberty Street

 

Warsaw, New York

 

14569

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: 585 786-1100

 

Not Applicable

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

 

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:


Title of each class

 

Trading
Symbol(s)

 


Name of each exchange on which registered

Common stock, par value $0.01 per share

 

FISI

 

Nasdaq Global Select Market

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. ☐

 

 

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The Company held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on June 21, 2023. At the Annual Meeting, the holders of the Company’s common stock entitled to vote at the meeting (1) elected Donald K. Boswell, Andrew W. Dorn, Jr., Robert M. Glaser, and Susan R. Holliday to serve as directors until the Company’s 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified, and Bruce W. Harting to serve as a director until the Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until his respective successor is duly elected and qualified (“Proposal 1”); (2) approved the non-binding, advisory vote on compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, as described in the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” executive compensation tables and narrative disclosures in the Company’s proxy statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27, 2023 (“Proposal 2”); and ratified the appointment of RSM US LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 (“Proposal 3”).

The certified voting results were as follows:

Proposal 1 - Election of Directors

Donald K. Boswell

FOR: 10,372,288

WITHHELD: 1,109,076

BROKER NON-VOTES: 2,311,620

Andrew W. Dorn, Jr

FOR: 11,081,775

WITHHELD: 399,589

BROKER NON-VOTES: 2,311,620

Robert M. Glaser

FOR: 11,081,517

WITHHELD: 399,847

BROKER NON-VOTES: 2,311,620

Bruce W. Harting

FOR: 11,102,764

WITHHELD: 378,600

BROKER NON-VOTES: 2,311,620

Susan R. Holliday

FOR: 10,872,877

WITHHELD: 608,487

BROKER NON-VOTES: 2,311,620

 

Proposal 2 - Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation

FOR: 10,522,344

AGAINST: 784,969

ABSTAIN: 174,051

BROKER NON-VOTES: 2,311,620

 

Proposal 3 - Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

FOR: 13,507,981

AGAINST: 282,394

ABSTAIN: 2,609

 

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.

 

 

 

Financial Institutions, Inc.

 

 

 

 

Date:

June 22, 2023

By:

/s/ Samuel J. Burruano, Jr.

 

 

 

Samuel J. Burruano, Jr.
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer
     and Corporate Secretary

 
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