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): November 23, 2022

CITIZENS FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Pennsylvania
 
000-13222
 
23-2265045
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

15 S Main St
Mansfield, Pennsylvania
 
16933
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code (570) 662-2121

Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:

Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, Par Value $1.00 Per Share
 CZFS
 NASDAQ Capital Market

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):
☐ 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))

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 5.03.  Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
On November 22, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Citizens Financial Services, Inc. (the “Company”) approved and adopted an amendment (the “Bylaws Amendment”) to the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company to provide for a retirement age of seventy-two (72) for members of the Board by providing that no person will be eligible for election, reelection, appointment or reappointment to the Board if such person has reached seventy-two (72) years of age or older on or prior to such election, reelection, appointment or reappointment to the Board.

The foregoing description of the Bylaws Amendment is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Bylaws Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)
Exhibits
     
Exhibit
Number
  
Description
   
 
   
104
  
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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.

             
       
CITIZENS FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
         
November 23, 2022
    
       
By:
  
/s/ Stephen J. Guillaume
 
           
Stephen J. Guillaume
Chief Financial Officer