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Community Financial System, Inc. filings document a diversified financial services company with banking, employee benefit services, insurance services and wealth management services operations. Its Form 8-K reports furnish operating results, Regulation FD investor presentations, director appointments, bank leadership changes and capital actions, including stock repurchase authorization disclosures.
Proxy materials cover annual meeting procedures, shareholder voting matters, board governance, executive compensation and performance discussion across the company's four business lines. The filing record also identifies Community Bank, N.A. and other operating units as recurring subjects in disclosures about business strategy, governance and capital structure for CBU common stock.
Singh Savneet reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
COMMUNITY FINANCIAL SYSTEM, INC. director Savneet Singh received an award of 1,220 units of phantom stock on March 17, 2026. These units are the economic equivalent of common shares and will be settled in common stock at future dates under company deferred compensation and long‑term incentive plans.
Following this grant, Singh holds 2,474.5514 phantom stock units linked to common stock, reflecting compensation rather than an open‑market purchase. Additional units noted in footnotes were credited as dividend equivalents and through a dividend reinvestment feature within the plans.
STEELE SALLY A reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
COMMUNITY FINANCIAL SYSTEM, INC. director Sally A. Steele received a grant of 1,220 phantom stock (deferred stock) units under the company’s 2022 Long-Term Incentive Plan. Each unit is economically equivalent to one share of common stock and will be settled in common stock at a predetermined future date. Following this award, Steele holds 2,485.3149 deferred stock units.
Whipple John F. reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
COMMUNITY FINANCIAL SYSTEM, INC. director John F. Whipple received a grant of 1,220 units of phantom stock (deferred stock units) on March 17, 2026 as compensation. These units are the economic equivalent of common shares and will be settled in common stock at a predetermined future date.
After this grant, Whipple holds 6,632.8816 deferred stock units under the company’s long‑term incentive plan and 5,751.4337 phantom stock units related to the directors’ deferred compensation plan. Some of these units include additional amounts credited over time as dividend equivalents.
Vaccaro John A reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
COMMUNITY FINANCIAL SYSTEM, INC. director John A. Vaccaro reported receiving a grant of 1,220 phantom stock units, described as deferred stock units, under the company’s 2022 Long-Term Incentive Plan. Each phantom unit is economically equivalent to one share of common stock and will be settled in common stock at a predetermined date.
COMMUNITY FINANCIAL SYSTEM, INC. director Michele Sullivan received a grant of 1,220 units of phantom stock (deferred stock units) that are the economic equivalent of common shares and carry no cash exercise price. After this award, she holds 3,952.5219 phantom stock units directly.
The filing also reports a direct holding of deferred stock tied to common stock totaling 3,083.1444 underlying shares, reflecting compensation and deferral arrangements under the company’s director compensation and long‑term incentive plans rather than open‑market buying or selling.
STICKELS ERIC reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Community Financial System, Inc. director Eric Stickels reported a grant of 1,220 phantom stock (deferred stock) units under the company’s 2022 Long-Term Incentive Plan. These deferred stock units are economically equivalent to common shares and will be settled in common stock at a predetermined future date.
Following this compensation award, Stickels’ total phantom stock holdings reported in this filing increased to 5,234.5421 units, all held directly. This is a non-cash, equity-based incentive grant rather than an open-market purchase or sale.
Hall Brenda M reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
COMMUNITY FINANCIAL SYSTEM, INC. director Brenda M. Hall received a grant of 1,220 phantom stock units, reported as deferred stock units, under the company’s 2022 Long-Term Incentive Plan. These units are the economic equivalent of 1,220 shares of common stock and will be settled in common stock at a predetermined future date. Following this compensation-related award, she holds 1,220 phantom stock units directly.
Community Financial System, Inc. director Eric Stickels converted deferred compensation into common stock. On March 16, 2026, 250 phantom stock units under the company’s long-term incentive plan were settled for 250 shares of common stock, with 0.9119 units settled in cash at $57.42 per share.
After the transaction, Stickels directly held 33,592 shares of common stock and 4,014.5421 phantom stock units. These phantom units, including amounts accrued through dividend reinvestment, each represent the economic value of one share and will be settled in stock at predetermined dates.
COMMUNITY FINANCIAL SYSTEM, INC. director Brenda M. Hall filed an initial ownership report showing beneficial ownership of 39 shares of common stock in a direct account. The filing does not disclose any recent purchases or sales, only the current share position following prior activity.
COMMUNITY FINANCIAL SYSTEM, INC. executive Michael N. Abdo, EVP and General Counsel, reported equity compensation activity involving company common stock. On March 4, 2026, a three-year performance-based restricted stock award granted in 2023 vested at the target level, delivering 1,752 shares plus 196.2353 dividend reinvestment shares.
In connection with this vesting, 707.2353 shares were disposed of at $59.87 per share to cover tax liabilities, a non-open-market, tax-withholding transaction. After these changes, Abdo directly holds 8,010 common shares and indirectly holds 2,731.4068 shares through the company’s 401(K) Plan.