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 – December 13, 2010


Commission File Number: 0-23863

PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
PENNSYLVANIA
 
23-2391852
(State of Incorporation)
 
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
     
82 FRANKLIN AVE., HALLSTEAD, PA
 
18822
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)
     
(570) 879-2175
(Registrant’s Telephone Number Including Area Code)
     
 
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
Check the appropriate line below if the Form 8K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
 

 
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Item 801
Other Events:
 
Effective December 13, 2010, Peoples National Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Peoples Financial Services Corp., completed the process of converting from a national banking association to a Pennsylvania state chartered bank.  Accordingly, Peoples National Bank will now operate under the name of Peoples Neighborhood Bank.


 
 
 

 


 
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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.
 
Dated: December 13, 2010 
/s/
Alan W. Dakey
   
By: Alan W. Dakey
President & CEO
     
     
 Dated: December 13, 2010 
/s/
Debra E. Dissinger
   
By: Debra E. Dissinger
Executive Vice President/COO
     
     
 Dated: December 13, 2010 
/s/
Joseph M. Ferretti
   
By: Joseph M. Ferretti
Sr.Vice President/CCO
     
     
 Dated: December 13, 2010 
/s/
Frederick J. Malloy
   
By: Frederick J. Malloy
Vice President/Controller
     
 
 







 
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