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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) | May 10, 2022

Tompkins Financial Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

New York | 1-12709 | 16-1482357
(State or other jurisdiction | (Commission | (IRS Employer
of incorporation) | File Number) | Identification No.)
P.O. Box 460, Ithaca New York |  | 14851
(Address of Principal executive offices) |  | (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code | (607) 273-3210

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

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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, $0.10 par value | TMP | NYSE American, LLC

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. ☐

CURRENT REPORT ON FORM 8-K

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Tompkins Financial Corporation (the "Company") is furnishing the presentation materials presented at the Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 10, 2022 as Exhibit 99.1 to this report, which are incorporated herein by this reference. The information furnished in this Item 7.01 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. This report will not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information herein (including Exhibit 99.1).

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

| (a) | Not applicable.

| (b) | Not applicable.

| (c) | Not applicable.

| (d) | Exhibits.

Exhibit No. | Description
| 99.1 | Slides used by the Company at the 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

SIGNATURE

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 hereunto duly authorized.

| TOMPKINS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
Date: May 10, 2022 | /s/ Stephen S. Romaine
| Stephen S. Romaine
| President and CEO