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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-20-027462
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20200228
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200302
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200302

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001056943
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021]
		IRS NUMBER:				232391852
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			PA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-36388
		FILM NUMBER:		20674136

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		150 N WASHINGTON AVE
		CITY:			SCRANTON
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			18503
		BUSINESS PHONE:		570-346-7741

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		150 N WASHINGTON AVE
		CITY:			SCRANTON
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			18503

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19980303
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CURRENT REPORT</B></P>

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Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Date of Report: February 28, 2020</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.</P>

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name of registrant as specified in its charter)</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; width: 35%"><B>PA </B></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; width: 35%"><B>23-2391852</B></TD></TR>

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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)</TD>
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<P STYLE="text-align: center; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><B>150 North Washington Avenue, Scranton, Pennsylvania 18503-1848</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(570) 346-7741</B></P>

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area code)</P>

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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):</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT>
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</P>

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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</P>

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</P>

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">The Nasdaq Stock Market</FONT></TD></TR>
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growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&sect;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (&sect;240.12b-2 of this chapter).</P>

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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.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 1in">Item 5.02</TD><TD>Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory
Arrangements of Certain Officers.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">On February 28, 2020, the board of
directors of Peoples Financial Services Corp. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), upon the recommendation of its nominating and
governance committee, approved a temporary increase in the number of directors constituting the entire board from ten to
eleven, and approved the appointment of Sandra L. Bodnyk to fill the vacancy created by such increase. Ms. Bodnyk is expected
to be named to the Company&#8217;s audit committee, as well as the board of directors, asset quality/credit committee and the
information technology committee of the Company&#8217;s banking subsidiary.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Ms. Bodnyk&#8217;s term will expire and
she is expected to stand for election at the Company&#8217;s 2020 annual meeting of shareholders. As previously reported, director
James G. Keisling has decided not to stand for re-election at such meeting.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">As a non-employee director, Ms. Bodnyk will
be eligible to participate in the Company&#8217;s standard compensation arrangements for non-employee directors, including retainers,
meeting attendance fees and supplemental life insurance, deferred compensation and retirement benefit plans, as more particularly
described in the &#8220;Director Compensation&#8221; section of the Company&#8217;s proxy statement for its 2019 annual meeting
of shareholders, which was filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on April 9, 2019.</P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: left; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Ms. Bodnyk was not selected as a director
pursuant to any arrangement or understanding between her and any other persons. The Company has not been a participant in any transaction,
and there is no currently proposed transaction in which the Company would be a participant, in which Ms. Bodnyk or any of her related
persons had or would have a direct or indirect material interest.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURE</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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.</P>

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<TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">By:</FONT></TD>
<TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 47%"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">/s/ Craig W. Best</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Craig W. Best</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">President and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Date:&nbsp;&nbsp;March 2, 2020</FONT></TD>
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