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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-20-032018
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20200124
ITEM INFORMATION:		Results of Operations and Financial Condition
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200311
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200311

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/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-36388
		FILM NUMBER:		20706290

	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: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM 8-K/A</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Amendment No. 1</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>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
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: January 24, 2020</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Date of earliest event reported)</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>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>001-36388</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; width: 50%; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>23-2391852</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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Employer of Identification No.)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>150 North Washington Avenue, Scranton, Pennsylvania </B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>18503-1848</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(Address of principal executive offices)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(Zip Code)</FONT></TD></TR>
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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>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Registrant&rsquo;s telephone number, including
area code)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">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):</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 2%; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 98%">Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under
the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</TD>
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the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</TD>
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under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</TD>
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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="padding: 2pt; border-right: Black 1pt solid; 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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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging
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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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right">Emerging growth company<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></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;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1in">Item 2.02</TD><TD>Results of Operations and Financial Condition.</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">On March 11, 2020, Peoples Financial Services
Corp., the bank holding company of Peoples Security Bank and Trust Company, issued a press release to report revised unaudited
net income for the year ended December 31, 2019. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated
herein by reference.</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The unaudited results of operations for
the three and twelve-month periods ended December 31, 2019 and financial condition at December 31, 2019 previously reported in
the company&rsquo;s January 24, 2020 press release should no longer be relied upon.</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Beginning on or about March 2, 2020, management
identified issues with certain small business credits originated by one bank employee. As a result, the bank undertook
a credit review and determined that certain actions were required with respect to eight credits totaling approximately $2.6 million
in outstanding principal, including certain charge offs and an additional provision for loan losses. As a result, the Company will
be revising its previously reported results of operations for the three- and twelve-months ended December 31, 2019 and financial
condition at December 31, 2019.</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company&rsquo;s net income for the twelve
months ended December 31, 2019, totaled $25.7 million or $3.48 per share (revised from $27.5 million or $3.72 per share). The downward
revision in net income resulted primarily from a $6.1 million provision for loan losses (revised from $3.5 million), offset by
related decreases in income tax expense and performance-based salaries and employee benefits expense. At December 31, 2019, loans,
net totaled $1,938.2 million (revised from $1,940.5 million), and the allowance for loan losses was $22.7 million (revised from
$22.3 million).</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company will provide additional details
and report its results of operations and financial condition in its annual report on Form 10-K, which is due to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on March 16, 2020.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1in">Item 9.01</TD><TD>Financial Statements and Exhibits</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exhibits</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The following exhibits are filed with this
Form 8-K:</P>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><A HREF="tm2012441d1_ex99-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">99.1</A></TD>
    <TD><A HREF="tm2012441d1_ex99-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Press release dated March 11, 2020 announcing revision to 2019 earnings</A></TD></TR>
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Index</P>

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    <TD><A HREF="tm2012441d1_ex99-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">99.1</A></TD>
    <TD><A HREF="tm2012441d1_ex99-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Press release dated March 11, 2020 announcing revision to 2019 earnings</A></TD></TR></TABLE>


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

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">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="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 47%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Craig
    W. Best</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Craig W. Best</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">President and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B>Exhibit 99.1</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>NEWS RELEASE</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>TO BUSINESS EDITOR</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center">Peoples
Financial Services Corp.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center">Announces Revision to 2019 Earnings</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Scranton, PA, March 11, 2020/PRNEWSWIRE/
 &ndash; Peoples Financial Services Corp. (&ldquo;Peoples&rdquo;) (NASDAQ: PFIS), the bank holding company for Peoples Security
Bank and Trust Company, is issuing this press release to report revised unaudited net income for the year ended December 31, 2019.
The unaudited results of operations for the three and twelve-month periods ended December 31, 2019 and financial condition at December
31, 2019 previously reported in the company&rsquo;s January 24, 2020 press release should no longer be relied upon.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Beginning on or about March 2, 2020, management
identified issues with certain small business credits originated by one bank employee. As a result, the bank undertook
a credit review and determined that certain actions were required with respect to eight credits totaling approximately $2.6 million
in outstanding principal, including certain charge offs and an additional provision for loan losses. As a result, Peoples will
be revising its previously reported results of operations for the three- and twelve-months ended December 31, 2019 and financial
condition at December 31, 2019.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Peoples&rsquo; net income for the year
ended December 31, 2019, totaled $25.7 million or $3.48 per share (revised from $27.5 million or $3.72 per share). The downward
revision in net income resulted primarily from a $6.1 million provision for loan losses (revised from $3.5 million), offset by
related decreases in income tax expense and performance-based salaries and employee benefits expense. At December 31, 2019, loans,
net totaled $1,938.2 million (revised from $1,940.5 million), and the allowance for loan losses was $22.7 million (revised from
$22.3 million).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The Company will provide additional details
and report its results of operations and financial condition in its annual report on Form 10-K, which is due to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on March 16, 2020.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>About Peoples Financial Services Corp.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Peoples Financial Services Corp. is the
parent company of Peoples Security Bank and Trust Company, a community bank serving Bucks, Lackawanna, Lebanon, Lehigh, Luzerne,
Monroe, Montgomery, Northampton, Schuylkill, Susquehanna, Wayne and Wyoming Counties in Pennsylvania and Broome County in New York
through 28 offices. Each office, interdependent with the community, offers a comprehensive array of financial products and services
to individuals, businesses, not-for-profit organizations and government entities. Peoples&rsquo; business philosophy includes offering
direct access to senior management and other officers and providing friendly, informed and courteous service, local and timely
decision making, flexible and reasonable operating procedures and consistently applied credit policies.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">SOURCE: Peoples Financial Services Corp.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">/Contact: MEDIA/INVESTORS, Marie L. Luciani,
Investor Relations Officer, 570.346.7741 or marie.luciani@psbt.com</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>Safe Harbor Forward-Looking Statements:</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">We make statements in this press release,
and we may from time to time make other statements regarding our outlook or expectations for future financial or operating results
and/or other matters regarding or affecting Peoples Financial Services Corp., Peoples Security Bank and Trust Company, and its
subsidiaries (collectively, &ldquo;Peoples&rdquo;) that are considered &ldquo;forward-looking statements&rdquo; as defined in Section
27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such forward-looking
statements may be identified by the use of such words as &ldquo;believe,&rdquo; &ldquo;expect,&rdquo; &ldquo;anticipate,&rdquo;
 &ldquo;should,&rdquo; &ldquo;planned,&rdquo; &ldquo;estimated,&rdquo; &ldquo;intend&rdquo; and &ldquo;potential.&rdquo; For these
statements, Peoples claims the protection of the statutory safe harbors for forward-looking statements.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Peoples cautions you that a number of important
factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those currently anticipated in any forward-looking statement. Such
factors include, but are not limited to: prevailing economic and political conditions, particularly in our market area; credit
risk associated with our lending activities; changes in interest rates, loan demand, real estate values and competition; changes
in accounting principles, policies, and guidelines; changes in any applicable law, rule, regulation or practice with respect to
tax or legal issues; our ability to identify and address cyber-security risks and other economic, competitive, governmental, regulatory
and technological factors affecting Peoples&rsquo; operations, pricing, products and services and other factors that may be described
in Peoples&rsquo; Annual Reports on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
from time to time.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">In addition to these risks, acquisitions
and business combinations, present risks other than those presented by the nature of the business acquired. Acquisitions and business
combinations may be substantially more expensive to complete than originally anticipated, and the anticipated benefits may be significantly
harder-or take longer-to achieve than expected. As regulated financial institutions, our pursuit of attractive acquisition and
business combination opportunities could be negatively impacted by regulatory delays or other regulatory issues. Regulatory and/or
legal issues related to the pre-acquisition operations of an acquired or combined business may cause reputational harm to Peoples
following the acquisition or combination, and integration of the acquired or combined business with ours may result in additional
future costs arising as a result of those issues.</P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: justify; margin: 0pt 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">The forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this
release, and, except as may be required by applicable law or regulation, Peoples assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking
statements or to update the reasons why actual results could differ from those projected in the forward-looking statements.</P>

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