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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000739421-15-000076
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20151214
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
FILED AS OF DATE:		20151214
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20151214

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CITIZENS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000739421
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
		IRS NUMBER:				232265045
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			PA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-13222
		FILM NUMBER:		151286353

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		15 S MAIN ST
		CITY:			MANSFIELD
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			16933
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5706622121

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		STREET 1:		15 S MAIN ST
		CITY:			MANSFIELD
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			16933
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<div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Citizens Financial Services, Inc. Announces Revised Final Stock/Cash Merger Consideration Election and Allocation Results Relating to</font></div>

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<div style="TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Mansfield, PA; December 14, 2015.&#160;&#160;Citizens Financial Services, Inc. (&#8220;Citizens&#8221;) (OTC Pink &#8220;CZFS&#8221;), the holding company for First Citizens Community Bank (&#8220;FCCB&#8221;), announced today revised merger consideration election and allocation results relating to its acquisition of The First National Bank of Fredericksburg (&#8220;FNB&#8221;), which closed effective December 11, 2015.</font></div>

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<div style="TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">In accordance with the merger agreement, FNB stockholders were permitted to elect to receive either $630.00 in cash, 12.6000 shares of Citizens common stock or a combination of cash and shares of Citizens common stock for each share of FNB common stock owned, subject to proration and allocation to ensure that 75% of the shares of FNB common stock outstanding at closing were exchanged for shares of Citizens common stock and 25% were exchanged for cash, as required by the merger agreement.&#160;&#160;The election deadline was 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on December 2, 2015.&#160;&#160;Based on the 35,628 shares of FNB common stock outstanding at closing, the revised final election results are as follows:</font></div>

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<div style="TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">FNB stockholders will receive a letter of transmittal in order to surrender their FNB stock certificates in exchange for the merger consideration to which each individual stockholder is entitled to receive.&#160;&#160;FNB stockholders with questions regarding their individual election results should contact Citizens&#8217; election/exchange agent, Broadridge Corporate Issuer Solutions, Inc., at 1-855-793-5068 (toll-free).</font></div>

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