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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-19-009798
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20190115
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190115
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190115

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AUBURN NATIONAL BANCORPORATION, INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000750574
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
		IRS NUMBER:				630885779
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-26486
		FILM NUMBER:		19527462

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 N GAY ST
		STREET 2:		P O DRAWER 3110
		CITY:			AUBURN
		STATE:			AL
		ZIP:			36831-3110
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3348219200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 NORTH GAY STREET
		STREET 2:		P O DRAWER 3110
		CITY:			AUBURN
		STATE:			AL
		ZIP:			36831

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	AUBURN NATIONAL BANCORPORATION INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19950124
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>AUBURN NATIONAL BANCORPORATION, INC. </B></P>
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STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13e-4(c)</FONT> under the Exchange Act (17 CFR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.13e-4(c))</FONT> </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR&#167;230.405) or Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR <FONT
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" align="left">David A. Hedges</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">EVP, Chief Financial Officer</P>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Press Release &#150; January&nbsp;15, 2019 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:14pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>AUBURN NATIONAL BANCORPORATION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:14pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>AUTHORIZES STOCK REPURCHASE PROGRAM </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">AUBURN, Alabama &#150; Auburn National Bancorporation, Inc. (NASDAQ: AUBN) announced today that the Company&#146;s Board of Directors has
approved a stock repurchase program. The program authorizes the repurchase, from time to time, of up to $5&nbsp;million of the Company&#146;s issued and outstanding common stock through March 2020. The stock repurchases may be open-market or private
purchases, negotiated transactions, block purchases, and otherwise. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">&#147;Today&#146;s announcement reflects our Board&#146;s confidence
in our current and future financial performance. We believe this stock repurchase program represents an excellent use of our capital in current market conditions,&#148; said Robert W. Dumas, the Company&#146;s President, CEO, and Chairman. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">The Company is not required to acquire any specific number of shares and may suspend or terminate its share repurchases at any time. The
amount and timing of the stock repurchases will be based on various factors, such as management&#146;s assessment of the Company&#146;s liquidity, the market price of Company common stock compared to management&#146;s assessment of such stock&#146;s
underlying value, and other applicable regulatory, legal and accounting factors. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>About Auburn National Bancorporation, Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Auburn National Bancorporation, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) is the parent company of AuburnBank (the &#147;Bank&#148;), with total assets
of approximately $809&nbsp;million. The Bank is an Alabama state-chartered bank that is a member of the Federal Reserve System, which has operated continuously since 1907. Both the Company and the Bank are headquartered in Auburn, Alabama. The Bank
conducts its business in East Alabama, including Lee County and surrounding areas. The Bank operates 8 full-service branches in Auburn, Opelika, Valley, and Notasulga, Alabama. The Bank also operates loan production offices in Auburn and Phenix
City, Alabama. Additional information about the Company and the Bank may be found by visiting <U>www.auburnbank.com</U>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Cautionary Notice Regarding
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Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including, without limitation, statements about future financial and operating results, costs and revenues, economic conditions in our markets, loan demand, the amounts and timing of stock
repurchases, mortgage lending activity, changes in the mix of our earning assets (including those generating tax exempt income) and our deposit and wholesale liabilities, net interest margin, yields on earning assets, securities valuations and
performance, interest rates (generally and those applicable to our assets and liabilities), loan performance, nonperforming assets, other real estate owned, provision for loan losses, charge-offs, other-than-temporary impairments, collateral values,
credit quality, asset sales, insurance claims, and market trends, as well as statements with respect to our objectives, expectations and intentions and other statements that are not historical facts.&nbsp;Actual results may differ from those set
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