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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)   January 27, 2009


 

Tompkins Financial Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in Charter)


 

 

 

New York

1-12709

16-1482357

     

(State or other jurisdiction

(Commission

(IRS Employer

of incorporation)

File Number)

Identification No.)


 

 

 

The Commons, PO 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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Section 5 – Corporate Governance and Management

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(e) Compensation of Certain Officers:

          On January 23, 2009, the Executive/Compensation/Personnel Committee (the “Compensation Committee”) of Tompkins Financial Corporation (the “Company”) completed its annual performance and compensation review of the Company’s executive officers. The Compensation Committee approved and recommended to the Board of Directors compensation for certain officers’ performance during fiscal 2008, and salary levels for certain officers to become effective retroactively to January 1, 2009. Attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and incorporated by reference herein, is a description of the compensation arrangements which were approved by the Independent Directors at the January 27, 2009 meeting of the Company’s Board of Directors for the Company’s Named Executive Officers (which officers were determined by reference to the Company’s Proxy Statement on Schedule 14-A, filed April 1, 2008).

Section 9 — Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

 

 

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

 

 

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description of Exhibit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.1

 

Summary of Compensation Arrangements for Named Executive Officers of Tompkins Financial Corporation

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: January 30, 2009

By:

/s/ STEPHEN S. ROMAINE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stephen S. Romaine

 

 

President and CEO