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): March 31, 2015
CHEMUNG FINANCIAL CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| New York | 0-13888 | 16-1237038 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
One Chemung Canal Plaza, Elmira, NY 14901
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(607) 737-3711
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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| ITEM 8.01 | OTHER EVENTS |
On March 26, 2015, the New York Surrogate’s Court for Chemung County entered an order approving two stipulations that discontinued litigation against the Wealth Management Group of Chemung Canal Trust Company (the “Bank”), the commercial bank subsidiary of Chemung Financial Corporation (the “Corporation”) and approved settlements of the litigations. Under the terms of the settlements, the Bank agreed to pay the two parties $12.1 million, in total.
Additional information regarding the litigation and the settlements is included in Part 1, Item 3 of the Corporation’s 2014 Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 13, 2015. The Corporation believes that it was appropriately reserved for these settlements as of December 31, 2014.
SIGNATURES
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.
| CHEMUNG FINANCIAL CORPORATION | |||
| March 31, 2015 | By: | /s/ Karl F. Krebs | |
| Karl F. Krebs | |||
| Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | |||