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) October 18, 2004
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Hudson Valley Holding Corp.
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(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in charter)
New York 030525 13-3148745
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(State or other jurisdic- (Commission (IRS Employer
tion of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
21 Scarsdale Road, Yonkers New York 10707
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (914) 961-6100
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Not applicable
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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ITEM 5.02 DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR PRINCIPAL OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS;
APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS
Hudson Valley Holding Corp. (the "Company") announces that as of October 18,
2004, Joel C. Sweren, 55, has joined Hudson Valley Bank (the "Bank"), a
subsidiary of the Company, as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating
Officer. Prior to joining the Bank, he was President of Safety Net Business
Services, LLC, a consulting company, from January 1996 through September 2004;
President and Chief Executive Officer of Maryland Permanent Bank, from November
2000 to March 2003; and Senior Vice President, Operations Division of the Bank
of Baltimore, from October 1991 to March 1995.
This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements made
pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. These statements relate to future events or our future
financial performance. We have attempted to identify forward-looking statements
by terminology including "anticipates," "believes," "can," "continue," "could,"
"estimates," "expects," "intends," "may," "plans," "potential," "predicts,"
"should" or "will" or the negative of these terms or other comparable
terminology. These statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown
risks, uncertainties and other factors, that may cause our or the banking
industry's actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be
materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or
achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Although
we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are
reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance
or achievements.
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, thereunto duly authorized.
HUDSON VALLEY HOLDING CORP.
By: /s/ STEPHEN R. BROWN
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Senior Executive Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
October 20, 2004