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 reported): February 26, 2019

 

FIRST KEYSTONE CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its Charter)

 

PENNSYLVANIA   2-88927   23-2249083
(State or other jurisdiction   (Commission   (IRS Employer
of incorporation)   File Number)   Identification No.
         
111 West Front Street, Berwick, Pennsylvania   18603
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (570) 752-3671

 

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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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company  ¨

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ¨

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

On February 26, 2019, First Keystone Corporation (the “Corporation”) and First Keystone Community Bank (the “Bank”), the Corporation’s wholly owned subsidiary, announced that Dr. Joseph B. Conahan, Jr. would be retiring from the Boards of Directors of the Corporation and the Bank, at the Corporation’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 9, 2019. Dr. Conahan has served continuously on the Boards of Directors of the Corporation and the Bank since 2007.

 

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Signatures

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, there unto duly authorized.

 

 

FIRST KEYSTONE CORPORATION

(Registrant)

 

By:/s/ Elaine A. Woodland
 Elaine A. Woodland
President and CEO
  
Date:February 27, 2019

 

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