Management Change/Compensation (Form 8-K)

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

On January 12, 2026, the Board of Directors of Citizens Financial Services, Inc. (the "Company"), the parent company of First Citizens Community Bank (the "Bank"), appointed Joseph B. Bower, Jr. to the Company's Board of Directors. Mr. Bower was also appointed to the Bank's Board of Directors.

Mr. Bower will serve on the Audit and Examination Committee of the Board of Directors.

Mr. Bower will be compensated as a non-employee director of the Company in accordance with the compensation policies described in the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement for the Company's 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

There were no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Bower and any other person pursuant to which he was selected as a director. Additionally, there has been no transaction nor are there any proposed transactions between the Company and Mr. Bower that would require disclosure pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.