Lambert Kathleen McCarthy 4

What Happened

• Kathleen McCarthy Lambert, a director of Peoples Financial Services Corp. (PFIS), was granted 297 shares as a stock award on January 30, 2026. The reported acquisition price is $0.00, indicating the shares were issued as compensation under the company's director compensation plan rather than purchased on the open market.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-01-30; Filing date: 2026-02-03 (filed within the typical two-business-day Form 4 window).
• Transaction type/code: Award/Grant (A); Price: $0.00; Shares granted: 297; Total cash exchanged: $0.
• Reported holdings referenced in the filing include 3,324.4290 shares owned individually, 144.5780 shares acquired in 2025 under the issuer’s Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan, and 365 shares held jointly with her spouse. After adding the 297-share award, that implies total beneficial holdings of roughly 4,131.01 shares.
• Footnotes: F1 — award granted under the director compensation plan; F2 — breakdown of pre-award holdings and DRIP shares.

Context

• This was a compensation award to a director, not an open-market purchase or sale, so it typically reflects board compensation practices rather than a direct trading signal. Awards at $0.00 are common for director compensation and do not indicate immediate selling or exercising of options.