UNITED STATES
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FORM
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
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| Item 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
(d) Election of New Directors
The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Auburn National Bancorporation, Inc. (the “Company”) and AuburnBank (the “Bank”), upon the recommendation of its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, elected Walton T. Conn, Jr. on October 6, 2025, to serve as director for the Company and the Bank for a term ending on the Company’s 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held May 12, 2026, and until his successors are elected and qualified. The Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Conn is an independent director for purposes of the Nasdaq corporate governance rules.
On October 6, 2025, the Company issued a press release announcing Mr. Conn’s appointment to the Boards of both the Company and the Bank, which is included as Exhibit 99.1.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits. |
| (d) | Exhibits. The following exhibit is furnished herewith: |
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Exhibit Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release, dated October 6, 2025 | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). | |
SIGNATURE
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.
| AUBURN NATIONAL BANCORPORATION, INC. | ||||||
| (Registrant) | ||||||
| /s/ David A. Hedges | ||||||
| David A. Hedges | ||||||
| Date: October 6, 2025 | President and CEO | |||||