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

Financial Institutions, Inc.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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 Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Financial Institutions, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on May 9, 2012. It was announced at the Annual Meeting that George D. Hagi, Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer, would be retiring effective June 30, 2012. Mr. Hagi has served as Chief Risk Officer since joining the Company in January of 2006.

The Board of Directors of the Company appointed Kenneth V. Winn, to serve as the Company’s Chief Risk Officer, effective July 1, 2012.  Mr. Winn, age 52, is currently Senior Vice President and Senior Credit Compliance Administrator of the Company. Mr. Winn joined the Company in October of 2004 and served as Commercial Risk Officer before moving into the Credit Administrator role in 2006.  In April 2005, he was promoted to Senior Vice President of the Company.

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At the Annual Meeting, the holders of the Company’s common stock entitled to vote at the meeting (1) elected the three persons nominated to serve as directors to three-year terms expiring in 2015, (2) approved the advisory vote on named executive officer compensation, and (3) approved holding future advisory votes on named executive officer compensation every year.

The voting results were as follows:

Proposal 1 – Election of Directors

Proposal 2 – Advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers

Proposal 3 – Advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers

Based on the results set for above for Proposal 3, the Board of Directors of the Company has determined that future shareholder advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers will occur every year.

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 hereunto duly authorized.