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 event reported): January 17, 2019

Riverview Financial Corporation

(Exact name of the registrant as specified in its charter)

(717) 827-4042

(Registrant’s telephone number)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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On January 17, 2019, Brett D. Fulk, President and Chief Executive Officer of Riverview Financial Corporation (the “Company”), the holding company of Riverview Bank (the “Bank”), announced the appointment of Ginger G. Kunkel as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company and the Bank. Ms. Kunkel, age 48, joined the Company in 2014. Prior to her appointment as Chief Operating Officer, she previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Banking Officer which included oversight of retail banking, trust and wealth management and marketing. She has worked in the banking industry in Central and Eastern Pennsylvania since 1990, concentrating on commercial lending, retail banking and operations.

In conjunction with the corporate realignment of naming a Chief Operating Officer to the level of executive management, Scott A. Seasock, Chief Financial Officer of the Company and the Bank was elevated to title of Senior Executive Vice President from Executive Vice President.

In connection with the foregoing, no material plan, contract or arrangement between Ms. Kunkel or Mr. Seasock and the Company or the Bank was entered into or materially amended nor was any grant or award made or modified under any such plan, contract or arrangement. Ms. Kunkel and Mr. Seasock are not a parties to any transaction with the Company or the Bank that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of the Securities and Exchange Commission Regulation S-K.

On January 17, 2019, the Company issued a press release regarding the appointment of Ms. Kunkel and Mr. Seasock to its executive management. A full text of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

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.