8-K 1 y67755ke8vk.txt HUDSON VALLEY HOLDING CORP. 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) October 18, 2004 --------------- Hudson Valley Holding Corp. -------------------------------------------------- (Exact Name of Registrant as specified in charter) New York 030525 13-3148745 ------------------------- ------------ ------------------- (State or other jurisdic- (Commission (IRS Employer tion of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.) 21 Scarsdale Road, Yonkers New York 10707 ---------------------------------------- ---------- (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code (914) 961-6100 ---------------- Not applicable -------------------------------------------------------------- (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.) Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions: [ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) [ ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a.-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) [ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) [ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) ITEM 5.02 DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR PRINCIPAL OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS Hudson Valley Holding Corp. (the "Company") announces that as of October 18, 2004, Joel C. Sweren, 55, has joined Hudson Valley Bank (the "Bank"), a subsidiary of the Company, as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining the Bank, he was President of Safety Net Business Services, LLC, a consulting company, from January 1996 through September 2004; President and Chief Executive Officer of Maryland Permanent Bank, from November 2000 to March 2003; and Senior Vice President, Operations Division of the Bank of Baltimore, from October 1991 to March 1995. This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements relate to future events or our future financial performance. We have attempted to identify forward-looking statements by terminology including "anticipates," "believes," "can," "continue," "could," "estimates," "expects," "intends," "may," "plans," "potential," "predicts," "should" or "will" or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. These statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, that may cause our or the banking industry's actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. 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, thereunto duly authorized. HUDSON VALLEY HOLDING CORP. By: /s/ STEPHEN R. BROWN ------------------------------------- Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer October 20, 2004