0001209191-16-095123.txt : 20160203 0001209191-16-095123.hdr.sgml : 20160203 20160203103058 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001209191-16-095123 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20160127 FILED AS OF DATE: 20160203 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160203 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000862831 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021] IRS NUMBER: 160816610 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NY FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 220 LIBERTY STREET CITY: WARSAW STATE: NY ZIP: 14569 BUSINESS PHONE: 5857861100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 220 LIBERTY STREET CITY: WARSAW STATE: NY ZIP: 14569 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Guarino Charles J CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001665561 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-26481 FILM NUMBER: 161383550 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 220 LIBERTY STREET CITY: WARSAW STATE: NY ZIP: 14569 3 1 doc3.xml FORM 3 SUBMISSION X0206 3 2016-01-27 0 0000862831 FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INC FISI 0001665561 Guarino Charles J 220 LIBERTY STREET WARSAW NY 14569 0 1 0 0 Senior Vice President Common Stock 2223 D Common Stock 714 I Held in 401K Plan Common Stock 80 I Owned by spouse /s/ Michael D. Grover, by power of attorney 2016-02-03 EX-24 2 attachment1.htm EX-24 DOCUMENT

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS


      The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Michael D. Grover,
Sonia M. Dumbleton and Kevin B. Klotzbach as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact, and grants each of them full power to act on behalf of the
undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, for the purpose of
completing and signing, on behalf of the undersigned, any Form 3, Form 4 or Form
5 (including any amendments thereto) required or permitted to be filed by the
undersigned pursuant to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the Exchange Act"), with regard to the undersigned's holdings of or
transactions in the securities of Financial Institutions, Inc., and to file such
forms (and amendments thereto) with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and
to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done
in connection with such forms (and amendments thereto,) as fully and to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person.

      The authority of Michael D. Grover, Sonia M. Dumbleton and Kevin B.
Klotzbach under this Limited Power of Attorney shall continue until the
undersigned is no longer required to file forms under Section 16(a) of the
Exchange Act with regard to the undersigned's holdings of or transactions in the
securities of Financial Institutions, Inc., unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in writing.

      The undersigned acknowledges that Michael D. Grover, Sonia M. Dumbleton
and Kevin B. Klotzbach are not assuming any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.


/s/ Charles J. Guarino
Signature
Name:  Charles J. Guarino
Date:  January 27, 2016