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: ~~October~~November 2225, 2025

(Date of earliest event reported)

ARROW FINANCIAL CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


New York	0-12507	22-2448962
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

250 Glen Street

Glens Falls

New York

12801

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

518

745-1000

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


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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of Each Class	Trading Symbol	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, Par Value $1.00 per share	AROW	NASDAQ Global Select Market


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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Item 85.0102. ~~Other~~ ~~Events.~~Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

AsAppointment ~~previously~~of ~~disclosed~~Darrin inJahnel ~~certain~~as Director. The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Arrow Financial Corporation (the “Company’s”) ~~filings~~appointed ~~with~~Darrin Jahnel as a director of the ~~SEC,~~Company on ~~December~~November 1225, ~~2023,~~2025. ~~Stephen~~Darrin ~~Bull~~Jahnel ~~filed~~is athe ~~complaint~~founder ~~(the~~and ~~"Shareholder~~CEO ~~Derivative~~of ~~Complaint")~~Jahnel ~~putatively~~Group, ona ~~behalf~~150-person ofsoftware ~~Arrow~~consulting ~~against~~firm ~~three~~headquartered ~~Individual~~in ~~Defendants~~Schenectady, asNew ~~well~~York. asHe ~~all~~has ~~members~~more ofthan ~~Arrow’s~~25 ~~board~~years of ~~directors~~experience in building and scaling technology companies. OnBeyond ~~October~~Jahnel 22Group, ~~2025~~he ~~the~~founded ~~United~~InfoLink, ~~States~~an ~~District~~R&D ~~Court~~tax ~~Northern~~credit ~~District~~company, ofand ~~New~~acquired ~~York~~LTI, ~~preliminarily~~a ~~approved~~40-person asoftware ~~Stipulation~~firm. ~~and~~He ~~Agreement~~will not be joining any committee of ~~Settlement,~~the ~~attached~~Board ~~hereto~~at asthe ~~Exhibit~~effective 99date of his appointment.2, There ~~resolving~~are ~~the~~no ~~Shareholder~~arrangements ~~Derivative~~between ~~Complaint~~Mr. ~~The~~Jahnel ~~settlement~~and ~~remains~~any ~~subject~~other person pursuant to ~~final~~which ~~approval~~he atwas elected to serve as a ~~hearing~~director. ~~currently~~There ~~set~~are ~~for~~no ~~January~~related ~~12,~~party ~~2026~~transactions between the Company and Mr. Jahnel that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

~~Arrow~~Mr. ~~has~~Jahnel ~~posted~~will abe ~~copy~~compensated ofin ~~the~~accordance ~~Notice~~with ~~of Pendency and Proposed Settlement and~~ the ~~Stipulation~~Company’s ~~and~~director ~~Agreement~~compensation ofpolicy ~~Settlement~~as ~~(and~~more ~~exhibits~~fully ~~thereto)~~described toin the ~~Investor Relations section of the~~ Company’s ~~website~~most ~~and~~recent ~~has~~proxy ~~issued~~statement afiled ~~press release~~ with the ~~Notice~~Securities and ~~the~~Exchange ~~Stipulation~~Commission ~~and~~on ~~Agreement~~April of24, ~~Settlement~~2025. ~~A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.~~

The settlement has no material financial impact on the Company’s results of operations or financial position.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

Exhibit No						Description
Exhibit 99.1						Press Release - Arrow Announces Preliminary Approval of Settlement
Exhibit 99.2						Notice and the Settlement (and exhibits thereto)
Exhibit 104						Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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.

		ARROW FINANCIAL CORPORATION
Date:	November 525, 2025	/s/ Penko Ivanov
		Penko IvanovChief Financial Officer

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