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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

Form 10-Q

(X) Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2008 or

( ) Transition report pursuant to Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the transition period from

No. 0-23863

(Commission File Number)

PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

PENNSYLVANIA	23-2391852
(State of incorporation)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

82 FRANKLIN AVENUE, HALLSTEAD, PA	18822
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip code)

(570) 879-2175
(Registrant’s telephone number including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports, and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days Yes X No__

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Large accelerated filer _____ Accelerated filer X Non-accelerated filer _____ Smaller reporting company _____

(Do not check if smaller reporting company)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes __ No X

Number of shares outstanding as of October 31, 2008

COMMON STOCK ($2 Par Value)	3,131,181
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(Title of Class)	(Outstanding Shares)

PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.

FORM 10-Q

For the Quarter Ended September 30, 2008

Contents
PART I	FINANCIAL INFORMATION	Page No.
Item 1.	Financial Statements

	Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)	3
	as of September 30, 2008
	and December 31, 2007

	Consolidated Statements of Operations	4
	(Unaudited) for the Three Months and Nine Months
	Ended September 30, 2008 and 2007

	Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’	5
	Equity (Unaudited) for the Nine Months
	Ended September 30, 2008 and 2007

	Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows	6
	(Unaudited) for the Nine Months
	Ended September 30, 2008 and 2007

	Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements	7-14

Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of	14-30
	Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	30


Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	31

PART II	OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	31
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	31
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	32
Item 3.	Defaults upon Senior Securities	32
Item 4.	Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders	32
Item 5.	Other Information	32
Item 6.	Exhibits	33
	Signatures	34

PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED)

September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007

(In thousands, except share and per share data)
ASSETS:	Sept 2008			Dec 2007
Cash and due from banks	$	10,458		$	8,051
Interest bearing deposits in other banks		789			555
Federal Funds Sold		16,695			0
Cash and cash equivalents		27,942			8,606
Securities available for sale		104,922			112,746
Loans		300,697			291,052
Allowance for loan losses		(2,738	)		(2,451	)
Loans, net		297,959			288,601
Bank premises and equipment, net		7,141			5,872
Accrued interest receivable		2,406			2,237
Intangible assets		883			1,076
Other real estate owned		5,171			5,237
Bank owned life insurance		7,841			7,614
Other assets		6,923			2,445
Total assets	$	461,188		$	434,434
LIABILITIES:
Deposits:
Non-interest bearing	$	60,803		$	53,731
Interest bearing		303,256			273,699
Total deposits		364,059			327,430
Accrued interest payable		964			925
Short-term borrowings		17,218			22,848
Long-term borrowings		40,004			38,534
Other liabilities		1,532			1,892
Total liabilities		423,777			391,629
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY:
Common stock, par value $2 per share; authorized 12,500,000 shares; issued 3,341,251 shares; outstanding 3,131,181 shares and 3,138,493 shares at September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively		6,683			6,683
Surplus		3,100			3,083
Retained earnings		38,484			38,824
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(6,173	)		(1,390	)
Treasury stock at cost; 210,070 and 202,758 shares at September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively		(4,683	)		(4,395	)
Total stockholders' equity		37,411			42,805
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	461,188		$	434,434

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(UNAUDITED)

(In thousands, except per share data)

	Three Months Ended					Nine Months Ended
	Sept 30 2008			Sept 30 2007		Sept 30 2008			Sept 30 2007
INTEREST INCOME:
Loans receivable, including fees	$	4,926		$	4,937	$	14,875		$	14,419
Securities:
Taxable		907			759		2,847			2,471
Tax exempt		445			495		1,263			1,284
Other		45			2		57			61
Total interest income		6,323			6,193		19,042			18,235
INTEREST EXPENSE:
Deposits		1,624			2,284		5,115			6,973
Short-term borrowings		99			152		300			456
Long-term borrowings		433			369		1,323			1,040
Total interest expense		2,156			2,805		6,738			8,469
Net interest income		4,167			3,388		12,304			9,766
PROVISION FOR LOAN LOSSES		165			40		420			280
Net interest income after provision for loan losses		4,002			3,348		11,884			9,486
OTHER INCOME (LOSS):
Customer service fees		518			494		1,496			1,447
Investment division commission income		135			93		295			278
Earnings on investment in life insurance		72			77		227			228
Other income		141			119		404			395
Realized gain on sale of interest in insurance agency		0			0		0			220
Net realized gains (losses) on sales of securities available for sale		7			44		23			(92	)
Other than temporary security impairments		(4,869	)		0		(5,134	)		0
Total other income (loss)		(3,996	)		827		(2,689	)		2,476
OTHER EXPENSES:
Salaries and employee benefits		1,306			1,211		3,646			3,569
Occupancy		173			173		545			550
Equipment		117			120		356			383
FDIC insurance and assessments		64			38		139			113
Professional fees and outside services		125			90		410			269
Computer services and supplies		263			193		724			574
Taxes, other than payroll and income		86			93		263			278
Impairment charge – other real estate owned		0			575		0			575
Amortization expense-deposit acquisition premiums		65			64		194			190
Stationary and printing supplies		93			89		263			251
Other		439			449		1,366			1,254
Total other expenses		2,731			3,095		7,906			8,006
Income (loss) before income taxes (benefit)		(2,725	)		1,080		1,289			3,956
INCOME TAXES (BENEFIT)		(1,159	)		196		(264	)		660
Net income (loss)	$	(1,566	)	$	884	$	1,553		$	3,296
Net income (loss) per share, basic	$	(.50	)	$	.28	$	.50		$	1.05
Net income (loss) per share, diluted	$	(.50	)	$	.28	$	.50		$	1.05

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2008 AND 2007

(UNAUDITED)

(In thousands, except share data)	Common Stock		Surplus		Retained Earnings			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss			Treasury Stock			Total
Balance, December 31, 2007	$	6,683	$	3,083	$	38,824		$	(1,390	)	$	(4,395	)	$	42,805
Cumulative effect of adoption of new accounting principle on January 1, 2008 (Note 6)		0		0		(71	)		0			0			(71	)
Comprehensive loss
Net income		0		0		1,553			0			0			1,553
Net change in unrealized losses on securities available for sale, net of reclassification adjustment and taxes		0		0		0			(6,529	)		0			(6,529	)
Re-classification adjustment for impairment charges on securities, net of taxes		0		0		0			1,746			0			1,746
Total comprehensive loss															(3,230	)
Stock option expense		0		1		0			0			0			1
Cash dividends, ($0.57 per share)		0		0		(1,822	)		0			0			(1,822	)
Treasury stock purchase (20,000 shares)		0		0		0			0			(506	)		(506	)
Treasury stock issued for stock option plan (12,688 shares)		0		16		0			0			218			234
Balance, September 30, 2008	$	6,683	$	3,100	$	38,484		$	(6,173	)	$	(4,683	)	$	37,411

Balance, December 31, 2006	$	6,683	$	3,046	$	36,336		$	(395	)	$	(4,430	)	$	41,240
Comprehensive income
Net income		0		0		3,296			0			0			3,296
Net change in unrealized losses on securities available for sale, net of reclassification adjustment and taxes		0		0		0			(849	)		0			(849	)
Total comprehensive income															2,447
Stock option expense		0		2		0			0			0			2
Cash dividends, ($0.57 per share)		0		0		(1,786	)		0			0			(1,786	)
Treasury stock purchase (3,500 shares)		0		0		0			0			(94	)		(94	)
Treasury stock issued for stock option plan (7,645 shares)		0		33		0			0			121			154
Balance, September 30, 2007	$	6,683	$	3,081	$	37,846		$	(1,244	)	$	(4,403	)	$	41,963

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(UNAUDITED)

(In thousands)	Nine Months Ended			Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2008			September 30, 2007
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
Net income	$	1,553		$	3,296
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		641			664
Provision for loan losses		420			280
(Gain) loss on sale of other real estate owned		(15	)		4
Impairment charge-other real estate owned		0			575
Amortization of securities premiums and accretion of discounts, net		112			314
Amortization of deferred loan costs		245			223
Gain on sale of interest in insurance agency		0			(220	)
(Gain) loss on sales of securities available for sale, net		(23	)		92
Other than temporary security impairments		5,134			0
Stock option expense		1			2
Deferred income taxes		(1,629	)		0
Proceeds from the sale of loans originated for sale		5,095			4,474
Net (gain) loss on sale of loans originated for sale		(64	)		1
Loans originated for sale		(5,031	)		(4,806	)
Net earnings on investment in life insurance		(227	)		(228	)
Increase in accrued interest receivable		(169	)		(360	)
(Increase) decrease in other assets		(385	)		95
Increase in accrued interest payable		39			5
Decrease in other liabilities		(431	)		(7	)
Net cash provided by operating activities		5,640			4,404
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
Proceeds from sale of interest in insurance agency		0			551
Proceeds from sale of available for sale securities		49,477			42,298
Proceeds from maturities of and principal payments received on available for sale securities		4,934			14,350
Purchase of available for sale securities		(59,057	)		(60,118	)
Net increase in loans		(10,122	)		(11,742	)
Purchase of premises and equipment		(1,717	)		(288	)
Proceeds from sale of other real estate		180			67
Net cash used in investing activities		(16,305	)		(14,882	)
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
Cash dividends paid		(1,822	)		(1,786	)
Increase (decrease) in deposits		36,629			(2,270	)
Proceeds from long-term borrowings		5,000			8,275
Repayment of long-term borrowings		(3,530	)		(8,807	)
Increase (decrease) in short-term borrowings		(5,630	)		10,572
Purchase of treasury stock		(506	)		(94	)
Proceeds from sale of treasury stock		234			154
Net cash provided by financing activities		30,375			6,044
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		19,336			(4,434	)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year		8,606			12,380
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	27,942		$	7,946
Supplemental disclosures of cash paid
Interest paid	$	6,699		$	8,464
Income taxes paid	$	1,680		$	510
Non-cash investing and financing activities
Transfers from loans to other real estate owned through foreclosure	$	99		$	276

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

NOTE 1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Peoples Financial Services Corp. (the “Corporation” or the “Company”) and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Peoples National Bank (the “Bank”), Peoples Advisors, LLC (“Advisors”), and Peoples Financial Capital Corporation. The Bank has two wholly owned subsidiaries, Peoples Financial Leasing, LLC and Peoples Investment Holdings, LLC. Peoples Financial Capital Corporation, Peoples Investment Holdings, LLC, and Peoples Financial Leasing, LLC were all incorporated in April of 2007. All material inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information as well as instructions for Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included and are of a normal, recurring nature. Operating results for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2008 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ended December 31, 2008. For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and footnotes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007.

NOTE 2. EARNINGS PER SHARE

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share:

	Three Months Ended					Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2008			September 30, 2007		September 30, 2008		September 30, 2007
Net income (loss) applicable to common stock	$	(1,566,000	)	$	884,000	$	1,553,000	$	3,296,000
Weighted average common shares outstanding		3,130,888			3,136,565		3,127,166		3,135,122
Effect of dilutive securities, stock options		0			10,106		5,339		10,307
Weighted average common shares outstanding used to calculate diluted earnings per share		3,130,888			3,146,671		3,132,505		3,145,429
Basic earnings (loss) per share	$	(0.50	)	$	0.28	$	0.50	$	1.05
Diluted earnings (loss) per share	$	(0.50	)	$	0.28	$	0.50	$	1.05

Stock options for 10,981 and 11,518 shares of common stock were not considered in computing diluted earnings per share for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, respectively, because they are antidilutive.

NOTE 3. SECURITIES AVAILABLE FOR SALE

The total securities portfolio is held as available for sale. Securities available for sale are accounted for at fair value with unrealized gains or losses net of deferred income taxes reported as the accumulated other comprehensive income component of stockholders’ equity. As of September 30, 2008, the estimated fair value of the securities in the investment portfolio was $104.922 million, while the carrying, or book, value was $114.275 million, reflecting an unrealized loss in the portfolio of $9.353 million after taking the impairment charges described below. At December 31, 2007, the fair value and carrying value of the securities in the investment portfolio were $112.746 million and $114.851 million, respectively, reflecting an unrealized loss of $2.106 million.

The Company recorded other than temporary impairments of $4.869 million and $5.134 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, respectively. These impairments were the result of writing down two bond issuance of Lehman Brother Holdings for $2.580 million, two preferred equity securities of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) for $2.289 million, and four common equity securities for $265,000. These write-downs were measured based on public market prices. In reaching the determination to record these impairments management reviewed the facts and circumstances available surrounding the securities, including the duration and amount of the unrealized loss, the financial condition of the issuer and the prospects for a change in market value within a reasonable period of time. Based on its assessment, management determined that the impairment was other-than-temporary and that a charge was appropriate for these securities.

As of September 30, 2008, the Company’s investment portfolio had gross unrealized losses of $9.415 million. The following table provides information on investment securities with unrealized losses as of September 30, 2008.

(dollars in thousands)	Number of Securities		Fair Value		Amortized Cost		Unrealized Loss
U.S. Government agencies and corporations		6	$	5,848	$	5,906	$	(58	)
Obligations of state and political subdivisions		80		40,451		44,624		(4,173	)
Corporate debt securities		12		15,892		20,410		(4,518	)
Mortgage-backed securities		17		21,844		22,159		(315	)
Common equity securities		17		1,065		1,416		(351	)
Totals		132	$	85,100	$	94,515	$	(9,415	)

As of September 30, 2008, the Company had 6 (all less than 12 months) U.S. Government agencies and corporations securities, 80 (77 less than 12 months, 3 greater than 12 months) obligations of state and political subdivisions, 12 (10 less than 12 months, 2 greater than 12 months) corporate debt securities, 17 (14 less than 12 months, 3 greater than 12 months) mortgage-backed securities, and 17 (8 less than 12 months, 9 greater than 12 months) common equity securities in an unrealized loss position. The majority of the unrealized losses reflect changes in interest rates subsequent to the acquisition of the specific securities and management believes that these unrealized losses represent a temporary impairment of those securities. As long term rates increase, the underlying value of securities owned by the Company decrease, creating an unrealized loss. The Company has the intent and ability to hold such securities until maturity or market price recovery. Management believes that the unrealized losses represent temporary impairment of the securities.

Management evaluates securities for other than temporary impairment at least on a quarterly basis, and more frequently when economic or market concerns warrant such evaluation. Consideration is given to to (1) the length of time and the extent to which the fair value has been less than cost, (2) the financial condition and near-term prospects of the issuer, and (3) the intent and ability of the Company to retain its investment in the issuer for a period of time sufficient to allow for any anticipated recovery in fair value.

NOTE 4. OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

The components of other comprehensive income (loss) and related tax effects for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007 are as follows:

(In thousands)	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	Sept 30, 2008			Sept 30, 2007			Sept 30, 2008			Sept 30, 2007
Unrealized holding gains (losses) on available for sale securities	$	(8,258	)	$	1,140		$	(12,358	)	$	(1,379	)
Less: Reclassification adjustment for gains (losses) realized in net income		7			44			23			(92	)
Less: Reclassification adjustment for other than temporary impairment charge		(4,869	)		0			(5,134	)		0
Net unrealized gains (losses)		(3,396	)		1,096			(7,247	)		(1,287	)
Tax effect		1,155			(372	)		2,464			438
Other comprehensive income (loss)	$	(2,241	)	$	724		$	(4,783	)	$	(849	)

NOTE 5. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

As of September 30, 2008, all stock options were fully vested and there are no unrecognized compensation costs related to stock options. For the nine month periods ending September 30, 2008 and 2007, respectively, there were no stock options granted.

NOTE 6. GUARANTEES

The Company does not issue any guarantees that would require liability recognition or disclosure, other than standby letters of credit. Outstanding letters of credit written are conditional commitments issued by the Company to guarantee the performance of a customer to a third party. The Company's exposure to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by the other party to the financial instrument for standby letters of credit is represented by the contractual amount of those instruments. The Company had $4,339,000 of standby letters of credit as of September 30, 2008. The Bank uses the same credit policies in making conditional obligations as it does for on-balance sheet instruments.

The majority of these standby letters of credit expire within the next twelve months. The credit risk involved in issuing letters of credit is essentially the same as that involved in extending other loan commitments. The Company requires collateral supporting these letters of credit as deemed necessary. The maximum undiscounted exposure related to these commitments at September 30, 2008 was $4,339,000, and the approximate value of underlying collateral upon liquidation that would be expected to cover this maximum potential exposure was $3,059,000.

NOTE 7. NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

In March 2008, the FASB issued Statement No. 161, “Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities—an amendment of FASB Statement No. 133” (Statement 161). Statement 161 requires entities that utilize derivative instruments to provide qualitative disclosures about their objectives and strategies for using such instruments, as well as any details of credit-risk-related contingent features contained within derivatives. Statement 161 also requires entities to disclose additional information about the amounts and location of derivatives located within the financial statements, how the provisions of SFAS 133 has been applied, and the impact that hedges have on an entity’s financial position, financial performance, and cash flows. Statement 161 is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008, with early application encouraged. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact the new pronouncement will have on its consolidated financial statements.

In February 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position (FSP) FAS 140-3, “Accounting for Transfers of Financial Assets and Repurchase Financing Transactions.” This FSP addresses the issue of whether or not these transactions should be viewed as two separate transactions or as one "linked" transaction. The FSP includes a "rebuttable presumption" that presumes linkage of the two transactions unless the presumption can be overcome by meeting certain criteria. The FSP will be effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008 and will apply only to original transfers made after that date; early adoption will not be allowed. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact the new pronouncement will have on its consolidated financial statements.

In September 2006, the FASB reached consensus on the guidance provided by Emerging Issues Task Force Issue 06-4 (EITF 06-4) "Accounting for Deferred Compensation and Postretirement Benefit Aspects of Endorsement Split Dollar Life Insurance Arrangements.” The guidance is applicable to endorsement split-dollar life insurance arrangements, whereby the employer owns and controls the insurance policies that are associated with a postretirement benefit. EITF 06-4 requires that for a split-dollar life insurance arrangement within the scope of the Issue, an employer should recognize a liability for future benefits in accordance with FASB No. 106 (if, in substance, a postretirement benefit plan exists) or, Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 12 (if the arrangement is, in substance, an individual deferred compensation contract) based on the substantive agreement with the employee. The Company adopted this standard on January 1, 2008 as a change in accounting principle through a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings totaling $71,000.

FASB Statement No. 157 “Fair Value Measurements” defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring the fair value in generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements (see Note 7 – Fair Value Measurements).

FASB Statement No. 159 “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities – Including an Amendment of FASB Statement No. 115” permits entities to choose to measure eligible items at fair value at specified election dates (see Note 7 – Fair Value Measurements).

FASB Statement No. 141 (R) “Business Combinations” was issued in December of 2007. This Statement establishes principles and requirements for how the acquirer of a business recognizes and measures in its financial statements the identifiable assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, and any noncontrolling interest in the acquiree. The Statement also provides guidance for recognizing and measuring the goodwill acquired in the business combination and determines what information to disclose to enable users of the financial statements to evaluate the nature and financial effects of the business combination. The guidance will become effective as of the beginning of a company’s fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2008. This new pronouncement will impact the Company’s accounting for business combinations completed beginning January 1, 2009.

FASB Statement No. 160 “Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements—an amendment of ARB No. 51” was issued in December of 2007. This Statement establishes accounting and reporting standards for the noncontrolling interest in a subsidiary and for the deconsolidation of a subsidiary. The guidance will become effective as of the beginning of a company’s fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2008. The Company believes that this new pronouncement will have an immaterial impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements in future periods.

Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 110 (SAB 110) amends and replaces Question 6 of Section D.2 of Topic 14, “Share-Based Payment,” of the Staff Accounting Bulletin series. Question 6 of Section D.2 of Topic 14 expresses the views of the staff regarding the use of the “simplified” method in developing an estimate of expected term of “plain vanilla” share options and allows usage of the “simplified” method for share option grants prior to December 31, 2007. SAB 110 allows public companies which do not have historically sufficient experience to provide a reasonable estimate to continue use of the “simplified” method for estimating the expected term of “plain vanilla” share option grants after December 31, 2007. The Company adopted SAB 110 on January 1, 2008 and it did not have an effect on the consolidated financial statements.

Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 109 (SAB 109), "Written Loan Commitments Recorded at Fair Value Through Earnings" expresses the views of the staff regarding written loan commitments that are accounted for at fair value through earnings under generally accepted accounting principles. To make the staff's views consistent with current authoritative accounting guidance, the SAB revises and rescinds portions of SAB No. 105, "Application of Accounting Principles to Loan Commitments." Specifically, the SAB revises the SEC staff's views on incorporating expected net future cash flows related to loan servicing activities in the fair value measurement of a written loan commitment. The SAB retains the staff's views on incorporating expected net future cash flows related to internally-developed intangible assets in the fair value measurement of a written loan commitment. The staff expects registrants to apply the views in Question 1 of SAB 109 on a prospective basis to derivative loan commitments issued or modified in fiscal quarters beginning after December 15, 2007. The Company adopted SAB 109 on January 1, 2008 and it did not have an effect on the consolidated financial statements.

In May 2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 162, “The Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.” This Statement identifies the sources of accounting principles and the framework for selecting the principles used in the preparation of financial statements. This Statement is effective 60 days following the SEC’s approval of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board amendments to AU Section 411, “The Meaning of Present Fairly in Conformity with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.” The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact the new pronouncement will have on its consolidated financial statements.

In April 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position (“FSP”) FAS 142-3, “Determination of the Useful Life of Intangible Assets.” This FSP amends the factors that should be considered in developing renewal or extension assumptions used to determine the useful life of a recognized intangible asset under FASB Statement No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets” (“SFAS 142”). The intent of this FSP is to improve the consistency between the useful life of a recognized intangible asset under SFAS 142 and the period of expected cash flows used to measure the fair value of the asset under SFAS 141(R), and other GAAP. This FSP is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is prohibited. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact the new pronouncement will have on its consolidated financial statements.

In June 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position (FSP) EITF 03-6-1, “Determining Whether Instruments Granted in Share-Based Payment Transactions Are Participating Securities.” This FSP clarifies that all outstanding unvested share-based payment awards that contain rights to nonforfeitable dividends participate in undistributed earnings with common shareholders. Awards of this nature are considered participating securities and the two-class method of computing basic and diluted earnings per share must be applied. This FSP is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact the new pronouncement will have on its consolidated financial statements.

In June 2008, the FASB ratified EITF Issue No. 07-5, “Determining Whether an Instrument (or an Embedded Feature) Is Indexed to an Entity’s Own Stock” (EITF 07-5). EITF 07-5 provides that an entity should use a two step approach to evaluate whether an equity-linked financial instrument (or embedded feature) is indexed to its own stock, including evaluating the instrument’s contingent exercise and settlement provisions. It also clarifies the impact of foreign currency denominated strike prices and market-based employee stock option valuation instruments on the evaluation. EITF 07-5 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact the new pronouncement will have on its consolidated financial statements.

In October 2008, the FASB issued FSP SFAS No. 157-3, “Determining the Fair Value of a Financial Asset When The Market for That Asset Is Not Active” (FSP 157-3), to clarify the application of the provisions of SFAS 157 in an inactive market and how an entity would determine fair value in an inactive market. FSP 157-3 is effective immediately and applies to our September 30, 2008 financial statements. The application of the provisions of FSP 157-3 did not materially affect our results of operations or financial condition as of and for the periods ended September 30, 2008.

In September 2008, the FASB issued FSP 133-1 and FIN 45-4, “Disclosures about Credit Derivatives and Certain Guarantees: An Amendment of FASB Statement No. 133 and FASB Interpretation No. 45; and Clarification of the Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 161” (FSP 133-1 and FIN 45-4). FSP 133-1 and FIN 45-4 amends and enhances disclosure requirements for sellers of credit derivatives and financial guarantees. It also clarifies that the disclosure requirements of SFAS No. 161 are effective for quarterly periods beginning after November 15, 2008, and fiscal years that include those periods. FSP 133-1 and FIN 45-4 is effective for reporting periods (annual or interim) ending after November 15, 2008. The implementation of this standard will not have a material impact on our consolidated financial position and results of operations.

In September 2008, the FASB ratified EITF Issue No. 08-5, “Issuer’s Accounting for Liabilities Measured at Fair Value With a Third-Party Credit Enhancement” (EITF 08-5). EITF 08-5 provides guidance for measuring liabilities issued with an attached third-party credit enhancement (such as a guarantee). It clarifies that the issuer of a liability with a third-party credit enhancement should not include the effect of the credit enhancement in the fair value measurement of the liability. EITF 08-5 is effective for the first reporting period beginning after December 15, 2008. The Company is currently assessing the impact of EITF 08-5 on its consolidated financial position and results of operations.

NOTE 8. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Effective January 1, 2008, the Company adopted the provisions of SFAS No. 157, "Fair Value Measurements," for financial assets and financial liabilities. In accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Staff Position (FSP) No. 157-2, "Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 157," the Company will delay application of SFAS 157 for non-financial assets and non-financial liabilities, until January 1, 2009. SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles and expands disclosures about fair value measurements.

SFAS 157 defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. A fair value measurement assumes that the transaction to sell the asset or transfer the liability occurs in the principal market for the asset or liability or, in the absence of a principal market, the most advantageous market for the asset or liability.

The price in the principal (or most advantageous) market used to measure the fair value of the asset or liability shall not be adjusted for transaction costs. An orderly transaction is a transaction that assumes exposure to the market for a period prior to the measurement date to allow for marketing activities that are usual and customary for transactions involving such assets and liabilities; it is not a forced transaction. Market participants are buyers and sellers in the principal market that are (i) independent, (ii) knowledgeable, (iii) able to transact and (iv) willing to transact.

SFAS 157 requires the use of valuation techniques that are consistent with the market approach, the income approach and/or the cost approach. The market approach uses prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable assets and liabilities. The income approach uses valuation techniques to convert future amounts, such as cash flows or earnings, to a single present amount on a discounted basis. The cost approach is based on the amount that currently would be required to replace the service capacity of an asset (replacement cost). Valuation techniques should be consistently applied. Inputs to valuation techniques refer to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Inputs may be observable, meaning those that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from independent sources, or unobservable, meaning those that reflect the reporting entity's own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances. In that regard, SFAS 157 establishes a fair value hierarchy for valuation inputs that gives the highest priority to quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs. The fair value hierarchy is as follows:

Level 1 Inputs - Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the reporting entity has the ability to access at the measurement date.

Level 2 Inputs - Inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. These might include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (such as interest rates, volatilities, prepayment speeds, credit risks, etc.) or inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by market data by correlation or other means.

Level 3 Inputs - Unobservable inputs for determining the fair values of assets or liabilities that reflect an entity's own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the assets or liabilities.

A description of the valuation methodologies used for instruments measured at fair value, as well as the general classification of such instruments pursuant to the valuation hierarchy, is set forth below. These valuation methodologies were applied to all of the Company’s financial assets and financial liabilities carried at fair value effective January 1, 2008. In general, fair value is based upon quoted market prices, where available. If such quoted market prices are not available, fair value is based upon internally developed models that primarily use, as inputs, observable market-based parameters. Valuation adjustments may be made to ensure that financial instruments are recorded at fair value. These adjustments may include amounts to reflect counterparty credit quality, the Company’s creditworthiness, among other things, as well as unobservable parameters. Any such valuation adjustments are applied consistently over time. The Company's valuation methodologies may produce a fair value calculation that may not be indicative of net realizable value or reflective of future fair values. While management believes the Company's valuation methodologies are appropriate and consistent with other market participants, the use of different methodologies or assumptions to determine the fair value of certain financial instruments could result in a different estimate of fair value at the reporting date.

Securities Available for Sale. Securities classified as available for sale are reported at fair value utilizing Level 1, 2, and 3 inputs. For Level 1 securities, the Company obtains unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical securities as of the measurement date. For the Level 2 securities, the Company obtains fair value measurements from an independent pricing service. The fair value measurements consider observable data that may include dealer quotes, market spreads, cash flows, the U.S. Treasury yield curve, live trading levels, trade execution data, market consensus prepayment speeds, credit information and the bond's terms and conditions, among other things. For the Level 3 securities, the Company obtains fair value based on its own assumptions, including primarily the price the Company paid for the securities.

The following table summarizes financial assets and financial liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2008, segregated by the level of the valuation inputs within the fair value hierarchy utilized to measure fair value (in thousands):

	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
	Inputs		Inputs		Inputs		Fair Value
Securities available for sale	$	1,118	$	102,739	$	1,065	$	104,922

Level 3 Input Securities available for sale were valued at $1,065,000 at both December 31, 2007 and September 30, 2008.

Certain non-financial assets and non-financial liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis include reporting units measured at fair value in the first step of an intangible impairment test. Certain non-financial assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis include non-financial assets and non-financial liabilities measured at fair value in the second step of an intangible impairment test, as well as intangible assets and other non-financial long-lived assets measured at fair value for impairment assessment including other real estate owned. As stated above, SFAS 157 will be applicable to these fair value measurements beginning January 1, 2009.

Effective January 1, 2008, the Company adopted the provisions of SFAS No. 159, "The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities - Including an amendment of FASB Statement No. 115." SFAS 159 permits the Company to choose to measure eligible items at fair value at specified election dates. Unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value measurement option has been elected are reported in earnings at each subsequent reporting date. The fair value option (i) may be applied instrument by instrument, with certain exceptions, thus the Company may record identical financial assets and liabilities at fair value or by another measurement basis permitted under generally accepted accounting principles, (ii) is irrevocable (unless a new election date occurs) and (iii) is applied only to entire instruments and not to portions of instruments. Adoption of SFAS 159 on January 1, 2008 did not have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statement.

NOTE 9. EMERGENCY ECONOMIC STABILIZATION ACT OF 2008

In response to recent unprecedented market turmoil, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act (` EESA") was enacted on October 3, 2008. EESA authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase up to $700 billion in troubled assets from financial institutions under the Troubled Asset Relief Program or TARP. Troubled assets include residential or commercial mortgages and related instruments originated prior to March 14, 2008 and any other financial instrument that the Secretary determines, after consultation with the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the purchase of which is necessary to promote financial stability. If the Secretary exercises his authority under TARP, EESA directs the Secretary of Treasury to establish a program to guarantee troubled assets originated or issued prior to March 14, 2008. The Secretary is authorized to purchase up to $250 billion in troubled assets immediately and up to $350 billion upon certification by the President that such authority is needed. The Secretary's authority will be increased to $700 billion if the President submits a written report to Congress detailing the Secretary's plans to use such authority unless Congress passes a joint resolution disapproving such amount within 15 days after receipt of the report. The Secretary's authority under TARP expires on December 31, 2009 unless the Secretary certifies to Congress that extension is necessary provided that his authority may not be extended beyond October 3, 2010.

Institutions selling assets under TARP will be required to issue warrants for common or preferred stock or senior debt to the Secretary. If the Secretary purchases troubled assets directly from an institution without a bidding process and acquires a meaningful equity or debt position in the institution as a result or acquires more than $300 million in troubled assets from an institution regardless of method, the institution will be required to meet certain standards for executive compensation and corporate governance, including a prohibition against incentives to take unnecessary and excessive risks, recovery of bonuses paid to senior executives based on materially inaccurate earnings or other statements and a prohibition against agreements for the payment of golden parachutes. Institutions that sell more than $300 million in assets under TARP auctions will not be entitled to a tax deduction for compensation in excess of $500,000 paid to its chief executive or chief financial official or any its other three most highly compeniated officers. In addition, any severance paid to such officers for involuntary termination or termination in connection with a bankruptcy or receivership will be subject to the golden parachute rules under the Internal Revenue Code.

EESA increases the maximum deposit insurance amount up to $250,000 until December 31, 2009 and removes the statutory limits on the FDIC's ability to borrow from the Treasury during this period. The FDIC may not take the temporary increase in deposit insurance coverage into account when setting assessments. EESA allows financial institutions to treat any loss on the preferred stock of the Federal National Mortgage Association or Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation as an ordinary loss for tax purposes.

Pursuant to his authority under EESA, the Secretary of the Treasury has created the TARP Capital Purchase Plan under which the Treasury Department will invest up to $250 billion in senior preferred stock of U.S. banks and savings associations or their holding companies. Qualifying financial institutions may issue senior preferred stock with a value equal to not less than 1% of risk-weighted assets and not more than the lesser of $25 billion or 3% of risk-weighted assets. The senior preferred stock will pay dividends at the rate of 5% per annum until the fifth anniversary of the investment and thereafter at the rate of 9% per annum. The senior preferred stock may not be redeemed for three years except with the proceeds from an offering common stock or preferred stock qualifying as Tier 1 capital in an amount equal to not less than 25% of the amount of the senior preferred. After three years, the senior preferred may be redeemed at any time in whole or in part by the financial institution. No dividends may be paid on common stock unless dividends have been paid on the senior preferred stock. Until the third anniversary of the issuance of the senior preferred, the consent of the U.S. Treasury will be required for any increase in the dividends on the common stock or for any stock repurchases unless the senior preferred has been redeemed in its entirety or the Treasury has transferred the senior preferred to third parties. The senior preferred will not have voting rights other than the right to vote as a class on the issuance of any preferred stock ranking senior, any change in its terms or any merger, exchange or similar transaction that would adversely affect its rights. The senior preferred will also have the right to elect two directors if dividends have not been paid for six periods. The senior preferred will be freely transferable and participating institutions will be required to file a shelf registration statement covering the senior preferred. The issuing institution must grant the Treasury piggyback registration rights. Prior to issuance, the financial institution and its senior executive officers must modify or terminate all benefit plans and arrangements to comply with EESA. Senior executives must also waive any claims against the Department of Treasury.

In connection with the issuance of the senior preferred, participating institutions must issue to the Secretary immediately exercisable 10-year warrants to purchase common stock with an aggregate market price equal to 15% of the amount of senior preferred. The exercise price of the warrants will equal the market price of the common stock on the date of the investment. The Secretary may only exercise or transfer one-half of the warrants prior to the earlier of December 31, 2009 or the date the issuing financial institution has received proceeds equal to the senior preferred investment form one or more offerings of common or preferred stock qualifying as Tier 1 capital. The Secretary will not exercise voting rights with respect to any shares of common stock acquired through exercise of the warrants. The financial institution must file a shelf registration statement covering the warrants and underlying common stock as soon as practicable after issuance and grant piggyback registration rights. The number of warrants will be reduced by one-half if the financial institution raises capital equal to the amount of the senior preferred through one or more offerings of common stock or preferred stock qualifying a Tier 1 capital. If the financial institution does not have sufficient authorized shares of common stock available to satisfy the warrants or their issuance otherwise requires shareholder approval, the financial institution must call a meeting of shareholders for that purpose as soon as practicable after the date of investment. The exercise price of the warrants will be reduced by 15% for each six months that lapse before shareholder approval subject to a maximum reduction of 45%.

The Company has a filing deadline of November 14, 2009 to participate in the Capital Purchase Plan. The Company is currently evaluating participation.

NOTE 10. FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE

The Company anticipates a significant increase in the cost of federal deposit insurance from current levels of five to seven basis points. The FDIC has recently proposed to increase the assessment rate for the most highly rated institutions to between 12 and 14 basis points for the first quarter of 2009 and to between 10 and 14 basis points thereafter. Assessment rates could be further increased if an institution's FHLB advances exceed 15% of deposits. The FDIC has also established a program under which it fully guarantees all non-interest bearing transaction accounts and senior unsecured debt of a bank or its holding company. Institutions that do not opt out of the program by November 14, 2008 will be assessed ten basis points for non-interest bearing transaction account balances in excess of $250,000 and 75 basis points of the amount of debt issued.

NOTE 11. RECLASSIFICATIONS

Certain amounts in the 2007 financial statements have been reclassified to conform with 2008’s presentation. These reclassifications had no effect on 2007 net income.

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion and analysis of the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation is presented to provide insight into management’s assessment of financial results. The Corporation’s subsidiaries, Peoples National Bank and Peoples Advisors, LLC, provide financial services to individuals and businesses within the Bank’s primary market area made up of Susquehanna, Wyoming and Northern Lackawanna Counties in Pennsylvania, and Broome County in New York. The Bank is a member of the Federal Reserve System and subject to regulation, supervision, and examination by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Advisors is a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), which also acts as the primary regulator for Advisors. Peoples Financial Leasing, LLC is a subsidiary of the Bank and provides employee leasing services to the Bank. Peoples Investment Holdings, LLC is also a subsidiary of the Bank and its main activities are the maintenance and management of its intangible investments and the collection and distribution of the income from such investments or from tangible investments located outside of Delaware. Likewise, Peoples Financial Capital Corporation is a subsidiary of the Company and its main activities are the maintenance and management of its intangible investments and the collection and distribution of the income from such investments or from tangible investments located outside of Delaware.

On June 24, 2008, Peoples National Bank entered into a $678,500 contract for the construction of its first physical location in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. Construction of this office was completed by the end of the third quarter and the office was in operation as of October 1, 2008.

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT CONCERNING FORWARD LOOKING INFORMATION

Except for historical information, this Report may be deemed to contain “forward looking” information. Examples of forward looking information may include, but are not limited to, (a) projections of or statements regarding future earnings, interest income, other income, earnings or loss per share, asset mix and quality, growth prospects, capital structure and other financial terms, (b) statements of plans and objectives of management or the Board of Directors, (c) statements of future economic performance, and (d) statements of assumptions, such as economic conditions in the market areas served by the Corporation and the Bank, underlying other statements and statements about the Corporation and the Bank or their respective businesses. Such forward looking information can be identified by the use of forward looking terminology such as “believes,” “expects,” “may,” “intends,” “will,” “should,” “anticipates,” or the negative of any of the foregoing or other variations thereon or comparable terminology, or by discussion of strategy. No assurance can be given that the future results covered by the forward looking information will be achieved. Such statements are subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from future results expressed or implied by such forward looking information. Important factors that could impact operating results include, but are not limited to, (i) the effects of changing economic conditions in both the market areas served by the Corporation and the Bank and nationally, (ii) credit risks of commercial, real estate, consumer and other lending activities, (iii) significant changes in interest rates, (iv) changes in federal and state banking laws and regulations which could affect operations, (v) funding costs, and (vi) other external developments which could materially affect business and operations.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Disclosure of the Company’s significant accounting policies is included in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007. Some of these policies are particularly sensitive requiring significant judgments, estimates and assumptions to be made by Management. Additional information is contained on page 17 of this report related to other than temporary impairment of investment securities, page 26 of this report for the provision and allowance for loan losses and page 28 for the impairment charge to other real estate owned.

OVERVIEW

Net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 decreased 52.88% to $1.553 million as compared to $3.296 million for the same period in 2007. Diluted earnings per share decreased 52.38% to $0.50 per share for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 from $1.05 per share in the same nine-month period in 2007. At September 30, 2008, the Company had total assets of $461.188 million, total net loans of $297.959 million, and total deposits of $364.059 million.

FINANCIAL CONDITION

Cash and Cash Equivalents:

At September 30, 2008, cash, federal funds sold and deposits with other banks totaled $27.942 million as compared to $8.606 million on December 31, 2007. The increase in cash and cash equivalents from December 31, 2007 has been the result of a large inflow of deposits, both non-interest bearing and interest bearing. The region has experienced a dramatic increase in funds from the drilling and exploration of natural gas reserves. The Bank has been successful in retaining a large percentage of the deposits from its customers in relation to these gas lease contracts.

Management believes the liquidity needs of the Corporation are satisfied by the current balance of cash and cash equivalents, readily available access to traditional funding sources, and the portion of the securities and loan portfolios that mature within one year. The current sources of funds will enable the Corporation to meet all its cash obligations as they come due.

Securities:

Securities totaled $104.922 million on September 30, 2008, decreasing by $7.824 million from the December 31, 2007 total of $112.746 million. The majority of the decrease in securities is due to write downs in value in relation to other than temporary impairment charges to income for the year-to-date period ended September 30, 2008 of $5.134 million.

The total securities portfolio is held as available for sale. This strategy was implemented in 1995 to provide more flexibility in using the investment portfolio for liquidity purposes as well as providing more flexibility in selling when market opportunities occur.

Securities available for sale are accounted for at fair value with unrealized gains or losses net of deferred income taxes reported as the accumulated other comprehensive income component of stockholders’ equity. The carrying value of securities as of September 30, 2008 included an unrealized loss of $9.353 million reflected as accumulated other comprehensive loss of $6.173 million in stockholders’ equity, net of deferred income taxes of $3.180 million. This compares to an unrealized loss of $2.106 million at December 31, 2007 reflected as accumulated other comprehensive loss of $1.390 million, net of deferred income taxes of $716 thousand.

Management monitors the earnings performance and effectiveness of liquidity of the investment portfolio on a monthly basis through the Asset/Liability Committee (“ALCO”). The ALCO also reviews and manages interest rate risk for the Corporation. Through active balance sheet management and analysis of the investment securities portfolio, the Corporation maintains sufficient liquidity to satisfy depositor requirements and various credit needs of its customers.

For additional detail regarding our investment portfolio, see Note 3 "Securities Available for Sale" of the interim financial statements included under Item 1 of this report.

Loans:

Net loans increased $9.358 million, or 3.24%, to $297.959 million as of September 30, 2008 from $288.601 million as of December 31, 2007. Of the loan growth experienced in the first nine months of 2008, the largest growth was in commercial loans. Commercial loans, including traditional commercial loans as well as commercial real estate mortgages, increased $8.196 million, or 5.24%, to $164.554 million as of September 30, 2008 compared to $156.358 million as of December 31, 2007. Residential real estate mortgage loans increased $1.614 million, or 1.38%, to $118.536 million as of September 30, 2008, compared to $116.922 million as of December 31, 2007.

Increasing the loan to deposit ratio is a goal of the Bank, but loan quality is always considered in this effort. Management continues its efforts to create good underwriting standards for both commercial and consumer credit. Most commercial lending is done primarily with locally owned small businesses.

Other Assets:

Other assets increased $4.478 million, or 183.15%, to $6.923 million as of September 30, 2008 from $2.445 million as of December 31, 2007. The most significant increase in other assets was the $4.313 million increase in deferred taxes from December 31, 2007 to September 30, 2008. Deferred taxes increased due to losses incurred related to write-downs of certain securities as described in the "Securities" section as well as from the increase in unrealized losses on securities. The deferred tax asset related to securities write-downs is $1.961 million at September 30, 2008. Of this total, $1.084 million are considered capital losses at September 30, 2008 (gross amount of $3,188,000). The Company has several strategies in place to realize these capital losses, including potential sales lease back transactions. Furthermore, the Company continues to hold bank stocks, including a significant number of shares in a nearby financial institution, which are expected to generate capital gains prior to the expiration of the five year capital loss carry forward period which will not begin until securities are actually sold.

Deposits:

Deposits are attracted from within the Bank’s primary market area through the offering of various deposit instruments including NOW accounts, money market accounts, savings accounts, certificates of deposit, and IRA’s. During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2008, total deposits increased by $36.629 million, or 11.19%, to $364.059 million compared to $327.430 million as of December 31, 2007. Time deposits increased by $41.590 million, or 37.86%, to $151.434 million when compared to year end December 31, 2007 at $109.844 million. Other core deposit relationships increased or decreased as follows; demand deposits were up $7.072 million, or 13.16%, to $60.803 million when compared to $53.731 million at December 31, 2007. Interest-bearing checking deposits were down $1.365 million, or 2.13%, to $62.785 million compared to $64.150 million as of December 31, 2007. And finally, savings deposits were down $10.334 million, or 10.40%, to $89.037 million when compared to $99.371 million at December 31, 2007.

As with the Company’s six month reporting, the trend in the third quarter of 2008 continued. Short term and core deposit rates have decreased significantly since 2007. As such, time deposits offer consumers higher interest rates while at the same time offering the relative safety offered by a commercial bank and FDIC insurance. Non-interest bearing deposits have also increased in the third quarter of 2008. The Bank has experienced a significant inflow of funds from natural gas lease contracts entered into by Bank customers.

Borrowings:

The Bank utilizes borrowings as a source of funds for its asset/liability management. Advances are available from the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) provided certain standards related to credit worthiness have been met. Repurchase and term agreements are also available from the FHLB.

Total short-term borrowings at September 30, 2008 were $17.218 million as compared to $22.848 million as of December 31, 2007, a decrease of $5.630 million, or 24.64%. Long-term borrowings were $40.004 million as of September 30, 2008 compared to $38.534 million as of December 31, 2007, an increase of $1.470 million, or 3.81%. The increase in long-term borrowings included a $5 million term borrowing which was entered into with the FHLB in January of 2008.

Capital:

The adequacy of the Company’s capital is reviewed on an ongoing basis with reference to the size, composition and quality of the Company’s resources and regulatory guidelines. Management seeks to maintain a level of capital sufficient to support existing assets and anticipated asset growth, maintain favorable access to capital markets, and preserve high quality credit ratings. As of September 30, 2008, regulatory capital to total average assets was 8.59% as compared to 9.09% on December 31, 2007. The Company repurchases its stock in the open market, or from individuals as warranted, to leverage the capital account and to provide stock for its stock option plan and dividend reinvestment plan. In the nine months ended September 30, 2008, the Company purchased 20,000 shares for the treasury at a total cost of $505,500.

The Company has complied with the standards of capital adequacy mandated by the banking regulators. The bank regulators have established “risk-based” capital requirements designed to measure capital adequacy. Risk-based capital ratios reflect the relative risks of various assets the banks hold in their portfolios. A weight category of either 0% (lowest risk asset), 20%, 50%, or 100% (highest risk assets) is assigned to each asset on the balance sheet. Capital is being maintained in compliance with risk-based capital guidelines. The Company’s Tier 1 capital to risk weighted asset ratio was 11.32% and the total capital ratio to risk weighted asset ratio was 12.12% at September 30, 2008. The Company is deemed to be well-capitalized under regulatory standards.

Liquidity:

Liquidity measures an organization’s ability to meet cash obligations as they come due. The consolidated statements of cash flows presented in the accompanying consolidated financial statements included in Part I of this Form 10-Q provide analysis of the Corporation’s cash and cash equivalents. Additionally, management considers that portion of the loan and investment portfolio that matures within one year as part of the Corporation’s liquid assets.

The ALCO addresses the liquidity needs of the Bank to see that sufficient funds are available to meet credit demands and deposit withdrawals, as well as to the placement of available funds in the investment portfolio. In assessing liquidity requirements, equal consideration is given to the current position as well as the future outlook.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements:

The Company’s consolidated financial statements do not reflect various commitments that are made in the normal course of business, which may involve some liquidity risk. These commitments consist primarily of commitments to grant new loans, unfunded commitments of existing loans and letters of credit made under the same standards as on-balance sheet instruments. Unused commitments on September 30, 2008 totaled $46.012 million, which consisted of $33.462 million in unfunded commitments of existing loans, $8.211 million to grant new loans and $4.339 million in letters of credit. Due to fixed maturity dates and specified conditions within these instruments, many will expire without being drawn upon. Management believes that amounts actually drawn upon can be funded in the normal course of operations and therefore, do not represent a significant liquidity risk to the Company.

Interest Rate Sensitivity:

The management of interest rate sensitivity seeks to avoid fluctuating net interest margins and to provide consistent net interest income through periods of changing interest rates.

The Company’s risk of loss arising from adverse changes in the fair value of financial instruments, or market risk, is composed primarily of interest rate risk. The primary objective of the Company’s asset/liability management activities is to maximize net interest income while maintaining acceptable levels of interest rate risk. The Company’s ALCO is responsible for establishing policies to limit exposure to interest rate risk, and to ensure procedures are established to monitor compliance with those policies. The guidelines established by ALCO are reviewed by the Company’s Board of Directors.

The tools used to monitor sensitivity are the Statement of Interest Sensitivity Gap and the Interest Rate Shock Analysis. The Bank uses a software model to measure and to keep track. In addition, an outside source does a quarterly analysis to make sure our internal analysis is current and correct. The Statement of Interest Sensitivity Gap is a good assessment of current position and is a very useful tool for the ALCO in performing its job. This report is monitored in an effort to “match” maturities or re-pricing opportunities of assets and liabilities, in order to attain the maximum interest within risk tolerance policy guidelines. The Statement does, although, have inherent limitations in that certain assets and liabilities may react to changes in interest rates in different ways, with some categories reacting in advance of changes and some lagging behind the changes. In addition, there are estimates used in determining the actual propensity to change of certain items, such as deposits without maturities.

The following table sets forth the Company’s interest sensitivity analysis as of September 30, 2008:

INTEREST RATE SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS

(Dollars in thousands)	Maturity or Re-pricing In:
	3 Months			3-6 Months			6-12 Months			1-5 Years			Over 5 Years
RATE SENSITIVE ASSETS
Interest bearing deposits in other banks	$	789		$	0		$	0		$	0		$	0
Loans		142,707			10,175			13,682			62,778			68,617
Securities		6,052			2,008			7,198			24,470			65,194
Federal funds sold		16,695			0			0			0			0
Total rate sensitive assets		166,243			12,183			20,880			87,248			133,811
Cumulative rate sensitive assets	$	166,243		$	178,426		$	199,306		$	286,554		$	420,365
RATE SENSITIVE LIABILITIES
Interest bearing checking	$	31,211		$	0		$	0		$	0		$	0
Money market deposits		31,574			0			0			0			0
Regular savings		89,788			0			0			0			0
CDs and IRAs		35,815			56,597			22,966			24,907			10,398
Short-term borrowings		17,218			0			0			0			0
Long-term borrowings		314			283			435			15,639			23,333
Total rate sensitive liabilities		205,920			56,880			23,401			40,546			33,731
Cumulative rate sensitive liabilities	$	205,920		$	262,800		$	286,201		$	326,747		$	360,478

Period gap	$	(39,677	)	$	(44,697	)	$	(2,521	)	$	46,702		$	100,080
Cumulative gap	$	(39,677	)	$	(84,374	)	$	(86,895	)	$	(40,193	)	$	59,887
Cumulative RSA to RSL		80.73	%		67.89	%		69.64	%		87.70	%		116.61	%
Cumulative gap to total assets		(8.60	%)		(18.29	%)		(18.84	%)		(8.72	%)		12.99	%

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Net Interest Income:

For the three months ended September 30, 2008, total interest income increased by $130 thousand, or 2.10%, to $6.323 million as compared to $6.193 million for the three months ended September 30, 2007. This increase was due to the increase in average loans and average securities held for the quarter ended September 30, 2008 compared to the same quarter in 2007. Average loans increased $19.069 million, or 6.82%, to $298.711 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2008 as compared to $279.642 million for the same three-month period in 2007. Average securities increased to a lesser extent at $712 thousand, or 0.64%, to $111.541 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2008 as compared to $110.829 million for the same three-month period in 2007. Overall average earning assets increased to $420.094 million for the three months ended September 30, 2008 as compared to $390.516 million for the three months ended September 30, 2007. The resulting interest earned on loans, was $4.926 million, for the three-month period ended September 30, 2008 compared to $4.937 million for the same period in 2007, a slight decrease of $11 thousand, or 0.22%. The interest earned on securities, was $1.352 million, for the three-month period ended September 30, 2008 compared to $1.254 million for the same period in 2007, an increase of $98 thousand, or 7.81%. The yield on securities increased from 5.40% for the three months ended September 30, 2007 to 5.64% for the three months ending September 30, 2008, as the Company has sold lower yielding securities and purchased higher yielding securities in their place. The overall yield on earning assets decreased for the three months ended September 30, 2008 to 6.32% as compared to 6.68% for the three months ended September 30, 2007 on a fully tax equivalent basis.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2008, total interest income increased by $807 thousand, or 4.43%, to $19.042 million as compared to $18.235 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2007. This increase too was primarily due to increases in average total loans and securities. Average total loans increased to $296.357 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 as compared to $275.179 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2007. The resulting interest earned on loans, was $14.875 million, for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2008 compared to $14.419 million for the same period in 2007, an increase of $456 thousand, or 3.16%. Average securities increased to $110.794 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 as compared to $109.067 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2007. The resulting interest earned on securities, was $4.110 million, for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2008 compared to $3.755 million for the same period in 2007, an increase of $355 thousand, or 9.45%. The yield on Securities increased from 5.41% for the nine months ended September 30, 2007, to 5.74% for the nine months ending September 30, 2008 as the Company has sold lower yielding securities and purchased higher yielding securities in their place. The overall yield on earning assets decreased slightly for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 to 6.52% as compared to 6.67% for the nine months ended September 30, 2007, on a fully tax equivalent basis, as average earning assets increased to $411.080 million for the period ended September 30, 2008 from $385.633 million for the same period in 2007.

Total interest expense decreased by $649 thousand, or 23.14%, to $2.156 million for the three months ended September 30, 2008 from $2.805 million for the three months ended September 30, 2007. This decrease was attributable to the decrease in the cost of funds which decreased to 2.47% for the three months ended September 30, 2008 as compared to 3.46% for the third quarter of 2007. Average interest bearing liabilities increased to $346.539 million for the three months ended September 30, 2008 as compared to $321.329 million for the three months ended September 30, 2007. This increase was primarily due to the increase in time deposits. Average time deposits increased to $132.914 million for the three-month period ended September 30, 2008 as compared to $102.587 million for the same period in 2007 while at the same time the effective cost of time deposits decreased to 3.47% for the three months ended September 30, 2008 compared to 4.23% for the three months ended September 30, 2007. The Bank has experienced significant growth in time deposits through various special rate offerings as well as the large inflow of deposit money in relation to gas lease contracts entered into by its customers.

Total interest expense decreased by $1.731 million, or 20.44%, to $6.738 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 from $8.469 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2007. This decrease was also primarily attributable to the decrease in the cost of funds which decreased to 2.65% for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 as compared to 3.56% for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2007. Average interest bearing liabilities increased to $339.377 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 as compared to $318.370 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2007. As with the quarterly analysis of interest expense, this increase was also primarily due to the increase in time deposits. Average time deposits increased to $122.342 million for the nine month period ended September 30, 2008 as compared to $101.362 million for the same period in 2007 while at the same time the effective cost of time deposits decreased to 3.77% for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared to 4.22% for the nine months ended September 30, 2007. To reiterate, the Bank has experienced significant growth in time deposits through various special rate offerings as well as the large inflow of deposit money in relation to gas lease contracts entered into by its customers.

Net interest income increased by $779 thousand, or 22.99%, to $4.167 million for the three months ended September 30, 2008 from $3.388 million for the three months ended September 30, 2007. The Bank’s net interest spread increased to 3.85% for the three months ended September 30, 2008 from 3.22% for the three months ended September 30, 2007 on a fully tax equivalent basis. The net interest margin increased to 4.28% for the three-month period ended September 30, 2008 from 3.83% for the three-month period ended September 30, 2007 on a fully tax equivalent basis. The yield curve has become relatively steep since the middle of 2007 when the Federal Reserve began their process of injecting liquidity into the financial markets through the implementation of lower overnight and discount rates. The preceding discussion is an indication of the results of how lower funding costs have affected the company. As deposit liability rates are affected by the short end of the yield curve and loan and securities rates tend to follow the long end of the yield curve, the result has been an increase in net interest margin between the two periods compared.

Net interest income increased by $2.538 million, or 25.99%, to $12.304 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 from $9.766 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2007. The Bank’s net interest spread increased to 3.87% for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 from 3.11% for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 on a fully tax equivalent basis. The net interest margin increased to 4.33% for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2008 from 3.73% for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2007 on a fully tax equivalent basis. The increase in net interest spread and net interest income for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 when compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2007 is also due to the steeper yield curve which was discussed with the quarterly results.

Below are the tables which set forth average balances and corresponding yields for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2008 and September 30, 2007:

Distribution of Assets, Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity;

Interest Rates and Interest Differential (quarter to date)

	Three months ended
	September 30, 2008								September 30, 2007
(Dollars in thousands)	Average					(2) Yield/			Average					(2) Yield/
ASSETS	Balance			Interest		Rate			Balance			Interest		Rate
Loans:
Real estate	$	117,155		$	1,883		6.39	%	$	115,509		$	1,910		6.56	%
Installment		16,229			302		7.40	%		17,397			364		8.30	%
Commercial		142,623			2,484		6.93	%		125,003			2,403		7.63	%
Tax exempt (1)		22,227			245		6.66	%		21,258			246		6.95	%
Other loans		477			12		10.01	%		475			14		11.69	%
Total loans		298,711			4,926		6.73	%		279,642			4,937		7.18	%
Investment securities (AFS):
Taxable		67,684			907		5.33	%		60,399			759		4.99	%
Non-taxable (1)		43,857			445		6.12	%		50,430			495		5.90	%
Total securities		111,541			1,352		5.64	%		110,829			1,254		5.40	%
Time deposits with other banks		1,232			5		1.61	%		0			0		0
Fed funds sold		8,610			40		1.85	%		45			2		17.83	%
Total earning assets		420,094			6,323		6.32	%		390,516			6,193		6.68	%
Less: allowance for loan losses		(2,653	)							(2,056	)
Cash and due from banks		7,794								6,826
Premises and equipment, net		6,239								5,715
Other assets		19,710								18,292
Total assets	$	451,184							$	419,293
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Deposits:
Interest bearing demand	$	29,837			66		0.88	%	$	24,833			72		1.15	%
Regular savings		93,925			266		1.13	%		107,994			840		3.09	%
Money market savings		32,961			133		1.61	%		35,620			279		3.11	%
Time		132,914			1,159		3.47	%		102,587			1,093		4.23	%
Total interest bearing deposits		289,637			1,624		2.23	%		271,034			2,284		3.34	%
Other borrowings		56,902			532		3.72	%		50,295			521		4.11	%
Total interest bearing		346,539			2,156		2.47	%		321,329			2,805		3.46	%
Liabilities
Net interest income				$	4,167		3.85	%				$	3,388		3.22	%
Non-interest bearing
Demand deposits		60,691								54,667
Accrued expenses and
Other liabilities		2,966								2,708
Stockholders’ equity		40,988								40,589
Total liabilities and
Stockholders’ equity	$	451,184							$	419,293
Interest income/earning assets							6.32	%							6.68	%
Interest expense/earning assets							2.04	%							2.85	%
Net interest margin							4.28	%							3.83	%
(1) Yields on tax exempt assets have been calculated on a fully tax equivalent basis assuming a tax rate of 34%. (2) Yields and costs are based on a 366/92 annualization method in 2008 and a 365/92 annualization method in 2007.

Distribution of Assets, Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity;

Interest Rates and Interest Differential (year to date)

	Nine months ended
	September 30, 2008								September 30, 2007
(Dollars in thousands)	Average					(2) Yield/			Average					(2) Yield/
ASSETS	Balance			Interest		Rate			Balance			Interest		Rate
Loans:
Real estate	$	116,842		$	5,646		6.45	%	$	114,706		$	5,656		6.59	%
Installment		16,846			984		7.80	%		17,065			1,066		8.35	%
Commercial		138,977			7,444		7.15	%		122,440			6,969		7.61	%
Tax exempt (1)		23,222			766		6.68	%		20,509			686		6.77	%
Other loans		470			35		9.95	%		459			42		12.23	%
Total loans		296,357			14,875		6.88	%		275,179			14,419		7.18	%
Investment securities (AFS):
Taxable		69,048			2,847		5.51	%		64,966			2,471		5.09	%
Non-taxable (1)		41,746			1,263		6.12	%		44,101			1,284		5.90	%
Total securities		110,794			4,110		5.74	%		109,067			3,755		5.41	%
Time deposits with other banks		917			15		2.19	%		421			18		5.72	%
Fed funds sold		3,012			42		1.86	%		966			43		5.95	%
Total earning assets		411,080			19,042		6.52	%		385,633			18,235		6.67	%
Less: allowance for loan losses		(2,539	)							(1,944	)
Cash and due from banks		6,920								6,611
Premises and equipment, net		5,984								5,762
Other assets		18,797								17,787
Total assets	$	440,242							$	413,849
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’EQUITY
Deposits:
Interest bearing demand	$	28,274			203		0.96	%	$	25,004			214		1.14	%
Regular savings		95,999			979		1.36	%		108,817			2,713		3.33	%
Money market savings		34,070			479		1.88	%		35,243			844		3.20	%
Time		122,342			3,454		3.77	%		101,362			3,202		4.22	%
Total interest bearing deposits		280,685			5,115		2.43	%		270,426			6,973		3.45	%
Other borrowings		58,692			1,623		3.69	%		47,944			1,496		4.17	%
Total interest bearing		339,377			6,738		2.65	%		318,370			8,469		3.56	%
Liabilities
Net interest income				$	12,304		3.87	%				$	9,766		3.11	%
Non-interest bearing
Demand deposits		56,251								52,026
Accrued expenses and
Other liabilities		3,053								2,541
Stockholders’ equity		41,561								40,912
Total liabilities and
Stockholders’ equity	$	440,242							$	413,849
Interest income/earning assets							6.52	%							6.67	%
Interest expense/earning assets							2.19	%							2.94	%
Net interest margin							4.33	%							3.73	%
(1) Yields on tax exempt assets have been calculated on a fully tax equivalent basis assuming a tax rate of 34%. (2) Yields and costs are based on a 366/274 annualization method in 2008 and a 365/274 annualization method in 2007.

The following table shows the net interest income on a fully-tax-equivalent basis for the three month and nine month periods ended September 30, 2008 and September 30, 2007.

NET INTEREST INCOME

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
(In thousands)	September 30, 2008		September 30, 2007		September 30, 2008		September 30, 2007

Total Interest Income	$	6,323	$	6,193	$	19,042	$	18,235
Tax-Equivalent Adjustments: Tax Exempt Loans		127		126		395		353
Non-Taxable Securities		230		255		651		661
		6,680		6,574		20,088		19,249
Total Interest Expense		2,156		2,805		6,738		8,469
Net Interest Income (Fully Tax Equivalent Basis)	$	4,524	$	3,769	$	13,350	$	10,780

Provision for Loan Losses:

The provision for loan losses for the three months ended September 30, 2008 was $165 thousand, an increase of $125 thousand, or 312.50% from the same period in 2007.

The provision for loan losses for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 was $420 thousand, an increase of $140 thousand, or 50.00% over the same period in 2007. Changing economic conditions, as well as internal analysis performed on the loan portfolio, have made necessary the increases in the loan loss provision for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2008. One of the Bank’s main goals is to increase the loan to deposit ratio without jeopardizing loan quality. To reach its goal, management has continued its efforts to create strong underwriting standards for both commercial and consumer credit. The Bank’s lending consists primarily of retail lending, which includes single family residential mortgages and other consumer lending, and commercial lending primarily to locally-owned small businesses.

In the three-month period ended September 30, 2008, charge-offs totaled $60 thousand while net charge-offs totaled $29 thousand as compared to $13 thousand and $6 thousand, respectively, for the same three-month period in 2007.

In the nine-month period ended September 30, 2008, charge-offs totaled $190 thousand while net charge-offs totaled $133 thousand as compared to $49 thousand and $23 thousand, respectively, for the same nine-month period in 2007.

Monthly, senior management uses a detailed analysis of the loan portfolio to determine loan loss reserve adequacy. The process considers all “problem loans” including classified, criticized, and monitored loans. Prior loan loss history and current market trends, both nationally and locally, are taken into consideration. A watch list of potential problem loans is maintained and monitored on a monthly basis by the Board of Directors. The Bank has not had, nor presently has, any foreign loans. Based upon this analysis, senior management has concluded that the allowance of loan losses is adequate.

Non-performing loans:

(Dollars in thousands)	September 30, 2008			December 31, 2007
Non-accrual and restructured	$	510		$	395
Loans past due 90 or more days, accruing interest		387			91
Total nonperforming loans		897			486
Foreclosed assets (other real estate owned)		5,171			5,237
Total nonperforming assets	$	6,068		$	5,703
Nonperforming loans to total loans at period-end		0.30	%		0.17	%
Nonperforming assets to period-end loans and foreclosed assets		1.98	%		1.93	%

Other Income:

Service charges and fees increased 4.86%, or $24 thousand, to $518 thousand in the three months ended September 30, 2008, from $494 thousand in the three months ended September 30, 2007. The increase in service charges and fees is due in part to a net decrease in overdraft fees which were $316 thousand for the three-month period ended September 30, 2008 compared to $334 thousand for the comparable period in 2007 coupled with an increase in debit card fees of $45 thousand, or 45.45%.

Service charges and fees increased 3.39%, or $49 thousand, to $1.496 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2008, from $1.447 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2007. This is also due in part to a net decrease in overdraft fees which were $919 thousand for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2008 compared to $983 thousand for the comparable period in 2007 coupled with an increase in debit card fees of $133 thousand, or 49.08%.

Investment division income was $135 thousand for the three-month period ended September 30, 2008, an increase of $42 thousand, or 45.16%, from the same period in 2007. The month of July 2008 was the largest single commission month for the Company.

Investment division income was $295 thousand for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2008, an increase of $17 thousand, or 6.12%, from the same period in 2007.

Earnings on investment in life insurance has decreased to $72 thousand for the three-month period ended September 30, 2008, compared to $77 thousand for the three-month period ended September 30, 2007, a decrease of $5 thousand, or 6.49%.

Earnings on investment in life insurance has decreased to $227 thousand for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2008, compared to $228 thousand for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2007, a decrease of $1 thousand, or 0.44%.

Other income was $141 thousand for the three months ended September 30, 2008, an increase of $22 thousand, or 18.49%, from $119 thousand for the comparable period in 2007.

Other income was $404 thousand for the nine months ended September 30, 2008, an increase of $9 thousand, or 2.28%, from $395 thousand for the comparable period in 2007. Various sundry accounts contribute to the increase in other income for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2008 when compared to the same period in 2007.

Gain on sale of interest in insurance agency was $0 for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared to $220 thousand for the comparable period in 2007. The Company realized this gain through the sale of its 20% interest in Community Bankers Insurance Agency (CBIA) in May of 2007. The Company does not expect the sale of the insurance agency to have a significant impact on future earnings.

Gains on security sales were $7 thousand for the three months ended September 30, 2008 compared to gains of $44 thousand for the comparable period in 2007, a decrease of $37 thousand, or 84.09%.

Gains on security sales were $23 thousand for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared to losses of $92 thousand for the comparable period in 2007, an increase of $115 thousand.

As previously mentioned in the discussion of securities, management evaluates securities for other than temporary impairment at least on a quarterly basis, and more frequently when economic or market concerns warrant such evaluation. Consideration is given to (1) the length of time and the extent to which the fair value has been less than cost, (2) the financial condition and near-term prospects of the issuer, and (3) the intent and ability of the Company to retain its investment in the issuer for a period of time sufficient to allow for any anticipated recovery in fair value. As such, a determination was made in the nine months of 2008 to record other than temporary impairment charges in relation to four equity positions held by the Company in the amount of $265 thousand, 2 preferred equity positions held in the FHLMC (“Freddie Mac’s) in the amount of $2.289 million and 2 corporate bonds in the amount of $2.580 million. The amount of impairment charged against income for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 was $5.134 million. The charges are not comparable to the same period in 2007. These, as well as all securities will be monitored in future quarters for any further deterioration.

Other Expenses:

Total other expenses decreased 11.76%, or $364 thousand, to $2.731 million during the three months ended September 30, 2008 compared to $3.095 million for the comparable period in 2007. In September 2007, the Company incurred an impairment charge to other real estate owned in the amount of $575 thousand. The charge became necessary in relation to reasonable estimates obtained on the value of a commercial real estate property that the Bank took a deed in lieu of foreclosure on in August of 2006. There is no comparable charge to income for the third quarter of 2008 and excluding this amount from the total, other expenses increased 8.37%, or $211 thousand during the three months ended September 30, 2008 compared to the same three-month period in 2007.

Total other expenses decreased 1.25%, or $100 thousand, to $7.906 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared to $8.006 million for the comparable period in 2007. As with the three month analysis of other expenses, excluding the impairment charge in September of 2007 from the analysis, other expenses would have increased 6.39%, or $475 thousand for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared to the same period in 2007.

Components of other expenses are as follows:

Salaries and benefits increased 7.84%, or $95 thousand, to $1.306 million for the three months ended September 30, 2008 compared to $1.211 million for the same period in 2007. A significant contributor to this increase is the increase to 116 full time equivalent employees due to the addition of one branch office in 2008 compared to 110 full time equivalent employees as of September 30, 2007.

Salaries and benefits increased 2.16%, or $77 thousand, to $3.646 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared to $3.569 million for the same period in 2007, also as a result of full time equivalent employees increasing due to the addition of one branch office in 2008 compared to the same period in 2007. The full-time equivalent number of employees was 116 as of September 30, 2008 compared to 110 as of September 30, 2007.

Occupancy expenses were the same for the three-month period ended September 30, 2008, at $173 thousand, compared to $173 thousand for the same period in 2007.

Occupancy expense decreased $5 thousand, or 0.91%, for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2008, to $545 thousand, compared to $550 thousand for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2007.

Equipment expense decreased $3 thousand, or 2.50%, for the three-month period ended September 30, 2008, to $117 thousand, compared to $120 thousand for the same period in 2007.

Equipment expense decreased $27 thousand, or 7.05%, for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2008, to $356 thousand, compared to $383 thousand for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2007.

FDIC insurance and assessments increased $26 thousand, or 68.42% for the three months ended September 30, 2008, to $64 thousand, compared to $38 thousand for the same period in 2007.

FDIC insurance and assessments also increased $26 thousand, or 23.01% for the nine months ended September 30, 2008, to $139 thousand, compared to $113 thousand for the same period in 2007. Beginning in 2007, a new risk-based deposit assessment system was adopted by the FDIC. Under this system, all FDIC insured institutions are required to pay deposit premiums. The additional premiums due were previously offset by credits issued for premiums paid by the Company prior to 1996. The total credit received by the Company was $148,000. The credit was extinguished in the quarter ended June 30, 2008 the result of which was increased premiums in the third quarter of 2008.

Professional fees and outside services increased $35 thousand, or 38.89%, in the three months ended September 30, 2008 to $125 thousand, compared to $90 thousand for the three-month period ended September 30, 2007. The increase is due to costs incurred in relation to a compliance training program in the amount of $12 thousand and a network security assessment administered by the Company’s internal audit firm in the amount of $7 thousand, as well as $6 thousand expensed in relation to an asset/liability model validation contract entered into in 2008.

Professional fees and outside services increased $141 thousand, or 52.42%, in the nine months ended September 30, 2008 to $410 thousand, compared to $269 thousand for the same nine-month period ended September 30, 2007. The increase is due in part to the additional costs discussed with the quarterly analysis as well as costs associated with professional consulting in relation to the valuation of the Company’s investment in Old Forge Bank in the amount of $20 thousand, $8 thousand expensed in the second quarter of 2008 related to the asset/liability model validation contract entered into in the second quarter, as well as the Company’s expectations for 2008 due to ongoing costs associated with the formation of the new companies in the second quarter of 2007.

Computer services and supplies increased $70 thousand, or 36.27%, for the three months ended September 30, 2008, to $263 thousand, compared to $193 thousand for the comparable period in 2007. This increase is deemed to be in line with budget expectations as the Company works to implement new technologies to its information technologies department.

Computer services and supplies increased $150 thousand, or 26.13%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2008, to $724 thousand, compared to $574 thousand for the comparable period in 2007. This increase too is considered to be line with budget expectations for the third quarter of 2008 as the Company works to implement new technologies to its information technologies department. Additionally, this increase is due to processing changes implemented for 2008 in relation to debit card transactions. In previous accounting periods, fees were offset with the expenses incurred when processing debit card transactions. In 2008, a change was implemented to more accurately identify the profitability attained through debit card transactions by recording the fee income and processing fees separately. These processing fees accounted for $66 thousand of the year-to-date variance.

Taxes, other than payroll and income, decreased $7 thousand, or 7.53%, to $86 thousand for the three months ended September 30, 2008 compared to $93 thousand for the same period in 2007. This variance is within budget expectations.

Taxes, other than payroll and income, decreased $15 thousand, or 5.40%, to $263 thousand for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared to $278 thousand for the same period in 2007. This variance is within budget expectations.

Amortization expense-deposit acquisition premiums increased $1 thousand, or 1.56%, to $65 thousand for the three months ended September 30, 2008 compared to $64 thousand for the same period in 2007. This variance is within budget expectations.

Amortization expense-deposit acquisition premiums increased $4 thousand, or 2.11%, to $194 thousand for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared to $190 thousand for the same period in 2007. This variance is within budget expectations.

Stationary and printing supplies increased $4 thousand, or 4.49%, to $93 thousand for the three months ended September 30, 2008 compared to $89 thousand for the same period in 2007. This variance was within budget expectations.

Stationary and printing supplies increased $12 thousand, or 4.78%, to $263 thousand for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared to $251 thousand for the same period in 2007. This variance was within budget expectations.

All other operating expenses decreased $10 thousand, or 2.23%, to $439 thousand in the three months ended September 30, 2008, compared to $449 thousand for the same three-month period in 2007.

All other operating expenses increased $112 thousand, or 8.93%, to $1.366 million for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2008, compared to $1.254 million for the same nine-month period in 2007. The increase is primarily due to increases in marketing budgets for 2008. In all, the Company expended an additional $132 thousand in marketing type expenses as part of an overall strategic plan as well as in relation to the new branch office opening in 2008.

Income Tax Provision:

The Corporation recorded an income tax benefit of $1.159 million, or 42.53% of the net loss, and an income tax provision of $196 thousand, or 18.15% of income, for the quarters ended September 30, 2008 and 2007, respectively. The effective tax rate is lower for the current period due to the impact of the impairment charge on securities and the consistent level of tax exempt income on a lower pretax income base.

The Corporation recorded an income tax benefit of $264 thousand, or 20.48% of income, and an income tax provision of $660 thousand, or 16.68% of income, for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007, respectively. The effective tax rate is lower for the current period due to the impact of the impairment charge on securities and the consistent level of tax exempt income on a lower pretax income base.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

The Federal Reserve has now decreased the overnight borrowing rate to 1.50% since they began their process of injecting liquidity into the financial markets through the implementation of lower overnight and discount rates. As such, the Company continues to operate within a steeper yield curve environment which has increased the net interest margin. As of September 30, 2008, the Bank is currently showing more sensitivity to an upward shift in rates. The results of the latest financial simulation follow. The simulation shows a possible decrease in net interest income of 9.57%, or $1.019 million, in a +200 basis point rate shock scenario over a one-year period. A decrease of 0.10% or $18 thousand is shown in the model at a -200 basis point rate shock scenario. The net interest income risk position of the Bank falls outside of the guidelines established by the Bank’s asset/liability policy for the positive rate scenario testing. Management has implemented a program of investing in shorter duration securities to limit this risk. By investing in shorter term securities, the Bank will be more able to adapt to rising rates by reinvesting those short term securities as higher rates become available. As compared to results discussed as of June 30, 2008, the September 30, 2008 testing has shown improvement in the +200 basis point rate shock scenario. The Bank continuously monitors this rate sensitivity and acts accordingly to minimize its risk to the overall asset liability position of the Company.

Equity value at risk is monitored regularly and is also within established policy limits. Please refer to the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for December 31, 2007, for further discussion of this matter.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

(a) Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures.

The Company’s management, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and 15(d)-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) as of September 30, 2008. Based upon that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer concluded that, as of the Evaluation Date, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective in timely alerting them to any material information relating to the Company and its subsidiaries required to be included in the Company’s periodic SEC filings.

(b) Changes in internal controls.

There were no changes made in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the Company’s most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting.

Although as stated above, we have not made any significant changes in our internal controls over financial reporting in the most recent fiscal quarter, based on our documentation and testing to date, we have made improvements in the documentation, design and effectiveness of internal controls over financial reporting, including the purchase of internal control software that allows upper management to view reports and to understand the risks and controls within the entire organization or specific areas of the organization. These reports provide up to date information at all times.

PART II OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

The nature of the Company’s business generates a certain amount of litigation involving matters arising out of the ordinary course of business. In the opinion of management, there are no legal proceedings that might have a material effect on the consolidated results of operations, liquidity, or the financial position of the Company at this time.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

No changes from those previously disclosed.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.
ISSUER PURCHASES OF COMMON STOCK
MONTH	Total number of shares purchased		Average price paid per share		Total number of shares purchased as part of publicly announced plans or programs		Maximum number of shares that may yet be purchased under the plans or programs (1)
July 1, 2008 – July 31, 2008		0	$	0		0		65,751
August 1, 2008 – August 31, 2008		0	$	0		0		65,751
September 1, 2008 – September 30, 2008		0	$	0		0		65,751
TOTAL		0	$	0		0

(1) On July 2, 2001, the Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of an additional 5%, or 158,931 shares of the Corporation's common stock outstanding. The repurchase program does not stipulate an expiration date.

Item 3. Defaults upon Senior Securities

None.

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

None.

Item 5. Other Information

None.

Item 6. Exhibits

(3.1)	Articles of Incorporation of Peoples Financial Services Corp. *;
(3.2)	Bylaws of Peoples Financial Services Corp. as amended **;
(10.4)	Termination Agreement dated January 1, 1997, between Debra E. Dissinger and Peoples Financial Services Corp.*;
(10.6)	Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan Agreement, dated December 3, 2004, for Debra E. Dissinger***;
(10.7)	Supplemental Director Retirement Plan Agreement, dated December 3, 2004, for all Non-Employee Directors of the Company***;
(10.9)	Amendment to Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan Agreement, dated December 30, 2005, for Debra E. Dissinger****;
(10.10)	Amendment to Supplemental Director Retirement Plan Agreement, dated December 30, 2005, for all Non-Employee Directors of the Company****;
(10.11)	Termination Agreement dated January 1, 2007, between Stephen N. Lawrenson and Peoples Financial Services Corp.*****;
(10.12)	Termination Agreement dated January 1, 2007, between Joseph M. Ferretti and Peoples Financial Services Corp.*****;
(11)	The statement regarding computation of per-share earnings required by this exhibit is contained in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements captioned “Earnings Per Share”;
(14)	Code of Ethics, as amended*******;
(21)	Subsidiaries of Peoples Financial Services Corp.******;
(31.1)	Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a), filed herewith;
(31.2)	Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a), filed herewith;
(32.1)	Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 1350 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, filed herewith; and
(32.2)	Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Section 1350 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, filed herewith.
	*	Incorporated by reference to the Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form 10 as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 4, 1998.
	**	Incorporated by reference to the Corporation’s Exhibit 3.2 on Form 10-Q filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on November 8, 2004.
	***	Incorporated by reference to the Corporation’s Exhibits 10.6 and 10.7 on Form 10-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 15, 2005.
	****	Incorporated by reference to the Corporation’s Exhibits 10.9, and 10.10 on Form 10-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 15, 2006.
	*****	Incorporated by reference to the Corporation’s Exhibits 10.11 and 10.12 on Form 10-Q filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 10, 2007.
	******	Incorporated by reference to the Corporation’s Exhibit 21 on Form 10-Q filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on August 9, 2007.
	*******	Incorporated by reference to the Corporation’s Exhibit 14 as filed on Form 10Q with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on August 11, 2008.

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.

PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.

By/s/ Richard S. Lochen, Jr.

Richard S. Lochen, Jr., President/CEO

Date: November 10, 2008

By/s/ Frederick J. Malloy

Frederick J. Malloy, VP/Controller

Date: November 10, 2008