Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Kathleen Campbell Senior Vice President, Marketing

First Citizens Community Bank
15 S. Main Street
Mansfield, PA 16933
570-662-0422
570-662-8512 (fax)

September 15, 2015 CITIZENS FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. DECLARES QUARTERLY AND ONE-TIME SPECIAL CASH DIVIDEND

MANSFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA- The Board of Directors of Citizens Financial Services, Inc. (CZFS) the bank holding company for First Citizens Community Bank, recently declared a cash dividend for CZFS shareholders.
The cash dividend of $.41 per share is payable on September 25, 2015 to shareholders of record on September
18, 2015. This quarterly cash dividend is an increase of 2.5% over the regular cash dividend declared a year ago. Additionally, due to the continued outstanding financial performance, the Board of Directors has also declared a one-time, special cash dividend of $.10 per share. The special one-time cash dividend is also payable on September 25, 2015, to those shareholders of record on September 18, 2015.
The continued strength of our financial performance has permitted us to continue to pay an attractive cash dividend and reflects the Board of Directors' desire to provide total shareholder return to our shareholder base," stated Randall E. Black, CEO and President.
Citizens Financial Services, Inc. is a $950 million bank holding company conducting business through First Citizens
Community Bank. First Citizens Community Bank operates 18 full-service offices in Pennsylvania and New York.
For further information regarding the stock of Citizens Financial Services, Inc., please contact any of the following firms: Automated Trading Desk, 866-283-2831; Boenning & Scattergood, Inc., 800-842-8928; Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., 800-342-5529; Monroe Securities Inc., 800-766-5560; Pershing LLC, 201-413-2700; RBC Capital Markets Corp., 800-959-5951; Sandler O' Neill & Partners, 212-466-8020; Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc., 973-549-4200; UBS Securities, LLC, 203-719-8710.

Note: This press release may contain forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results and trends could differ materially from those set forth in such statements due to various factors. These factors include operating, legal and regulatory risks; changing economic and competitive conditions and other risks and uncertainties.

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