WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
A. Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:
Generations Bancorp NY, Inc.
Generations Bank
20 E Bayard St
SENECA FALLS, NY 13148-1623
What is the Summary Annual Report?
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The Summary Annual Report (SAR) is a summary of a retirement plan's financial information. The
following report provides a financial snapshot for Generations Bank 401(K) Plan from January 01, 2021 through December 31, 2021.
Its purpose is to summarize information on the plan's annual report for current participants, former participants with
an account balance and/or beneficiaries of a participant.
You are not required
to take any action, but you can request a copy of the full annual report or any individual parts of the report at any time.
The following SAR document contains information about:
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Summary Annual Report
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This is a summary of the annual report for Generations Bank 401(K) Plan, EIN 15 0443420, for
January 01, 2021 through December 31, 2021. The annual report has been filed with the Employee Benefits Security Administration, as required under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).
Basic financial statement
Benefits under the plan are provided by insurance contracts and a trust fund. Plan expenses were
$130,806. These expenses included $0 in administrative expenses, $130,806 in benefits paid to participants and beneficiaries and $0 in other expenses. A total of 119 persons were participants in, or beneficiaries of, the plan at the end of the plan
year, although not all of these persons had yet earned the right to receive benefits.
The value of plan assets, after subtracting liabilities of the plan, was $3,754,956 as of
December 31, 2021, compared to $3,215,742 as of January 01, 2021. During the plan year, the plan experienced an increase in its net assets of $539,214. This increase includes unrealized appreciation or depreciation in the value of the plan assets;
that is, the difference between the value of plan's assets at the end of the year and the value of the assets at the beginning of the year or cost of assets acquired during the year. The plan had a total income of
$670,020, including employer contributions of $57,441, employee contributions of $237,018, and
earnings from investments of $375,561.
Your rights to additional information
You have the right to receive a copy of the full annual report, or any part thereof, on request.
The items listed below are included in that report:
To obtain a copy of the full annual report, or any part thereof, write or call
Generations Bank
20 E Bayard St
SENECA FALLS, NY 13148-1623
(315)568-1110
The charge to cover copying costs will be $1.00 for the full annual report or $.10 per page for
any part thereof. You also have the right to receive from the plan administrator, on request and at no charge, a statement of the assets and liabilities of the plan and accompanying notes, or a statement of income and expenses of the plan and
accompanying notes, or both. If you request a copy of the full annual report from the plan administrator, these two statements and accompanying notes will be included as part of that report. The charge to cover copying costs given above does not
include a charge for the copying of these portions of the report because these portions are furnished without charge.
You also have the legally protected right to examine the annual report at the main office of the plan:
20 E Bayard St
SENECA FALLS, NY 13148-1623
and at the U.S. Department of Labor in Washington, D.C. or to obtain a copy from the U.S. Department of Labor upon
payment of copying costs.
Requests to the Department of Labor should be addressed to:
Public Disclosure Room, Room N-1513,
Employee Benefits Security Administration,
U.S. Department of Labor,
200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20210.
The full annual report can also be found
online at www.efast.dol.gov.
The plan has met the requirements to waive the annual examination and report of an independent
qualified public accountant. As of the end of the plan year, the following regulated financial institutions held or issued plan assets that qualified under the waiver:
The plan has been issued a fidelity bond by Zurich in the amount of $500,000. The bond protects the plan against
losses through fraud or dishonesty and covers any person handling plan assets. You have the right to examine or receive from the plan administrator, on request and at no charge, copies of statements from the regulated financial institutions noted
above describing the qualifying plan assets and evidence of the required bond. If you are unable to examine or obtain these documents, contact the Regional Office of the U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)
for assistance by calling toll-free 1.866.444.EBSA (3272). A listing of EBSA regional offices can be found at https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ebsa.
General information regarding the audit waiver conditions applicable to the plan can be found on
the U.S. Department of Labor Web site at https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ebsa under the heading “Frequently Asked Questions.”
Paperwork Reduction Act Statement
According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13) (PRA), no persons are required
to respond to a collection of information unless such collection displays a valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. The Department notes that a Federal agency cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it is
approved by OMB under the PRA, and displays a currently valid OMB control number, and the public is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. See 44 U.S.C. 3507. Also,
notwithstanding any other provisions of law, no person shall be subject to penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information if the collection of information does not display a currently valid OMB control number. See 44 U.S.C. 3512.
The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average less than one minute per notice
(approximately 3 hours and 11 minutes per plan). Interested parties are encouraged to send comments regarding the burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the U.S.
Department of Labor, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Attention: Departmental Clearance Officer, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Room N-1301, Washington, DC 20210 or email DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov and reference the OMB Control Number
1210-0040.
OMB Control Number 1210-0040 (expires 06/30/2022)
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