Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders





TrustCo Bank Corp NY ("TrustCo" or the "Company") held its 2021 Annual Meeting
of Shareholders on May 20, 2021 (the "Annual Meeting"). At the Annual Meeting,
of the 96,441,475 shares outstanding and entitled to vote, 79,539,869 shares
were represented, constituting a quorum. The following individuals were elected
as directors to serve one-year terms expiring at the Company's 2022 Annual
Meeting of Shareholders: Lisa M. Lucarelli, Thomas O. Maggs, Anthony J.
Marinello, MD, PhD, Robert J. McCormick, Kimberly A. Russell, and Frank B.
Silverman; the Nonbinding Advisory Resolution on the Compensation of TrustCo's
Named Executive Officers ("Say on Pay") was approved by shareholders, the
resolution approving a reverse stock split of TrustCo's Common Stock at a ratio
of 1 for 5 and an amendment to TrustCo's Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation to effect a reverse stock split of TrustCo Common Stock at a ratio
of 1 for 5 and a corresponding proportionate reduction in TrustCo's authorized
Common Stock was adopted; and the appointment of Crowe LLP as TrustCo's
independent auditors for 2021 was ratified by shareholders. The final results
for each of the matters submitted to a vote of shareholders at the Annual
Meeting are as follows:

                                                                       Percentage of
                                                                          Votes Cast
                                        For      Against       Abstain           For
Lisa M. Lucarelli                65,690,062    5,472,515       245,813        92.30%
Thomas O. Maggs                  64,550,599    6,578,929       278,862        90.75%
Anthony J. Marinello, MD, PhD    63,512,201    7,622,897       273,292        89.28%
Robert J. McCormick              65,452,402    5,686,049       269,939        92.00%
Kimberly A. Russell              70,326,402      791,039       290,949        98.88%
Frank B. Silverman               70,307,905      789,345       311,140        98.88%



                                                                            Percentage of
                                         For       Against         Abstain Votes Cast For
Approval of Nonbinding
Advisory Resolution on the
Compensation of TrustCo's
Named Executive Officers          67,479,547     3,451,848         476,995         95.13%



                                                                        Percentage
                                                                                of
                                                                       Outstanding
                                    For       Against         Abstain       Shares
Approval of a reverse stock
split of TrustCo's Common
Stock at a ratio of 1 for
5, amendment of its
Certificate of
Incorporation, and a
proportionate reduction of
TrustCo Authorized Common

Stock                        75,883,805     2,703,761         952,303       78.68%



                                                                       Percentage of
                                    For       Against         Abstain Votes Cast For
Ratification of the
appointment of Crowe LLP as
TrustCo's independent
auditors for 2021            77,434,310     1,741,717         363,842         97.80%


Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure

On May 20, 2021, Robert J. McCormick, the Company's Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, released a statement to TrustCo shareholders discussing the votes held at the Annual Meeting. This statement is attached as Exhibit 99(a) hereto and the contents thereof are incorporated by reference herein.

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Item 8.01. Other Events


On May 20, 2021, the Company also issued a press release announcing, among other things, that it intends to implement the reverse stock split approved by shareholders at the Annual Meeting effective on May 28, 2021. That announcement also indicated that the dividend announced on May 18, 2021, payable July 1, 2021 to shareholders of record as of June 4, 2021, will be proportionately adjusted to reflect the reverse stock split. This press release is attached as Exhibit 99(b) hereto and the contents thereof are incorporated by reference herein.

Statements included in this Current Report on Form 8-K, in the exhibits incorporated by reference herein, and in oral statements made with the approval of an authorized executive officer that are not historical or current facts are "forward-looking statements" made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual operating results and market performance to differ materially from historical operating results and market performance and those presently anticipated or projected. More information regarding such risks and uncertainties can be found in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2021, and in other TrustCo filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of such words as may, will, should, could, would, estimate, project, believe, intend, anticipate, plan, seek, expect and similar expressions. You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward­looking statements are reasonable, it cannot guarantee that the future results, levels of activity, performance or events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will be achieved or occur. The Company disclaims any obligation to subsequently revise any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of such statements, or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits





(d) Exhibits


Exhibit No. Description of Exhibit



  99(a)     Statement of Robert J. McCormick to TrustCo shareholders

  99(b)     Press release dated May 20, 2021

104         Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL
            document).

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