SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

January 23, 2006
     

Commission file number:
0-13888
     

CHEMUNG FINANCIAL CORPORATION
 (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
     

New York
(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

  

16-123703-8
(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)
     

One Chemung Canal Plaza, Elmira, NY 14901
 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(607) 737-3711
(Registrant's telephone number including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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ITEM 2.02.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
   

On January 23, 2006, Chemung Financial Corporation issued a press release describing its results of operations for the fourth quarter of 2005. That press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

The information in this Current Report, including the exhibit attached hereto, is being furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, and such information shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
   

ITEM 9.01

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
   

(a)

Not Applicable

(b)

Not Applicable

(c)

Exhibits
   
 

Exhibit No.

  
 

99.1

Press Release dated January 23, 2006
   

 

 

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.
   
 

CHEMUNG FINANCIAL CORPORATION
   
   

January 23, 2006

By: Jan P. Updegraff
   

 

/s/Jan P. Updegraff
 

President & Chief Executive Officer