Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership (4)

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

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Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Cribbs Steven W	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol TOMPKINS FINANCIAL CORP [ TMP ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director                    _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below)    _____ Other (specify below) SVP & Chief Risk Officer
(Last)          (First)          (Middle) C/O TOMPKINS FINANCIAL CORPORATION, P.O. BOX 460	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY) 11/9/2021
(Street) ITHACA, NY 14851 (City)        (State)        (Zip)	4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) _X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans. Date	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	3. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	11/9/2021		A		1360 (1)	A	$83.97	4735	D
Common Stock	11/9/2021		F		30 (2)	D	$83.97	3375	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Trans. Date	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	4. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:
(1)	Restricted stock was granted pursuant to the Tompkins Financial Corporation 2019 Equity Incentive Plan. Restricted stock grants have a five-year vesting schedule with 0% vesting in year one and 25% vesting in years two through five. The grant will expire ten years from the date of the grant.
(2)	Deemed disposition of shares to the Issuer to pay for taxes upon vesting of restricted stock

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Cribbs Steven W C/O TOMPKINS FINANCIAL CORPORATION P.O. BOX 460 ITHACA, NY 14851			SVP & Chief Risk Officer

Signatures
/s/ Steven W. Cribbs		11/11/2021
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date