UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Form 13F Form 13F COVER PAGE Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: September 30, 2012 ------------------------------ Check here if Amendment; [ ] Amendment Number: This Amendment (Check only one.): [ ] is a restatement. [ ] adds new holding entries. Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report: Name: Citizens & Northern Corporation -------------------------------------------------------------------- Address: 90 - 92 Main Street -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wellsboro, PA 16901 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Form 13F File Number: 28-14195 -------- The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements, schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form. Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager: Name: Mark A. Hughes -------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer -------------------------------------------------------------------- Phone: 570-724-3411 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Signature, Place, and Date of Signing: /s/ Mark A. Hughes Wellsboro, PA 11/14/12 --------------------------- -------------------------- -------------- [Signature] [City, State] [Date] Report type (Check only one.): [x] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager are reported in this report.) [ ] 13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and all holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).) [ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported by other reporting manager(s).) FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE Report Summary: Number of Other Included Managers: 1 ------------------------------ Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 78 ------------------------------ Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $ 102,728 ------------------------------ (thousands) List of Other Included Managers: Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file number(s) of all institutional investment managers with respect to which this report is filed, other than the manager filing this report. [If there are no entries in this list, state "NONE" and omit the column headings and list entries.] No. Form 13F File Number Name 1 28-14473 Citizens & Northern Bank ---- ---------------------------------- VALUE SHRS OR SH/ PUT/ INVESTMENT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1,000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DISCRETION MANAGER SOLE SHARED NONE 3M Company COM 88579Y101 $ 216 2339.000 SH DEFINED 1 2339.000 Abbott Labs COM 002824100 $ 1,563 22802.000 SH DEFINED 1 22802.000 Accenture PLC SHS CLASS A G1151C101 $ 1,762 25155.000 SH DEFINED 1 25155.000 Altria Group Inc COM 02209S103 $ 251 7530.000 SH DEFINED 1 7530.000 Analog Devices Inc COM 032654105 $ 1,098 28031.000 SH DEFINED 1 28031.000 AT&T Inc COM 00206R102 $ 1,397 37046.000 SH DEFINED 1 37046.000 Automatic Data Processing COM 053015103 $ 1,584 27009.000 SH DEFINED 1 27009.000 Baker Hughes Inc COM 057224107 $ 1,345 29726.000 SH DEFINED 1 29726.000 Bard C R Inc COM 067383109 $ 338 3234.000 SH DEFINED 1 3234.000 Baxter Intl Inc COM 071813109 $ 1,168 19373.000 SH DEFINED 1 19373.000 Blackrock, Inc. COM 09247X101 $ 1,130 6338.000 SH DEFINED 1 6338.000 Cardinal Health Inc COM 14149Y108 $ 911 23369.000 SH DEFINED 1 23369.000 CH Robinson Worldwide COM NEW 12541W209 $ 1,121 19137.000 SH DEFINED 1 19137.000 Charles Schwab Corp COM 808513105 $ 1,120 87593.000 SH DEFINED 1 87593.000 Chevron Corp COM 166764100 $ 1,341 11503.000 SH DEFINED 1 11503.000 Cisco Systems Inc COM 17275R102 $ 1,494 78237.000 SH DEFINED 1 78237.000 Citizens & Northern Corp COM 172922106 $ 4,557 232365.593 SH DEFINED 1 232365.593 CME Group Inc COM 12572Q105 $ 1,245 21732.000 SH DEFINED 1 21732.000 Colgate Palmolive Co COM 194162103 $ 1,399 13052.000 SH DEFINED 1 13052.000 Corning Inc COM 219350105 $ 315 23963.000 SH DEFINED 1 23963.000 Covidien PLC Common Shares SHS G2554F113 $ 940 15816.000 SH DEFINED 1 15816.000 Danaher Corp COM 235851102 $ 1,303 23625.000 SH DEFINED 1 23625.000 Darden Restaurants Inc COM 237194105 $ 1,392 24972.000 SH DEFINED 1 24972.000 Disney Walt Co COM DISNEY 254687106 $ 267 5109.000 SH DEFINED 1 5109.000 Eaton Vance COM NON VTG 278265103 $ 1,186 40937.000 SH DEFINED 1 40937.000 Ecolab Inc. COM 278865100 $ 1,265 19516.000 SH DEFINED 1 19516.000 Expeditors Intl Wash Inc COM 302130109 $ 1,085 29836.000 SH DEFINED 1 29836.000 Exxon Mobil Corp COM 30231G102 $ 2,155 23560.000 SH DEFINED 1 23560.000 Fifth Third Bancorp COM 316773100 $ 448 28880.000 SH DEFINED 1 28880.000 FNB Corporation COM 302520101 $ 1,474 131473.000 SH DEFINED 1 131473.000 Franklin Resources Inc COM 354613101 $ 1,313 10500.000 SH DEFINED 1 10500.000 General Dynamics Corp COM 369550108 $ 1,065 16101.000 SH DEFINED 1 16101.000 General Elec Co COM 369604103 $ 686 30193.000 SH DEFINED 1 30193.000 Home Depot Inc COM 437076102 $ 241 4000.000 SH DEFINED 1 4000.000 Intel Corp COM 458140100 $ 1,131 49933.000 SH DEFINED 1 49933.000 International Business Machines COM 459200101 $ 2,037 9819.000 SH DEFINED 1 9819.000 iShares Core S&P 500 ETF S&P 500 INDEX 464287200 $ 289 1999.000 SH DEFINED 1 1999.000 iShares S&P MidCap 400 Index Fd S&P MIDCAP 400 464287507 $16,880 171061.000 SH DEFINED 1 171061.000 Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 $ 1,581 22941.000 SH DEFINED 1 22941.000 Linear Tech Corp COM 535678106 $ 342 10741.000 SH DEFINED 1 10741.000 M & T Bank Corp COM 55261F104 $ 353 3705.000 SH DEFINED 1 3705.000 McDonalds Corp COM 580135101 $ 1,219 13282.000 SH DEFINED 1 13282.000 Medtronic Inc COM 585055106 $ 219 5070.000 SH DEFINED 1 5070.000 Microchip Technology Inc COM 595017104 $ 1,272 38847.000 SH DEFINED 1 38847.000 Microsoft Corp COM 594918104 $ 1,613 54199.000 SH DEFINED 1 54199.000 National Fuel Gas Co N J COM 636180101 $ 313 5784.000 SH DEFINED 1 5784.000 Nike, Inc. Class B CL B 654106103 $ 1,269 13371.000 SH DEFINED 1 13371.000 Noble Energy Inc COM 655044105 $ 1,026 11070.000 SH DEFINED 1 11070.000 NORWOOD FINANCIAL CORP COM 669549107 $ 389 12881.000 SH SOLE 12881.000 Oracle Corp COM 68389X105 $ 1,528 48563.000 SH DEFINED 1 48563.000 Penns Woods Bancorp Inc COM 708430103 $ 200 4518.000 SH DEFINED 1 4518.000 Pepsico Inc COM 713448108 $ 1,600 22604.000 SH DEFINED 1 22604.000 Pfizer Inc COM 717081103 $ 333 13398.000 SH DEFINED 1 13398.000 Phillip Morris International Inc COM 718172109 $ 596 6630.000 SH DEFINED 1 6630.000 Praxair Inc COM 74005P104 $ 1,096 10552.000 SH DEFINED 1 10552.000 Procter & Gamble Co COM 742718109 $ 1,902 27425.000 SH DEFINED 1 27425.000 Qualcomm Inc COM 747525103 $ 1,487 23807.000 SH DEFINED 1 23807.000 Schlumberger Ltd COM 806857108 $ 1,343 18562.000 SH DEFINED 1 18562.000 SEI Investment Company COM 784117103 $ 1,274 59436.000 SH DEFINED 1 59436.000 SPDR Gold Trust GOLD SHS 78463V107 $ 254 1480.000 SH DEFINED 1 1480.000 Staples Inc COM 855030102 $ 941 81700.000 SH DEFINED 1 81700.000 Suncor Energy Inc New Common COM 867224107 $ 1,270 38646.000 SH DEFINED 1 38646.000 SYSCO Corp COM 871829107 $ 1,298 41496.000 SH DEFINED 1 41496.000 T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. COM 74144T108 $ 1,291 20393.000 SH DEFINED 1 20393.000 Talisman Energy Inc COM 87425E103 $ 1,370 102868.000 SH DEFINED 1 102868.000 Target Corp COM 87612E106 $ 1,460 23008.000 SH DEFINED 1 23008.000 Teva Pharmaceutical Inds Ltd Adr ADR 881624209 $ 1,055 25473.000 SH DEFINED 1 25473.000 Tjx Companies (New) COM 872540109 $ 1,515 33829.000 SH DEFINED 1 33829.000 United Parcel Service Inc. Class B CL B 911312106 $ 1,151 16083.000 SH DEFINED 1 16083.000 Utilities Select Sector SPDR SBI INT-UTILS 81369Y886 $ 1,748 48023.000 SH DEFINED 1 48023.000 Vanguard Emerging Markets ETF MSCI EMR MKT ETF 922042858 $ 911 21839.000 SH DEFINED 1 21839.000 Verizon Communications COM 92343V104 $ 1,327 29128.000 SH DEFINED 1 29128.000 W W Grainger Inc COM 384802104 $ 1,246 5981.000 SH DEFINED 1 5981.000 Walgreen Co COM 931422109 $ 1,342 36832.000 SH DEFINED 1 36832.000 Wal-Mart Stores Inc COM 931142103 $ 1,421 19248.000 SH DEFINED 1 19248.000 Wells Fargo & Co New COM 949746101 $ 1,352 39140.000 SH DEFINED 1 39140.000 Williams Cos Inc COM 969457100 $ 218 6238.000 SH DEFINED 1 6238.000 WVS FINANCIAL CORP COM 929358109 $ 91 10859.000 SH DEFINED 1 10859.000