Company: PNBK
Filing Date: 2025-05-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-020413
Chunk: 20

Company: PATRIOT NATIONAL BANCORP INC
Filing Date: 2025-05-27
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 20
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 owned by the notifying shareholder. In addition, the nomination should include any other information relating to the proposed nominee required to be included in a proxy statement filed pursuant to the proxy rules of the SEC and the nominee’s written consent to serve as a director if elected. Code of Ethics Each of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer is required to comply with the Patriot National Bancorp, Inc. Code of Conduct for Senior Executive Financial Officers adopted by our Board of Directors. The Code of Conduct was adopted to deter wrongdoing and promote honest and ethical conduct; full, fair, accurate and timely disclosure in public documents; compliance with law; prompt internal reporting of Code of Conduct violations, and accountability for adherence to the Code of Conduct. The Code of Conduct was incorporated by reference as Exhibit 14.1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. In addition, all of our directors, officers and employees are required to comply with a Code of Ethics and Conflict of Interest Policy which is incorporated by reference as Exhibit 14.2 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. Shareholders may request a copy of either Code, without charge, by contacting our Corporate Secretary, Patriot National Bancorp, Inc., 900 Bedford Street, Stamford, Connecticut 06901. Insider Trading Policy The Company has adopted an Insider Trading Policy governing the purchase, sale and/or other dispositions of the Company’s securities by its directors, officers and employees and by the Company itself. A copy of the Insider Trading Policy is filed as Exhibit 19 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. Anti-Hedging/Pledging Policy Our Board of Directors has not adopted a hedging policy with respect to transactions by our directors, officers and employees that hedge or offset, or are designed to hedge or offset, any decrease in the market value of our equity securities. 13 Clawback Policy We have adopted a clawback policy on November 30, 2023 that applies to our executive officers (the “Clawback Policy”), which is incorporated by reference as Exhibit 97.1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. The Clawback Policy gives the Compensation Committee the discretion, in connection with an accounting restatement of our previously issued financial statements, to require executive officers to reimburse us for any erroneously awarded compensation paid to such executive officers