Company: PNBK
Filing Date: 2025-05-16
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-019517
Chunk: 2

Company: PATRIOT NATIONAL BANCORP INC
Filing Date: 2025-05-16
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 2
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AL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON [•], 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE ANNUAL MEETING The following questions and answers briefly address some commonly asked questions about the proposals and the Annual Meeting. They may not include all the information that is important to you. You should carefully read this entire proxy statement, including the annexes, before voting. Why did I receive these proxy materials? This proxy statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Patriot National Bancorp, Inc., a Connecticut corporation (“we,” “us,” “our,” the “Company” or “Patriot”), for the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) and any adjournments or postponements of the Annual Meeting, for the purpose of considering and acting upon the matters specified in the Notice of 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and in this proxy statement. This proxy statement contains important information about the matters to be acted upon at the Annual Meeting. You should read it carefully and in its entirety. What do I need to do now? After carefully reading and considering the information contained in this proxy statement, please submit your proxy as soon as possible so that your shares will be represented at the Annual Meeting. Please follow the instructions set forth on the proxy card or on the voting instruction form provided by your broker, bank or other nominee if your shares are held in the name of such broker, bank or other nominee. When and where will the Annual Meeting be held?

| Date:     |     | [•], 2025                                                                                         |
| Time:     |     | 10:00 a.m., Eastern Time                                                                          |
| Location: |     | Office of Robinson & Cole LLP, 1055 Washington Boulevard, 10th Floor, Stamford, Connecticut 06901 |

What am I voting on? At the Annual Meeting, shareholders will be asked to consider and vote on proposals to:

| (1) | elect eight directors, as described in the proxy statement (“Director Election Proposal”); |

| (2) | approve the 2025 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (the “Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan”), substantially in the form attached to this proxy statement asAnnex A(“Equity Plan Proposal”); |

| (3) | approve the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (the “Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation