Company: NECB
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-034190
Chunk: 12

Company: NorthEast Community Bancorp, Inc./MD/
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 12
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 submit the following information in writing, addressed to the Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, care of the Corporate Secretary, at the main office of the Company:

| 1. | The name of the person recommended as a director candidate; |

| 2. | All information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for 
 election of directors pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;  |

| 3. | The written consent of the person being recommended as a director candidate to being named in the proxy 
 statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected;                                         |

| 4. | As to the stockholder making the recommendation, the name and address, as they appear on the Company’s                                
 books, of such stockholder; provided, however, that if the stockholder is not a registered holder of the Company’s common stock,      
 the stockholder should submit his or her name and address along with a current written statement from the record holder of the shares 
 that reflects ownership of the Company’s common stock; and                                                                            |

| 5. | A statement disclosing whether such stockholder is acting with or on behalf of any other person and, if 
 applicable, the identity of such person.                                                                |

In order for a director candidate to be considered for nomination at the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders, the recommendation must be received by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee at least 120 calendar days prior to the date the Company’s proxy statement was released to stockholders in connection with the previous year’s annual meeting, advanced by one year. Attendance at the Annual Meeting The Board of Directors encourages directors to attend the annual meeting of stockholders. All directors serving on the Board of Directors at the time of the annual meeting attended the virtual annual meeting of stockholders of Company in 2024. Proposal 1 — Election of Directors The board of directors of NorthEast Community Bancorp is presently composed of ten members, all of whom are independent under the current listing standards of the Nasdaq Stock Market, except for Kenneth A. Martinek, who is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the Bank; Jose Collazo, the President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company and the Bank; and Charles Martinek, Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of the Bank. In determining the independence of its directors, the Board reviews and considers transactions, relationships or arrangements between the Company, the Bank