Company: NECB
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-034190
Chunk: 2

Company: NorthEast Community Bancorp, Inc./MD/
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 2
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/2025. VOTING AND PROXY PROCEDURE Who Can Vote at the Meeting You are entitled to vote your shares of Company common stock if the records of the Company show that you held your shares as of the close of business on April 4, 2025. If your shares are held in a stock brokerage account or by a bank or other nominees, you are considered the beneficial owner of shares held in “street name” and these proxy materials are being forwarded to you by your broker, bank or other nominee. As the beneficial owner, you have the right to direct your broker on how to vote your shares. Your broker, bank or other nominee has enclosed a voting instruction form for you to use in directing it on how to vote your shares. As of the close of business on April 4, 2025, 14,023,376 shares of Company common stock were outstanding and entitled to vote. Each share of common stock has one vote. The Company’s articles of incorporation generally provide that record holders of the Company’s common stock who beneficially own, either directly or indirectly, in excess of 10% of the Company’s outstanding shares are not entitled to any vote with respect to those shares held in excess of the 10% limit. However, a majority of the Company’s disinterested directors may approve a stockholder acquiring and voting in excess of 10% of the Company’s outstanding shares before the stockholder acquires any shares in excess of the 10% limit. The Company and the Bank are parties to a written agreement with The Stilwell Group with respect to the voting of their shares of Company common stock. For more information regarding this agreement, see “Stockholder Agreement” below. Advance Voting Methods Even if you plan to attend the virtual annual meeting, please vote in advance of the meeting using any one of the following advance voting methods (see page 5 for additional details).

| ● | Visit the website listed on your proxy card or notice of availability of proxy materials to vote VIA 
 THE INTERNET;                                                                                        |

| ● | Call the telephone number on your proxy card or notice of availability of proxy materials to vote BY 
 TELEPHONE; or                                                                                        |

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| ● | If you received a paper proxy card or notice of availability of proxy materials, complete, sign, date 
 and return the proxy card in the enclosed envelope BY MAIL.                                           |

Attending and Voting at the Meeting You will be able to attend the annual meeting via live audio webcast by visiting the Company’s virtual meeting website