Company: PNBK
Filing Date: 2025-05-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-020413
Chunk: 56

Company: PATRIOT NATIONAL BANCORP INC
Filing Date: 2025-05-27
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 56
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 Employment”means the termination of the applicable Participant’s employment with, or performance of services for, the Company and any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, (i) if a Participant’s employment with the Company and its Affiliates terminates but such Participant continues to provide services to the Company and its Affiliates in a non-employee capacity, such change in status shall not be deemed a Termination of Employment and (ii) a Participant employed by, or performing services for, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate or a division of the Company and its Affiliates shall be deemed to incur a Termination of Employment if, as a result of a Disaffiliation, such Subsidiary, Affiliate, or division ceases to be a Subsidiary, Affiliate or division, as the case may be, and the Participant does not immediately thereafter become an employee of, or service provider for, the Company or another Subsidiary or Affiliate. Temporary absences from employment because of illness, vacation or leave of absence and transfers among the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates shall not be considered Terminations of Employment. SECTION 2. Administration (a) Committee. The Plan shall be administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board or such other committee of the Board as the Board may from time to time designate (the “Committee”), which shall be composed of not less than two directors, and shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Board. The Committee shall, subject to Section 11, have plenary authority to grant Awards pursuant to the terms of the Plan to Eligible Individuals. Among other things, the Committee shall have the authority, subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan: (i) to select the Eligible Individuals to whom Awards may from time to time be granted; (ii) to determine whether and to what extent Incentive Stock Options, Nonqualified Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Units, Other Stock-Based Awards, or any combination thereof, are to be granted hereunder; (iii) to determine the number of Shares to be covered by each Award granted hereunder; (iv) to determine the terms and conditions of each Award granted hereunder, based on such factors as the Committee shall determine; (v) subject to Section 12, to modify, amend or adjust the terms and conditions of any Award; (vi) to adopt, alter and repeal such