Company: NSTS
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001437749-25-011792
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Company: NSTS Bancorp, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: DEF 14A
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 stockholders to consider and express their views on Proposal III, but takes no position and makes no recommendation on this proposal. Proxies returned without voting instructions will not be voted on Proposal III.

Vote Required

In order to receive the requisite support from stockholders, this non-binding proposal requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting.

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Pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, in order to be eligible for inclusion in the proxy materials for the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, any stockholder proposal to take action at such meeting must be received at NSTS Bancorp, Inc.’s executive office, 700 S. Lewis Avenue, Waukegan, Illinois 60085, no later than December 12, 2025, which is 120 days prior to the first anniversary of the date the Company expects to mail these proxy materials. If the date of the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders is changed by more than 30 days from the date of the previous year’s meeting, any stockholder proposal must be received at a reasonable time before the Company prints or mails proxy materials for such meeting. Any such proposals will be subject to the requirements of the proxy rules adopted under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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Pursuant to the Company’s Bylaws, nominations of persons for election to the Company’s Board of Directors and the proposal of business to be transacted by the stockholders at an annual meeting of stockholders may be made (a) pursuant to the Company’s notice with respect to such meeting, (b) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (c) by any stockholder of record of the Company who was a stockholder of record at the time of the giving of a notice properly provided to the Company, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who has complied with the notice procedures set forth in the Company’s Bylaws.

Section 11C of our Bylaws requires that the Company be given advance written notice of director nominations and other matters that an eligible stockholder wishes to present for action at an annual meeting. In order to be properly brought before an annual meeting of stockholders, any new business or director nomination proposed by a stockholder must be stated in writing, comply with the requirements of the Bylaws, and be delivered to the Corporate Secretary at the Company’s principal