Company: NSTS
Filing Date: 2025-06-18
Form Type: 8-K
Source: 0001437749-25-020779
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Company: NSTS Bancorp, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-06-18
Form: 8-K
Item: Item 5.02
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Item 5.02.      Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.  

On June 18, 2025, following the recommendation of its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, the Boards of Directors (together, the “ Boards”) of each of NSTS Bancorp, Inc. (the “ Company”) and North Shore Trust and Savings (the “ Bank”) appointed John S. Pucin, age 59, as a Director of the Company and the Bank. Mr. Pucin fills the vacancy on the Boards resulting from the previously disclosed unexpected passing of Mr. Thaddeus M. Bond, Jr. during the fourth quarter of 2024. Accordingly, Mr. Pucin’s term as a director will expire at the Company’s annual stockholders meeting to be held in 2027.

Mr. Pucin currently serves as Senior Vice President and Corporate Counsel for Caine & Weiner Company, Inc. and the managing partner of the Law Office of John S. Pucin, P. C. Mr. Pucin’s responsibilities include, but are not limited to litigation, compliance, negotiation, management of personnel, team leadership and marketing. Mr. Pucin has been a member of the Commercial Law League for over twenty (20) years and is a past chair of the Midwest Region. He graduated in 1988 from Xavier University, Cincinnati OH with a B. S. B. A./Finance and in 1992 with a Juris Doctor degree from the Capital University Law School, Columbus Ohio. Mr. Pucin is admitted to the State Bars in Illinois and Ohio along with the United States District Courts of Northern Illinois, Northern Ohio and Southern Ohio. Mr. Pucin’s legal and management experience makes him a valuable resource and a qualified addition to our Board.

There are no immediate family relationships between Mr. Pucin and any other Director or executive officer of the Company or the Bank, nor are there any transactions between Mr. Pucin or any member of his immediate family and the Company or the Bank that would be reportable as a related party transaction under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission. There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Pucin and any other persons or entities pursuant to which Mr. Pucin was appointed as a Director of the Company and the Bank.

Upon his appointment, Mr. Pucin is generally entitled as a non