Company: PNBK
Filing Date: 2025-05-16
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-019517
Chunk: 6

Company: PATRIOT NATIONAL BANCORP INC
Filing Date: 2025-05-16
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 6
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 cast in favor exceeds number of votes cast in opposition |     | No effect      |     | No effect |
| 5.  |     | Ratification of Auditors Proposal |     | Number of votes cast in favor exceeds number of votes cast in opposition |     | No effect      |     | No effect |

Your shares will be voted in accordance with your instructions. If you are a shareholder of record and sign, date and return a proxy card but do not indicate how you wish to vote your shares, the appointed proxies named on the proxy card will vote your shares “ FOR” each of the nominees with respect to Proposal 1, “ FOR” Proposals 2, 3, 4 and 5 and in the discretion of the appointed proxies named on the proxy card with respect to any other business properly brought before the Annual Meeting. Shareholders may cumulate their votes for the Director Election Proposal. Cumulative voting allows a shareholder to allocate among the director nominees, as the shareholder sees fit, the total number of votes equal to the number of director positions to be filled multiplied by the number of shares held by the shareholder. For example, if a shareholder owns 100 shares of common stock, and there are eight directors to be elected at the Annual Meeting, a shareholder may allocate 800 “for” votes (eight multiplied by 100) among as few or as many of the eight nominees to be voted on at the Annual Meeting as the shareholder chooses. Cumulative voting applies only to the election of directors and not to other proposals. If you are a shareholder of record and choose to cumulate your votes, you will need to submit a proxy card and make an explicit statement of your intent to cumulate your votes by so indicating in writing on the proxy card. If you hold shares beneficially through a broker, bank or other nominee and wish to cumulate votes, you should contact your broker, bank or other nominee. You will not be able to submit cumulated vote allocation instructions for director elections if you grant a proxy by telephone or the Internet; thus, if you wish to cumulate your votes, you should submit a paper proxy card. With respect to the Charter Proposal, the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock, voting as a separate class, is necessary for the approval of the Charter Proposal. However, a proxy is solicited only from the holders of our common stock because the Charter Proposal has previously received all required approvals from holders of our