Company: PNBK
Filing Date: 2025-05-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-020413
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Company: PATRIOT NATIONAL BANCORP INC
Filing Date: 2025-05-27
Form: DEF 14A
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 14A Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Filed by the Registrant ☒ Filed by a party other than the Registrant☐ Check the appropriate box:

| ☐ | Preliminary Proxy Statement |

| ☐ | Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2)) |

| ☒ | Definitive Proxy Statement |

| ☐ | Definitive Additional Materials |

| ☐ | Soliciting Material Pursuant to § 240.14a-12 |

PATRIOT NATIONAL BANCORP, INC. (Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter) (Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if Other Than the Registrant) Payment of Filing Fee (Check all boxes that apply):

| ☒ | No fee required. |

| ☐ | Fee paid previously with preliminary materials. |

| ☐ | Fee computed on table in exhibit required by Item 25(b) per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11. |

PATRIOT NATIONAL BANCORP, INC. 900 Bedford Street Stamford, Connecticut 06901 NOTICE OF 2025 ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS To the Shareholders of Patriot National Bancorp, Inc.:

| You are cordially invited to attend the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Patriot National Bancorp, Inc., a Connecticut corporation (the “Company”), which will be held on June 26, 2025, starting at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Time, at the offices of Robinson & Cole LLP, 1055 Washington Boulevard, 10th Floor, Stamford, Connecticut 06901. |     |    |     |                                                                                                                                                                    |     | YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT                                                  
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| The Annual Meeting will be held for the following purposes:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |     |    |     |                                                                                                                                                                    |     |                                                                         |     | visiting www.proxyvote.com                                |
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