Company: PNBK
Filing Date: 2025-05-16
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-019517
Chunk: 48

Company: PATRIOT NATIONAL BANCORP INC
Filing Date: 2025-05-16
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 48
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14 days and not more than 50 days before the Annual Meeting. Shareholders may obtain a copy of our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws by writing to our Corporate Secretary, Patriot National Bancorp, Inc., 900 Bedford Street, Stamford, Connecticut 06901. In addition to satisfying the foregoing advance notice requirements under our Bylaws, to comply with the universal proxy rules under the Exchange Act shareholders who intend to solicit proxies in support of director nominees other than our nominees must provide notice that sets forth the information required by Rule 14a-19 under the Exchange Act no later than [•], 2026. COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE BOARD Shareholders wishing to communicate directly with the Board or any independent directors should send written communications to Michael A. Carrazza, Chairman of the Board, Patriot National Bancorp, Inc., 900 Bedford Street, Stamford, Connecticut 06901. Each communication will be reviewed by Mr. Carrazza who will make appropriate recommendations to the Board, which may include discussing the matter raised with the Board as a whole, with only the independent directors, and/or with other members of the senior management team. We believe that this procedure allows the Board to be responsive to shareholder communications in a timely and appropriate manner. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION We are subject to the information reporting requirements of the Exchange Act and, in accordance with these requirements, we file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements, and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy any materials we file with the SEC at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov or on our website at www.bankpatriot.com/Learn/About/Investor-Relations. Information contained on, or that can be accessed through, the SEC’s website or our website is not part of and is not incorporated by reference into this proxy statement, and you should not consider information on these websites to be part of this proxy statement. Any person, including any beneficial owner, to whom this proxy statement is delivered may request copies of our periodic reports or other information concerning us, without charge, by written request, directed to Frederick Staudmyer, Secretary, Patriot National Bancorp, Inc., 900 Bedford Street, Stamford, Connecticut 06901 or by telephone at 203-252-5921. If you would like to request documents, please do so by [•], 2025 in order to receive them timely before the Annual Meeting. THIS PROXY STATEMENT IS DATED [•], 2025. YOU SHOULD NOT ASSUME THAT THE