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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
 
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 14, 2022
 
PATRIOT NATIONAL BANCORP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Connecticut   000-29599   06-1559137
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
         
900 Bedford Street, Stamford, Connecticut   06901
(Address of principal executive offices)       (Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number including area code: (203) 252-5900
 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report): Not Applicable
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)  
Name of each exchange on which
registered
 
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share   PNBK   NASDAQ Global Market
 
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b–2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b–2 of this chapter).
 
Emerging growth company
 
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐
 
 

 
Section 5 - Corporate Governance and Management
 
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 
On December 14, 2022, Patriot National Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”). A majority of the shareholders of the Company, which beneficially owned approximately 77.58% of its outstanding voting stock, were represented in person or by proxy at the Meeting. The matters listed below were submitted to a vote of the shareholders and each of them was approved at the Meeting. 
 
The final results of the shareholders’ votes are as follows:
 
(1) To elect five (5) directors to serve until the Companys Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held in 2022 and until their successors are elected.
 
NAME OF DIRECTOR
 
VOTES
FOR
   
VOTES
WITHHELD
 
                 
Michael A. Carrazza
    2,059,453       60,024  
Robert G. Russell, Jr.
    2,058,699       60,778  
Edward N. Constantino
    1,997,384       122,093  
Emile Van den Bol
    1,335,569       783,908  
Michael J. Weinbaum
    2,018,563       100,914  
 
(2) To approve and ratify the appointment RSM US LLP to serve as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the 2022 fiscal year.
 
VOTES FOR
    3,032,681  
VOTES AGAINST
    25,155  
ABSTAINED/WITHHELD
    12,226  
 
(3) To approve and ratify the amendment and restatement of the Companys 2020 Restricted Stock Award Plan, to reduce the total number of shares authorized for issuance thereunder and limit the maximum number of shares of common stock that may be granted to any non-employee director during a single fiscal year.
 
 
VOTES FOR
    2,099,474  
VOTES AGAINST
    7,577  
ABSTAINED/WITHHELD
    12,426  
 
Section 7 Regulation FD
 
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
 
During the Meeting, the Company shared with shareholders its strategies for maximizing and unlocking shareholder value. These strategies include: (i) leveraging the low-cost funding platform of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Patriot Bank, N.A. (the “Bank”), to build scale and increased profitability; (ii) bolting-on accretive, fee-income producing and asset generating platforms; (iii) transitioning into more digitally-forward operations; and (iv) acquiring select operating assets or smaller banks.  Developments surrounding each of these strategies are actively in process.  In the absence of being able to successfully execute on these strategies, the Company will consider alternate strategic paths, including a merger or sale of the Bank.”
 
 

 
 
SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
Patriot National Bancorp, Inc.
December 20, 2022
 
By: /s/ Robert G. Russell
Name: Robert G. Russell
Title: Chief Executive Officer