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accession: "0001104659-26-124579"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MCB"
cik: "0001476034"
company_name: "Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp."
filed_at: "2026-11-09T22:02:09+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-11-09T22:04:03.570946+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
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source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Metropolitan Commercial Bank founding director Robert C. Patent dies; served on board since 1999

## Summary
- Robert C. Patent, a founding director of Metropolitan Commercial Bank, passed away; he served on the board from the Bank's inception in 1999 until his death.
- Patent chaired the Bank's Loan Committee and brought real estate investment, finance and banking experience to the board.
- Outside MCB, he was President of Colby Capital Corporation from 1991 to 2025, a founder and vice chairman of Cityscape Corporation, and a director of New York Federal Savings Bank.
- CEO Mark R. DeFazio called Patent's loss "deeply personal," crediting his judgment and commitment to building the institution; no board replacement was named.
- No change to operations, strategy or financial guidance was disclosed; the release is a condolence announcement only.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-124579
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MCB
- cik: 0001476034
- company_name: Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp.
- filed_at: 2026-11-09T22:02:09+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1476034/000110465926124579/0001104659-26-124579-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1476034/000110465926124579/tm2629374d1_8k.htm

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