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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-25-022004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PNBK"
cik: "0001098146"
company_name: "PATRIOT NATIONAL BANCORP INC"
filed_at: "2025-07-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-18T09:34:42.055874+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Patriot National Bancorp appoints Steven Sugarman as CEO; shareholders approve 2025 equity plan

## Summary
- Steven Sugarman, previously President, appointed CEO effective July 2, 2025, after Federal Reserve non-objection.
- Shareholders approved the 2025 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan with 71,044,019 for, 893,530 against, 1,028,606 abstentions.
- Shareholders approved amended and restated certificate of incorporation with 72,612,930 for, 317,695 against.
- Three director nominees (Abady, Salas, De Tomasi) await Federal Reserve non-objection; board currently has five members.
- RSM US LLP ratified as independent auditor for 2025 with 74,046,920 for, 2,575 against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-25-022004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PNBK
- cik: 0001098146
- company_name: PATRIOT NATIONAL BANCORP INC
- filed_at: 2025-07-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1098146/000143774925022004/0001437749-25-022004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1098146/000143774925022004/pnbk20250701_8k.htm

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