---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-25-010308"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PNBK"
cik: "0001098146"
company_name: "PATRIOT NATIONAL BANCORP INC"
filed_at: "2025-03-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-25T09:16:15.773193+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "medium"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Patriot National Bancorp secures Nasdaq financial viability exception for shareholder approval waiver

## Summary
- Nasdaq granted financial viability exception under Listing Rule 5635(f) for a transaction requiring shareholder approval.
- Company will mail notice to shareholders describing the transaction and reliance on the exception.
- Financial viability exception is typically used when a company faces imminent financial hardship and needs expedited capital.
- Exact terms of the transaction (size, dilution) not disclosed in this initial filing; shareholder notice pending.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-010308
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PNBK
- cik: 0001098146
- company_name: PATRIOT NATIONAL BANCORP INC
- filed_at: 2025-03-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: medium
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1098146/000162828025010308/0001628280-25-010308-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1098146/000162828025010308/pnbk-20250305.htm

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