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): September 16, 2011
| 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, including zip code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (203) 324-7500
| Not Applicable |
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Patriot National Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on Tuesday, December 13, 2011, in Stamford, Connecticut. The Company did not solicit proxies for the meeting.
The results of the matters voted upon at the meeting, which are more fully described in the Company’s Definitive Information Statement on Schedule 14C, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 1, 2011, are as follows:
| Election of Directors |
Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
| Michael A. Carrazza |
33,623,161 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Christopher D. Maher |
33,623,161 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Robert F. O’Connell |
33,623,161 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Edward N. Constantino |
33,623,161 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Kenneth T. Neilson |
33,623,161 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Emile Van den Bol |
33,623,161 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Michael Weinbaum |
33,623,161 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Raymond B. Smyth |
33,623,161 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||||
| Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP to serve as the independent registered public accounting firm for Patriot National Bancorp, Inc. for the year 2011. |
33,623,161 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||||
| Adoption and ratification of the Patriot National Bancorp, Inc. 2012 Stock Plan. |
33,623,061 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
SIGNATURES
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. | ||||||
| Date: December 16, 2011 | By: | /s/ Robert F. O’Connell | ||||
| Robert F. O’Connell Senior Executive Vice President and | ||||||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||