Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On December 21, 2022, Patriot National Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) completed the issuance and sale (the “Offering”) of $12,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 8.50% Fixed Rate Senior Notes due 2026 (the “Notes”) pursuant to Senior Note Purchase Agreements, dated December 21, 2022 (collectively, the “Note Purchase Agreement”), by and among the Company and the purchasers named therein (the “Purchasers”). The Notes were issued by the Company to the Purchasers at a price equal to 100% of their face amount. The Notes were offered and sold by the Company to the Purchasers in a private offering in reliance on the exemption from the registration requirements under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the provisions of Regulation D thereunder. The Company used the proceeds from the Offering to repay in full its 7.50% Senior Notes, which were due on December 31, 2022 .
The Notes mature on January 15, 2026 (the “Maturity Date”), and bear interest at a fixed annual rate of 8.50%, payable semi-annually in arrears, on January 15 and July 15 of each year, beginning July 15, 2023. All interest on the Notes will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and, for any period less than a full month, on the number of days actually elapsed. The Company is entitled to redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, on or after January 15, 2025, and to redeem the Notes at any time in whole upon certain other events, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed plus any accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date.
The Note Purchase Agreement contains certain customary representations, warranties, and covenants made by each of the Company and the Purchasers. The Notes are not subject to any sinking fund and are not convertible into or exchangeable for any other securities or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries. The Notes are not subject to redemption at the option of the holders. Principal and interest on the Notes are subject to acceleration only in limited circumstances. The Notes are an unsecured, unsubordinated obligation and ranks equally in right of payment to all of the Company’s existing and future unsecured indebtedness, liabilities and other obligations that are not subordinated in right of payment to the Senior Note, and will be effectively subordinated to any of the Company’s existing and future secured indebtedness, to the extent of the value of the collateral securing such indebtedness. The Notes are the obligations of the Company only and are not obligations of, and are not guaranteed by, any of the Company’s affiliates.
The foregoing descriptions of the Note Purchase Agreement and the Notes do not purport to be complete and are subject to, and qualified in their entirety by, the full text of the form of the Note Purchase Agreement and the form of Notes, each of which is attached hereto as an exhibit and is incorporated herein by reference.
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, A Stifel Company, and PNC FIG Advisory, part of PNC Capital Markets LLC, acted as joint placement agents for the Offering (the “Placement Agents”). The Placement Agents and their affiliates have, from time to time, provided and may in the future provide, various investment banking and other financial services for the Company or its affiliates, for which they may receive customary fees.