| On December 17, 2009, Patriot National Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that it had entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “SPA”) dated as of December 16, 2009, by and among the Company, its wholly owned subsidiary, Patriot National Bank (the “Bank”), and PNBK Holdings LLC (“Holdings”), pursuant to which Holdings agreed to invest up to $50,000,000 to purchase up to 33,333,333 shares of Company common stock (as adjusted) at a purchase price of $1.50 per share. On May 4, 2010, the Company announced that it had entered into a First Amendment to Securities Purchase Agreement (the “First Amendment”), dated as of May 3, 2010, by and among the Company, the Bank and Holdings, to extend the outside closing date of the SPA to no later than August 31, 2010, unless mutually consented to in writing by the parties. On August 30, 2010, the Company, the Bank and Holdings entered into a Second Amendment to Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Second Amendment”), extending the outside closing date of the SPA to October 15, 2010. The Second Amendment provides that the SPA shall automatically terminate if the transactions contemplated by the SPA are not consummated by 5:00 p.m., October 15, 2010. The foregoing description of the terms of the Second Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Second Amendment, which is included as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. On August 31, 2010, the Company issued a press release reporting the entry into the Second Amendment. A copy of the press release is being filed as Exhibit 99.1. |