PATRIOT NATIONAL BANCORP INC

Regulatory Filings • Sep 8, 2008

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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 8, 2008

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)

(203) 324-7500

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

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| TABLE
OF CONTENTS | |
| --- | --- |
| Item
7.01 | Regulation
FD Disclosure. |
| SIGNATURES | |

| Item
7.01 |
| --- |
| The
Company has received inquiries on the exposure to Freddie Mac and Fannie
Mae in its securities portfolio. As of September 5, 2008, the
Company’s book value of money market preferred stock issued by those
entities was $1,050,000. The Company has no other equity
exposure to those entities. |

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.
	Registrant
September
8, 2008	By: /s/ Robert F.
O'Connell
	Robert
F. O'Connell
	Senior
Executive Vice President
	and
Chief Financial Officer

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