On April 5, 2024, Peoples Financial Corporation announced that it has issued a letter to remind shareholders to vote for each of the nominees recommended by Board of Directors as to the election of directors for the Company and for the ratification of the Board?s selection of independent auditors by signing, dating and returning the white proxy card at annual meeting. The Company added that leading independent proxy advisory firms, Glass Lewis & Co., and Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc. (ISS) recommended that (i) shareholders vote for each of the Board?s nominees by returning the white proxy card, and (ii) shareholders not vote for Stilwell group nominee Stewart F. Peck.