On January 26, 2018, Basswood Capital Management, L.L.C. announced that it has entered into a cooperation agreement with Regional Management Corp. pursuant to which the Company appointed Jonathan D. Brown, a representative of Basswood Capital, to the Board, effective January 26, 2018. Basswood Capital stated that the Company also agreed that, subject to the conditions set forth in the cooperation agreement, the Board would nominate Jonathan D. Brown for election to the Board at the Company’s 2018 annual meeting of stockholders.