Articles from ZimCal Asset Management, LLC

ZimCal Asset Management, LLC, and its affiliates BIMIZCI Fund LLC, Warnke Investments LLC and Stephen Hodges (collectively “ZimCal”) issue a final and persuasive summary outlining the need for change at Medallion Financial Corp. (“MFIN”). ZimCal believes the upside potential for MFIN is tremendous if it can implement common-sense changes. ZimCal asks ALL stockholders to vote for its exceptional candidates to MFIN’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) using the WHITE proxy card.

The following is a statement from ZimCal.

ZimCal Asset Management, LLC, and its affiliates BIMIZCI Fund LLC, Warnke Investments LLC and Stephen Hodges (collectively “ZimCal”) is one of the largest investors in Medallion Financial Corp. (the “Company” or “MFIN”), has over $15.58 million in debt and equity investment exposure and has been invested in MFIN for over 3 years. ZimCal is currently in a proxy contest to replace two Directors on MFIN’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) with two more highly qualified individuals. Our common stock and debt are the only investments we have in MFIN and we do not own any other MFIN-related securities (e.g. call/put options). We believe we will prevail in this proxy contest; we believe that stockholders want change and that our nominees are the first step in that direction. ZimCal ONLY benefits through an increase in the value of MFIN and if MFIN can implement the changes ZimCal is recommending, ZimCal believes that the upside potential for the Company is tremendous.

ZimCal Asset Management, LLC and its affiliates BIMIZCI Fund LLC, Warnke Investments LLC and Stephen Hodges (collectively “ZimCal”) were recently the target of untruthful attacks by Medallion Financial Corp. (“Medallion”). In a transparent attempt to gain an unfair advantage in the proxy contest and harm ZimCal, Medallion included false and defamatory statements in its solicitation material concerning discussions between ZimCal and Medallion about the possibility of Medallion purchasing preferred trust securities (essentially subordinated debt) from ZimCal. Those statements, which Medallion knew to be false and misleading when it filed the solicitation material, violate Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act (“Section 14(a)”) and constitute defamation under applicable state law. To that end, ZimCal has demanded that Medallion promptly withdraw the solicitation material and issue a corrected Form DEFA14A addressing the falsehoods. ZimCal’s position is supported by unequivocal emails to the Company, that clearly show that its primary desire was to remain invested in Medallion. In fact, Medallion approached ZimCal about a payoff as the email records clearly shows. In all communication, ZimCal repeatedly stated that Medallion had tremendous potential and that it could be worth considerably more with improved governance, leadership and strategy. ZimCal also consistently advocated for a collaborative approach with Medallion.

ZimCal Asset Management, LLC, and its affiliates BIMIZCI Fund LLC, Warnke Investments LLC and Stephen Hodges (collectively “ZimCal”) is one of the largest investors in Medallion Financial Corp. (the “Company” or “MFIN”), has over $15.55 million in debt and equity investment exposure and has been invested in MFIN for over 3 years. ZimCal is currently in a proxy contest to replace two Directors on MFIN’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) with two more highly qualified individuals. ZimCal is urgently trying to strengthen the Company by adding current consumer lending and risk management experience to its Board, precisely two areas where we believe the current Board is lacking. ZimCal’s Board nominees will hold management accountable and work tirelessly to improve the Company so that it can reach its tremendous potential, thrive in the long-term and reward shareholders.

ZimCal Asset Management, LLC, and its affiliates BIMIZCI Fund LLC, Warnke Investments LLC and Stephen Hodges (collectively “ZimCal”) one of the largest investors in Medallion Financial Corp. (the “Company” or “MFIN”) with over $15.5 million in debt and equity investment exposure, filed a preliminary proxy statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in connection with its nomination of two independent Board candidates for election to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) at the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.