UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 14A

(Rule 14a-101)

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT

SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION

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PEOPLES FINANCIAL CORPORATION

(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)

Stilwell Activist Investments, L.P.

Stilwell Value Partners VII, L.P.

Stilwell Activist Fund, L.P.

Stilwell Value LLC

Joseph Stilwell

Megan Parisi

Stewart F. Peck

Scott M. Polakoff

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Joseph Stilwell and certain affiliated entities (collectively, “Stilwell”), together with the other participants named herein, intend to file a preliminary proxy statement and accompanying universal proxy card with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) to be used to solicit votes for the election of Stilwell’s highly-qualified director nominee at the 2024 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Peoples Financial Corporation, a Mississippi corporation (the “Company”).

On January 22, 2024, Stilwell filed Amendment No. 19 to its Schedule 13D (“Amendment No. 19”) disclosing its delivery of its notice of intent to nominate a highly-qualified director candidate at the Annual Meeting, which was delivered to the Company on January 19, 2024. A copy of Amendment No. 19 is attached hereto as Exhibit 1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

CERTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PARTICIPANTS

STILWELL STRONGLY ADVISES ALL STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY TO READ ANY PROXY MATERIALS AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. SUCH PROXY MATERIALS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE ON THE SEC’S WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SEC.GOV. IN ADDITION, THE PARTICIPANTS IN THIS PROXY SOLICITATION WILL PROVIDE COPIES OF PROXY MATERIALS WITHOUT CHARGE, WHEN AVAILABLE, UPON REQUEST.

The participants in the proxy solicitation are currently anticipated to be Stilwell Activist Investments, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Stilwell Activist Investments”), Stilwell Activist Fund, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Stilwell Activist Fund”), Stilwell Value Partners VII, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Stilwell Value Partners VII”), Stilwell Value LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Joseph Stilwell, Megan Parisi, Stewart F. Peck and Scott M. Polakoff.

As of the date hereof, Stilwell Activist Investments directly owns 404,436 shares of Common Stock, $1.00 par value per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”), including 100 shares held in record name. As of the date hereof, Stilwell Activist Fund directly owns 67,505 shares of Common Stock. As of the date hereof, Stilwell Value Partners VII directly owns 122,217 shares of Common Stock. Stilwell Value LLC, as the general partner of each of Stilwell Activist Investments, Stilwell Activist Fund, and Stilwell Value Partners VII, may be deemed to beneficially own the 594,158 shares of Common Stock owned directly by Stilwell Activist Investments, Stilwell Activist Fund, and Stilwell Value Partners VII. Mr. Stilwell, as the managing member and sole owner of Stilwell Value LLC, may be deemed to beneficially own the 594,158 shares of Common Stock owned directly by Stilwell Activist Investments, Stilwell Activist Fund, and Stilwell Value Partners VII. As of the date hereof, Ms. Parisi and Messrs. Peck and Polakoff do not beneficially own any securities of the Company.