ISS and Glass Lewis Support BIMIZCI's Case for Change at Medallion Financial. Both Recommend Stockholders Vote on the BLUE Proxy Card FOR Election of Two BIMIZCI Nominees to Medallion Board

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $MFIN #ActivistInvesting--BIMIZCI Fund LLC, Warnke Investments LLC, ZimCal Asset Management, LLC and Stephen Hodges (collectively, "BIMIZCI" or "we"), long-standing holders of Medallion Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: MFIN) ("Medallion" or the "Company") trust preferred securities and currently the 4th largest institutional stockholder with 500,250 shares, announced today that both leading independent proxy advisory firms, Institutional Shareholder Services ("ISS") and Glass, Lewis & Co. ("Gla.