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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): June 25, 2025

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Envela Corporation

(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

Nevada

1-11048

88-0097334

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

1901 Gateway Drive, Suite 100, Irving, Texas 75038

(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)

(972) 587-4049

(REGISTRANT’S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE)

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class

    

Trading Symbol

    

Name of Exchange on which Registered

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

ELA

ELA

NYSE American

NYSE Texas

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2.):

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company 

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. 

 

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers.

On June 25, 2025, Envela Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2025 annual meeting (the “Annual Meeting”) of stockholders (the “Stockholders”) at the Company’s corporate office at 1901 Gateway Drive, Irving, Texas 75038 (“Corporate Head Office”).

At the Annual Meeting, the Stockholders approved the Company’s 2025 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2025 Plan”).

For additional information regarding the Company’s 2025 Plan, see “Proposal 5 - To Approve the 2025 Plan” in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2025 (the “Proxy Statement”).

The foregoing description does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Company’s 2025 Plan, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On June 25, 2025, the Company held its Annual Meeting of the Stockholders at the Company’s Corporate Head Office.

The matters submitted to the Stockholders for a vote at the Annual Meeting were set forth in the Proxy Statement and distributed to the Stockholders. Stockholders representing 24,111,129 or 92.75% of the shares of the Common Stock outstanding and entitled to vote as of the record date, May 13, 2025, were represented at the meeting either in person or by proxy.

The matters proposed to the Stockholders for a vote were:

1.The election of each of John R. Loftus, Jim R. Ruth, Alexandra C. Griffin, Richard D. Schepp, Vicky C. Teherani, and Vince A. Ackerson as members of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board of Directors”).

2.The ratification of the Company’s appointment of Whitley Penn LLP (“Whitley Penn”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.

3.Advisory vote to approve the compensation of our named executive officers.

4.Advisory vote to determine the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation.

5.The adoption of the Company’s 2025 Plan.

The final voting results of the Annual Meeting are set forth below.

Proposal One

The nominees named in the Proxy Statement (the “Proxy Statement Nominees”) were elected to the Board of Directors to serve until the next annual meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successors are duly-elected and qualified (or until their death, resignation or removal, if earlier). The Proxy Statement Nominees were the only nominees to receive votes for their election at the meeting, and the Proxy Statement Nominees constitute the six nominees receiving the highest number of votes in favor of their election as directors. The results of the vote with respect to their respective elections were as follows:

Nominees

Votes For

Votes Withheld

Broker Non-Votes

John R. Loftus

21,662,102

2,622

2,446,405

Jim R. Ruth

20,985,599

679,125

2,446,405

Alexandra C. Griffin

21,181,403

483,321

2,446,405

Richard D. Schepp

21,195,869

468,855

2,446,405

Vicky C. Teherani

21,624,063

40,661

2,446,405

Vince A. Ackerson

21,634,739

29,985

2,446,405

Mr. Ackerson has elected to defer his start date on the Board of Directors until July 14, 2025

Ms. Teherani has elected to defer her start date on the Board of Directors until September 30, 2025.

Proposal Two

The proposal to ratify the Company’s appointment of Whitley Penn as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025 was approved by the following vote:

Votes For

Votes Against

Abstentions

Broker Non-Votes

24,083,088

4

28,037

0

2

Proposal Three

The proposed advisory vote to approve the compensation of our named executive officers was approved by the following vote:

Votes For

Votes Against

Abstentions

Broker Non-Votes

21,599,014

28,274

37,436

2,446,405

Proposal Four

The proposed advisory vote to determine the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation was approved by the following vote:

1 Year

2 Years

3 Years

Abstentions

Broker Non-Votes

968,575

25,247

20,633,625

37,277

2,446,405

Proposal Five

The proposal to adopt the Company’s 2025 Plan was approved by the following vote:

Votes For

Votes Against

Abstentions

Broker Non-Votes

21,612,775

23,121

28,828

2,446,405

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)Exhibits.

Exhibit Number

Exhibit Description

10.1

Envela Corporation 2025 Equity Incentive Plan

104

Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL)

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

By:

/s/ John G. DeLuca

 

 

John G. DeLuca

 

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

Date:   July 1, 2025

 

 

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