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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
The 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of CVD Equipment Corporation (the “Company”) was held on August 8, 2025. At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders voted on the following three proposals and cast their votes as described below. The proposals are described in more detail in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on June 20, 2025.
Proposal 1: The election of the six nominees listed below to serve on the Board of Directors of the Company until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified.
| Nominee | Number
of Votes | Number of Votes Withheld | Number
of Broker | |||||||||
| Lawrence J. Waldman | 2,527,172 | 230,959 | 2,206,675 | |||||||||
| Emmanuel Lakios | 2,545,199 | 212,932 | 2,206,675 | |||||||||
| Andrew Africk | 2,545,262 | 212,869 | 2,206,675 | |||||||||
| Robert M. Brill | 2,526,772 | 231,359 | 2,206,675 | |||||||||
| Ashraf Lotfi | 2,543,736 | 214,395 | 2,206,675 | |||||||||
| Debra Wasser | 2,549,366 | 208,765 | 2,206,675 | |||||||||
Proposal 2: The ratification of CBIZ CPAs P.C. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2025..
| Number of Votes Cast in Favor | Number of Votes Cast Against | Number of Votes Abstain | ||||||||
| 4,919,573 | 36,254 | 8,979 | ||||||||
Proposal 3: The approval of a non-binding advisory resolution supporting the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
Number
of Votes | Number
of Votes | Number of Votes Abstain | Number
of Broker | |||||||||||
| 2,717,857 | 22,289 | 17,985 | 2,206,675 | |||||||||||
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Date: August 12, 2025
| CVD EQUIPMENT CORPORATION | ||
| By: | /s/ Richard Catalano | |
| Name: | Richard Catalano | |
| Title: | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer |
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