UNITED STATES
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CURRENT REPORT
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Item 5.07 - Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Our 2023 annual meeting of stockholders was held virtually on December 15, 2023. At the annual meeting our stockholders: (a) elected three directors to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified; and (b) ratified the Board of Directors’ selection of Fruci Associates & Associates II, PLLC as our independent registered public accountants to audit our financial statements for the 2023 fiscal year.
There were 8,253,419 shares of our common stock, par value $0.01 per share, outstanding and eligible to vote at the annual meeting as of the close of business on October 16, 2023, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting. There were 4,733,121shares of common stock, or 59.91% of the shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the annual meeting, represented at the meeting either in person or by proxy. The following tables show the votes cast by our stockholders and any abstentions with respect to the matters presented to stockholders for a vote at the meeting. Information is also provided as to broker non-votes. A "broker non-vote" occurs when a stockholder whose shares are held in "street name" in a brokerage account or similar account does not instruct the stockholder's broker or other nominee in whose name the shares are registered how to vote on a matter as to which brokers and nominees are not permitted to vote without instructions from their client.
Election of Directors
Each of the following nominees were elected as directors by the following vote:
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Wayne Tupuola | 4,733,121 | 21,035 | ||
Shara Pathak | 4,733,097 | 22,925 | ||
Troy Parkos | 4,733,097 | 22,803 |
In addition, there were 211,828 broker non-votes with respect to the election of each of the above director nominees.
Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accountants
The appointment of Fruci & Associates II, PLLC as our independent registered public accountants for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 was ratified by the following vote:
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There were 211,828 broker non-votes on this matter.
Item 9.01 - Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
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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: December 19, 2023 | LASER PHOTONICS CORPORATION | ||
| By: | /s/ Wayne Tupuola | ||
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| Wayne Tupuola | |
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