Applied DNA Sciences Inc.

09/17/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/17/2021 14:02

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders (Form 8-K)

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On September 15, 2021, Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. (the 'Company') held its 2021 annual meeting of stockholders (the '2021 Annual Meeting'). The following proposals were voted on and were approved by the Company's stockholders at the 2021 Annual Meeting with the stockholders having voted as set forth below:

I. To elect eight directors to serve until the 2022 annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified.
Name For Withhold Broker Non-Votes
James A. Hayward 1,571,895 149,891 2,477,667
John Bitzer, III 1,330,637 391,149 2,477,667
Robert B. Catell 1,321,799 399,987 2,477,667
Joseph D. Ceccoli 1,622,020 99,766 2,477,667
Scott Anchin 1,662,903 98,883 2,477,667
Yacov A. Shamash 1,559,583 162,203 2,477,667
Sanford R. Simon 1,489,843 231,943 2,477,667
Elizabeth M. Schmalz Ferguson 1,611,876 109,910 2,477,667
II. To ratify the approval, filing and effectiveness of the Certificate of Amendment to the Company's Certificate of Incorporation, filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on September 16, 2020 to decrease the number of the authorized shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.001 per share, to 200,000,000.
For Against Abstain
3,928,842 259,712 10,899
III. To ratify the appointment of Marcum LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021.
For Against Abstain
4,065,578 108,612 25,263
IV. To act upon other matters which may properly come before the 2021 Annual Meeting.
For Against Abstain
3,308,824 652,775 237,854

Each of the foregoing voting results from the 2021 Annual Meeting is final.