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| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
Election of Seven Directors
As previously reported in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 17, 2021 (the “2021 Proxy”), the terms of the Company’s directors were scheduled to expire at the Annual Meeting, and the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) nominated six of them for re-election at the Annual Meeting, in addition to a new director nominee, Thomas M. Wittenschlaeger.
At the Annual Meeting, Thomas M. Wittenschlaeger, Joshua Silverman, Wayne R. Walker, George Devlin, Sebastian Giordano, Zvi Joseph, and Greg Schiffman were elected as directors of the Board to serve for a term expiring at the Company’s 2022 annual meeting of stockholders.
For more information about the matters above, including information about the new director, Thomas M. Wittenschlaeger, see the Company’s 2021 Proxy, the relevant portions of which are incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
At the Company’s Annual Meeting, holders of the Company’s common stock and Series H-6 Convertible Preferred Stock of a total voting power of 16,521,528 shares were present in virtual format or represented by proxy. The matters submitted for a vote and the related results are set forth below.
| (1) | Election of seven directors to serve on our board of directors to serve for a term of one year or until their successors are elected and qualified: |
| Nominee | Votes For | Votes Withheld | ||||||
| Thomas M. Wittenschlaeger | 5,053,704 | 140,850 | ||||||
| Joshua Silverman | 2,726,427 | 2,468,127 | ||||||
| Wayne R. Walker | 5,055,669 | 138,885 | ||||||
| George Devlin | 3,739,903 | 1,454,651 | ||||||
| Sebastian Giordano | 5,056,152 | 138,402 | ||||||
| Zvi Joseph | 3,016,678 | 2,177,876 | ||||||
| Greg Schiffman | 2,774,900 | 2,419,654 | ||||||
| (2) | Ratification of the appointment of Friedman LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021: |
| Votes For | Votes Against | Votes Abstaining | ||||||||
| 16,199,393 | 182,496 | 139,639 | ||||||||
For more information about the foregoing proposals, see the Company’s 2021 Proxy, the relevant portions of which are incorporated herein by reference.
The results reported above are final voting results. No other matters were considered or voted upon at the Annual Meeting.
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 hereunto duly authorized.
| AYRO, INC. | ||
| Date: December 16, 2021 | By: | /s/ Thomas M. Wittenschlaeger |
| Thomas M. Wittenschlaeger | ||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||