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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

Current Report

 

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

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 14, 2022

 

AYRO, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   001-34643   98-0204758

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File No.)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

AYRO, Inc.

900 E. Old Settlers Boulevard, Suite 100

Round Rock, Texas 78664

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 512-994-4917

 

 

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

 

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:

 

  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))
     
  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, par value $0.0001 per share   AYRO   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

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 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

On December 14, 2022, AYRO, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2022 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Company’s Annual Meeting, holders of the Company’s common stock and Series H-6 Convertible Preferred Stock with a total voting power of 13,730,380 shares were present in person (including virtually) or represented by proxy. The matters submitted for a vote and the related results are set forth below. A more detailed description of the proposals was included in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 26, 2022 (the “2022 Proxy”).

 

  (1) Election of seven directors to serve on the Board for a term of one year or until their successors are elected and qualified:

 

Nominee  Votes For   Votes Withheld   Broker Non-Votes 
Thomas M. Wittenschlaeger   4,368,125    317,972    9,044,283 
Joshua Silverman   2,322,219    2,363,878    9,044,283 
Wayne R. Walker   4,174,103    511,994    9,044,283 
George Devlin   4,228,364    457,733    9,044,283 
Sebastian Giordano   4,230,879    455,218    9,044,283 
Zvi Joseph   3,438,712    1,247,385    9,044,283 
Greg Schiffman   3,396,369    1,289,728    9,044,283 

 

  (2) Ratification of the appointment of Marcum LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022:

 

Votes For  Votes Against   Votes Abstaining 
13,041,915    482,740    205,725 

 

The proposals described above were acted upon by the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting and received a sufficient number of votes to be approved.

 

For more information about the foregoing proposals, see the Company’s 2022 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, 2022 By: /s/ Thomas M. Wittenschlaeger
    Thomas M. Wittenschlaeger
    Chief Executive Officer