Ainos, Inc 8-K, filed Dec 11, 2023
Ainos, Inc. (AIMD)
About this 8-K
Ainos, Inc filed this 8-K on December 11, 2023, reporting on events of December 7, 2023.
Items reported
- Item 5.07: Shareholder vote results
- Item 9.01: Financial statements and exhibits
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Item 5.07(b). Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
At the Annual Meeting of Ainos, Inc. (the “Company”) held on Friday, December 8, 2023, 9:30 a.m., Taiwan Standard Time [December 7, 2023, Thursday, 5:30 p.m. Pacific Standard Time] (the “Annual Meeting”), the Company’s stockholders voted upon the following three (3) proposals, each of which is described in more detail in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement (the “Proxy Statement”). The final vote results for each proposal were as follows:
Proposal 1: To ratify the appointment of KCCW Accountancy Corp. as the Company‘s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.
The appointment of KCCW Accountancy Corp. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 was ratified by the stockholders, by the vote indicated below:
FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN / WITHHELD | BROKER NON-VOTES |
15,860,491 (78.15%) | 118,473 (0.58%) | 2,569 (0.01%) | 0 |
Proposal 2: To approve, by non-binding vote, the Advisory Approval of Executive Compensation Fiscal 2022 compensation paid to the Company's named executive officers, as disclosed in the Company's proxy statement (“Say-on-Pay”).
The Company’s stockholders approved, on an advisory non-binding basis, the compensation of the named executive officers of the Company, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement, by the vote indicated below:
FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | BROKER NON-VOTES |
14,348,052 (70.70%) | 45,010 (0.22%) | 4,192 (0.02%) | 1,584,279 |
Proposal 3: To recommend, by non-binding vote, the frequency of executive compensation votes of our Named Executives (“Say-on-Frequency”).
The Company’s stockholders voted, on an advisory non-binding basis, for the frequency of future advisory votes on compensation for the Company’s Named Executive Officers, the results of which are indicated below:
EVERY ONE YEAR | EVERY TWO YEARS | EVERY THREE YEARS | ABSTAIN |
668,346 (3.29%) | 9,657 (0.04%) | 13,714,238 (67.58%) | 5,013 (0.02%) |
Item 5.07(d). Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
At the Company’s Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of our Named Executive Officers as set forth in the table described herein under Item 5.07(b), which is incorporated herein by this reference.
Based on the affirmative votes of the Company’s stockholders, which were consistent with the recommendation of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), the Board has determined that the Company will continue to hold an advisory vote on the compensation of the Named Executive Officers every three (3) years until the next vote on the frequency of holding such advisory votes.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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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 hereunto duly authorized.
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Date: December 8, 2023 | By: | /s/ Chun-Hsien Tsai |
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| Name: Chun-Hsien Tsai |
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| Title: Chief Executive Officer |
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