BNBX 8-K
Bnb Plus Corp. (BNBX)
UNITED STATES
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CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On September 30, 2024, Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2024 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). The following proposals were voted on and were approved by the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting with the stockholders having voted as set forth below:
I. To elect six directors to serve until the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified.
| FOR | WITHHELD | BROKER NON- VOTES | ||||||||||
| James A. Hayward | 2,364,477 | 905,861 | 1,942,975 | |||||||||
| Robert B. Catell | 2,384,561 | 885,777 | 1,942,975 | |||||||||
| Joseph D. Ceccoli | 2,384,568 | 885,770 | 1,942,975 | |||||||||
| Yacov A. Shamash | 2,382,506 | 887,832 | 1,942,975 | |||||||||
| Sanford R. Simon | 2,383,486 | 886,852 | 1,942,975 | |||||||||
| Elizabeth Schmalz Shaheen | 2,380,507 | 889,831 | 1,942,975 | |||||||||
II. To ratify the appointment of Marcum LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024.
| FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | ||
| 4,411,771 | 649,039 | 152,503 |
III. To grant the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) discretionary authority for 12 months to amend the Company’s certificate of incorporation, as amended, to authorize a reverse stock split of common stock, at a ratio in the range from one-for-five to one-for-fifty, with such specific ratio to be determined by the Company’s Board following the Annual Meeting.
| FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | ||
| 3,700,381 | 1,229,326 | 283,606 |
IV. To approve, in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(d), the exercisability of certain common stock purchase warrants, and the issuance of the common stock underlying such warrants, which warrants were issued in connection with an offering of securities of the Company that occurred on May 28, 2024.
| FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | BROKER NON-VOTES | |||
| 2,222,880 | 989,536 | 57,922 | 1,942,975 |
Each of the foregoing voting results from the Annual Meeting is final. Based on the foregoing votes, each of the proposals was approved.
SIGNATURE
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.
| Date: September 30, 2024 | APPLIED DNA SCIENCES, INC. | |
| By: | /s/ James A. Hayward | |
| Name: | James A. Hayward | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |