8-K

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): September 13, 2023

DATA

STORAGE CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(Former Name of Registrant)

48 South Service Road

Melville, New York 11747

(Address of principal executive offices) (zip code)

212-564-4922

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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Item 5.07. Submission of Mattersto a Vote of Security Holders.

On September 13, 2023, Data Storage Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders at 48 South Service Road, Lower Level Conference Room, Melville, New York 11747 (the “Annual Meeting”). As of July 17, 2023, the Company’s record date, there were a total of 6,834,627 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting, 5,135,636 shares of common stock were present in person or by proxy and, therefore, a quorum was present.

At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders, upon the unanimous recommendation of the Company’s board of directors: (a) elected each of Charles M. Piluso, Harold J. Schwartz, Thomas C. Kempster, John Argen, Joseph B. Hoffman, Lawrence A. Maglione Jr., Matthew Grover and Todd A. Correll as directors, each to hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders of the Company and until their successors are elected and qualified; (b) ratified the appointment of Rosenberg Rich Baker Berman, P.A. as the Company’s independent registered public accountants for fiscal year ending December 31, 2023; and (c) approved, in a non-binding advisory vote, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

Each proposal is described in detail in the Company’s proxy statement, dated August 4, 2023, which was filed with the SEC on August 4, 2023, and first sent or made available to the Company’s stockholders on August 4, 2023.

The voting results for each item of business voted upon at the Annual Meeting were as follows:

Proposal 1 — Election of CharlesM. Piluso, Harold J. Schwartz, Thomas C. Kempster, John Argen, Joseph B. Hoffman, Lawrence A. Maglione Jr., Matthew Grover andTodd A. Correll to serve on the Company’s board of directors

Proposal 2 — Ratification ofthe Selection of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Proposal 3 — Approval on aNon-Binding Advisory Basis, Executive Compensation

Item 9.01 Financial Statements andExhibits.

(d) Exhibits

The following exhibits are furnished with this Current Report on Form 8-K:

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.