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−Removed: Not applicable.
+Added: Frequency of Say on Pay
+Added: As previously reported on Form 8-K, in a
+Added: non-binding advisory vote on the frequency of future say on pay votes held at the 2022 annual meeting on April 8, 2022, 7,877,182
+Added: shares voted for one year, 84,778 shares voted for two years, 41 shares voted for three years, and 5,045 shares abstained.
+Added: 13, 2022, our board of directors has considered the outcome of this advisory vote and has determined, as was recommended with
+Added: respect to this proposal by our board of directors in the proxy statement for the 2022 annual meeting, that we will hold future say
+Added: on pay votes on an annual basis until the occurrence of the next advisory vote on the frequency of say on pay votes.
+Added: advisory vote regarding the frequency of say on pay votes is required to occur no later than our 2028 annual meeting of
+Added: stockholders.
+Added: Election to Waive Application of Mandatory
+Added: Staggered Board Provision in Massachusetts General Laws Section 8.06(b)
+Added: On May 13, 2022, our board elected to be exempt
+Added: from the provisions of Section 8.06(b) of the Massachusetts General Laws and to declassify the current board.
+Added: Section 8.06(b) of the Massachusetts
+Added: General Laws provides that the board of every public Massachusetts corporation shall be staggered by dividing the number of directors
+Added: into three groups, as nearly equal in number as possible;
+Added: the term of office of those of the first group, ''Class I Directors'', to continue
+Added: until the first annual meeting following the date such public corporation becomes subject to this subsection and until their successors
+Added: are elected and qualified;
+Added: the term of office of those of the second group, ''Class II Directors'', to continue until the second annual
+Added: meeting following the date the public corporation becomes subject to this subsection and until their successors are elected and qualified;
+Added: and the term of office of those of the third group, ''Class III Directors'', to continue until the third annual meeting following the
+Added: date such public corporation becomes subject to this subsection and until their successors are elected and qualified.
+Added: Accordingly, and
+Added: in accordance with our bylaws, prior to the waiver our board was staggered into three classes of directors.
+Added: Amendments of the Bylaws
+Added: On May 13, 2022, our board adopted an amendment
+Added: to our amended and restated bylaws.
+Added: Previously, our bylaws had not been amended since 2014.
+Added: The material changes to our bylaws comprise the
+Added: - Annual meeting of stockholders
+Added: We made several clarifying changes, such as specifying
+Added: that a majority of the board can call special meetings of stockholders and that such meetings can be postponed or rescheduled by the board.
+Added: Under the new bylaws, notice of meetings of stockholders
+Added: must now be given at least ten days nor more than 60 days before the meeting, instead of at least seven days before the meeting.
+Added: may now also explicitly be given by electronic means.
+Added: If the stockholders meeting is rescheduled or adjourned, the new bylaws clarify
+Added: that no new notice need be given, unless the adjournment is for more than 30 days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed
+Added: for the adjourned meeting.
+Added: The new bylaws state, that if a quorum initially is present at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders
+Added: may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum,
+Added: but if quorum is not present at least initially, no business other than the adjournment may be transacted.
+Added: We added a provision that a stockholder may revoke
+Added: any proxy that is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person, by filing with the secretary an instrument in writing
+Added: revoking the proxy or by granting another duly executed proxy bearing a later date.
+Added: We also added a new provision giving the board
+Added: or the presiding officer at the meeting the power to appoint an inspector of election.
+Added: Further, we added a new provision regarding stockholder
+Added: proposals and nominations, specifically who can make such proposals, what information must be submitted, when and where to direct such
+Added: - Board of Directors
+Added: Regarding the composition of the board, we dropped
+Added: the maximum number of seats on the board leaving the decision up to the board.
+Added: Further, the power to decrease or increase the board and
+Added: to fill vacancies now rests solely with the board and not with the shareholders or the board alternatively.
+Added: We further decided to declassify
+Added: the board and have all directors stand for election at each annual meeting of stockholders.
+Added: Notices for board meeting can now be transmitted
+Added: electronically instead of by telegram.
+Added: In addition, we added a provision to clarify that the board has the power to fix its remuneration,
+Added: which may include reimbursement of expenses, salaries or attendance fees and can comprise cash or equity.
+Added: The new bylaws also explicitly
+Added: authorize us to purchase and maintain D&O insurance.
+Added: We updated the outdated terms of clerk and assistant
+Added: clerk to secretary and assistant secretary, respectively.
+Added: Further, we specified that the board has the power to elect the officers from
+Added: time to time and deleted the dated reference to the incorporators or an election after each annual meeting.
+Added: Thus, the tenure of each officers
+Added: extends until the board has chosen, elected and qualified a successor.
+Added: Regarding stock certificates, the new bylaws state
+Added: that shares may be uncertificated or represented by certificate, as before, and removed the entitlement for stockholders to request certificates.
+Added: Further, in order to replace lost, destroyed or stolen certificates, the bylaws specify that we may now request documentation, indemnification
+Added: or security to protect against claims.
+Added: - Amendments of the Bylaws
+Added: The new bylaws removed the prohibition that the
+Added: directors may not provide for indemnification of the board or amend the section on amendments to the bylaws.
Asset Purchase Agreement between the Company and Optometrics Corporation, dated January 18, 2008 (included as Exhibit 2.1 to the Form 8-K filed January 25, 2008 and incorporated herein by reference).
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(included as Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed July 11, 2014, and incorporated herein by reference).
+Added: Amendment to the Amended and Restated Bylaws of Precision Optics Corporation, Inc.
+Added: effective May 13, 2022.
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−Removed: Amended 2011 Equity Incentive Plan, dated October 14, 2011, as amended on April 16, 2015 (included as Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed April 20, 2015, and incorporated herein by reference).
+Added: Amended 2011 Equity Incentive Plan, dated October 14, 2011, as amended on April 16, 2015 (included as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed April 20, 2015, and incorporated herein by reference).
Compensation Agreement, by and among Precision Optics Corporation, Inc.
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Director side letter agreement dated October 4, 2021 (included as Exhibit 10.8 to the current report on Form 8-K filed on October 8, 2021, and incorporated herein by reference).
+Added: 2022 Equity Incentive Plan (included as Appendix B to the Proxy Statement on Form DEF-14A filed on February 24, 2022, and incorporated herein by reference).
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PRECISION OPTICS CORPORATION, INC.
−Removed: February 14, 2022
/s/ Joseph N.
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(Principal Executive Officer)
−Removed: February 14, 2022
/s/ Daniel S.
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