PRECISION OPTICS CORPORATION, INC. 10-K

Table of Contents UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-K (Mark One) ☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended June 30 , 2022 or ☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from __________ to __________ Commission File Number 001-10647 PRECISION OPTICS CORPORATION, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Massachusetts 04-2795294 (State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer of incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 22 East Broadway Gardner , Massachusetts 01440 ( Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) (978) 630-1800 (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Title of each class Trading symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered Common stock, $0.01 par value PEYE OTCQB Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. ☐ Yes ☒ No Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Act. ☐ Yes ☒ No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. ☒ Yes ☐ No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). ☒ Yes ☐ No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act: Large accelerated filer ☐ Accelerated filer ☐ Non-accelerated filer ☒ Smaller reporting company ☒ 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. ☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act. ☐ Yes ☒ No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☐ The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant on December 31, 2021 was approximately $ 22,844,417 based on a total of 9,518,507 shares of the registrant’s common stock held by non-affiliates on December 31, 2021, at the closing price of $2.40 per share as reported on the OTCQB market on December 31, 2021. The number of shares of outstanding common stock of the registrant as of September 27, 2022 was 16,915,089 . Documents incorporated by reference: None. PRECISION OPTICS CORPORATION, INC. FORM 10-K TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE PART I Item 1. Business 1 Item 1A. Risk Factors 7 Item 2. Properties 13 Item 3. Legal Proceedings 13 Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures (Not applicable.) 13 PART II Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities 14 Item 6. Selected Financial Data 15 Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 16 Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk 19 Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data 20 Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure 2 1 Item 9A. Controls and Procedures 21 Item 9B. Other Information 22 PART III Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance 23 Item 11. Executive Compensation 28 Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters 31 Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence 34 Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services 35 PART IV Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules 36 Item 16. Form 10-K Summary 38 Signatures 39 i PART I This Annual Report contains forward-looking statements as defined under the federal securities laws. All statements other than statements of historical facts included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K regarding our financial performance, business strategy and plans and objectives of management for future operations and any other future events are forward-looking statements and based on our beliefs and assumptions. When used in this report, the words “anticipate,” “suggest,” “estimate,” “plan,” “project,” “continue,” “ongoing,” “potential,” “expect,” “predict,” “believe,” “intend,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “would” and other similar words are one way to identify such forward-looking statements. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Actual results could vary materially from these forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect our current view with respect to future events and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties, and assumptions including, without limitation, those risks and uncertainties contained in the Risk Factors section of this Annual Report on Form 10-K and our other filings made with the SEC. Although we believe that our expectations are reasonable, we can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Based upon changing conditions, any one or more of these events described herein as anticipated, believed, estimated, expected or intended may not occur. All prior and subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to our Company or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. We do not intend to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this Annual Report to conform these statements to actual results or to changes in our expectations, except as required by law. ITEM 1. BUSINESS. Overview We have been a developer and manufacturer of advanced optical instruments since 1982. Our medical instrumentation line includes traditional endoscopes and endocouplers as well as other custom imaging and illumination products for use in minimally invasive surgical procedures. Our core efforts are targeted at the development of next generation endoscopes. Through internal research and development and working in partnership with our customers, we continuously develop next generation capabilities for designing and manufacturing 3D endoscopes and very small Microprecision™ lenses, anticipating future requirements as the surgical community continues to demand smaller and more enhanced imaging systems for minimally invasive surgery. The COVID-19 world-wide pandemic and the domestic and international impact of policy decisions being made in major countries around the world has had, and is expected to continue to have, an adverse impact on various aspects of our business. While we and many of our medical device and defense contracting customers continue to operate as essential businesses, we have taken various actions to augment our operating and human resource policies and procedures to guard against the potential health hazards of COVID-19. These augmented procedures can have a negative impact on our operational efficiencies. Given the uncertainty surrounding the continuation of economic slow-downs domestically and abroad, we cannot predict with certainty at this time what the future impact of COVID-19 and resulting business and economic policies in the US and abroad will be on our up-coming financial operating results. As Ross Optical Industries of El Paso, Texas we also operate as a supplier of custom optical components and assemblies for military and defense, medical and various other industrial applications. All products sold by us under the Ross Optical name include a custom or catalog optic, which is sourced through our extensive domestic and worldwide network of optical fabrication companies. Most systems make use of optical lenses, prisms, mirrors and windows and range from individual optical components to complex mechano-optical assemblies. Products often include thin film optical coatings that are applied using our in-house coating department. Over 70% of the Ross Optical division sales are in the United States, with the majority being specialized optical components for industrial applications and the remainder being assemblies. The balance of sales is split between military and medical device products. On October 4, 2021, we closed on an asset purchase agreement with an effective date of October 1, 2021 with Lighthouse Imaging, LLC and Anania & Associates Investment Company, LLC for substantially all of the assets of Lighthouse Imaging, LLC, a Maine limited liability company operating a medical optics and digital imaging business. As Lighthouse Imaging of Windham, Maine we also operate as a manufacturer of advanced optical imaging systems and accessories. We have a strong expertise in electrical engineering and development of end to end medical visualization devices. Product development competencies at Lighthouse Imaging include Systems, Optical, Mechanical, Electrical and Process Development Engineering. Our product development team has extensive experience developing visualization systems that are used in a variety of clinical applications. Lighthouse Imaging is an industry leader in chip on tip visualization systems. 1 Approximately 34% our business during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022 is from engineering services primarily relating to the design of medical device optical assemblies, 41% from the sale of both internally manufactured and purchased optical components, and 25% from the manufacture of optical assemblies and sub-assemblies primarily for medical device instrument applications. Our proprietary medical instrumentation line, unique custom design and manufacturing capabilities, and expert electrical engineering and development has generated traditional proprietary endoscopes and endocouplers as well as other custom imaging and illumination products for our customers’ use in minimally invasive surgical procedures. We design and manufacture 3D endoscopes and very small Microprecision lenses, assemblies and complete medical devices to meet the surgical community’s continuing demand for smaller, disposable, and more enhanced imaging systems for minimally invasive surgery. We are registered to the ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 13485:2016 Quality Standards and comply with the FDA Good Manufacturing Practices and the European Union Medical Device Directive for CE marking of our medical products. History We incorporated in Massachusetts in December 1982 and have been publicly-owned since November 1990. References to our Company contained herein include our two wholly-owned subsidiaries, Precise Medical, Inc. and Wood’s Precision Optics Corporation, Limited, except where the context otherwise requires. Our websites are www.poci.com, www.rossoptical.com, and www.lighthouseoptics.com. Information contained on our websites does not constitute part of this report. Principal Products and Services Our Current Core Business: Since 1982, we have manufactured medical products such as endoscopes and endocouplers. We have developed and sold endoscopes incorporating various optical technologies including our proprietary Lenslock™ technology, for use in a variety of minimally invasive surgical and diagnostic procedures. Today, we produce endoscopes for various applications, which are CE marked and therefore certified for sale throughout the European Economic Area. Since 1985, we have developed, manufactured and sold a proprietary product line of endocouplers. We also design and manufacture custom optical medical devices to satisfy our customers’ specific requirements. In addition to medical devices, we also manufacture and sell components and assemblies specially designed for industrial and military use. The acquisition of the assets of Ross Optical Industries effective June 1, 2019 expanded our optics components and assemblies business. All products supplied by Ross Optical include a custom or catalog optic, which is sourced through Ross Optical’s extensive domestic and worldwide network of optical fabrication companies. Most systems make use of optical lenses, prisms, mirrors and windows and range from individual optical components to complex mechano-optical assemblies. Products often include thin film optical coatings that are applied by the Ross Optical division in-house coating department. The acquisition of the assets of Lighthouse Imaging LLC effective October 1, 2021 expanded our electrical engineering and development of end-to-end medical visualization devices. Product development competencies at Lighthouse Imaging include systems, optical, mechanical, electrical and process development engineering. The Lighthouse product development team has extensive experience developing visualization systems that are used in a variety of clinical applications representing a vertical integration of our established product development capabilities we believe will provide our customers with value-added product development service and product offerings. Microprecision™ Lenses and Micro Medical Cameras: While the size of endoscopes has gradually decreased over time, the widespread use of very small endoscopes, with diameters of one millimeter or smaller, has been limited, in part, we believe, by the inability of traditional lens fabrication methods to support these smaller sizes with good image quality and acceptable manufacturing costs. We believe our Microprecision™ optics technology provides a solution to this problem. Combined with recent advances by other companies in complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor, or CMOS, image sensor fabrication techniques, our Microprecision™ lenses and proprietary manufacturing techniques enable the manufacture of micro medical cameras at low prices and with sizes on the order of one millimeter or less, characteristics that make them well suited to medical applications. 2 We are currently engaged in development projects with numerous customers to design and produce even smaller CMOS based camera modules together with customized illumination using various technologies to match the needs of the medical device endoscopes. We are also currently designing disposable versions of our camera modules and assemblies designed for single-use and reduced risk of contamination from repeated use. We believe these on-going improvements are significant to the continued evolution and acceptance of our Microprecision™ technology platform. We have been engaged by various customers for an increasing amount of development work relating to the design of endoscopes and camera assemblies that utilize our Microprecision™ technology. We previously received production orders each exceeding $1M and follow-on orders from multiple customers for their custom designed products fulfillment of which is ongoing. We believe we will receive additional production orders from other customers currently in our engineering and design pipeline. 3D Endoscopes: Our 3D endoscopes provide next generation optical imaging for minimally invasive surgical procedures that utilize hand-held rigid endoscopes by using the brain’s natural ability to perceive depth, which is the third dimension, by viewing one’s environment through two eyes. Utilizing our proprietary technology to provide independent images to right and left eyes, surgeons can view the operative field with 3D perception. Competition and Markets We sell our products in highly competitive markets and we compete for business with both foreign and domestic manufacturers. Many of our current competitors are larger than us and have substantially greater resources than we do. In addition, there is an ongoing risk that other domestic or foreign companies who do not currently service or manufacture products for our target markets, some with greater experience in the optics industry and greater financial resources than we have, may seek to produce products or services that compete directly with ours. While our resources are substantially more limited than those of some of our competitors, we believe that we can compete successfully in this market on the basis of product quality, price, delivery and innovation tailored to our customers’ specifications. Our success will depend, in part, on our ability to maintain a technological advantage over our competitors and to effectively incorporate that technology into our custom designs. To this end, we intend to continue to aggressively support and augment our internal engineering, research and development resources and to aggressively pursue patent protection for existing and new technology. We believe that our unique technical capabilities in the areas of Microprecision™ optics, micro medical cameras and illumination, as well as 3D endoscopes, currently represent competitive advantages for us in the minimally invasive surgical device market. We recently augmented and extended these capabilities with the acquisition of Lighthouse Imaging which brings to the Company extensive experience with design and manufacture of minimally invasive optical imaging surgical devices, particularly those utilizing CMOS sensor and associated electronics technologies. The competitive advantage of our Ross Optical division is its ability to provide difficult-to-find optics, and, increasingly, to provide a broader range of services based on its ability to source optics worldwide and augmented by its ability to provide thin-film coatings and assembly. Market Opportunities Microprecision™ Lenses and Micro Medical Cameras: While other approaches exist for the manufacture of camera lenses, we design custom camera module assemblies with the combined objectives of low cost, small size, range of optical specifications and high image quality required by our customer’s precise medical device specifications. By enabling the production of millimeter sized and smaller cameras with low manufacturing costs, we believe our Microprecision™ technology opens the possibility to replace existing re-sterilizable endoscopes with a single-use alternative. Also, the small size of our Microprecision™ lenses and micro medical cameras combined with our proprietary illumination techniques can provide visualization for existing procedures that are currently performed blind or with sub-optimal imaging, and we believe can facilitate the development of new surgical procedures that are currently impractical without sub-millimeter visualization instrumentation. 3D Endoscopes and Robotic Surgery Systems : 3D endoscopes have been used for many years as part of robotic surgery systems partly because the market price of robotic surgery systems is high enough to support the cost of a high-quality custom 3D display. Competition amongst medical device companies, many of which are our customers for other products, in the area of 3D robotic surgery systems is increasing, and various companies are now pursuing less expensive, procedure specific robotic systems. We believe our experience and expertise in 3D endoscopes for medical applications could be a benefit to various companies in this area that could provide us with new product development and manufacturing opportunities. 3 Sales and Marketing Current sales and marketing activities are intended to broaden awareness of the benefits of our new technology platforms and our successful application of these new technologies to medical device projects requiring surgery-grade visualization, as well as defense and other industrial applications, from sub-millimeter sized devices and 3D endoscopy, including single-use products and assemblies. We market directly to established medical device companies primarily in the United States that we believe could benefit from our advanced endoscopy visualization systems. Through this direct marketing, referrals, attendance at trade shows and a presence in online professional association websites, we have expanded our on-going pipeline of projects to significant medical device companies and to well-funded emerging technology companies. We expect our customer pipeline to continue to expand as development projects transition to production orders and new customer projects enter the development phase. Our Ross Optical and Lighthouse divisions market through existing customers and trade shows, in addition to proactive online marketing strategies executed primarily through their websites. Through the gradual integration of the sales, marketing and operating resources of the three operations we have expect to realize both expanded sales opportunities from the coupling of Ross’ worldwide vendor relationships for optical components with our micro optics engineering services now expanded and strengthened by the addition of the Lighthouse electrical engineering expertise. International Business Other than the Ross Optical division international sales described below, we have had negligible direct export sales to date. However, our medical products have received the CE mark certification, which permits sales into the European Economic Area and which benefits our customers as they market their products manufactured by us or containing our sub-assemblies into markets outside the United States. In the future, we may establish or use additional production facilities overseas to produce key components for our business, such as lenses. From the 1990s through approximately 2014, we maintained a physical presence in Asia to support business and quality control activities throughout the region as needed. We continue to acquire various optical components from overseas to meet the needs of custom device designs. We believe that the availability of specialized components and cost savings from various overseas production resources is essential to our ability to deliver complex and unique device designs and to compete on a price basis in the medical products area particularly and to our profitability generally. Ross Optical has an expanded network of overseas suppliers of various types and sizes of optical components and assemblies that enhance our ability to meet the material demands of our customers’ unique optical and medical device designs. During fiscal year 2022, 23% of the Ross Optical division sales were to customers outside of the United States and Canada, with the balance of sales primarily split between Western Europe and Singapore. Research and Development We believe that our future success depends, to a large degree, on our ability to continue to conceive and develop new optical products and technologies to enhance the performance characteristics and methods of manufacture of existing and new products. Although development work on behalf of customers is almost entirely performed under revenue generating contracts and customer purchase orders, research and development expenses are incurred on our own proprietary products and technology, such as Microprecision™ optics, micro medical cameras and 3D endoscopes. Accordingly, we treat engineering expenses not consumed in customer contracted development and our investment of funds and resources in internal product and intellectual property development as research and development expense in the accompanying statement of operations. For the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, research and development expenses were $666,479 and $624,253, respectively. Raw Materials and Principal Suppliers A key raw material component for our products is precision grade optical glass, which we obtain from a few suppliers, principally SCHOTT North America, Inc. and Ohara Corporation. We obtain CMOS sensors used in our development of endoscope products for our customers from various suppliers such as OmniVision Technologies, Inc. We believe that while the number of sources of supply is limited for the CMOS sensors with the specifications used in medical device endoscopes we develop; the manufacturing capacities of those suppliers is adequate to meet our demand in the next twelve months. 4 We have experienced supply disruptions and customer delays from certain vendors and customers that we believe were the result of the COVID-19 pandemic and related economic slow-down. Although we are not currently experiencing vendor supply issues as a result of COVID-19, we cannot predict with certainty at this time what the future impact of COVID-19 and resulting business and economic policies in the US and abroad will be on our vendors and principal suppliers. Patents and Trademarks We rely, in part, upon patents, trade secrets and proprietary knowledge as well as personnel policies and employee confidentiality agreements concerning inventions and other creative efforts to develop and maintain our competitive position. We plan to file for patents, copyrights and trademarks in the United States and in other appropriate countries to protect our intellectual property rights to the greatest extent practicable. We currently hold rights to various United States patents, and have patent applications pending, including applications for our new generation of micro medical cameras. Our current patent portfolio includes patents, rights to patents and patent applications that cover various aspects of our technology in the following areas: — Medical devices; — 3-D endoscopes; — Microprecision™ lenses and micro medical cameras; — Defense products. The patents contained in our current patent portfolio have various expiration dates through May 2036. We are not aware of any infringements of these patents. While we believe that our pending applications relate to patentable devices or concepts, these patents may not ultimately be issued and we may not be able to successfully defend these patents or effectively limit the development of competitive products and services. In July 2011, we entered into an asset purchase agreement with Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., in which we assigned to Intuitive Surgical all of the issued and non-expired patents and pending patent applications that we held at that time, and in return, Intuitive Surgical granted us a royalty-free, worldwide license to these patents in fields outside of medical robotics. We intend to continue to innovate and extend our technological capabilities in the areas of 3-D endoscopy Microprecision™ optics, micro medical cameras, and related illumination techniques, and to aggressively pursue patent protection for such developments. Employees As of June 30, 2022, we had 77 employees, 76 of which were full-time employees. There were 36 employees in manufacturing, 21in engineering/research and development, 8 in sales, and 12 in finance and administration. We are not a party to any collective bargaining agreements. We believe our relations with our employees are very good. C ustomers During fiscal year 2022 we sold product and services to over 377 customers and no customer accounted for 10% or more of our total revenues during the fiscal years ended June 30, 2022, and 2021. Our largest customer account receivable balance at June 30, 2022, was 8% of total accounts receivable. At June 30, 2021, our largest customer account receivable balance was 16% of total accounts receivable. No other accounts accounted for more than 10% of accounts receivable at June 30, 2022, or 2021. Environmental Matters Our operations are subject to a variety of federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the discharge of materials into the environment or otherwise relative to the protection of the environment. From time to time, we use a small amount of hazardous materials in our operations. We believe that we currently comply with all applicable environmental laws and regulations and intend to do our best efforts to remain in compliance. Such compliance does not entail significant expense to us. 5 Government Regulations Domestic Regulation . We currently develop, manufacture and sell several medical products, the marketing of which is subject to governmental regulation in the United States. Medical devices are regulated in the United States by the Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, and, in some cases, by certain state agencies. The FDA regulates the research, design, testing, manufacture, safety, effectiveness, labeling, promotion and distribution of medical devices in the United States. Generally, medical devices require clearance or approval prior to commercial distribution. Additionally, certain material changes to, and changes in, intended uses of, medical devices are also subject to FDA review and clearance or approval. Non-compliance with applicable requirements can result in failure of the FDA to grant pre-market clearance or approval, withdrawal or suspension of approval, suspension of production, or the imposition of various other penalties. We previously notified the FDA of our intent to market our endoscopes, image couplers, beamsplitters, adapters and video ophthalmoscopes, and the FDA has determined that we may market such devices, subject to the general control provisions of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. We obtained this FDA permission without the need to undergo a lengthy and expensive approval process due to the FDA’s determination that such devices met the regulatory standard of being substantially equivalent to existing FDA-approved devices. In the future, we plan to market additional medical devices that may require the FDA’s permission to market such products. We may also develop additional products or seek to sell some of our current or future medical products in a manner that requires us to obtain the permission of the FDA to market such products, as well as the regulatory approval or license of other federal, state and local agencies or similar agencies in other countries. The FDA has authority to conduct detailed inspections of manufacturing plants in order to assure that “good manufacturing practices” are being followed in the manufacture of medical devices including medical devices or components of medical devices manufactured for other medical device companies, to require periodic reporting of product defects to the FDA, and to prohibit the sale of devices which do not comply with law. We design and manufacture components for the defense industry, and our Ross Optical division imports, exports and manufactures optical products for the defense industry, some of which is controlled by U.S. regulations. Generally, these regulations require strict control over technical data in documented form and as embodied in products, both within our company and as part of exported shipments. In particular, we maintain a technology control plan, we are ISO certified and ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations) registered with the U.S. State Department and we maintain a number of technology assistance agreements with overseas suppliers that have been approved by the U.S. State Department. Non-compliance with applicable requirements can result in U.S. actions that may result in withdrawal or suspension of approvals, suspension of company imports, exports or production, or the imposition of fines or various other penalties. Foreign Requirements . Sales of medical device products outside the United States are subject to foreign regulatory requirements that may vary from country to country. Our failure to comply with foreign regulatory requirements would jeopardize our ability to market and sell our products in foreign jurisdictions. The regulatory environment in the European Union member countries of the European Economic Area for medical device products differs from that in the United States. Medical devices sold in the European Economic Area must bear the Conformité Européenne, or CE mark. Devices are classified by manufacturers according to the risks they represent, with a classification of Class III representing the highest risk devices and Class I representing the lowest risk devices. Once a device has been classified, the manufacturer can follow one of a series of conformity assessment routes, typically through a registered quality system, and demonstrate compliance to a “European Notified Body.” The CE mark may then be applied to the device. Maintenance of the system is ensured through annual on-site audits by the notified body and a post-market surveillance system requiring the manufacturer to submit serious complaints to the appropriate governmental authority. All of our medical products are manufactured in conformity with the CE mark requirements. 6 ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS. RISKS RELATED TO OUR BUSINESS In addition to the other information set forth in this annual report, you should carefully consider the following factors, which could materially affect our business, financial condition or results of operations in future periods. The risks described below are not the only risks facing our Company. The following information should be read together and in conjunction with “Forward-Looking Statements,” “Item 1. Business,” “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” our consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes thereto. Additional risks not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations in future periods. We have a history of losses, we may continue to incur losses and not achieve profitability in the near term; and we may need to raise additional funds. During the years ended June 30, 2022, and 2021, we incurred operating losses of $1,513,890 and $905,583, respectively. Our accumulated deficit at June 30, 2022, amounted to $48,094,394. We had working capital of $1,918,575 and $2,265,325 as of June 30, 2022, and 2021, respectively. We may continue incurring losses for the foreseeable future and not achieve sustained profitability in the near term. We must generate sufficient cash flow or raise additional capital to pursue our product development initiatives, and penetrate markets for the sale of our products. If required we believe that we have access to capital resources through possible public or private equity offerings, debt financings, corporate collaborations, strategic alliances, or other means. However, if we are unable to secure adequate additional capital when needed, we may be required to curtail our research and development initiatives and take additional measures to reduce costs to conserve our cash in amounts sufficient to sustain operations and meet our obligations. We depend on the availability of certain key supplies and services that are available from only a few sources and we may experience difficulty with certain suppliers due to the COVID-19 world-wide pandemic and we may have difficulty finding alternative sources of these supplies or services. We source certain key supplies to develop and manufacture our products, particularly our precision grade optical glass, which is available from only a few sources, in China. During the early stages of the COVID-19 world-wide pandemic, we experienced difficulties with certain suppliers in China. Until the pandemic is sufficiently under control, we may experience further difficulties with suppliers. Our business could be affected if we become unable to procure these essential materials and services in adequate quantities and at acceptable prices. We are always evaluating our suppliers and alternative sources. If we experience a shortage of certain supplies and are unable to find an alternative source, our financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected. We may not realize the opportunities from our acquisition of Lighthouse Imaging, LLC. In October 2021, we purchased substantially all the assets of Lighthouse Imaging, LLC, a manufacturer of advanced optical imaging systems and accessories. With the Lighthouse acquisition we strengthened our expertise in electrical engineering and development of end-to-end medical visualization devices. The success of the Lighthouse acquisition will depend on our ability to realize the anticipated opportunities to expand our product offerings and our stable of customers. There is no assurance that we will be able to realize those opportunities. 7 The COVID-19 world-wide pandemic and the economic effects of governmental entities and commercial business policy decisions relating to it could cause disruptions with our sources of supply and customer orders and their ability to pay amounts owed us. The COVID-19 world-wide pandemic that began during the quarter ended March 31, 2020, and the domestic and international impact of policy decisions being made in major countries around the world has had, and is expected to have, an adverse impact on our sources of supply, supply chain logistics, current and future orders from our customers, collection of amounts owed to us from our customers, our internal operating procedures, and our overall financial condition. We have taken various actions to augment our operating and human resource policies and procedures to guard against the potential health hazards of COVID-19. These augmented procedures can have a negative impact on our operational efficiencies. We source various components from overseas suppliers throughout Asia including China. We have experienced supply chain and supplier disruptions as well as customer order delays and slow-downs, which we believe was the result of the COVID-19 pandemic and related economic slow-down. Given the uncertainty surrounding the continuation of supply chain disruptions, customer delays, and overall economic slow-downs domestically and abroad, we cannot predict with certainty at this time what the future impact of COVID-19 and resulting business and economic policies in the US and abroad will be on our future operating results. We rely on a small number of customers who may not consistently purchase our products in the future and if we lose any one of these customers, our revenues may decline. In the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022, and 2021, our largest customer represented approximately 9% of our total revenues. No other customer accounted for more than 10% of our revenues during those periods. At June 30, 2022, our largest customer account receivable balance was 8% of total accounts receivable. At June 30, 2021, our largest customer account receivable balance was 16% of total accounts receivable. No other customer accounted for more than 10% of total accounts receivable at June 30, 2022, or 2021. In the future, a small number of customers may continue to represent a significant portion of our total revenues in any given period. These customers may not consistently purchase our products at a particular rate over any subsequent period. A loss of any of these customers could adversely affect our revenues. We could suffer unrecoverable losses on our customers’ accounts receivable, which would adversely affect our financial results. At June 30, 2022, our largest customer account receivable balance was 8% of total accounts receivable. While we believe we have a varied customer base and have experienced strong collections in the past, we may experience changes in our customer base, including reductions in purchasing commitments, which could also have a material adverse effect on our revenues and liquidity. Additionally, our customers could become unable or unwilling to pay amounts owed to us. During fiscal 2018, we recorded a $227,500 reserve against accounts receivable amounts owed to us by one customer that has not been able to pay us for design services we provided. We have not had significant accounts receivable write-offs or additions to the accounts receivable reserve since then. We have not purchased insurance on our accounts receivable balances. Large uncollectible accounts receivable balances could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition. We rely heavily upon the talents of our Chief Executive Officer and our President of the Ross Optical Division, the loss of whom could damage our business. Our performance depends, to a large extent, on a small number of key scientific, technical, managerial and manufacturing personnel. In particular, we believe our success is highly dependent upon the services and reputation of our Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Joseph N. Forkey and our President of the Ross Optical division, Mr. Divaker Mangadu. The loss of Dr. Forkey’s services could damage our business. Dr. Forkey provides highly valuable contributions to our capabilities in optical instrument development, in management of new technology and in potentially significant longer-term Company initiatives. The loss of Mr. Mangadu could damage the operations of the Ross Optical division as Mr. Mangadu provides highly valuable contributions to the effective operation of Ross including its sales, customer and vendor relationships, production activities and overall administration. We do not carry key-man life insurance on Dr. Forkey or Mr. Mangadu. 8 We must continue to be able to attract and retain employees with the scientific and technical skills that our business requires and if we are unable to attract and retain such individuals, our business could be severely damaged. Our ability to attract and retain employees with a high degree of scientific and technical talent is crucial to the success of our business. There is intense competition for the services of such persons, and we cannot guarantee that we will be able to attract and retain individuals possessing the necessary qualifications. If we cannot attract and retain such individuals, we may not be able to perform the necessary design services for our customers or produce our products causing damage to our business or an inability to meet customer demand or increase revenues. We are subject to a high degree of regulatory oversight and, if we do not continue to receive the necessary regulatory approvals, our revenues may decline. The FDA has granted us clearance to manufacture and market the medical products we currently sell in the United States. However, prior FDA approval may be required before we can market additional medical products that we may develop in the future. We may also seek to sell current or future medical products in a manner that requires us to obtain FDA permission to market such products. We may also require the regulatory approval or license of other federal, state or local agencies or comparable agencies in other countries. We may lose the FDA’s permission to manufacture and market our current products or may not obtain the necessary regulatory permission, approvals or licenses for the manufacturing or marketing of any of our future products. Also, we cannot predict the impact on our business of FDA regulations or determinations arising from future legislation or administrative action. If we lose the FDA’s permission to manufacture and market our current products or we do not obtain regulatory permission to manufacture and market our future products, our revenues may decline and our business may be harmed. We face risks inherent in product development and production under fixed-price purchase orders and these purchase orders may not be profitable over time. A portion of our business has been devoted to research, development and production under fixed-price purchase orders. For our purposes, a fixed-price purchase order is any purchase order under which we will provide products or services for a fixed-price over an extended period of time, usually six months or longer. Fixed-price purchase orders have represented as much as 50% of our total revenues during periods in the last several years. We expect that revenues from fixed-price purchase orders will continue to represent a significant portion of our total revenues in future fiscal years. Because they involve performance over time, we cannot predict with certainty the expenses involved in meeting our obligations under fixed-price purchase orders. Therefore, we can never be sure at the time we enter into any single fixed-price purchase order that such purchase order will continue to be profitable for us throughout the fixed-price period. We primarily perform engineering and manufacturing services for our customers who could decide to use another vendor for these services in the future. A significant portion of our revenues are derived from engineering and manufacturing services that we perform to design and fabricate medical device products or sub-assemblies of medical device products for our customers who in turn sell the products to the end users. Our customers typically own the proprietary rights to and control commercial distribution of the final products. Therefore, in many of these cases we do not own the proprietary rights to the medical device products that we manufacture or that our sub-assemblies are made a part of. Our customers could decide to use other suppliers for these services based on cost, quality, delivery time, production capacities, competitive and regulatory considerations or other factors. Thus, revenues from our customers and the products and services we provide them are subject to significant fluctuation on a product to product basis from period to period. 9 We resell products we purchase from third parties and our customers could decide to use another vendor for to acquire those products. Our division Ross Optical, which we acquired effective June 1, 2019, primarily acquires specialized optical components and assemblies from third parties pursuant to specifications provided from its customers, inspects and sometimes further processes those products before reselling them to its customers. Because Ross Optical does not manufacture the optical components and assemblies or owns the intellectual property rights to the products its customers could choose to obtain those products and services from other sources or could apply pressure to Ross Optical to lower its prices resulting in reduced future gross margins and operating results. Third parties may infringe on our intellectual property and, as a result, we could incur significant expense in protecting our patents or not have sufficient resources to protect them. We utilize numerous licensed patents that are important to our business. In July 2011, we entered into an asset purchase agreement with Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. in which we assigned to Intuitive Surgical all the issued and non-expired patents and pending patent applications we held at that time and, in return, Intuitive Surgical granted to us a royalty-free, worldwide license to these patents in fields outside of medical robotics. Although we are not currently aware of any past or present infringements of our patents, we plan, jointly with Intuitive Surgical, to protect these patents from infringement and obtain additional patents whenever feasible. To this end, we have obtained confidentiality agreements from our employees and consultants and others who have access to the design of our products and other proprietary information. Protecting and obtaining patents, however, is both time consuming and expensive. We therefore may not have the resources necessary to assert all potential patent infringement claims or pursue all patents that might be available to us. If our competitors or other third parties infringe on our patents, our business may be harmed. Third parties may claim that we have infringed on their patents and, as a result, we could be prohibited from using all or part of any technology used in our products. Should third parties claim a proprietary right to all or part of any technology that we use in our products, such a claim, regardless of its merit, could involve us in costly litigation. If successful, such a claim could also result in us being unable to freely use the technology that was the subject of the claim, or sell products embodying such technology. If we engage in litigation, our expenses may increase and our business may be harmed. If we are prohibited from using a particular technology in our products, our revenues may decline and our business may be harmed. We depend on the availability of certain key supplies and services that are available from only a few sources and if we experience difficulty with a supplier, we may have difficulty finding alternative sources of these supplies or services. We require certain key supplies to develop and manufacture our products, particularly our precision grade optical glass, which is available from only a few sources, each of which is located outside of the United States. Additionally, we rely on outside vendors to grind and polish certain of our lenses and other optical components, such as prisms and windows. We also rely on a limited number of suppliers for specialized CMOS sensors and the electronic wiring of those sensors. Based upon our ordering experience to date, we believe the materials and services required for the production of our products are currently available in sufficient quantities to meet our needs. Our requirements are small relative to the total supply, and we are not currently encountering problems with availability. However, this does not mean that we will continue to have timely access to adequate supplies of essential materials and services in the future or that supplies of these materials and services will be available on satisfactory terms when the need arises. Our business could be severely damaged if we become unable to procure these essential materials and services in adequate quantities and at acceptable prices. From time to time, subcontractors may produce some of our products for us, and our business is subject to the risk that these subcontractors fail to make timely delivery. Our products and services are also used as components of the products and services of other manufacturers. We are therefore subject to the risk that manufacturers who integrate our products or services into their own products or services are unable to acquire essential supplies and services from third parties in a timely fashion. If this occurs, we may not be able to deliver our products on a timely basis and our revenues may decline. 10 Our customers may claim that the products we sold them were defective and if our insurance is not sufficient to cover such a claim, we would be liable for the excess. Like any manufacturer, we are and always have been exposed to liability claims resulting from the use of products we assist in developing, manufacture and supply to our customers. Additionally, the products we supply could be used in conjunction with other products in medical device applications, such as certain endoscope products claimed to be associated with surgical suite contamination resulting from their intended re-use and re-sterilization. We maintain product liability insurance to cover us in the event of liability claims, and as of September 23, 2022, no such claims have been asserted or threatened against us. However, our insurance may not be sufficient to cover all possible future product claims, costs and any resulting liabilities. We would be liable if our business operations harmed the environment and a failure to maintain compliance with environmental laws could severely damage our business. Our operations are subject to a variety of federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of the environment. From time to time, we use hazardous materials in our operations. Although we believe that we comply with all applicable environmental laws and regulations, our business could be severely damaged by any failure to maintain such compliance. Our quarterly financial results vary quarter to quarter and depend on many factors. As a result, we cannot predict with a high degree of certainty our operating results in any particular fiscal quarter. Our quarterly operating results may vary significantly depending upon factors such as: — the timing of completion of significant customer orders; — the timing and amount of our research and development expenditures; — the costs of initial product production in connection with new products; — the timing of new product introductions—both by us and by our competitors; — the timing and level of market acceptance of new products or enhanced versions of our existing products; — our ability to retain existing customers and customers’ continued demand for our products and services; — our customers’ inventory levels, and levels of demand for our customers’ products and services; and — competitive pricing pressures. We may not be able to grow or sustain revenues or achieve or maintain profitability on a quarterly or annual basis and levels of revenue and/or profitability may vary from one such period to another. Many of our competitors are large, well-financed companies who have research and marketing capabilities that are superior to ours. The industries in which we operate are highly competitive. Many of our existing and potential competitors have greater financial resources and manufacturing capabilities, more established and larger marketing and sales organizations and larger technical staffs than we have. Other companies, some with greater experience in the optics, semiconductor or medical products industries, are seeking to produce products and services that compete with our products and services. 11 Ross Optical is subject to tariffs and regulatory scrutiny, and it faces the risk of changes to this regulatory environment and business in the future. Ross Optical is ISO and ITAR registered and currently imports, exports, and manufactures optical products for the defense industry, some of which are controlled by regulations promulgated by the U.S. Departments of State and Commerce. If Ross Optical fails to comply with the terms of these regulations and registrations, it may lose its ITAR registration or suffer other consequences, such as the withdrawal or suspension of approvals, suspension of imports, exports or production, or the imposition of fines or other penalties. There is also the risk that new laws or regulations or changes in enforcement practices applicable to the business of Ross Optical could be imposed, which may adversely affect its ability to compete effectively with other institutions that are not affected in the same way, or which may impact its supplier and customers. In addition, regulation imposed on market participants generally, such as foreign tariff increases could negatively affect the overall profitability of Ross Optical’s international business. These developments could impact Ross Optical’s profitability, or even make it uneconomical for Ross Optical to continue to conduct all or certain of its business, or could cause Ross Optical to incur significant costs associated with adjusting its business to these changes. RISKS RELATED TO OUR STOCK Trading in our common stock is limited and the price of our common stock may be subject to substantial volatility. Our common stock is quoted on OTCQB, the OTC market tier for companies that report to the SEC, under the symbol PEYE. We expect our common stock to continue to be quoted on the OTCQB for the foreseeable future. Broker-dealers may decline to trade in OTCQB stocks given the market for such securities is often limited, the stocks are more volatile and the risk to investors is greater. These factors may reduce the potential market for our common stock by reducing the number of potential investors. This may make it more difficult for investors in our common stock to sell shares to third parties or to otherwise dispose of their shares. This could cause our stock price to decline. Additionally, the price of our common stock may be volatile as a result of a number of factors, including, but not limited to, the following: — our ability to successfully conceive and to develop new products and services to enhance the performance characteristics and methods of manufacture of existing products; — our ability to retain existing customers and customers’ continued demand for our products and services; — the timing of our research and development expenditures and of new product introductions; — the timing and level of acceptance of new products or enhanced versions of our existing products; and — price and volume fluctuations in the stock market at large which do not relate to our operating performance. “Penny stock” rules may make buying or selling our securities difficult which may make our stock less liquid and make it harder for investors to buy and sell our securities. Trading in our securities is subject to the SEC’s “penny stock” rule and we anticipate that trading in our securities will continue to be subject to the penny stock rules for the foreseeable future. The SEC has adopted regulations that generally define a penny stock to be any equity security that has a market price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to certain exceptions. These rules require that any broker-dealer who recommends our securities to persons other than prior customers and accredited investors must, prior to the sale, make a special written suitability determination for the purchaser and receive the purchaser’s written agreement to execute the transaction. Unless an exception is available, the regulations require the delivery, prior to any transaction involving a penny stock, of a disclosure schedule explaining the penny stock market and the risks associated with trading in the penny stock market. In addition, broker-dealers must disclose commissions payable to both the broker-dealer and the registered representative and current quotations for the securities they offer. The additional burdens imposed upon broker-dealers by these requirements may discourage broker-dealers from recommending transactions in our securities, which could severely limit the liquidity of our securities and consequently adversely affect the market price for our securities. 12 We are contractually obligated to issue shares in the future, diluting your interest in us. As of June 30, 2022, there were 2,714,000 shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of stock options outstanding, at a weighted average exercise price of $1.33 per share. As of June 30, 2022, a total of 206,403 and 1,000,000 shares of our common stock are reserved for issuance under our 2021 and 2022 Equity Incentive Plans respectively. Additionally, we issued 195,113 shares of our common stock during fiscal year 2022 for compensation and stock option exercises, and 3,437,500 shares of our common stock were issued during fiscal 2022 for the Lighthouse acquisition, which brought our total common shares outstanding to 16,915,089 at June 30, 2022. Moreover, we expect to issue additional shares and options to purchase shares of our common stock to compensate employees, consultants and directors, and we may issue additional shares to raise capital. Any such issuances will have the effect of further diluting the interest of the holders of our securities. The market price of our common stock may be volatile, and the value of stockholders’ investment could decline significantly. The trading price for our common stock has been, and we expect it to continue to be, volatile. The price at which our common stock trades depends upon a number of factors, including our historical and anticipated operating results, our financial situation, announcements of new products by us or our competitors, our ability or inability to raise the additional capital we may need and the terms on which we raise it, and general market and economic conditions. Some of these factors are beyond our control. Broad market fluctuations may lower the market price of our common stock and affect the volume of trading in our stock, regardless of our financial condition, results of operations, business or prospects. It is impossible to assure you that the market price of our shares of common stock will not fall in the future. ITEM 2. PROPERTIES. We conduct our domestic operations at three facilities in Gardner, Massachusetts, one facility in El Paso, Texas, and one facility in Windham, Maine. We are currently a tenant-at-will, paying rent of $9,000 per month for our main Gardner facility. We rent three other smaller Gardner facilities on a month-to-month basis. Our Ross Optical division rents a facility in El Paso, Texas from an unrelated party pursuant to an operating lease through June 2025 at monthly base rates beginning at $3,652 and increasing to $3,837 per month during the term of the lease. Our Lighthouse division rents a facility in Windham, Maine from an unrelated party pursuant to an operating lease through July 31, 2025, at a monthly base rate of $11,477 for the remainder of the lease. We believe these facilities are adequate for our current operations and are adequately covered by insurance. Significant increases in production or the addition of significant equipment additions or manufacturing capabilities in connection with the production of our line of endoscopes and other products may, however, require improvements to existing facilities or the acquisition or lease of additional facilities. We may establish production facilities domestically or overseas to produce key assemblies or components, such as lenses, for our products. Overseas facilities may subject us to the political and economic risks associated with overseas operations. The loss of or inability to establish or maintain such additional domestic or overseas facilities could materially adversely affect our competitive position and profitability. ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS. Our Company, on occasion, may become involved in legal matters arising in the ordinary course of our business, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. We are currently not aware of any pending or threatened litigation against us or our officers and directors in their capacity as such that could have a material impact on our operations or finances. ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES. Not applicable. 13 PART II ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES. Market Information Our common stock is quoted on OTCQB, the OTC market tier for companies that report to the SEC, under the symbol PEYE. Holders As of September 23, 2022, we had approximately 1,142 holders of record of our common stock. Holders of record include nominees who may hold shares on behalf of multiple owners. Dividends We have not declared any dividends during the last two fiscal years. At present, we intend to retain our earnings, if any, to finance research and development and the expansion of our business. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities We have not issued any unregistered securities since October 4, 2021. Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans The following table summarizes information about our equity compensation plans as of June 30, 2022. Plan category Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights Weighted- average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a)) Equity compensation plans approved by security holders 44,698 $ 0.77 – Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders 2,669,302 $ 1.34 1,206,403 Total 2,714,000 $ 1.33 1,206,403 2006 Equity Incentive Plan On November 28, 2006, our stockholders approved the Precision Optics Corporation, Inc. 2006 Equity Incentive Plan, referred to as the 2006 Plan, which succeeded the Precision Optics Corporation, Inc. Amended and Restated 1997 Equity Incentive Plan, referred to as the 1997 Plan. No further awards have been or will be granted under the 1997 Plan. The 2006 Plan allowed for the granting of stock options to selected employees, directors and other persons who provide services to us or our affiliates. No further awards will be granted under the 2006 Plan. 14 2011 Equity Incentive Plan The Precision Optics Corporation, Inc. 2011 Equity Incentive Plan, referred to as the 2011 Plan, was adopted by our Board of Directors on October 13, 2011. The 2011 Plan allows for the granting of stock options to selected employees, directors and other persons who provide services to us or our affiliates. On April 16, 2015, the Board of Directors approved an amendment to the 2011 Equity Incentive Plan which increased the maximum number of shares of our common stock that may be awarded under the Plan from 325,000 to 1,825,000, an increase of 1,500,000 shares. In connection therewith, on April 20, 2015, we filed a registration statement on Form S-8 to register the 1,500,000 shares of common stock. On May 1, 2019, the Board of Directors approved an amendment to the 2011 Equity Incentive Plan to update the Plan for the latest changes to the tax laws and increase the maximum number of shares of our common stock that may be awarded under the Plan from 1,825,000 to 2,825,000, an increase of 1,000,000 shares. In connection therewith, on September 6, 2019, we filed a registration statement on Form S-8 to register the 1,000,000 shares of common stock. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan The Precision Optics Corporation, Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan, referred to as the 2021 Plan, was adopted by our Board of Directors on May 10, 2021. The 2021 Plan allows for the granting of stock options to selected employees, directors and other persons who provide services to us or our affiliates for up to a total of 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. In connection therewith, we filed a registration statement on Form S-8 to register the 1,000,000 shares of common stock. 2022 Equity Incentive Plan The Precision Optics Corporation, Inc. 2022 Equity Incentive Plan, referred to as the 2022 Plan, was adopted by our Board on February 7, 2022 and approved by our Shareholders on April 8, 2022. The 2022 Plan allows for the granting of stock options to selected employees, directors and other persons who provide services to us or our affiliates for up to a total of 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. We plan to file a registration statement on Form S-8 to register the shares authorized under the 2022 Plan. ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA. [RESERVED] 15 ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS. The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the Financial Statements and Notes thereto, and other financial information included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. This Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contains descriptions of our expectations regarding future trends affecting our business. The following discussion sets forth certain factors we believe could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements. Overview We have been a developer and manufacturer of advanced optical instruments since 1982. Our medical instrumentation line includes traditional endoscopes and endocouplers as well as other custom imaging and illumination products for use in minimally invasive surgical procedures. Much of our recent development efforts have been targeted at the development of next generation endoscopes. We selectively execute internal research and development programs to develop next generation capabilities for designing and manufacturing 3D endoscopes and very small Microprecision™ lenses, anticipating future requirements as the surgical community continues to demand smaller and more enhanced imaging systems for minimally invasive surgery. As Ross Optical Industries of El Paso, Texas we also operate as a supplier of custom optical components and assemblies for military and defense, medical and various other industrial applications. All products sold by us under the Ross Optical name include a custom or catalog optic, which is sourced through our extensive domestic and worldwide network of optical fabrication companies. Most systems make use of optical lenses, prisms, mirrors and windows and range from individual optical components to complex mechano-optical assemblies. Products often include thin film optical coatings that are applied using our in-house coating department. As Lighthouse Imaging of Windham, Maine we also operate as a manufacturer of advanced optical imaging systems and accessories. We have a strong expertise in electrical engineering and development of end-to-end medical visualization devices. Product development competencies at Lighthouse Imaging include Systems, Optical, Mechanical, Electrical and Process Development Engineering. Our product development team has extensive experience developing visualization systems that are used in a variety of clinical applications. Lighthouse Imaging is an industry leader in chip on tip visualization systems. Approximately 34% of our business during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022 is from engineering services primarily relating to the design of medical device optical assemblies, 41% from the sale of both internally manufactured and purchased optical components, and 25% from the manufacture of optical assemblies and sub-assemblies primarily for medical device instrument applications. Our proprietary medical instrumentation line, unique custom design and manufacturing capabilities, and expert electrical engineering and development has generated traditional proprietary endoscopes and endocouplers as well as other custom imaging and illumination products for our customers’ use in minimally invasive surgical procedures. We design and manufacture 3D endoscopes and very small Microprecision lenses, assemblies and complete medical devices to meet the surgical community’s continuing demand for smaller, disposable, and more enhanced imaging systems for minimally invasive surgery. We are registered to the ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 13485:2016 Quality Standards and comply with the FDA Good Manufacturing Practices and the European Union Medical Device Directive for CE marking of our medical products. Our internet websites are www.poci.com, www.rossoptical.com, and www.lighthouseoptics.com. Information on our websites is not intended to be integrated into this report. Investors and others should note that we announce material financial information using our company websites (www.poci.com; www.rossoptical.com; www.lighthouseoptics.com), our investor relations website, SEC filings, press releases, public conference calls and webcasts. Information about Precision Optics, our business, and our results of operations may also be announced by social media posts on our Ross Optical and Lighthouse LinkedIn pages (www.linkedin.com/company/ross-optical-industries/) (https://www.linkedin.com/company/lighthouse-imaging-corporation/) and Twitter feed (http://twitter.com/rossoptical) and on our Lighthouse Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/lighthouseoptics/). The information that we post on these social media channels could be deemed to be material information. Therefore, we encourage investors, the media, and others interested in Precision Optics to review the information that we post on these social media channels. These social media channels may be updated from time to time on Precision Optics investor relations website. The information on, or accessible through, our websites and social media channels is not incorporated by reference in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. 16 The markets in which we do business are highly competitive and include both foreign and domestic competitors. Many of our competitors are larger and have substantially greater resources than we do. Furthermore, other domestic or foreign companies, some with greater financial resources than we have, may seek to produce products or services that compete with ours. We routinely outsource specialized production efforts as required to obtain the most cost-effective production. Over the years we have achieved extensive experience collaborating with other optical specialists worldwide. We believe that our future success depends to a large degree on our ability to develop new optical products and services to enhance the performance characteristics and methods of manufacture of existing products. Accordingly, we expect to continue to seek and obtain product-related design and development contracts with customers and to selectively invest our own funds on research and development, particularly in the areas of Microprecision optics, micro medical cameras, illumination, single-use endoscopes and 3D endoscopes. Current sales and marketing activities are intended to broaden awareness of the benefits of our new technology platforms and our successful application of these new technologies to medical device projects requiring surgery-grade visualization from sub-millimeter sized devices and 3D endoscopy, including single-use products and assemblies. We market directly to established medical device companies primarily in the United States that we believe could benefit from our advanced endoscopy visualization systems. Through this direct marketing, referrals, attendance at trade shows and a presence in online professional association websites, we have expanded our on-going pipeline of projects to significant medical device companies as well as well-funded emerging technology companies. We expect our customer pipeline to continue to expand as development projects transition to production orders and new customer projects enter the development phase. Our Ross Optical division markets through existing customers and trade shows, in addition to proactive online marketing strategies executed primarily through its website. Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates Our critical accounting policies are included in the Notes to our Financial Statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Results of Operations for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2022 as Compared to the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2021 Total revenues for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022 were $15,678,248, as compared to $10,674,907 for the same period in the prior year, an increase of $5,003,341, or 46.9%, primarily due to inclusion of the Lighthouse division since its acquisition on October 4, 2021. Excluding the effect of the Lighthouse acquisition, assembly production revenue increased approximately $801,000 in fiscal year 2021 compared to fiscal year 2020, optical component revenue increased approximately $731,000 while engineering revenue decreased approximately $404,000, and optical component revenues were virtually unchanged during the same period. The increases in assembly production revenue were driven primarily by a large reorder from a large medical device company for a spinal surgery application, while the increases in optical components were largely driven by a large order from a large defense/aerospace customer. Decreases in the engineering revenue year over year are primarily due to timing of certain programs while the pipeline for these revenue sources remains strong. Our largest customer during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022 accounted for 9.4% of our revenue and represented manufacturing assembly revenues for a medical diagnostic system. We generated revenues from 377 unique customers during the year ended June 30, 2022, and no single customer accounted for 10% or more of our revenue for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2022, or 2021. The COVID-19 world-wide pandemic that began during the quarter ended March 31, 2020 and the domestic and international impact of policy decisions being made in major countries around the world has had, and could continue to have, an adverse impact on our sources of supply, current and future orders from our customers, collection of amounts owed to us from our customers, our internal operating procedures, and our overall financial condition. Given the uncertainty surrounding the continuation of economic impacts both domestically and abroad, we cannot predict with certainty at this time what the future impact of COVID-19 and resulting business and economic policies in the US and abroad will be on our up-coming quarterly fiscal operating results. 17 Gross profit for fiscal year ended June 30, 2022 of $4,928,187, reflected an increase of $1,494,602, or 43.5%, as compared to gross profit for fiscal year 2021 of $3,433,585, and was principally the result of inclusion of the Lighthouse division since its acquisition in October 2021. Gross profit, as a percentage of revenues for fiscal year 2022, was 31.4% as compared to gross profit, as a percentage of revenues for fiscal year 2021, of 32.2%. Gross profit and gross profit percentage for any given fiscal period depend on a number of factors, including overall sales volume, facility utilization, product sales mix, the nature and costs of engineering services, design challenges and changes, production start-up costs, customer-imposed project changes or delays, and the effects of COVID-19 pandemic policy decisions on various economies and our suppliers and customers, as well as the effects on production efficiencies due to the augmented policies we have incorporated into our operations as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our decrease in gross margin from 32.2% to 31.4% during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022 compared to 2021 was primarily the result of a gross margin decrease in one engineering project due to cost over-runs, lower than target margins on manufacturing programs at our Lighthouse division due to slower than expected transfer of projects from engineering to production and a lower realized margin on a large volume recurring component product produced for a catalog reselling customer. The remainder of our production, engineering and component revenues resulted in margins within our targeted range with reasonably expected fluctuations. Research and development expenses were $666,479 for fiscal year 2022 as compared to $624,253 for fiscal year 2021. The increase of $42,226, or 6.8%, in fiscal year 2022 compared to fiscal year 2021 is considered to be a customary change resulting from the normal course of business and reflects a similar level of engineering related development projects in fiscal year 2022 compared to 2021. We believe research and development activities enhance our technology platform of capabilities and our overall competitiveness in providing unique optical and illumination solutions for medical device endoscopes. Selling, general and administrative expenses were $5,613,473 for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022, compared to $3,714,915 for the same period in the prior year, an increase of $1,898,558, or 51.1%. The increase in selling, general and administrative expenses in the year ended June 30, 2022 was primarily due to inclusion of the Lighthouse division since its acquisition in October 2021, plus increased stock based compensation and marketing related expenses as well as additions to our administrative team due to the growth of the overall organization. The income tax provisions in fiscal years 2022 and 2021 represent the minimum statutory state income tax liability. Liquidity and Capital Resources We have sustained recurring net losses for several years. During the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 we incurred operating losses of $1,513,890 and $905,583, respectively. At June 30, 2022, our cash and cash equivalents were $605,749, accounts receivable were $2,663,872, and current liabilities were $4,586,641, including $905,113 of advances paid against open purchase orders by our customers. Although our revenue and gross margin have increased due to new business from our acquisition of Lighthouse Imaging, our operating expenses have also increased, and we continue to experience pricing pressure from our customers and challenges in engineering projects and production orders that can result in cost over-runs and depressed gross margins. We also continue to experience added uncertainty related to our vendors ability to supply materials and our customers future order levels as a result of the economic impact the COVID-19 world-wide pandemic and related jurisdictional policies and regulations and lingering supply-chain issues. Consequently, critical to our ability to maintain our financial condition is achieving and maintaining a level of quarterly revenues that generate break even or better financial performance as well as timely collection of accounts receivable from our customers. We believe profitable operating results can be achieved through a combination of sales growth, realized gross margins and controlling operating expense increases, all of which are subject to periodic fluctuations resulting from sales mix and the stage of completion of varying engineering service projects as they progress towards and into production level revenues. We have traditionally funded working capital needs through product sales, management of working capital components of our business, cash received from public and private offerings of our common stock, warrants to purchase shares of our common stock or convertible notes, manufacturing equipment leases, and by customer advances paid against purchase orders by our customers and recorded in the current liabilities section of the accompanying financial statements. We have incurred year to year and quarter to quarter operating losses during our efforts to develop current products including Microprecision optical elements, micro medical camera assemblies and 3D endoscopes. Our management believes that the opportunities represented by these technical capabilities and related products have the potential to generate sales increases to achieve breakeven and profitable results. 18 On October 4, 2021 we acquired the assets of Lighthouse Imaging, LLC as described in note 2. Business Acquisition to the accompanying financial statements in this Form 10-K. To finance the cash portion of the acquisition price we entered into a $2,600,000 bank term loan, sold shares of our common stock for gross proceeds of $1,500,000. We also secured a $250,000 bank line of credit from the same bank for working capital needs, upon which no borrowings were outstanding as of June 30, 2022. Capital equipment expenditures during fiscal year 2022 and fiscal year 2021 were $113,197 and $237,900, respectively, $161,976 of which in fiscal year 2021, was funded by leasing agreements with monthly payment obligations. Patent application expenditures during fiscal year 2022 and fiscal year 2021 were $39,543 and $46,473, respectively. The level of future capital equipment and patent expenditures will depend on future sales and success of on-going research and development efforts. Contractual cash commitments for the fiscal years subsequent to June 30, 2022, are summarized as follows: Fiscal 2023 Thereafter Total Capital lease for equipment, including interest $ 48,619 $ 120,542 $ 169,161 Minimum operating lease payments $ 181,556 $ 377,904 $ 559,460 We have contractual cash commitments related to open purchase orders as of June 30, 2022 of approximately $1,557,582. Material Trends and Uncertainties We currently have no material trends or uncertainties that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future material effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources. Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements We currently have no off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future material effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources. ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK. As a smaller reporting company, as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act and in Item 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K, we are electing scaled disclosure reporting obligations and therefore are not required to provide the information requested by this Item. 19 ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA. Index to Financial Statements Page Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB No. 577 ) F-1 Consolidated Balance Sheets at June 30, 2022 and 202 1 F-3 Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Years Ended June 30, 2022 and 2022 F-4 Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the Years Ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 F-5 Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 F-6 Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements F-7 20 Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of Precision Optics Corporation, Inc. Opinion on the Consolidated Financial Statements We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Precision Optics Corporation, Inc. (the Company) as of June 30, 2022 and 2021, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the two year period ended June 30, 2022, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the consolidated financial statements). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of June 30, 2022 and 2021, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the two year period ended June 30, 2022, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Basis for Opinion These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB. We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion. Critical Audit Matters The critical audit matters communicated below are matters arising from the current period audit of the consolidated financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the consolidated financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matters below, providing separate opinions on the critical audit matters or on the accounts or disclosures to which they relate. Revenue Recognition — Refer to Note A to the Consolidated Financial Statements Critical Audit Matter Description The Company recognizes revenue upon transfer of control of promised products to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration the Company expects to receive in exchange for those products. The Company may enter into certain customer contracts that contain unique, customer-specific terms and conditions, variable consideration, as well as multiple performance obligations. For such contracts, significant interpretation may be required to determine the appropriate accounting, including the identification of performance obligations, the allocation of the transaction price to performance obligations in the arrangement, the timing of the transfer of control of promised goods for each of those performance obligations, estimates of variable consideration and agent versus principal consideration. Our assessment of managements’ evaluation of the above referenced matters related to proper revenue recognition is significant to our audit because the amounts are material to the financial statements, the assessment process involves significant judgment, and the application of U.S. generally accepted accounting principles in this area is complex. F- 1 How the Critical Audit Matter Was Addressed in the Audit Our principal audit procedures related to the Company’s revenue recognition for customer contracts included the following: · We evaluated the appropriateness of management’s revenue recognition policies. · We tested the mathematical accuracy of management’s calculations of revenue and the associated timing of revenue recognized in the consolidated financial statements. · We selected a sample of revenue transactions and performed the following procedures: o Obtained and read source documents for each selection, including master agreements, purchase orders and other documents that evidenced the customer arrangement. o Tested management’s identification and treatment of the key contract terms, including performance obligations and variable consideration. o Assessed the terms in the customer agreement and evaluated the appropriateness of management's application of the Company’s accounting policies, along with their use of estimates, in the determination of revenue recognition conclusions. Goodwill Impairment Assessment – Lighthouse Imaging Division As described in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company’s consolidated goodwill balance and goodwill balance for the Lighthouse Imaging Division was $8.8 million and $8.1 million, respectively, as of June 30, 2022. As disclosed, management conducts a goodwill impairment test whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the book value of the asset may not be recoverable. For reporting units evaluated using a quantitative assessment, the fair values are determined using an income approach. The income approach determines fair value based on discounted cash flow models derived from the reporting units’ long-term forecasts. An impairment loss would be recognized when the carrying amount of a reporting unit’s net assets exceeds the estimated fair value of the reporting unit. Estimates and assumptions are utilized in the valuations, including discounted projected cash flows, terminal value growth rates, revenue growth rates, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) margins, and discount rates. The principal considerations for our determination that performing procedures relating to the goodwill impairment assessment of the Lighthouse Imaging Division is a critical audit matter are (i) the high degree of auditor judgment and subjectivity in applying procedures relating to the goodwill impairment assessment due to the significant judgment by management when developing the fair value measurement of the reporting unit and (ii) significant audit effort was necessary to perform procedures and evaluate audit evidence related to the revenue growth rates and EBITDA margins assumptions utilized in the income approach. Addressing the matter involved performing procedures and evaluating audit evidence in connection with forming our overall opinion on the consolidated financial statements. These procedures included, among others, (i) testing management’s process for developing the fair value estimate; (ii) evaluating the appropriateness of the valuation model used in management’s estimate; (iii) testing the completeness, accuracy, and relevance of underlying data used in the model; and (iv) evaluating the reasonableness of the revenue growth rates and EBITDA margins assumptions used by management. Evaluating management’s assumptions related to the revenue growth rates and EBITDA margins involved evaluating whether the assumptions used by management were reasonable considering (i) the current and past performance of the reporting unit, and (ii) whether these assumptions were consistent with evidence obtained in other areas of the audit. /s/ Stowe & Degon LLC We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2008 Westborough, Massachusetts September 27, 2022 F- 2 PRECISION OPTICS CORPORATION, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Consolidated Balance Sheets at June 30, 2022 and 2021 2022 2021 ASSETS Current Assets: Cash and cash equivalents $ 605,749 $ 861,650 Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $ 44,135 at June 30, 2022 and $ 251,383 at June 30, 2021 2,663,872 1,878,755 Inventories 3,022,147 1,885,395 Prepaid expenses 213,448 150,635 Total current assets 6,505,216 4,776,435 Fixed Assets: Machinery and equipment 3,215,412 3,084,511 Leasehold improvements 843,903 792,723 Furniture and fixtures 219,999 178,640 Total Fixed Assets 4,279,314 4,055,874 Less—Accumulated depreciation and amortization 3,651,843 3,461,622 Net fixed assets 627,471 594,252 Operating lease right-to-use asset 517,725 61,247 Patents, net 229,398 141,702 Goodwill 8,824,210 687,664 TOTAL ASSETS $ 16,704,020 $ 6,261,300 LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY Current Liabilities: Current portion of capital lease obligation $ 40,705 $ 38,347 Current maturities of long-term debt 367,714 – Current portion of acquisition earn out liability 166,667 166,667 Accounts payable 2,239,175 1,205,149 Customer advances 905,113 450,084 Accrued compensation and other 716,702 589,616 Operating lease liability 150,565 61,247 Total current liabilities 4,586,641 2,511,110 Capital lease obligation, net of current portion 111,691 152,397 Long-term debt, net of current maturities 1,961,141 – Acquisition earn out liability, net of current portion 705,892 166,666 Operating lease liability, net of current portion 367,160 – Stockholders’ Equity: Common stock, $ 0.01 par value: 50,000,000 shares authorized; issued and outstanding – 16,915,089 shares at June 30, 2022 and 13,282,476 shares at June 30, 2021 169,150 132,825 Additional paid-in capital 56,896,739 50,464,280 Accumulated deficit ( 48,094,394 ) ( 47,165,978 ) Total stockholders’ equity 8,971,495 3,431,127 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY $ 16,704,020 $ 6,261,300 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements. F- 3 PRECISION OPTICS CORPORATION, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Years Ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 2022 2021 Revenues $ 15,678,248 $ 10,674,907 Cost of goods sold 10,750,061 7,241,322 Gross profit 4,928,187 3,433,585 Research and development expenses, net 666,479 624,253 Selling, general and administrative expenses 5,613,473 3,714,915 Business acquisition expenses 162,125 – Total operating expenses 6,442,077 4,339,168 Operating loss ( 1,513,890 ) ( 905,583 ) Other income (expense) Interest expense ( 155,658 ) ( 5,302 ) Gain on forgiveness of bank note – 808,962 Gain on revaluation of contingent earn-out liability 742,084 – Loss before provision for income taxes ( 927,464 ) ( 101,923 ) Provision for income taxes 952 912 Net loss $ ( 928,416 ) $ ( 102,835 ) Loss per share: Basic and fully diluted $ ( 0.06 ) $ ( 0.01 ) Weighted average common shares outstanding: Basic and fully diluted 15,887,161 13,281,351 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements. F- 4 PRECISION OPTICS CORPORATION, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the Years Ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 Number of Shares Common Stock Additional Paid-in Capital Accumulated Deficit Total Stockholders’ Equity Balance, June 30, 2020 13,191,789 $ 131,918 $ 49,702,986 $ ( 47,063,143 ) $ 2,771,761 Proceeds from exercise of stock options 72,000 720 27,551 – 28,271 Exercise of stock options net of 21,313 shares withheld 18,687 187 ( 187 ) – – Stock-based compensation – – 733,930 – 733,930 Net loss – – – ( 102,835 ) ( 102,835 ) Balance, June 30, 2021 13,282,476 132,825 50,464,280 ( 47,165,978 ) 3,431,127 Issuance of common stock in private placement 937,500 9,375 1,480,625 – 1,490,000 Issuance of common stock in business acquisition 2,500,000 25,000 3,975,000 – 4,000,000 Proceeds from exercise of stock option 58,200 582 62,708 – 63,290 Exercise of stock options net of 109,682 shares withheld 127,818 1,277 ( 1,277 ) – – Issuance of common stock for employee services 9,095 91 19,909 – 20,000 Stock-based compensation – – 895,494 – 895,494 Net loss – – – ( 928,416 ) ( 928,416 ) Balance, June 30, 2022 16,915,089 $ 169,150 $ 56,896,739 $ ( 48,094,394 ) $ 8,971,495 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements. F- 5 PRECISION OPTICS CORPORATION, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows For the Years Ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 2022 2021 Cash Flows from Operating Activities: Net loss $ ( 928,416 ) $ ( 102,835 ) Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities- Gain on revaluation of contingent earn-out liability ( 742,084 ) – Depreciation and amortization 190,221 146,799 Stock-based compensation expense 915,494 733,930 Non-cash interest expense 55,017 – Gain on forgiveness of bank note – ( 808,962 ) Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects of business acquisition- Accounts receivable, net ( 108,140 ) ( 397,318 ) Due from related party 84,210 Inventories ( 680,744 ) 311,849 Prepaid expenses 19,312 ( 16,928 ) Accounts payable 819,284 139,144 Customer advances ( 371,650 ) 33,025 Accrued compensation and other ( 185,875 ) 7,846 Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities ( 933,371 ) 46,550 Cash Flows from Investing Activities: Acquisition of businesses ( 255,062 ) – Additional patent costs ( 39,543 ) ( 46,473 ) Purchases of property and equipment ( 113,197 ) ( 75,924 ) Net cash used in investing activities ( 407,802 ) ( 122,397 ) Cash Flows from Financing Activities: Payment of capital lease obligations ( 38,349 ) ( 58,804 ) Payments of long-term debt ( 247,002 ) – Payment of debt issuance costs ( 26,000 ) – Payment of acquisition earn-out liability ( 166,667 ) ( 166,667 ) Gross proceeds from private placements of common stock 1,500,000 – Gross proceeds from exercise of stock options 63,290 28,271 Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities 1,085,272 ( 197,200 ) Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents ( 255,901 ) ( 273,047 ) Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year 861,650 1,134,697 Cash and cash equivalents, end of year $ 605,749 $ 861,650 Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information: Cash paid during the year for income taxes $ 912 $ 2,165 Supplemental disclosure of non-cash financing activities: Issuance of common stock for services $ 20,000 $ – Acquisition of business financed with long-term debt $ 2,600,000 $ – Common stock issued in business acquisition $ 4,000,000 $ – Acquisition of Manufacturing Equipment Under Capital Lease $ – $ 161,976 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements. F- 6 PRECISION OPTICS CORPORATION, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (1) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (a) Nature of Business Precision Optics Corporation, Inc. (the “Company”) designs, develops, manufactures and sells specialized optical and illumination systems and related components. The Company conducts business in one industry segment only and its customers are primarily domestic. The Company performs advanced optical and illumination system design, development, assembly and manufacturing services, and sources for resale specialized optical components for products that fall into two principal areas: (i) medical products for use by hospitals and physicians; and (ii) products used by defense contractors and industrial customers. (b) Principles of Consolidation The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its two wholly-owned subsidiaries. All inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. (c) Revenues Revenues are recognized as the performance obligations to deliver products or services are satisfied and are recorded based on the amount of consideration the Company expects to receive in exchange for satisfying the performance obligations. Most of the Company’s products and services are marketed to medical device companies with approximately 85% of sales to customers in the United States. Products and services are primarily transferred to customers at a point in time based upon when services are performed or product is shipped. Other selling costs to obtain and fulfill contracts are expensed as incurred due to the short-term nature of a majority of its contracts. The Company extends terms of payment to its customers based on commercially reasonable terms for the markets of its customers, while also considering their credit quality. Shipping and handling costs charged to customers are included in revenues. The Company disaggregates revenues by product and service types as it believes it best depicts how the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenues and cash flows are affected by economic factors. Revenues are comprised of the following for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021: Schedule of disaggregation of revenues 2022 2021 Engineering Design Services $ 5,371,483 $ 2,770,481 Optical Components 6,481,896 5,751,212 Medical Device Products and Assemblies 3,824,869 2,153,214 Total Revenues $ 15,678,248 $ 10,674,907 Contract Assets and Liabilities The nature of the Company’s products and services does not generally give rise to contract assets as it typically does not incur costs to fulfill a contract before a product or service is provided to a customer. The Company’s costs to obtain contracts are typically in the form of sales commissions paid to employees. The Company has elected to expense sales commissions associated with obtaining a contract as incurred as the amortization period is generally less than one year. These costs have been recorded in selling, general and administrative expenses. As of June 30, 2022, there were no contract assets recorded in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. F- 7 The Company’s contract liabilities arise as a result of unearned revenue received from customers at inception of contracts or where the timing of billing for services precedes satisfaction of performance obligations. The Company generally satisfies performance obligations within one year from the contract inception date. Contract liabilities, which were recorded as customer advances in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets, and unearned revenue are comprised of the following: Schedule of contract liabilities Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2022 2021 Contract liabilities, beginning of period $ 450,084 $ 417,059 Unearned revenue received from customers 3,780,215 1,322,005 Revenue recognized ( 3,325,186 ) ( 1,288,980 ) Contract liabilities, end of period $ 905,113 $ 450,084 (d) Cash and Cash Equivalents The Company includes in cash equivalents all highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less at the time of acquisition. Cash and cash equivalents of $ 605,749 and $ 861,650 at June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, consist primarily of cash at banks and money market funds. The Company maintains its cash and cash equivalents in bank deposit accounts that, at times, may exceed federally insured limits. The Company has not experienced any losses in such accounts. The Company believes it is not exposed to any significant credit risk on its cash and cash equivalents. (e) Inventories Inventories are stated at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out) and net realizable value and include material, labor and manufacturing overhead. The components of inventories at June 30, 2022 and 2021 are as follows: Schedule of inventory 2022 2021 Raw material $ 1,414,996 $ 626,255 Work-in-progress 460,460 453,117 Finished goods 1,146,691 806,023 Total Inventories $ 3,022,147 $ 1,885,395 The Company provides for estimated obsolescence on unmarketable inventory based upon assumptions about future demand and market conditions. If actual demand and market conditions are less favorable than those projected by management, additional inventory write-downs may be required. Inventory, once written down, is not subsequently written back up, as these adjustments are considered permanent adjustments to the carrying value of the inventory. (f) Fixed Assets Fixed assets are recorded at cost. Maintenance and repair items are expensed as incurred. The Company provides for depreciation and amortization by charges to operations, using the straight-line and declining-balance methods, which allocate the cost of fixed assets over the following estimated useful lives: Schedule of estimated useful lives Asset Classification Estimated Useful Life Machinery and equipment 2-7 years Leasehold improvements Shorter of lease term or estimated useful life Furniture and fixtures 5 years Vehicles 3 years Depreciation and amortization expense was $ 245,238 and $ 146,799 for the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. F- 8 (g) Significant Customers and Concentration of Credit Risk Financial instruments that subject the Company to credit risk consist primarily of cash equivalents and trade accounts receivable. The Company places its investments with highly rated financial institutions. The Company has not experienced any losses on these investments to date. At June 30, 2022, no individual customer accounted for more 10 % of the Company’s total accounts receivable. At June 30, 2021, the Company’s largest customer account receivable balance was 16 % of total accounts receivable, and no other account totaled more than 10% of the accounts receivable balance at June 30, 2021. The allowance for doubtful accounts receivable was $ 44,135 at June 30, 2022, and $ 251,383 at June 30, 2021. $227,500 of the reserve at June 30, 2021, was established in fiscal year 2018 relating to one specific customer, which was written off as uncollectable in fiscal year 2022. Other than these doubtful accounts receivable, the Company has not experienced any material losses related to accounts receivable from individual customers. The Company generally does not require collateral or other security as a condition of sale, rather it relies on credit approval, balance limitation and monitoring procedures to control credit risk in trade account financial instruments. Management believes the allowance for doubtful accounts, which is established based upon review of specific account balances and historical experience, is adequate at June 30, 2022. The Company had revenues from 377 unique customers during fiscal year 2022, and no single customer accounted for 10% or more of the Company’s revenue for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2022, or 2021. (h) Loss per Share Basic income (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income or net loss by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted income (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income or net loss by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period, plus the number of potentially dilutive securities outstanding during the period such as stock options and warrants. For the year ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, the effect of such securities was antidilutive and not included in the diluted calculation because of the net loss generated in those periods. The following is the calculation of loss per share for the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021: Schedule of earnings per share Year Ended June 30 2022 2021 Net Loss– Basic and Diluted $ ( 928,416 ) $ ( 102,835 ) Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding 15,887,161 13,281,351 Loss per share Basic and fully diluted $ ( 0.06 ) $ ( 0.01 ) The number of shares issuable upon the exercise of outstanding stock options and warrants that were excluded from the computation as their effect was antidilutive was approximately 2,714,000 and 2,578,200 for the years ended June 30, 2022, and 2021, respectively. (i) Stock-Based Compensation The measurement and recognition of compensation costs for all stock-based awards made to employees and the Board of Directors are based upon fair value over the requisite service period for awards expected to vest. The Company estimates the fair value of share-based awards on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. Stock-based compensation costs recognized for the years ended June 30, 2022, and 2021 amounted to $ 895,494 and $ 733,930 , respectively. F- 9 (j) Goodwill and Patents Long-lived assets such as goodwill and patents are capitalized when acquired and reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the book value of the asset may not be recoverable. Impairment of the carrying value of long-lived assets such as goodwill and patents would be indicated if the best estimate of future undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by the asset grouping is less than its carrying value. If an impairment is indicated, any loss is measured as the difference between estimated fair value and carrying value and is recognized in operating income or loss. Assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of the carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell. No such impairments of goodwill or patents have been estimated by management during the years ended June 30, 2022 or 2021. (k) Fair Value of Financial Instruments Financial instruments consist principally of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable and accounts payable. The estimated fair value of these financial instruments approximates their carrying value due to their short-term nature. (l) Warranty Costs The Company does not incur future performance obligations in the normal course of business other than providing a standard one-year warranty on materials and workmanship to its customers (except in certain unusual and infrequently occurring situations where extended warranty terms beyond one year are negotiated with the customer). The Company provides for estimated warranty costs at the time product revenue is recognized. Warranty costs have been included as a component of cost of goods sold in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. The following tables summarize warranty reserve activity for the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021: Schedule Of warranty activity 2022 2021 Balance at beginning of period $ 25,000 $ 25,000 Provision for warranty claims – 7,611 Warranty claims incurred – ( 7,611 ) Balance at end of period $ 25,000 $ 25,000 (m) Research and Development Research and development expenses are charged to operations as incurred. The Company groups development and prototype costs and related reimbursements in research and development. There were no reimbursements for research and development recorded in research and development for the years ended June 30, 2022, and 2021. (n) Comprehensive Income Comprehensive income or loss is defined as the change in equity of a business enterprise during a period from transactions and other events and circumstances from non-owner sources. The Company’s comprehensive loss or income for the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 was equal to its net loss for the same periods. (o) Income Taxes Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and operating loss and tax credit carry-forwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. In assessing the likelihood of utilization of existing deferred tax assets, management has considered historical results of operations and the current operating environment. F- 10 (p) Segment Reporting Operating segments are identified as components of an enterprise about which separate discrete financial information is available for evaluation by the chief operating decision maker, or decision-making group, in making decisions about how to allocate resources and assess performance. The Company’s chief decision-maker is its Chief Executive Officer. To date, the Company has viewed its operations and manages its business as principally one segment. For all periods presented, over 88% of the Company’s sales have been to customers in the United States. (q) Use of Estimates The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting standards generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. (2) BUSINESS ACQUISITION On October 4, 2021, the Company entered into an asset purchase agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Lighthouse Imaging, LLC, a medical optics and digital imaging business, as described in Forms 8-K and 8-K/A that the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 8, 2021 and December 20, 2021, respectively. The aggregate cash purchase price consisted of $ 2,855,063 in cash at closing, $ 1,500,000 as earn-out consideration over the subsequent two year period, and 2,500,000 unregistered shares of common stock issued to the seller at closing. The effective date of the acquisition was October 4, 2021, and the actual results of operations of the Lighthouse division since that date are included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements as of, and for the three and nine months ended, June 30, 2022. The Company financed the cash portion of the acquisition by securing a $ 2,600,000 term loan from Main Street Bank on October 4, 2021, and by selling 937,500 shares of its common stock for $ 1,500,000 of gross proceeds in a private placement closed on October 1, 2021. The earn-out consideration will be paid at a rate of $750,000 per annum from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2023 if certain levels of gross profit are earned by the Lighthouse division. (a) Purchase Price Allocation and Goodwill The allocation of purchase price is preliminary and subject to change based on future payments made for the earn-out contingent liability. Any unearned portions of the earn-out liability will be recognized in earnings. The acquired assets, contingent consideration and assumed liabilities at the effective date of acquisition include the following: Schedule of acquired assets, contingent consideration and assumed liabilities At Acquisition Effective Date October 4, 2021 Amount Trade accounts receivable, net 676,977 Inventories 456,008 Other current assets 82,125 Fixed assets 110,243 Patents 48,153 Total Assets Acquired 1,373,506 Accounts payable 214,742 Customer advances 826,679 Accrued compensation and other 302,961 Total Liabilities Assumed 1,344,382 Net assets acquired 29,124 Goodwill 8,136,546 Total Purchase Price-Initial and Contingent Consideration $ 8,165,670 F- 11 (b) Consolidated Pro Forma Results Consolidated unaudited pro forma results of operations for the Company are presented below for the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 assuming that the acquisition of the Lighthouse division has occurred on July 1, 2020. Pro forma operating results include net adjustments resulting from the acquisition transaction and decreasing operating expenses by $ 253,914 and decreasing other income by $ 419,076 , including $ 320,480 of SBA Payroll Protection Program note forgiveness by Lighthouse, during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021. Pro forma revenues and net loss for the year ended June 30, 2022 include operating results of the Lighthouse during the three months ended September 30, 2022 before its acquisition and approximately $ 70,200 of pro forma operating expense adjustments relating to interest, depreciation, management fees, and grant reimbursements. Schedule of consolidated pro forma results Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2022 2021 Pro-Forma Pro-Forma Revenues $ 17,122,585 $ 15,626,745 Net (loss) income $ ( 871,121 ) $ 94,617 Earnings (loss) per share Basic $ ( 0.05 ) $ 0.01 Fully diluted $ ( 0.05 ) $ 0.01 Pro forma financial information is not necessarily indicative of the Company’s actual results of operations if the acquisition had been completed at the date indicated, nor is it necessarily an indication of future operating results. Amounts do not include any operating efficiencies or cost saving that the Company believes are achievable. (3) COMMITMENTS (a) Related Party Transactions Transactions with Stockholders Known by the Company to Own 5% or More of the Company’s Common Stock On October 4, 2021, the Company entered into agreements with accredited investors for the sale and purchase of 937,500 shares of our common stock, $0.01 par value, at a per unit price of $1.60 per share. We received $ 1,500,000 in gross proceeds from the offering. The placement proceeds were used to partially fund the business acquisition of the Lighthouse division. In compliance with the registration rights agreement entered into with the investors, on January 31, 2022 the Company filed a registration statement for the shares with the Securities and Exchange Commission which became effective on February 11, 2022. Ms. Sandra Pessin acquired 468,750 shares in this placement for $ 750,000 or $1.60 per share, and at that time Ms. Pessin was an owner of more than 5% of the Company’s outstanding common stock. Acquisition Earn Out Obligations As partial consideration for the July 2019 acquisition of the Ross Optical division the Company agreed to pay $ 500,000 as an earn-out contingent upon the satisfaction of certain financial thresholds consisting of mutually agreed upon revenue and gross margin targets of the Ross Optical division over a term of three years, beginning on July 1, 2019, at a rate of up to $166,667 per year. As of June 30, 2022 the first and second year portions of $ 166,667 have been paid and the $ 166,667 remainder of the obligation is recorded as a short-term liability in the accompanying balance sheet at June 30, 2022. As partial consideration for the October 2021 acquisition of the Lighthouse division the Company agreed to pay $ 1,500,000 as an earn-out at the rate of $750,000 per annum from October 1, 2021 contingent upon the Lighthouse division achieving certain levels of gross margin during the two year earn-out periods. As of June 30, 2022 the first annual earn-out liability of $ 750,000 for the period ending September 30, 2022 has been written off to other income due to the Company’s determination that the Lighthouse division will not achieve the minimum gross margin requirement for the first annual period ending September 30, 2022. The second $ 750,000 portion of the earn-out contingency remains in long-term liabilities in the accompanying balance sheet at June 30, 2022. F- 12 (b) Bank Financing Activities SBA PPP Loan Forgiveness The Company executed an unsecured Promissory Note with a bank on May 6, 2020 and received $ 808,962 of loan proceeds pursuant to the Paycheck Protection Program under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”). On March 30, 2021, the Small Business Administration forgave the Promissory Note held by the Company in full, including any accrued interest at that date. The forgiveness of the Promissory Note is recorded as other income in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021. Bank Line of Credit On October 4, 2021, the Company entered into a Loan Agreement with Main Street Bank of Marlborough, Massachusetts, which provided for a $ 2,600,000 Term Loan and a $ 250,000 Revolving Line of Credit Loan Facility, which was increased to $500,000 effective May 17, 2022. The $ 500,000 line of credit is due on demand and had zero borrowings outstanding at June 30, 2022. Borrowings under the line of credit bear interest payable monthly at the prime lending rate plus 1.5% per annum and shall not be less than 4.75% per annum. Borrowings under the line of credit are limited to the borrowing base comprised of a percentage of accounts receivable and inventory and are secured by all the assets of the Company. Long-Term Debt Long-term debt consists of the following at June 30, 2022: Schedule of long-term debt Amount Term Loan Note payable to Main Street Bank with monthly principal payments of $ 30,952 .38 plus interest at the prime lending rate plus 1.5 % per annum. Secured by all assets of the Company, and subject to certain periodic reporting to the bank, an annual minimum debt service coverage ratio of 1.20:1 commencing with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, and other conditions. The Term Loan Note matures on October 15, 2028 $ 2,352,381 Less current maturities ( 367,714 ) Less debt issuance costs, net of accumulated amortization of $ 2,167 ( 23,526 ) Long-term debt, net of current portion of debt issuance costs $ 1,961,141 At June 30, 2022 principal payments due on the Term Loan Note payable are as follows: Schedule of principal payments due term loan note payable Fiscal Year Ending June 30: 2023 $ 371,429 2024 371,429 2025 371,429 2026 371,429 2027 371,429 Thereafter 495,236 Total long term debt $ 2,352,381 (c) Lease Obligation In March 2021 the Company entered into a five-year capital lease in the amount of $161,977 for manufacturing equipment. In January 2020, the Company entered into a five-year capital lease for $47,750 for manufacturing equipment. The net book value of fixed assets under capital lease obligations as of June 30, 2022 is $ 146,154 . F- 13 On July 1, 2019 the Company entered into a three-year operating lease for its facility in El Paso, Texas, and in February 2022 the Company entered into an extension of the lease for an additional three years through June 2025. Remaining minimum lease payments at June 30, 2022 total $ 134,799 . Total rent expense including base rent and common area expenses was $ 62,822 and $ 62,717 during the fiscal years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. On October 4, 2021 the Company assumed the remaining term of the Windham Maine lease as part of the Lighthouse acquisition. The lease expires on July 31, 2025 . Remaining minimum lease payments at June 30, 2022 total $ 424,661 . Total rent expense including base rent and common area expenses was $ 105,051 during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022. Included in the accompanying balance sheet at June 30, 2022 is a right-of-use asset of $ 517,725 and current and long-term right-of-use operating lease liabilities of $ 150,565 and $ 367,160 , respectively. At June 30, 2022 future minimum lease payments under the capital lease and operating lease obligations are as follows: Schedule of future minimum lease payments under the capital lease and operating lease obligations Fiscal Year Ending June 30: Capital Leases Operating Lease 2023 $ 48,619 $ 181,556 2024 48,619 182,652 2025 43,919 183,775 2026 28,004 11,477 Total Minimum Payments 169,161 $ 559,460 Less: amount representing interest 16,765 Present value of minimum lease payments 152,396 Less: current portion 40,705 $ 111,691 The Company’s operating leases for its Gardner, Massachusetts office, production and storage spaces plus an equipment have expired and are continuing on a month-to-month tenant at will basis. Rent expense on these operating leases was $ 203,355 and $ 172,903 for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. (4) STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (a) Stock-Based Compensation Expense The following table summarizes stock-based compensation expense for the years ended June 30: Schedule of stock-based compensation expense 2022 2021 Cost of Goods Sold $ 115,021 $ 113,659 Research and Development Expenses 218,847 171,447 Selling, General and Administrative Expenses 561,626 448,824 Stock Based Compensation Expense $ 895,494 $ 733,930 As of June 30, 2022, the unrecognized compensation costs related to options vesting in the future is $ 534,653 . No compensation has been capitalized because such amounts would have been immaterial. There was no net income tax benefit recognized related to such compensation for the years ended June 30, 2022, or 2021, as the Company is currently in a loss position. There were 614,500 stock options granted during the year ended June 30, 2022, and 630,000 stock options granted during the year ended June 30, 2021. The Company uses the Black-Scholes option-pricing model as the most appropriate method for determining the estimated fair value for the stock awards. The Black-Scholes method of valuation requires several assumptions: (1) the expected term of the stock award; (2) the expected future stock volatility over the expected term; and (3) risk-free interest rate. The expected term represents the expected period of time the Company believes the options will be outstanding based on historical information. Estimates of expected future stock price volatility are based on the historic volatility of the Company’s common stock and the risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Zero-Bond rate. The Company utilizes a forfeiture rate based on an analysis of the Company’s actual experience. The fair value of options at date of grant was estimated with the following assumptions for options granted in fiscal year 2022: F- 14 Schedule of fair value of option assumptions Year Ended June 30, 2022 Assumptions: Option life 5.3 years Risk-free interest rate 3.0 % Weighted average stock volatility 100 % Dividend yield 0 Weighted average fair value of grants $ 2.11 (b) Common Stock Issued for Services In December 2021, the Company issued 9,095 shares of its common stock to its Chief Financial Officer as compensation for services performed. The company recognized $ 20,000 of stock based compensation expense during the three months ended December 31, 2021 relating to these common stock shares. (c) Stock Option Plans The type of share-based payments currently utilized by the Company is stock options. The Company has various stock option and other compensation plans for directors, officers and employees. The Company has the following stock option plans outstanding as of June 30, 2022: The Precision Optics Corporation, Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2021 Plan”), the Precision Optics Corporation, Inc. 2011 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2011 Plan”) and the Precision Optics Corporation, Inc. 2006 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2006 Plan”). Vesting periods under each of the Plans are at the discretion of the Board of Directors and typically average three years and in some instances are subject to future performance criteria. Options under these Plans are granted at fair market value on the date of grant and typically have an initial term of ten years from the date of grant, subject to certain cancellation provisions including employment termination. As of June 30, 2022, all shares of the Company’s common stock issuable pursuant to exercise of stock options granted pursuant to the three plans have been registered by filing of Registration Statements on Form S-8 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. On April 8, 2022, the Shareholders approved the 2022 Plan which provides eligible participants (certain employees, directors, consultants, etc.) the opportunity to receive a broad variety of equity based and cash awards. Options granted vest and are exercisable for periods determined by the Board of Directors, not to exceed 10 years from the date of grant. A maximum 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock may be issued under the 2022 Plan. At June 30, 2022, there were no stock options outstanding and 1,000,000 shares of common stock were available for future grants under the 2022 Plan. On May 10, 2021, the Board of Directors approved the 2021 Plan which provides eligible participants (certain employees, directors, consultants, etc.) the opportunity to receive a broad variety of equity based and cash awards. Options granted vest and are exercisable for periods determined by the Board of Directors, not to exceed 10 years from the date of grant. A maximum 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock may be issued under the 2021 Plan. At June 30, 2022, a total of 784,502 stock options are outstanding and 206,403 shares of common stock were available for future grants under the 2021 Plan. The 2011 Plan provides eligible participants (certain employees, directors, consultants, etc.) the opportunity to receive a broad variety of equity based and cash awards. Options granted vest and are exercisable for periods determined by the Board of Directors, not to exceed 10 years from the date of grant. On April 16, 2015, the Board of Directors approved an amendment to the 2011 Equity Incentive Plan which increased the maximum number of shares of the Company’s common stock that may be awarded and issued under the Plan from 325,000 to 1,825,000, an increase of 1,500,000 shares. On May 1, 2019, the Board of Directors approved an amendment to the 2011 Equity Incentive Plan which increased the maximum number of shares of our common stock that may be awarded and issued under the Plan from 1,825,000 to 2,825,000, an increase of 1,000,000 shares. At June 30, 2022, a total of 1,884,800 stock options are outstanding and no shares of common stock were available for future grants under the 2011 Plan. F- 15 The 2006 Plan provides eligible participants (certain employees, directors, consultants, etc.) the opportunity to receive a broad variety of equity based and cash awards. Options granted vest and are exercisable for periods determined by the Board of Directors, not to exceed 10 years from the date of grant. At June 30, 2022, a total of 44,698 stock options are outstanding, and no shares of common stock were available for future grants under the 2006 Plan. The following tables summarize stock option activity for the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021: Schedule of stock option activity Options Outstanding Number of Shares Weighted Average Exercise Price Weighted Average Contractual Life Outstanding at July 1, 2020 2,065,200 $ 0.95 6.59 years Grants 630,000 $ 1.65 Exercised ( 112,000 ) $ 0.57 Cancellations ( 5,000 ) $ 1.30 Outstanding at June 30, 2021 2,578,200 $ 1.13 6.73 years Grants 614,500 $ 1.74 Exercised ( 295,700 ) $ 1.05 Cancellations ( 183,000 ) $ 1.60 Outstanding at June 30, 2022 2,714,000 $ 1.33 7.08 years Information related to the stock options outstanding as of June 30, 2022 is as follows: Schedule of stock options outstanding by exercise price range Range of Exercise Prices Number of Shares Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Life (years) Weighted- Average Exercise Price Exercisable Number of Shares Exercisable Weighted- Average Exercise Price $ 0.48 60,000 3.75 $ 0.48 60,000 $ 0.48 $ 0.50 80,000 3.98 $ 0.50 80,000 $ 0.50 $ 0.55 15,000 5.76 $ 0.55 15,000 $ 0.55 $ 0.70 100,000 6.10 $ 0.70 100,000 $ 0.70 $ 0.73 630,000 4.67 $ 0.73 630,000 $ 0.73 $ 0.85 6,000 0.51 $ 0.85 6,000 $ 0.85 $ 0.90 36,000 1.94 $ 0.90 36,000 $ 0.90 $ 1.25 45,000 7.72 $ 1.25 30,000 $ 1.25 $ 1.30 441,000 6.95 $ 1.30 398,500 $ 1.30 $ 1.40 70,000 8.39 $ 1.40 70,000 $ 1.40 $ 1.42 100,000 7.20 $ 1.42 66,667 $ 1.42 $ 1.45 5,000 8.69 $ 1.45 1,667 $ 1.45 $ 1.50 70,000 7.44 $ 1.50 70,000 $ 1.50 $ 1.68 540,000 8.93 $ 1.68 540,000 $ 1.68 $ 1.87 30,000 9.87 $ 1.87 – $ 1.87 $ 2.00 100,000 8.82 $ 2.00 10,000 $ 2.00 $ 2.09 246,000 9.61 $ 2.09 – $ 2.09 $ 2.26 140,000 9.39 $ 2.26 90,000 $ 2.26 $ 0.48 – 2.26 2,714,000 7.08 $ 1.33 2,203,834 $ 1.33 The aggregate intrinsic value of the Company’s “in-the-money” outstanding and exercisable options as of June 30, 2022, was $ 1,844,170 and $ 1,779,345 , respectively. F- 16 (d) Sale of Stock in April 2020 On April 14, 2020, the Company entered into agreements with accredited investors for the sale and purchase of 200,000 unregistered shares of its common stock, $0.01 par value at a purchase price of $1.25 per share. The Company received $ 250,000 in gross proceeds from the offering. The Company is using the net proceeds from this placement for general working capital purposes. In connection with the placement, the Company also entered into a registration rights agreement with the investors, whereby the Company was obligated to file a registration statement with the Securities Exchange Commission on or before 120 calendar days after April 14, 2020, to register the resale by the investors of 200,000 shares of our common stock purchased in the placement. The registration statement was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 14, 2020, and became effective on November 4, 2020. (e) Sale of Stock in October 2021 On October 1, 2021, the Company entered into agreements with accredited investors for the sale and purchase of 937,500 unregistered shares of its common stock, $0.01 par value at a purchase price of $1.60 per share. The Company used the net proceeds from this placement to partially fund the October 4, 2021, acquisition of the operating assets of Lighthouse Imaging, LLC with an effective date of October 4, 2021. In conjunction with the placement, the Company also entered into a registration rights agreement with the investors, whereby it is obligated to file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or before 120 calendar days after October 4, 2021 to register the resale by the investors of 937,500 shares of its common stock purchased in the placement. The registration statement was filed on January 31, 2022 and became effective on February 11, 2022. (f) Issuance of Common Stock in Business Acquisition On October 4, 2021, the Company issued 2,500,000 unregistered shares of its common stock to the sellers of Lighthouse Imaging, LLC, valued on that date at $1.60 per share or $ 4,000,000 , as shown in the accompanying statement of stockholders’ equity for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022. In conjunction with the issuance, the Company agreed to use reasonable efforts to effectuate within a reasonable period after the October 4, 2021 business acquisition date a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to register the resale by the sellers of 2,500,000 shares of its common stock issued in the business acquisition. The registration statement was filed on June 13, 2022 and became effective on July 14, 2022. (5) INCOME TAXES The Company has identified its federal tax return and its state tax return in Massachusetts as “major” tax jurisdictions. The periods subject to examination for its federal and state income tax returns are the years ended in 2017 and thereafter. The Company believes its income tax filing positions and deductions will be sustained on audit and it does not anticipate any adjustments that would result in a material change to its financial position. Therefore, no liabilities for uncertain income tax positions have been recorded. The provision for income taxes in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations consists of the state income tax liability of $ 952 and $ 912 for the years ended June 30, 2022, and 2021, respectively. A reconciliation of the federal statutory rate to the Company’s effective tax rate for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 is as follows: Schedule of effective income tax rate reconciliation 2022 2021 Income tax expense (benefit) at federal statutory rate ( 21.0 )% ( 21.0 )% Increase (decrease) in tax resulting from: State taxes, net of federal benefit ( 7.1 )% ( 145.8 )% Change in valuation allowance 22.6 % 182.8 % Stock based compensation 26.9 % 195.0 % Forgiveness of bank note – ( 214.9 )% Revaluation of contingent earn out liability ( 21.8 )% – Nondeductible items 0.3 % 3.0 % Effective tax rate ( 0.1 )% ( 0.9 )% F- 17 The components of deferred tax assets and liabilities at June 30, 2022 and 2021 are approximately as follows: Schedule of deferred tax assets and liabilities 2022 2021 Deferred tax assets: Net operating loss carry forwards $ 2,640,000 $ 2,403,000 Tax credit carry forwards 164,000 186,000 Reserves and accruals not yet deducted for tax purposes 512,000 668,000 Total deferred tax assets 3,316,000 3,257,000 Valuation allowance ( 3,316,000 ) ( 3,257,000 ) Net deferred tax asset $ – $ – The Company has provided a valuation allowance to reduce the net deferred tax asset to an amount the Company believes is “more likely than not” to be realized. At June 30, 2022, the Company had federal and state net operating loss carry forwards of approximately $ 10,961,000 and $ 4,750,000 , respectively, which will, if not used, expire at various dates beginning in fiscal year 2023. In addition, the Company had net operating loss carry forwards from its Hong Kong operations of approximately $ 2,252,000 , which carry forward indefinitely. (6) PROFIT SHARING PLAN The Company has a defined contribution 401(k) profit sharing plan. Employer profit sharing and matching contributions to the plan are discretionary. No employer profit sharing or matching contributions were made to the plan in fiscal years 2022 and 2021. F- 18 ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE. None. ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES. Management’s Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures Our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Based on this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures, including internal control over financial reporting, were not effective, as of June 30, 2022, to ensure the information we are required to disclose in reports that we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (i) is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms, and (ii) is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Our disclosure controls and procedures are intended to be designed to provide reasonable assurance that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management. Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting Our disclosure controls and procedures include components of our internal control over financial reporting. In designing and evaluating our disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, but not absolute, assurance that misstatements due to error or fraud will not occur or that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, with our Company have been detected. A “material weakness” is defined as a significant deficiency, or a combination of significant deficiencies, that results in more than a remote likelihood that a material misstatement of the annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected. A “significant deficiency” is a control deficiency, or a combination of control deficiencies, that adversely affects a company’s ability to initiate, authorize, record, process or report external financial data reliably in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles such that there is more than a remote likelihood that a misstatement of the annual or interim financial statements that is more than inconsequential will not be prevented or detected. Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, we conducted an assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of June 30, 2022. In making this assessment, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013). Based on our evaluation, our management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of June 30, 2022. The following is a description of a material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting: 21 Physical Inventory Count at June, 30, 2022 : The Company did not perform any procedures to verify the quantities of inventory at Lighthouse prior to the identification of errors by our independent auditors performing test counts. These test counts and subsequent counts performed by Company personnel clearly identified errors. This lack of any procedure to verify inventory quantities was a control deficiency at June 30,2022 which is considered a material weakness. To address and remediate the material weakness in internal control over financial reporting described above, beginning with the quarter ended September 30, 2022, we intend to perform a total physical inventory count at the Lighthouse division location and use those quantities to value inventory at the Lighthouse division as of that date. Additionally, we intend to continue to improve our perpetual inventory systems at the Lighthouse division and continue to perform physical inventory counts at the financial statement reporting dates until it is determined that the perpetual inventory system can be relied upon for the valuation of inventory at any specific financial reporting date. We believe that the step outlined above strengthens our internal control over financial reporting and mitigates the material weakness described above. As part of our preparation of the June 30, 2022 financial statements, we performed a physical count of inventory at the Lighthouse division location and believe this has fully remediated the inventory valuation weakness as of that date. We intend to continue to remediate the material weakness described above and enhance our internal controls but cannot guarantee that our efforts will result in remediation of our material weakness or that new issues will not be exposed in this process. Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fiscal year covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K that has materially adversely affected, or is reasonably likely to materially adversely affect, our internal control over financial reporting. ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION. None 22 PART III ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE. Identification of Directors Set forth below is certain information with respect to the individuals who are our directors as of September 20, 2022. Name Age Position(s) or Office(s) Held Peter V. Anania 66 Director Dr. Joseph N. Forkey 54 Chief Executive Officer, President, Treasurer and Director Andrew J. Miclot 66 Director Dr. Richard B. Miles 79 Director Peter H. Woodward 49 Chairman of the Board of Directors Board Composition. Our Board of Directors currently consists of five directors. Each director will stand for election at each annual meeting of stockholders. Our directors are Peter H. Woodward, Peter V. Anania, Andrew J. Miclot, Joseph N. Forkey and Richard B. Miles. Mr. Woodward, Mr. Miclot and Dr. Miles are considered “independent directors” as independence is currently defined in Rule 5605(d)(2) of the Nasdaq Stock Markets listing standards and SEC Rule 10A-3. The Audit Committee members are Mr. Woodward, Mr. Miclot and Dr. Miles, and the Compensation Committee members are Mr. Woodward and Mr. Miclot. Biographies and Qualifications of Our Directors. The biographies of our directors and certain information regarding each director’s experience, attributes, skills and/or qualifications that led to the conclusion that the individual should be serving as a director of our Company are as follows: Peter V. Anania On October 6, 2021, our Board appointed Mr. Peter V. Anania as a director. Peter V. Anania is President of Anania & Associates which he founded in 1987, and Anania & Associates Investment Company LLC, a private investment firm focused on privately held, Maine-based businesses which he founded in January 2008. Since November 2000, he serves as President and on the Board of Microwave Techniques LLC, Elmet Technologies, LLC and since December 2018 he serves on the board and audit committee of Alaris Holdings Ltd. He has served in operating and board positions of numerous private companies in which he has invested and performed management consulting services to non-portfolio companies. Mr. Anania served on the Windham Town Council from 2011 to 2014, board of the Windham Economic Development Corporation, Maine Heritage Policy Center (Chairman); is a current Corporator for Bangor Savings Bank; an Emeritus Board member of the Maine International Trade Center participating in trade missions to Korea, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Argentina, Taiwan, Singapore, Germany, the Netherlands and Mexico; and serves as a charter member of Maine's District Export Council helping small businesses expand their export sales. He previously served on the board of the USM Alumni Association, the Family Crisis Center, the United Way Allocation Committee and Raye’s Mustard Mill in Eastport. Mr. Anania has a B.A. from the University of Maine in marketing and management and an MBA from the University of Southern Maine. Dr. Joseph N. Forkey Dr. Joseph N. Forkey has served as our Chief Executive Officer, President and Treasurer since February 8, 2011. Dr. Forkey has been a member of our Board of Directors since 2006. He served as our Chairman of our Board of Directors from February 2011 to July 2014. He served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer from April 2006 to February 2011, and held the position of our Chief Scientist from September 2003 to April 2006. Since joining us, he has been involved in general technical and management activities of our Company, as well as investigations of opportunities that leverage our newly developed technologies. Dr. Forkey holds B.A. degrees in Mathematics and Physics from Cornell University, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University. Prior to joining us, Dr. Forkey spent seven years at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School as a postdoctoral fellow and research staff member. Dr. Forkey is a valuable member of our Board due to his depth of scientific, operating, strategic, transactional, and senior management experience in our industry. Additionally, Dr. Forkey has held positions of increasing responsibility at our Company and holds an intimate knowledge of our Company due to his longevity in the industry and with us. 23 Andrew J. Miclot Mr. Miclot was appointed to our Board on March 2, 2016. Mr. Miclot has more than 35 years of leadership experience with medical device suppliers and brings substantial global industry knowledge to our Company. From September 2020 to May 2021, Mr. Miclot was President of Electromedical Products International, Inc., a medical device company treating anxiety, insomnia, depression and pain. Mr. Miclot was the President and Vice Chairman and Director of WishBone Medical, Inc., a pediatric orthopedic company dedicated to the unmet needs of children suffering from orthopedic challenges from October 2017 to January 2019. He was on the Indiana University Alumni Association Advisory Board from October 2016 to September 2021. From October 2015 to January 2018, Mr. Miclot served as President, CEO and Director of Micro Machine Co., a supplier of medical products for the orthopedic and spinal industries. Prior to joining Micro Machine Co., from May 2013 to September 2014, Mr. Miclot was Executive Vice President of MicroTechnologies, Inc., a medical device supplier. Mr. Miclot was General Manager and Senior Vice President of ArthroCare Corporation from June 2009 to March 2013. From January 2008 to March 2009, Mr. Miclot was President, CEO and Director of Ascension Orthopedics, Inc. He was Vice President of Marketing for the orthopedic global business unit at Orthofix, Inc. from April 2007 to January 2008, and from March 1994 to April 2007, he served as Senior Vice President with Symmetry Medical Inc., a medical device supplier and was also the Investor Relations Officer, after the NYSE IPO in December 2004 until April 2007. Mr. Miclot has a BA degree in Speech and Hearing and a MA degree in Audiology from Indiana University and an MBA from the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management, earned in 1991. Dr. Richard B. Miles Professor Richard B. Miles was appointed to our Board of Directors in November 2005. He received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1972 with a thesis on nonlinear optics. He was a member of the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering faculty at Princeton University from 1972 until 2013, at which time he retired from his Princeton academic appointment and became Professor Emeritus and Senior Scholar. From 1980 to 1996 he served as Chairman of Engineering Physics at Princeton. In 2017 he joined Texas A&M University and was appointed TEES Eminent Professor of Aerospace Engineering. In 2019 he was named Distinguished University Professor and is currently the holder of the O’Donnell Foundation Chair V. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Hertz Foundation and the Board of Trustees of Pacific University, Oregon and is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA) and the American Institute Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). In 1997 he founded Plasma TEC, Inc, and currently serves as its CEO. Professor Miles is a valuable member of our Board due to his depth of scientific experience and familiarity with the field of our technologies, insight into the academic community, and familiarity with the latest developments and innovations in science and technology. Peter H. Woodward Mr. Woodward was appointed to our Board effective July 9, 2014 and as chairman of the Board in connection with the sale and purchase agreement we entered into in July 2014. Mr. Woodward is the founder of MHW Capital Management, LLC, or MHW, a position he has held since September 2005. MHW specializes in large equity investments in public companies implementing operating strategies to significantly improve their profitability. From 1996 to 2005, Mr. Woodward was the Managing Director for Regan Fund Management, LLC. He served as the President and Chief Executive Officer and Director of Cartesian, Inc. from June 2015 to July 2018, and currently serves as Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Audit Committee for TSS, Inc., and as the CEO of Innovative Power, LLC. Mr. Woodward holds a BA in economics from Colgate University and a Masters of International Affairs with a concentration in international economics and finance from Columbia University. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst. Identification of Executive Officers Set forth below is certain information with respect to the individuals who are our executive officers as of September 20, 2022. Name Age Position(s) or Office(s) Held Dr. Joseph N. Forkey 54 Chief Executive Officer, President, Treasurer and Director Daniel S. Habhegger 53 Chief Financial Officer and Secretary 24 Biographies and Qualifications of Our Executive Officers. The biographies of our executive officers and certain information regarding each officer’s experience, attributes, skills and/or qualifications that led to the conclusion that the individual should be serving as an executive officer of our Company are as follows: Dr. Joseph N. Forkey For Dr. Forkey’s full biography, please refer to the section entitled “Biographies and Qualifications of Our Directors.” Daniel S. Habhegger Mr. Habhegger started with us in September 2019 as Director of Finance and became our Chief Financial Officer and Secretary effective December 1, 2019. Prior to joining our Company, he was the Director of Financial Planning and Analysis of SmartBear Software, Inc. from 2015 to August 2019 and of AgaMatrix, Inc. from 2010 to 2015. From 2005 to 2009 he was the Chief Financial Officer of Weather Services International, now The Weather Company, where he led the implementation of the PeopleSoft financial system and the SalesLogix CRM solution and the financial due diligence for two large acquisitions. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Finance from Western International University in 1994 and an MBA in Global Management from the University of Phoenix in 2005. Other Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings None of our directors or executive officers has been involved in any bankruptcy or criminal proceedings, nor have there been any judgments or injunctions brought against any of our directors or executive officers during the last ten years that we consider material to the evaluation of the ability and integrity of any director or executive officer. DELINQUENT SECTION 16(a) REPORTS Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, requires our directors, executive officers and persons who own more than 10% of a registered class of our securities to file reports of beneficial ownership and changes in beneficial ownership with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Forms 3 (Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership), 4 (Statement of Changes of Beneficial Ownership of Securities) and 5 (Annual Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities). Officers, directors and greater than 10% beneficial owners are required by SEC regulations to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file. Based solely upon a review of reports provided to us by our officers and directors, we believe that, during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022, no person required to file reports under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 failed to file such reports on a timely basis during such fiscal year, except that Dolphin Offshore Partners LP which owns approximately 12% of our common stock based on available public records as of September 20, 2022 has not filed a Form 3 to date. Dolphin Offshore Partners LP is not affiliated with our Company. Code of Ethics We adopted a Corporate Code of Ethics and Conduct that applies to all employees, officers and directors of our Company, including our principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions, a copy of which was filed as Exhibit 14.1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2008 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 28, 2008. A copy of our Corporate Code of Ethics and Conduct can be obtained free of charge by contacting our Secretary, c/o Precision Optics Corporation, Inc., 22 East Broadway, Gardner, Massachusetts 01440. 25 Procedure for Nominating Directors There have been no material changes to the procedures by which security holders may recommend nominees to our Board of Directors. The Board of Directors will consider candidates for director positions that are recommended by any of our stockholders. Any such recommendation should be provided to our Secretary. The recommended candidate should be submitted to us in writing addressed to our Secretary, c/o Precision Optics Corporation, Inc., 22 East Broadway, Gardner, Massachusetts 01440. The recommendation should include the following information: name of candidate; address, phone and fax number of candidate; a statement signed by the candidate certifying that the candidate wishes to be considered for nomination to our Board of Directors and stating why the candidate believes that he or she would be a valuable addition to our Board of Directors; a summary of the candidate’s work experience for the prior five years and the number of shares of our stock beneficially owned by the candidate. The Board will evaluate the recommended candidate and shall determine whether or not to proceed with the candidate in accordance with our procedures. We reserve the right to change our procedures at any time to comply with the requirements of applicable laws. Committees of the Board of Directors The Board of Directors has the responsibility for establishing broad corporate policies and reviewing our overall performance rather than day-to-day operations. The Board’s primary responsibility is to oversee management of our Company and, in so doing, serve the best interests of our Company and our stockholders. Our Board of Directors has the ability to establish, or disband, such committees as necessary or appropriate to serve the needs of our Company. For many years, our full Board of Directors performed all of the functions normally designated to an audit committee, compensation committee and nominating committee. Recently, the Board decided to designate an Audit Committee and a Compensation Committee, in part to satisfy Nasdaq Stock Markets requirements in contemplation of our Nasdaq listing application. Audit Committee and Audit Committee Financial Expert The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors was established by the Board in July 2022 and is currently composed of Messrs. Woodward (Chair), Miclot and Miles. The Audit Committee acts on behalf of the Board and its primary function is to oversee the financial reporting and disclosure process. The Audit Committee has adopted a charter, which is available on the Company’s website. The Audit Committee has reviewed with management the audited financial statements included in this Form 10-K; discussed with the Company’s independent auditors the matters required to be discussed by the applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and the Securities and Exchange Commission; received and reviewed the written disclosures and the letter from the Company’s independent auditors’ required by the applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding the independent accountant’s communications with the audit committee concerning independence; and has discussed with the independent account the independent accountant’s independence. Based on these reviews and discussions, the Audit Committee has recommended to the Board of Directors that the audited financial statements be included in this Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022. The Board of Directors has made a determination that Peter H. Woodward, Chairman of the Board and Chair of the Audit Committee, qualifies as an audit committee financial expert and meets the criteria set forth in Item 407(d)(5) of Regulation S-K. Mr. Woodward is an “independent director” as independence is currently defined in Rule 5605(d)(2) of the Nasdaq Stock Markets listing standards and SEC Rule 10A-3. Mr. Woodward has an understanding of generally accepted accounting principles and financial statements and has the ability to assess the general application of such principles in connection with the accounting for estimates, accruals and reserves, and has an understanding of internal controls over financial reporting as well as audit committee functions. See Mr. Woodward’s biography and qualifications described above in Item 10 of this Form 10-K. 26 Compensation Committee The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors was established by the Board in May 2022 and is currently composed of Messrs. Woodward and Miclot (Chair). The Compensation Committee has adopted a charter, which is available on the Company’s website. Under its charter, the Compensation Committee of the Board acts on behalf of the Board to review and oversee the Company’s overall compensation philosophy, and to oversee the development and implementation of compensation programs aligned with the Company’s business strategy. Specifically, the Compensation Committee’s authority includes reviewing and approving annually the corporate goals and objectives applicable to the compensation of the chief executive officer , and to evaluate at least annually the CEO’s performance in light of those goals and objectives, and determine and approve the CEO’s compensation level based on that evaluation. In evaluating and determining CEO compensation, the Committee considers the results of the most recent stockholder advisory vote on executive compensation (“Say on Pay Vote”) required by Section 14A of the Exchange Act. The CEO is not allowed to be present during any voting or deliberations by the Committee on CEO compensation. Additionally, the Compensation Committee approves the compensation of all other executive officers, in consultation with the CEO. In evaluating and determining executive compensation, the Committee considers the results of the most recent Say on Pay Vote. The Compensation Committee also makes recommendations to the Board regarding the adoption of Stock Plans and equity-based plans, which includes the ability to amend and terminate such plans. The Compensation Committee has the authority to administer the Company’s Stock Plans and equity-based plans, including designation of the employees to whom the awards are to be granted, the amount of the award or equity to be granted and the terms and conditions applicable to each award or grant, subject to the provisions of each plan. The Compensation Committee is responsible for overseeing the Company’s submission to a stockholder vote of matters relating to compensation, including advisory votes on executive compensation and the frequency of such votes, incentive and other compensation plans, and amendments to such plans. The Compensation Committee is also responsible for performing any other activities required by applicable law, rules or regulations, including the rules of the SEC and any exchange or market on which the Company’s capital stock is traded, and performs other activities that are consistent with the Compensation Committee’s charter, the Company’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws, and governing laws, as the Compensation Committee or the Board deems necessary or appropriate. The charter of the Compensation Committee grants the Compensation Committee full access to all books, records, facilities and personnel of the Company. In addition, under the charter, the Compensation Committee has the discretion and authority to obtain, at Company expense, advice and assistance from compensation consultants and internal and external legal, accounting or other advisors and other external resources that the Compensation Committee considers necessary or appropriate in the performance of its duties. 27 ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION. Executive Compensation Summary Executive Compensation The following table sets forth all compensation for our fiscal years ended June 30, 2022, and 2021 awarded to, earned by, or paid to our Principal Executive Officer, our most highly compensated executive officer and our other most highly compensated employee, all of whom are referred to herein as the “Named Executive Officers”. Summary Executive Compensation Table for the Fiscal Years Ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 Name and Principal Position Year June 30, Salary ($) Bonus ($) Option Awards ($) (1) Total ($) Dr. Joseph N. Forkey 2022 250,000 0 0 250,000 Director, 2021 250,000 0 190,909 (2) 440,909 Chief Executive Officer, President and Treasurer Daniel S. Habhegger 2022 193,630 20,000 (3) 0 213,630 Chief Financial Officer, Secretary 2021 176,879 0 101,818 (4) 278,697 Jeffrey L. DiRubio 2022 168,002 29,316 (5) 31.818 (6) 229,136 Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing 2021 178,571 79,678 (5) 150,082 (7) 408,331 (1) Represents the aggregate grant date fair value of stock option awards granted in the respective fiscal year as computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718, Compensation — Stock Compensation. The fair value of each stock option award is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option valuation model. A discussion of the assumptions used in calculating the amounts in this column may be found in the Notes to our audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2022 set forth in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. These amounts do not represent the actual amounts paid to or realized by the executives during the fiscal years presented. (2) We granted Dr. Forkey a stock option to purchase up to 150,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $1.68 per share, the closing price of our common stock on June 4, 2021. 75,000 options vested on the date of grant, and the remaining 75,000 options vest on June 4, 2022. (4) Represents the fair value of performance bonus award paid in the form of common stock. (4) We granted Mr. Habhegger a stock option to purchase up to 80,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $1.68 per share, the closing price of our common stock on June 4, 2021. 40,000 options vested on the date of grant, and the remaining 40,000 options vest on June 4, 2022. (5) Represents performance bonus awards for the respective fiscal year. (6) We granted Mr. DiRubio a stock option to purchase up to 25,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $1.68 per share, the closing price of our common stock on June 4, 2021. 12,500 options vested on the date of grant, and the remaining 12,500 options vest on June 4, 2022. (7) We granted Mr. DiRubio a stock option to purchase up to 100,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $2.09 per share, the closing price of our common stock on February 7, 2022. These options vest in three pro rata increments on February 7, 2023, 2024, and 2025. 28 Employment Contracts Agreement with Dr. Forkey On July 27, 2018, our Board of Directors approved a new compensation agreement with our Chief Executive Officer, Dr, Joseph Forkey effective August 2, 2018. Pursuant to the agreement, we agreed to pay Dr. Forkey a base salary of $200,000 per year beginning retroactively on July 1, 2018. Effective October 1, 2019, our Board of Directors approved an increase of Dr. Forkey’s base salary to $250,000 per year. On August 2, 2018, we also granted Dr. Forkey a stock option to purchase up to 350,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.73 per share. The options vested as follows: (i) one–half of the options vest if we achieved revenues of $1.5 million or higher for two consecutive fiscal quarters, based on the reported revenues in our Form 10-Ks or 10-Qs; and (ii) one-half of the options vested if our common stock was trading at $1.00 per share or higher for fifteen consecutive trading days. As of June 30, 2022, all 350,000 options are vested. We also granted Dr. Forkey 300,000 shares of common stock at a rate of 50,000 shares per fiscal quarter retroactively starting January 1, 2017 and through the quarter ended June 30, 2018. As of June 30, 2022, all 300,000 of such shares have been issued to Dr. Forkey. Agreement with Mr. Habhegger Effective December 1, 2019 we entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Habhegger to serve as our Chief Financial Officer and Secretary pursuant to which we agreed to pay Mr. Habhegger a base salary of $170,000 per year. In the event that Mr. Habhegger is terminated within six months of a change of control he will receive six months’ notice or pay in lieu of notice at his then current salary rate. Agreement with Mr. Dirubio As of February 7, 2022, we entered into an Employment Agreement with Mr. DiRubio to serve as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing of Precision Optics Corporation. The agreement covers a period of one year from January 1, 2022, subject to automatic annual renewals unless earlier terminated or unless either party gives at least 30 days’ notice of nonrenewal. Mr. DiRubio will receive base salary of $190,000 per year, plus formulaic cash bonuses based on specified financial results versus budget. For the period January 1 through June 30, 2022, Mr. DiRubio earned a revenue-based bonus of $22,670 and gross margin-based bonus of $6,594. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, his maximum aggregate cash bonus would be $125,000, subject to meeting or exceeding targeted financial result targets for the year. Under his Agreement, Mr. DiRubio also received a one-time stock option award for the purchase of up to 100,000 shares of Company common stock at an exercise price of $2.09 per share, to vest in pro rata increments on February 7, 2023, 2024 and 2025. If Mr. DiRubio is terminated without cause by the Company during the first year of the agreement, he shall receive a lump-sum $47,500 cash severance payment and all unexercised stock options shall vest immediately and be exercisable for the remainder of their term. If Mr. DiRubio is terminated without cause subsequent to the first year of the Agreement, he shall receive a lump-sum cash severance payment equal to one-fourth his then current annual salary (not including bonus). The agreement also provides that during the term of his employment and for twelve months thereafter, Mr. DiRubio agrees not to compete with the Company, solicit employees, vendors or customers for purposes that do not directly benefit the Company or to interfere in any way with the Company’s relationship with any vendors or customers. Apart from the agreements described above, we have no other employment contracts in place with any Named Executive Officer or any compensatory plan or arrangement with respect to any Named Executive Officer where such plan or arrangement will result in payments to such Named Executive Officer upon or following his resignation, or other termination of employment with us and our subsidiaries, or as a result of a change-in-control of our Company or a change in the Named Executive Officers’ responsibilities following a change-in-control. 29 Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End Table for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2022 The following table shows grants of options outstanding on June 30, 2022, the last day of our fiscal year, to each of the Named Executive Officers included in the Summary Executive Compensation Table. Name Number of securities underlying unexercised options Exercisable Number of securities underlying unexercised options Unexercisable Option exercise price ($) Option expiration date Dr. Joseph N. Forkey 350,000 0 0.73 08/02/2028 150,000 0 1.68 06/04/2031 Daniel S. Habhegger 66,667 33,333 1.42 09/09/2029 80,000 0 1.68 06/04/2031 Jeffrey DiRubio 25,000 0 1.68 06/04/2031 100,000 100,000 2.09 02/07/2032 Profit Sharing and 401(k) Plan We have a defined contribution 401(k) profit sharing plan. Employer profit sharing and matching contributions to the plan are discretionary. No employer profit sharing contributions were made to the plan in fiscal years 2022 and 2021. No employer matching contributions were made to the plan in fiscal years 2022 and 2021. Director Compensation The following table sets forth cash amounts and the value of other compensation paid to our directors, but does not include the compensation of Dr. Joseph N. Forkey, our Chief Executive Officer, President, and Treasurer, as his compensation is reflected in the Summary Executive Compensation Table. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022, our Board of Directors determined that Dr. Joseph N. Forkey was our employee director and, therefore, would not earn any fees related to service on our Board. Director Compensation Table for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2022 Name Fees earned or paid in cash ($)(1) Option awards ($)(3) Total ($) Andrew J. Miclot 5,000 32,740 37,740 Dr. Richard B. Miles 5,000 32,740 37,740 Peter V. Anania 3,750 32,740 36,490 Peter H. Woodward 40,000 (2) 49,103 89,103 (1) Under our director compensation plan, each non-management, non-Chairman board member shall receive $5,000 annually paid in quarterly amounts of $1,250. The board of directors also approved that each. We also reimburse our directors for travel expenses. (2) Mr. Woodward serves as our Chairman and performs various management services. In March 2019 the Company’s board of directors approved the payment of $10,000 per quarter to Mr. Woodward for the performance of certain management services. (3) In December 2019 the Company’s board of directors approved annual grants of common stock options each year beginning in December 2019 of 20,000 and 30,000 options to each non-management board members and the Chairman, respectively. On November 17, 2021, 20,000 options to purchase the Company’s common stock were granted to Mr. Miclot, Dr. Miles, and Mr. Anania, and 30,000 to Mr. Woodward at an exercise price of $2.26 per share. The options are exercisable at the date of grant and expire on November 17, 2032. As of June 30, 2022, the following outstanding stock options were held by each of our directors: Andrew J. Miclot – 120,000, Dr. Richard B. Miles – 126,000, Peter V. Anania – 20,000, Peter H. Woodward – 180,000. 30 ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS. The following tables set forth information regarding our common stock owned as of the close of business on September 20, 2022 by the following persons: (i) each person who is known by us to own beneficially more than 5% of our common stock, (ii) each of our directors who beneficially owns our common stock, (iii) each of our Named Executive Officers who beneficially own our common stock and (iv) all executive officers and directors, as a group, who beneficially own our common stock. The information on beneficial ownership in the table and footnotes thereto is based upon data furnished to us by, or on behalf of, the persons listed in the table. We have determined beneficial ownership in accordance with the rules of the SEC. Except as indicated by the footnotes below, we believe, based on the information furnished to us, that the persons and entities named in the table below have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of common stock that they beneficially own, subject to applicable community property laws. In computing the number of shares of common stock beneficially owned by a person and the percentage ownership of that person, we deemed outstanding shares of common stock subject to options held by that person or group that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days after September 20, 2022. We did not deem these shares outstanding, however, for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person or group. Stockholders Known by Us to Own Over 5% of Our Common Stock Amount of beneficial ownership (1) Percent of Name and Address of Beneficial Owner Shares Owned Shares – Rights to Acquire Total Number Shares Beneficially Owned (2) Sandra F., Norman H. and Brian L. Pessin (3) 400 E. 51 st Street PH 31 New York, NY 10022 2,572,723 0 2,572,723 15.2% Dolphin Offshore Partners LP (4) 4828 First Coast Highway, STE 5 Fernandina, FL 32034 2,070,625 0 2,070,625 12.2% Hershey Strategic Capital, LP (5) 888 7 th Ave., 17 th Floor New York, New York 10019 986,480 0 986,480 5.8% Stuart L Sternberg (6) 85 Bellevue Ave Rye, NY 10580 884,467 0 884,467 5.2% MHW Partners, L.P. (7) 150 East 52 nd Street 30 th Fl. New York, New York 10022 674,013 180,000 854,013 5.0% _______________________ (1) Represents shares with respect to which each beneficial owner listed has or will have, upon acquisition of such shares upon exercise or conversion of options, warrants, conversion privileges or other rights exercisable within 60 sixty days, sole voting and investment power. For the purposes of this table, we have not assumed the limitations on exercise set forth in certain options, which limit the number of shares of common stock that the holder, together with all other shares of common stock beneficially owned by such person, does not exceed 4.999% of the total outstanding shares of common stock. 31 (2) As of September 20, 2022, there were 16,915,089 issued shares of our common stock issued and outstanding. Percentages are calculated on the basis of the amount of issued and outstanding common stock plus, for each person or group, any securities that such person or group has the right to acquire within 60 days pursuant to options, warrants, conversion privileges or other rights. (3) We relied, in part, on a Schedule 13D/A filed jointly with the SEC on July 5, 2019 by Sandra F. Pessin and Norman H. Pessin. Mr. and Mrs. Pessin are married and considered to beneficially hold each other’s shares. Ms. Pessin owns 963,334 shares and Mr. Pessin owns 233,625 shares for a combined beneficial ownership of 1,196,959 shares. (4) We relied, in part, on the Schedule 13D/A filed jointly by Dolphin Offshore Partners, L.P., Dolphin Mgmt. Services, Inc. and Peter E. Salas on December 27, 2017 for this information. Dolphin Offshore Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, is an investment manager. Dolphin Mgmt. Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation, is the managing general partner of Dolphin Offshore Partners, L.P. Peter E. Salas is the President, sole shareholder and controlling person of Dolphin Mgmt. Services, Inc. Peter Salas is a U.S. citizen. Dolphin Offshore Partners, L.P., Dolphin Mgmt. Services, Inc. and Peter E. Salas each may be deemed to beneficially own an aggregate of 2,070,625 shares of common stock. Dolphin Offshore Partners, L.P., Dolphin Mgmt. Services, Inc. and Peter E. Salas each may be deemed to have shared power to vote or direct the vote, and dispose or direct the disposition, of all such shares of common stock. (5) We relied, in part, on the Schedule 13D/A jointly filed by Hershey Strategic Capital, LP, Hershey Management I, LLC and Hershey Strategic Capital GP, LLC on October 10, 2017 for this information. Hershey Management I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, is the investment advisor of Hershey Strategic Capital, LP, a Delaware limited partnership. Hershey Strategic Capital GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, is the general partner of Hershey Strategic Capital, LP. Adam Hershey is the sole managing member of both Hershey Management I, LLC and Hershey Strategic Capital GP, LLC. As the investment advisor, Hershey Management I, LLC has the voting and dispositive power with respect to all of the shares of common stock owned by Hershey Strategic Capital, LP. On July 9, 2014, Richard E. Forkey resigned as a director and Hershey Strategic Capital, LP designated Peter H. Woodward and Dr. Kenneth S. Schwartz to our Board of Directors and such designees were so appointed. Hershey Strategic Capital, LP beneficially owns 986,480 shares of common stock. Hershey Strategic Capital, LP is managed by Adam Hershey, and in such capacity, Mr. Hershey holds the power to vote and direct the disposition of all shares of common stock owned by Hershey Strategic Capital, LP. Hershey Management I disclaims beneficial ownership in the shares. (6) We relied, in part, on a Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC by Stuart Sternberg on February 26, 2021, for this information. (7) We relied, in part, on a Form 4 filed with the SEC on December 1, 2016 by Peter H. Woodward, on a Schedule 13D/A jointly filed with the SEC on November 3, 2015 by MHW Partners, L.P., MHW Capital, LLC, and MHW Capital Management, LLC, on a Form 4 filed with the SEC by Peter H. Woodward on December 31, 2019, and on a Form 4 filed with the SEC by Peter H. Woodward on November 16, 2020 for this information. MHW Partners, L.P. is a Delaware limited partnership. MHW Capital, LLC is a Delaware limited liability company. MHW Capital Management, LLC is a Delaware limited liability company. MHW Capital, LLC is the general partner of MHW Partners, L.P. Mr. Woodward is the principal of MHW Capital Management, LLC and MHW Capital, LLC and in such capacity, Mr. Woodward holds the power to vote and direct the disposition of all shares of common stock owned by MHW Partners, L.P. MHW Partners, L.P., MHW Capital, LLC, MHW Capital Management, LLC and Mr. Woodward share the power to vote and direct the disposition of all shares of common stock owned by MHW Partners, L.P. Mr. Woodward is a citizen of the United States and our current Chairman of our Board of Directors. MHW Partners, L.P. beneficially owns 674,013 shares of common stock, and 150,000 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of outstanding stock options by Mr. Woodward. 90,000 options vested in three installments: one-third vested immediately on the date of grant; one-third vested on May 18, 2016; the remaining one-third vested on May 18, 2017. The options have an exercise price of $0.73 and expire on May 18, 2025. 30,000 options became immediately exercisable upon their grant on December 6, 2019, have an exercise price of $1.50 per share, and expire on December 6, 2029. The remaining 30,000 options became immediately exercisable upon their grant on November 16, 2020, have an exercise price of $1.40 per share, and expire on November 16, 2030. However, the aggregate number of shares of common stock into which such warrants and options are exercisable, and which MHW Partners, L.P. has the right to acquire beneficial ownership, is limited to the number of shares of common stock that, together with all other shares of common stock beneficially owned by MHW Partners, L.P., does not exceed 4.999% of the total outstanding shares of common stock. Accordingly, such warrants and options are not currently exercisable into common stock until the actual shares of common stock held by MHW Partners, L.P. is less than 4.999% of the total outstanding shares of common stock. MHW Partners, L.P. may waive this 4.999% restriction with 61 days’ notice to us. 32 Officers and Directors Amount of beneficial ownership (2) Percent of Name and address of beneficial owner (1) Nature of beneficial ownership Shares Owned Shares – Rights to Acquire Total Number Shares Beneficially Owned (3) Peter H. Woodward (5) Chairman of the Board of Directors 674,013 180,000 854,013 5.0% Dr. Joseph N. Forkey (6) Chief Executive Officer, President, Treasurer and Director 347,620 500,000 847,620 4.9% Peter V. Anania (4) Director 616,321 20,000 636,321 3.8% Jeffrey DiRubio (7) Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing 196,000 125,000 321,000 2.5% Daniel S. Habhegger (8) Chief Financial Officer, Secretary 9,095 180,000 189,095 1.1% Dr. Richard B. Miles (9) Director 22,712 126,000 148,712 * Andrew J. Miclot (10) Director 0 120,000 120,000 * All directors and executive officers as a group 1,865,761 1,251,000 3,116,761 17.2% * Percentage of shares beneficially owned does not exceed one percent of issued and outstanding shares of stock. _______________________ (1) Unless otherwise stated, the address of each beneficial owners listed on the table is c/o Precision Optics Corporation, Inc., 22 East Broadway, Gardner, MA 01440. (2) Represents shares with respect to which each beneficial owner listed has or will have, upon acquisition of such shares upon exercise or conversion of options, warrants, conversion privileges or other rights exercisable within 60 sixty days, sole voting and investment power. (3) As of September 27, 2022, we had 16,915,089 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding. Percentages are calculated on the basis of the amount of issued and outstanding common stock plus, for each person or group, any securities that such person or group has the right to acquire within 60 days of September 27, 2022 pursuant to options, warrants, conversion privileges or other rights. (4) Mr. Anania was appointed to our board of directors on October 6, 2021. Mr. Anania’s beneficial ownership consists of 590,465 shares owned by him, 25,856 shares owned by his wife and 20,000 shares of common stock that may be acquired by him upon the exercise of outstanding stock options. Mr. Anania is the President of Anania & Associates Investment Company, LLC. As part of its acquisition of Lighthouse Imaging, the Company on of October 6, 2021 issued 1,680,145 shares of common stock to Anania & Associates Investment Company, LLC, designated as nominee holder for all underlying owners of Lighthouse Imaging, LLC. The Company later filed a registration statement for resale of those shares, and on September 7, 2022, Anania & Associates Investment Company, LLC distributed all of the shares to the underlying owners. Through such distribution, Mr. and Mrs. Anania acquired record ownership of the shares shown here as owned by them. 33 (5) Mr. Peter Woodward is the Chairman of our Board of Directors. Mr. Woodward is the managing member and general partner of MHW Partners, L.P. and in such capacity, Mr. Woodward holds the power to vote and direct the disposition of all shares of common stock owned by MHW Partners. On September 28, 2012, MHW Partners purchased 222,223 shares of our common stock, and warrants to purchase up to 168,386 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $1.11 per share, subject to adjustment and a call provision if certain market price targets were reached, and an expiration date of September 28, 2017. On July 2, 2014, MHW Partners purchased 125,000 shares of common stock. On October 19, 2015, MHW Partners purchased 100,000 shares of common stock. On November 22, 2016 MHW Partners purchased 156,667 shares of common stock, and warrants to purchase 78,333 shares of common stock at an exercise at a variable exercise price subject to the Companies achievement of certain performance criteria. MHW Partners exercised the 78,333 November 22, 2016 warrants on October 16, 2017 at $0.01 per share. Mr. Woodward’s beneficial ownership consists of (a) 674,013 shares of common stock held through MHW Partners and (b) 180,000 shares of common stock which may be acquired upon the exercise of outstanding stock options. (6) Dr. Forkey is a member of our Board of Directors and serves as our Chief Executive Officer, President and Treasurer. Dr. Forkey’s beneficial ownership consists of (a) 347,620 shares of common stock held in joint ownership with his wife, Heather Forkey, with whom he shares voting and dispositive control, and (b) 500,000 shares of common stock that may be acquired upon the exercise of outstanding stock options. (7) Mr. DiRubio is our Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Mr. Dirubio’s beneficial ownership consists of (a) 196,000 shares of common, and (b) 125,000 shares of common stock that may be acquired upon the exercise of outstanding stock options. (8) Mr. Habhegger is our Chief Financial Officer and Secretary effective December 1, 2019. Mr. Habhegger’s beneficial ownership consists of (a) 9,095 shares of common stock and (b) 180,000 shares of common stock that may be acquired upon the exercise of outstanding stock options. (9) Dr. Miles is a member of our Board of Directors. Dr. Miles’ beneficial ownership consists of (a) 22,712 shares of common stock, and (b) 126,000 shares of common stock that may be acquired upon the exercise of outstanding stock options. (10) Mr. Andrew Miclot is a member of our Board of Directors. Mr. Miclot’s beneficial ownership consists of 120,000 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of outstanding stock options. ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions Since the beginning of the last fiscal year ended June 30, 2022 we had the following related party transactions. On October 4, 2021, the Company entered into agreements with accredited investors for the private placement of 937,500 shares of our common stock, $0.01 par value, at a price of $1.60 per share. We received $1,500,000 in gross proceeds from the offering. The placement proceeds were used to partially fund the business acquisition of the Lighthouse division. In compliance with the registration rights agreement entered into with the investors, on January 31, 2022 the Company filed a registration statement for the shares with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which became effective on February 11, 2022. Ms. Sandra Pessin acquired 468,750 shares in this placement for $750,000 or $1.60 per share; at that time Ms. Pessin was already an owner of more than 5% of the Company’s outstanding common stock. Director Independence During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, the Board of Directors determined that Peter H. Woodward, Dr. Richard B. Miles and Andrew J. Miclot were “independent” as defined under the standards of independence set forth in the Nasdaq Listing Rules and the rules under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. 34 ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES. Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Fees Our principal and sole independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2022 and 2021 is Stowe & Degon LLC, referred to as Stowe. The following table presents fees for professional audit services and other services rendered by Stowe, for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021: 2022 2021 Audit Fees (1) $ 96,815 $ 94,125 Audit Related Fees (2) 4,420 – Business Acquisition Related Fees (3) 6,680 – Total Audit and Audit Related Fees 107,915 94,125 Tax Fees (4) 10,000 9,850 Total Fees $ 117,915 $ 103,975 _______________________ (1) Audit fees for fiscal year 2022 are comprised of fees for professional services performed for the audit of our annual financial statements and review of our quarterly financial statements of $96,815, including direct out-of-pocket expenses in the amount of $1,795. Audit fees for fiscal year 2021 are comprised of fees for professional services performed for the audit of our annual financial statements and review of our quarterly financial statements of $94,125, including direct out-of-pocket expenses in the amount of $75. (2) Audit-related fees are comprised of fees for assurance and related attestation services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of our annual financial statements, or the review thereof, and fees for due diligence services. (3) Business acquisition related fees relate to audit, assurance and related attestation services relating to our acquisition of the Lighthouse division in October 2021. (4) Tax fees for fiscal 2022 and 2021 are comprised of fees for professional services performed with respect to corporate tax compliance, tax return preparation and filing, tax planning and tax advice. Pre-Approval Policies Under the direction of our Chief Executive Officer, our Board of Directors pre-approves all services provided by our independent registered public accounting firm. 100% of the above services and fees were reviewed and approved by the Board of Directors either before or after the respective services were rendered. The Board of Directors has considered the nature and amount of fees billed by Stowe and believes that the provision of services for activities unrelated to the audit is compatible with maintaining the firm’s independence. 35 PART IV ITEM 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES. a. Documents filed as part of this report The following documents are filed as part of this Annual Report on 10-K: 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS The following documents are filed in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K: Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Consolidated Balance Sheets at June 30, 2022 and 202 1 Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 2. FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES All financial statement schedules have been omitted as they are not required, not applicable, or the required information is otherwise included. b. Exhibits The exhibits listed below are filed with or incorporated by reference in this report. Exhibit Description 2.1 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). 3.1 Articles of Organization of Precision Optics Corporation, Inc., as amended (included as Exhibit 3.1 to the Form SB-2 filed March 16, 2007, and incorporated herein by reference). 3.2 Bylaws of Precision Optics Corporation, Inc. (included as Exhibit 3.2 to the Form S-1 filed December 18, 2008, and incorporated herein by reference). 3.3 Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Organization of Precision Optics Corporation, Inc., dated November 25, 2008 and effective December 11, 2008 (included as Exhibit 3.1 to the Form 8-K filed December 11, 2008, and incorporated herein by reference). 3.4 Amended and Restated Bylaws of Precision Optics Corporation, Inc. (included as Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed July 11, 2014, and incorporated herein by reference). 3.5 Amendment to the Amended and Restated Bylaws of Precision Optics Corporation, Inc. effective May 13, 2022 (included as exhibit 3.5 to the Form 10-Q filed May 16, 2022, and incorporated herein by reference). 36 Exhibit Description 10.1 Precision Optics Corporation, Inc. 2011 Equity Incentive Plan, dated October 13, 2011 (included as Exhibit 10.2 to Form S-8 filed October 14, 2011, and incorporated herein by reference.) 10.2 Precision Optics Corporation, Inc. 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). 10.3 Compensation Agreement, by and among Precision Optics Corporation, Inc. and Joseph N. Forkey, dated August 2, 2018 (included as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 3, 2018, and incorporated herein by reference). 10.4†+ Asset Purchase Agreement dated July 1, 2019, between Precision Optics Corporation, Inc. and Ross Optical Industries, Inc. and the shareholders (included as Exhibit 10.1 to the Form 8-K filed on July 8, 2019, and incorporated herein by reference). 10.5 Form of Purchase Agreement, by and among Precision Optics Corporation, Inc. and several Investors, dated July 1, 2019 (included as Exhibit 10.2 to the Form 8-K filed on July 8, 2019, and incorporated herein by reference). 10.6 Form of Registration Rights Agreement, by and among Precision Optics Corporation, Inc. and several Investors, dated July 1, 2019 (included as Exhibit 10.3 to the Form 8-K filed on July 8, 2019, and incorporated herein by reference). 10.7 Employment Agreement, by and among Precision Optics Corporation. Inc. and Divaker Mangadu, dated July 1, 2019 (included as Exhibit 10.4 to the Form 8-K filed on July 8, 2019, and incorporated herein by reference). 10.8† Employment agreement, by and among Precision Optics Corporation, Inc. and Jeff DiRubio, dated April 26, 2019 (included as Exhibit 10.16 to the annual report on Form 10-K filed on September 26, 2019, and incorporated herein by reference). 10.9+ Lease Agreement, by and among Precision Optics Corporation, Inc. and Texzona Industries Ltd. dated July 1, 2019 (included as Exhibit 10.17 to the annual report on Form 10-K filed on September 26, 2019, and incorporated herein by reference). 10.10 Employment Offer Letter Daniel S. Habhegger, dated December 2, 2019 (included as Exhibit 10.18 to the quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed on February 13, 2020, and incorporated herein by reference). 10.11 Form of Securities Purchase Agreement, by and among Precision Optics Corporation, Inc. and several Investors, dated April 14, 2020 (included as Exhibit 10.1 to the current report on Form 8-K filed on May 7, 2020, and incorporated herein by reference). 10.12 Form of Registration Rights Agreement, by and among Precision Optics Corporation, Inc. and several Investors, dated April 14, 2020 (included as Exhibit 10.2 to the current report on Form 8-K filed on May 7, 2020, and incorporated herein by reference). 10.13†+ Asset Purchase Agreement, dated October 4, 2021, by and among Precision Optics Corporation, Inc. and Lighthouse Imaging, LLC and Anania & Associates Investment Company, LLC (included as Exhibit 10.1 to the current report on Form 8-K filed on October 8, 2021, and incorporated herein by reference). 10.14 Form of Securities Purchase Agreement, by and among Precision Optics Corporation, Inc. and several Investors, dated October 4, 2021 (included as Exhibit 10.2 to the current report on Form 8-K filed on October 8, 2021, and incorporated herein by reference) . 10.15 Form of Registration Rights Agreement, by and among Precision Optics Corporation, Inc. and several Investors, dated October 4, 2021 (included as Exhibit 10.3 to the current report on Form 8-K filed on October 8, 2021, and incorporated herein by reference) . 10.16+ Loan Agreement dated October 4, 2021, by and among Precision Optics Corporation, Inc. and Main Street Bank (included as Exhibit 10.4 to the current report on Form 8-K filed on October 8, 2021, and incorporated herein by reference). 10.17 $250,000 Revolving Line of Credit Note dated October 4, 2021 (included as Exhibit 10.5 to the current report on Form 8-K filed on October 8, 2021, and incorporated herein by reference) . 37 Exhibit Description 10.18 $2,600,000 Term Loan Note dated October 4, 2021 (included as Exhibit 10.6 to the current report on Form 8-K filed on October 8, 2021, and incorporated herein by reference). 10.19 Security Agreement dated October 4, 2021, by and among Precision Optics Corporation, Inc. and Main Street Bank (included as Exhibit 10.7 to the current report on Form 8-K filed on October 8, 2021, and incorporated herein by reference). 10.20 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). 10.21 Precision Optics Corporation, Inc. 2022 Equity Incentive Plan (included as Appendix B to the proxy statement on Form DEF14A filed on February 24, 2022, and incorporated herein by reference) . 14.1 Precision Optics Corporation, Inc. Corporate Code of Ethics and Conduct (included as Exhibit 14.1 to the Form 10-K filed September 28, 2008, and incorporated herein by reference). 21.1 Subsidiaries of the Registrant (included as Exhibit 21.1 to the Form 10-K filed September 26, 2008, and incorporated herein by reference). 23.1* Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. 31.1* Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. 31.2* Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. 32.1* Certification of Officers pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 . 101.INS* Inline XBRL Instance Document ( the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document) 101.SCH * Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document 101.CAL * Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document 101.DEF * Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document 101.LAB * Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document 101.PRE * Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document 104 * Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) * Filed herewith. † Certain portions of the agreement have been omitted to preserve the confidentiality of such information. The Company will furnish copies of any such information to the SEC upon request. + The schedules to agreement have been omitted from this filing pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. The Company will furnish copies of any such schedules to the SEC upon request. Copies of above exhibits not contained herein are available to any stockholder, upon written request to: Chief Financial Officer, Precision Optics Corporation, Inc., 22 East Broadway, Gardner, MA 01440. ITEM 16. FORM 10-K SUMMARY. None. 38 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. PRECISION OPTICS CORPORATION, INC. Date: September 27, 2022 By: /s/ Joseph N. Forkey Joseph N. Forkey President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) Date: September 27, 2022 By: /s/ Daniel S. Habhegger Daniel S. Habhegger Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Signature Capacity Date /s/ Joseph N. Forkey Joseph N. Forkey Chief Executive Officer, President, Treasurer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) September 27, 2022 /s/ Daniel S. Habhegger Daniel S. Habhegger Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) September 27, 2022 /s/ Peter V. Anania Director September 27, 2022 Peter V. Anania /s/ Andrew J. Miclot Director September 27, 2022 Andrew J. Miclot /s/ Richard B. Miles Director September 27, 2022 Richard B. Miles /s/ Peter H. Woodward Director, Chairman September 27, 2022 Peter H. Woodward 39