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−Removed: Frequency of Say on Pay
−Removed: As previously reported on Form 8-K, in a
−Removed: non-binding advisory vote on the frequency of future say on pay votes held at the 2022 annual meeting on April 8, 2022, 7,877,182
−Removed: shares voted for one year, 84,778 shares voted for two years, 41 shares voted for three years, and 5,045 shares abstained.
−Removed: 13, 2022, our board of directors has considered the outcome of this advisory vote and has determined, as was recommended with
−Removed: respect to this proposal by our board of directors in the proxy statement for the 2022 annual meeting, that we will hold future say
−Removed: on pay votes on an annual basis until the occurrence of the next advisory vote on the frequency of say on pay votes.
−Removed: advisory vote regarding the frequency of say on pay votes is required to occur no later than our 2028 annual meeting of
−Removed: stockholders.
−Removed: Election to Waive Application of Mandatory
−Removed: Staggered Board Provision in Massachusetts General Laws Section 8.06(b)
−Removed: On May 13, 2022, our board elected to be exempt
−Removed: from the provisions of Section 8.06(b) of the Massachusetts General Laws and to declassify the current board.
−Removed: Section 8.06(b) of the Massachusetts
−Removed: General Laws provides that the board of every public Massachusetts corporation shall be staggered by dividing the number of directors
−Removed: into three groups, as nearly equal in number as possible;
−Removed: the term of office of those of the first group, ''Class I Directors'', to continue
−Removed: until the first annual meeting following the date such public corporation becomes subject to this subsection and until their successors
−Removed: are elected and qualified;
−Removed: the term of office of those of the second group, ''Class II Directors'', to continue until the second annual
−Removed: meeting following the date the public corporation becomes subject to this subsection and until their successors are elected and qualified;
−Removed: and the term of office of those of the third group, ''Class III Directors'', to continue until the third annual meeting following the
−Removed: date such public corporation becomes subject to this subsection and until their successors are elected and qualified.
−Removed: Accordingly, and
−Removed: in accordance with our bylaws, prior to the waiver our board was staggered into three classes of directors.
−Removed: Amendments of the Bylaws
−Removed: On May 13, 2022, our board adopted an amendment
−Removed: to our amended and restated bylaws.
−Removed: Previously, our bylaws had not been amended since 2014.
−Removed: The material changes to our bylaws comprise the
−Removed: - Annual meeting of stockholders
−Removed: We made several clarifying changes, such as specifying
−Removed: that a majority of the board can call special meetings of stockholders and that such meetings can be postponed or rescheduled by the board.
−Removed: Under the new bylaws, notice of meetings of stockholders
−Removed: must now be given at least ten days nor more than 60 days before the meeting, instead of at least seven days before the meeting.
−Removed: may now also explicitly be given by electronic means.
−Removed: If the stockholders meeting is rescheduled or adjourned, the new bylaws clarify
−Removed: that no new notice need be given, unless the adjournment is for more than 30 days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed
−Removed: for the adjourned meeting.
−Removed: The new bylaws state, that if a quorum initially is present at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders
−Removed: may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum,
−Removed: but if quorum is not present at least initially, no business other than the adjournment may be transacted.
−Removed: We added a provision that a stockholder may revoke
−Removed: any proxy that is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person, by filing with the secretary an instrument in writing
−Removed: revoking the proxy or by granting another duly executed proxy bearing a later date.
−Removed: We also added a new provision giving the board
−Removed: or the presiding officer at the meeting the power to appoint an inspector of election.
−Removed: Further, we added a new provision regarding stockholder
−Removed: proposals and nominations, specifically who can make such proposals, what information must be submitted, when and where to direct such
−Removed: - Board of Directors
−Removed: Regarding the composition of the board, we dropped
−Removed: the maximum number of seats on the board leaving the decision up to the board.
−Removed: Further, the power to decrease or increase the board and
−Removed: to fill vacancies now rests solely with the board and not with the shareholders or the board alternatively.
−Removed: We further decided to declassify
−Removed: the board and have all directors stand for election at each annual meeting of stockholders.
−Removed: Notices for board meeting can now be transmitted
−Removed: electronically instead of by telegram.
−Removed: In addition, we added a provision to clarify that the board has the power to fix its remuneration,
−Removed: which may include reimbursement of expenses, salaries or attendance fees and can comprise cash or equity.
−Removed: The new bylaws also explicitly
−Removed: authorize us to purchase and maintain D&O insurance.
−Removed: We updated the outdated terms of clerk and assistant
−Removed: clerk to secretary and assistant secretary, respectively.
−Removed: Further, we specified that the board has the power to elect the officers from
−Removed: time to time and deleted the dated reference to the incorporators or an election after each annual meeting.
−Removed: Thus, the tenure of each officers
−Removed: extends until the board has chosen, elected and qualified a successor.
−Removed: Regarding stock certificates, the new bylaws state
−Removed: that shares may be uncertificated or represented by certificate, as before, and removed the entitlement for stockholders to request certificates.
−Removed: Further, in order to replace lost, destroyed or stolen certificates, the bylaws specify that we may now request documentation, indemnification
−Removed: or security to protect against claims.
−Removed: - Amendments of the Bylaws
−Removed: The new bylaws removed the prohibition that the
−Removed: directors may not provide for indemnification of the board or amend the section on amendments to the bylaws.
+Added: As previously reported,
+Added: the Company effected a 1-for-3 reverse split of its Common Stock as of 11:59 p.m.
+Added: Eastern Time on Tuesday, November 1, 2022.
+Added: stock split reduced the outstanding Common Stock from 16,915,089 shares to 5,638,302 shares, including the reduction for elimination of
+Added: fractional shares.
+Added: The total number of shares of Common Stock authorized under the Company’s Articles of Organization remains unchanged,
+Added: at 50,000,000 shares, $.01 par value per share.
+Added: The Common Stock began trading on a reverse stock split-adjusted basis on the OTCQB on
+Added: November 2, 2022.
+Added: The new CUSIP number for the Common Stock following the Reverse Stock Split is:
Asset Purchase Agreement between the Company and Optometrics Corporation, dated January 18, 2008 (included as Exhibit 2.1 to the Form 8-K filed January 25, 2008 and incorporated herein by reference).
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(included as Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed July 11, 2014, and incorporated herein by reference).
−Removed: Amendment to the Amended and Restated Bylaws of Precision Optics Corporation, Inc.
−Removed: effective May 13, 2022.
+Added: to the Amended and Restated Bylaws of Precision Optics Corporation, Inc.
+Added: effective May 13, 2022 (included as exhibit 3.5 to the Form
+Added: 10-Q filed May 16, 2022, and incorporated herein by reference).
+Added: Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Organization of Precision Optics Corporation, Inc., dated October 24, 2022;
+Added: and Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Organization of Precision Optics Corporation, Inc., dated October 26, 2022 (included as Exhibit 3.1 to the Form 8-K filed November 2, 2022, and incorporated herein by reference).
+Added: Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Organization of Precision Optics Corporation, Inc., dated October 27, 2022 (included as Exhibit 3.2 to the Form 8-K filed November 2, 2022, and incorporated herein by reference) .
Precision Optics Corporation, Inc.
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Director side letter agreement dated October 4, 2021 (included as Exhibit 10.8 to the current report on Form 8-K filed on October 8, 2021, and incorporated herein by reference).
+Added: 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) .
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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).
+Added: Subsidiaries of the Registrant (included as Exhibit 21.1 to the Form 10-K filed September 26, 2008, and incorporated herein by reference).
Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
−Removed: Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted in iXBRL, and included in exhibit 101).
+Added: Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within
+Added: the Inline XBRL document)
Filed Herewith.
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PRECISION OPTICS CORPORATION, INC.
+Added: November 14 , 2022
/s/ Joseph N.
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(Principal Executive Officer)
+Added: November 14, 2022
/s/ Daniel S.
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