Company: APT
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001437749-25-013635
Chunk: 13

Company: ALPHA PRO TECH LTD
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 13
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 and natural gas exploration, development and production company headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, a suburb of Houston.

The Board believes that Dr. Ritota’s experience gained through operating and managing his dental practice and his history of service as a public company director provide him with a wide range of knowledge on issues important to business, including the business of the Company, that contributes valuable insight to the Board.

BENJAMIN A. SHAW (age 46) has been a director of the Company since April 2023. Mr. Shaw has served as Senior Director & Controller, Accounting Operations for Western Governors University since 2019, where he manages all operations of the accounting department. From 2011 to 2019, he held various positions with Tanner LLC, including Director and Senior Manager of the audit department for Tanner LLC, where he developed extensive knowledge of US GAAP and SEC reporting standards.

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The Board believes that Mr. Shaw’s extensive experience in public accounting, including auditing public companies, as well as his experience gained through his current accounting management role, equip him with a wide range of accounting, internal controls, external and internal financial reporting, risk assessment, management and other skills, and provide valuable insight and expertise to the Board.

Information About Executive Officer Who Is Not Also a Director-Nominee

Two of the executive officers of the Company, Lloyd Hoffman and Danny Montgomery, are also current directors and director-nominees and are identified above. Information follows on the other current executive officer of the Company.

COLLEEN MCDONALD(age 54) has been the Chief Financial Officer of the Company since January 2016. Ms. McDonald joined the Company’s accounting department in 1995 and was named Assistant Corporate Controller in 2002. She then held the position of Corporate Controller from 2003 until she became Chief Financial Officer in 2016.

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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND BOARD MATTERS</div>

The principal role of the Company’s Board is to oversee the management of the Company’s affairs for the benefit of our shareholders. The Board regularly reviews our corporate governance policies and practices and compares them to those suggested by various authorities in the matters of corporate governance and the practices of other companies, taking into account the size and resources of the Company. Additionally, the Company continues to review new and proposed rules of the SEC and the listing standards of the NYSE American exchange (the “NYSE American”).

The Company is committed