Company: APCXW
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001683168-25-002670
Chunk: 35

Company: AppTech Payments Corp.
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 35
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 (or ballot) marked ABSTAIN with respect to the approval
of the AppTech 2025 Equity Incentive Plan will not be voted with respect to Proposal 4, although it will be counted for purposes of determining
whether there is a quorum.

<div align='center'>THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE APPROVAL OF THE 2025 APPTECH EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN.</div>

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<div align='center'>PROPOSAL 5

RATIFICATION OF THE SELECTION OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM</div>

The Board of Directors has
selected dbbmckennon LLC, an independent registered public accounting firm, as our independent auditors for the year ending December 31,
2025, and has further directed that management submit the selection of independent auditors for ratification by the stockholders at the
Annual Meeting. Dbbmckennon LLC has served as our independent registered public accounting firm since July 18, 2014. Representatives of
dbbmckennon LLC are expected to be present at the Annual Meeting. They will have an opportunity to make a statement if they desire and
be available to respond to appropriate questions.

Neither our amended and restated
bylaws nor other governing documents or laws require stockholder ratification of the appointment of dbbmckennon as our independent registered
public accounting firm. However, the Board of Directors is submitting the appointment of dbbmckennon to the stockholders for ratification
as a matter of good corporate practice. If the stockholders fail to ratify the selection, the Board Directors will reconsider whether
or not to retain dbbmckennon. Even if the selection is ratified, the Board of Directors, at its discretion, may direct the appointment
of different independent auditors at any time during the year if it determines that such a change would be in the company’s best
interests and its stockholders.

For the selection by the
audit committee of dbbmckennon as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the year ending December 31, 2025,
to be ratified, we must receive a FOR vote from the holders of a majority of all those outstanding shares that (a) are present
or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting, and (b) are cast either affirmatively or negatively on Proposal 5. Abstentions and broker
non-votes will not be counted FOR or AGAIN