Company: ATLN
Filing Date: 2025-05-13
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001605888-25-000017
Chunk: 6

Company: ATLANTIC INTERNATIONAL CORP.
Filing Date: 2025-05-13
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 6
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 voting instructions from their customers have the discretion to vote uninstructed shares on routine matters, but do not have discretion to vote such uninstructed shares on non-routine matters. Only Proposal 4, the ratification of the appointment of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, is considered a routine matter where brokers are permitted to vote shares held by them without instruction.  If your shares are held through a broker, those shares will not be voted on the election of directors (Proposal 1), the Say on Pay vote (Proposal 2), the Frequency on Say on Pay Vote (Proposal 3), the approval of the Company’s 2025 equity incentive plan (Proposal 5), or the approval of the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation and by-laws (Proposal 6), unless you affirmatively provide the broker with instructions on how to vote.                                                                                                                       |
| Voting Instructions                        |     | If you complete and submit your proxy voting instructions, the persons appointed by the Board as proxies (the persons named in the proxy card) will vote your shares as instructed. If you submit your proxy card but do not direct how your shares should be voted on each item, the persons named as proxies by the Board will voteFORthe election of the nominees for directors named in this proxy statement,FORthe Say on Pay vote,FORevery “three years” on the Frequency on Say on Pay vote,FORthe ratification of the appointment of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm,FORthe approval of the Company’s 2025 equity incentive plan, andFORthe approval of the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation and by-laws. The persons named as proxies will vote on any other matters properly presented at the Annual Meeting, or any postponement or adjournment thereof, in accordance with their best judgment, although the Board is not aware of any other matters other than those set forth in the Proxy Statement that will be presented for voting at the Annual Meeting. |

| Tabulating the Vote |     | Votes will be counted and certified by one or more Inspectors of Election who are expected to be an employee of VStock Transfer LLC, the transfer agent for the Company’s common stock.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Voting Results      |     | We will announce preliminary results at the Annual Meeting. We will report final results by filing a Form 8-K within four business days after the Annual Meeting. If final results are not available at that time, we will provide preliminary voting results in the