Company: ORBS
Filing Date: 2025-09-12
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001493152-25-013280
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Company: Eightco Holdings Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-09-12
Form: PRE 14A
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. As a result, an abstention or a broker non-vote on this proposal will not have any effect on the elections of the Class III director nominees.

Board Recommendation

| THE                                                                                                                                         
 BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE ELECTION OF LOUIS FOREMAN AND “FOR” THE ELECTION OF NICOLA                                    
 CAIANO TO SERVE AS CLASS III MEMBERS OF THE BOARD FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE AT THE 2028 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS OR UNTIL the appointment, 
 election, and qualification of THEIR RESPECTIVE successorS. PROPERLY AUTHORIZED PROXIES SOLICITED BY THE BOARD WILL BE VOTED “FOR”          
 THE ELECTION OF EACH OF THE FOREGOING INDIVIDUALS UNLESS A STOCKHOLDER INDICATES OTHERWISE ON THE PROXY.                                    |

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<div align='center'>PROPOSAL 3: RATIFICATION OF SELECTION OF AUDITORS</div>

Introduction

The Audit Committee has selected the independent registered public accounting firm Stephano Slack LLC to serve as our auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025. It is expected that a representative of Stephano Slack LLC will not be present at the Annual Meeting.

Stephano Slack LLC was appointed as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm on September 30, 2024. On such date, Morson Cogen LLP, the Company’s former auditor, resigned from its role as independent registered public accounting firm for the Company. Such resignation was made by [Morison Cogen] in conjunction with its exit from providing audit services to publicly traded companies. In connection with the foregoing exit, the audit partner and audit manager at Morison Cogen who were in charge of the Company’s audit left such firm to join Stephano Slack LLC, which firm was engaged by the Company as described above.

In deciding to appoint Stephano Slack LLC, the Audit Committee reviewed auditor independence issues and existing commercial relationships with Stephano Slack LLC and concluded that Stephano Slack LLC has no commercial relationship with the Company that would impair its independence for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.

Vote Required

The selection of our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2025, will be ratified upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting power of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote. Abstentions