Company: IPGP
Filing Date: 2025-04-07
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001111928-25-000054
Chunk: 96

Company: IPG PHOTONICS CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-07
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 96
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 Transact Business?
At the close of business on March 31, 2025, the record date, there were 42,729,426 shares of our common stock outstanding. Our bylaws require that a majority of our common stock be represented, in person or by proxy, at the Annual Meeting in order to constitute the quorum we need to transact business at the meeting. We will count broker non-votes and proxies marked “abstain” as present in determining whether a quorum exists.

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#### 2026 Annual Meeting and Nominations
Stockholders may present proposals for action at a future meeting and nominations for director if they comply with applicable SEC rules and our bylaws. Proposals and director nominations must be received by our Corporate Secretary at IPG Photonics Corporation, 377 Simarano Drive, Marlborough, Massachusetts 01752.

Matters for Inclusion in the Proxy Materials for the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. If you would like us to consider including a proposal in our proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act, it must be received by our Secretary on or before December 11, 2025.

Matters for Consideration at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, but not for Inclusion in the Proxy Materials. If you would like to present a proposal at the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders, but not to have such proposal included in our proxy statement relating to that meeting, such proposal or nomination must be received by our Secretary not earlier than January 20, 2026 and not later than February 19, 2026.

Nominations of Individuals for Election as Directors at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, but not Included in the Proxy Materials . If you would like to nominate a director next year, but not to have such nominee included in our proxy statement relating to that meeting, such nomination must be received by our Corporate Secretary not earlier than January 20, 2026 and not later than February 19, 2026.

Nominations of Individuals for Election as Directors at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders Using Proxy Access. A stockholder, or group of up to 20 stockholders, that has owned at least three percent of the Company’s outstanding common stock continuously for at least three years through the dates specified in the Company’s bylaws may nominate and include in the Company’s annual meeting proxy materials director nominees constituting up to the greater