Company: VEEAW
Filing Date: 2025-04-15
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001213900-25-032215
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Company: VEEA INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-15
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 6
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. Mr. Cohen has previously served on the President’s Council for
Union College, the Global Advisory Board of Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, the Global Advisory Council of African Leadership
University, US Advisory Council of African Leadership Academy, and Director and Treasurer of Gift of Hope USA. Mr. Cohen has been retired
since 2014. Prior to retirement, Mr. Cohen was employed with IBM Corporation from 1978 to 2014 (with an 18-month gap). During his time
at IBM Corporation, Mr. Cohen served as General Manager, Global Communications Sector, Chairman of IBM Africa, and Executive Leader of
Global Alliances, among other roles. Mr. Cohen led IBM Corporation’s $12 billion business with telecommunications, energy and utilities,
and media and entertainment clients worldwide, with particular focus in leading the development in Africa. Prior to that Mr. Cohen served
as General Manager of IBM’s Pervasive Computing (IoT) business unit and before that was Vice President of Strategy. Furthermore,
Mr. Cohen managed critical partnerships with businesses like SAP, Cisco, and Oracle. Mr. Cohen holds an MBA in Finance from New York
University and a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Psychology from Union College. Mr. Cohen is independent as defined under the applicable
Nasdaq rules. Mr. Cohen is qualified to serve on the board because of his long-time global business experience and leadership experiences.

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Family
Relationships

Except for Allen Salmasi, our
CEO and chairman, who is the father of, Michael Salmasi, our director and Chief Executive Officer of our subsidiary, Veea Solutions,
Inc., there are no family relationships between any of the executive officers or directors of the Company.

Director
or Officer Involvement in Certain Prior Legal Proceedings

Our
directors and executive officers were not involved in any legal proceedings as described in Item 401(f) of Regulation S-K in the past
ten years.

Board
Composition and Election of Directors

Our
board of directors currently consists of seven members. Under our amended and restated bylaws, the number of directors will be determined
from time to time by our board of directors.

Director
Independence

Nasdaq
listing rules require that a majority of the board of directors of a company listed on Nasdaq be composed of “independent directors,”
which is defined generally as a person other than an officer or employee of the company or its subsidiaries or any other individual having
a relationship, which, in