Company: VUZI
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-040266
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Company: Vuzix Corp
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form: DEF 14A
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 completed multiple cross-border transactions for U.S. acquirers entering the markets of both established     
 and developing countries. Mr. Harned' s capital markets, corporate development, mergers and acquisitions, and strategic and                   
 financial advisory experience in the technology and consumer fields qualifies him to serve on our Board of Directors.                         |

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| Paula Whitten-Doolin, age 46, has frequently served                                                                                      
 as a strategic thought-partner for business and has worked to establish strong governance processes in her past three roles. She         
 is respected for her integrity and ability to make tough decisions when called upon to do so. Ms. Whitten-Doolin is currently the        
 General Counsel of Houston First Corporation, a local government corporation operating in the real-estate and hospitality sectors        
 in Houston, Texas. She also serves as a strategic advisor to Cemivita, Inc., a privately held renewable fuels and chemical company,      
 as well as on the Board, Finance, and Audit committees for the Houston Ballet. From early 2021 until August of 2023, as the General      
 Counsel of Ideanomics, a multinational eV company, Paula oversaw the legal, human resources, and environmental, social, and governance   
 departments. Paula led her teams as the organization went through significant changes and major challenges, including an SEC             
 investigation, the acquisition and divestiture of subsidiaries, and multiple capital raises. From March of 2019 until March              
 of 2022, as the Head of Legal, Americas for Neste, Paula served on the boards of four Neste subsidiary companies, including the board    
 of Neste’s largest acquisition in the United States to present, Mahoney Environmental. She successfully built a legal team               
 in the Americas and helped to establish Neste as the pre-eminent sustainable aviation fuel supplier worldwide by negotiating contracts   
 with companies including Delta Airlines, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines, JetBlue, and others. Paula began her career as a litigator 
 at Weil, Gotshal and Manges, LLP in San Francisco. She holds a JD from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law and a BS from      
 the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Ms. Doolin’s securities law and capital markets experience, legal expertise,           
 and corporate governance background qualifies her to serve on our Board of Directors.                                                    |

14 RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD FOR PROPOSAL NO. 1 Our Board of Directors recommend A VOTE FOR THE ELECTION
AS DIRECTORS OF THE