Company: OPGN
Filing Date: 2025-08-21
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001829126-25-006628
Chunk: 189

Company: OPGEN INC
Filing Date: 2025-08-21
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
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 or Annual Report on Form 10-K; and 

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    reviewing and discussing with our Board corporate succession plans for the Chief Executive Officer and other key officers. 

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Nomination of Directors

The full Board acts to evaluate, on an annual basis, the composition of the Board and the skills, qualifications, business attributes and experience of the existing Board members. The specific process for identifying and evaluating new directors, including stockholder-recommended nominees, if any, will vary based on an assessment of the then-current needs of the Board and the Company. The Board will determine the desired profile of a new director, the competencies we are seeking, including experience in one or more areas of need, as determined by the Board. Candidates will be evaluated in light of the target criteria established by the Board.

Procedures for Nominating a Director Candidate

The Board considers nominations by stockholders who recommend candidates for election to the Board. The Board evaluates nominees recommended by stockholders in the same manner as it evaluates other nominees. A stockholder seeking to recommend a prospective candidate for the Board’s consideration may do so by writing to the Corporate Secretary c/o OpGen, Inc., 23219 Stringtown Road, Suite 300, Clarksburg, Maryland 20871.

With respect to the 2024 and 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, recommendations for director candidates must be received not later than the close of business on the tenth day following the earlier of the day on which notice of the date of the meeting was mailed and public disclosure was made. Recommendations submitted for consideration by the Board in preparation for the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders must be received after the close of business on the 120th day prior to the first anniversary of the date on which notice of the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders is first made available to our stockholders, and no later than the close of business on the 90th day prior to the first anniversary of the date on which such notice is first made available to our stockholders in connection with such meeting. However, if we change the date of the 2026 Annual Meeting by 30 days from the anniversary of the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, recommendations for director candidates must be received not later than the close of business on the tenth day following the earlier of the day on which notice of the date of the meeting was mailed and public disclosure was made.

Each notice of recommendation must contain the information required under our Bylaws, including: (a) for each person