Company: NEWTP
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001587987-25-000073
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Company: NewtekOne, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form: DEF 14A
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 are not counted as votes cast for purposes of the election of a director nominee and, therefore, will have no effect on the outcome of such election. |
| Proposal II — Ratification of Appointment of Independent Auditors        |     | Affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting      |     | Yes           |     | Abstentions are not counted as votes cast and will have no effect on the outcome of the vote.                                                                                                                                                       |
| Proposal III — Advisory Vote on Compensation of Named Executive Officers |     | Affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting      |     | No            |     | Abstentions and broker non-votes will not be counted as votes cast and will have no effect on the result of the vote.                                                                                                                               |

### VOTING AND REVOCATION OF PROXIES
Proxies solicited by the Board of Directors of the Company will be voted in accordance with the directions given therein. If any other matters are properly brought before the Annual Meeting as to which proxies confer discretionary authority, the persons named in the proxy will vote the shares represented thereby on such matters as determined by a majority of the Board of Directors. The proxies solicited by the Board of Directors confer discretionary authority on the persons named therein to vote with respect to the election of any person as a director where the nominee is unable to serve or for good cause will not serve, with respect to matters incident to the conduct of the Annual Meeting and with respect to any other matter presented at the Annual Meeting if notice of such matter has not been delivered to the Company within a reasonable time before the date of this Proxy Statement. Proxies marked as abstentions will not be counted as votes cast. In addition, shares held in street name that have been designated by brokers on Proxy Cards as not voted (“broker non-votes”) will not be counted as votes cast, however brokers are allowed discretionary votes with respect to the proposal relating to the ratification of the Company’s independent registered accounting firm. Proxies marked as abstentions or as broker non-votes will be treated as shares present for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present.

### VOTING SECURITIES
The securities which can be voted at the Annual Meeting consist of the Company’s common shares, $0.02 par value per share (“Common Shares” or “Common Stock”) and the Company’s Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.02 per share (the “Preferred Stock”), holders of which are