Company: VUZI
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-040266
Chunk: 5

Company: Vuzix Corp
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 5
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 to vote at the Annual Meeting. Who can vote at the annual meeting? Only stockholders of record at the close of business on April 21, 2025, the record date for the Meeting, will be entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. As of April 21, 2025, there were 76,242,415 shares of common stock (each entitled to one vote) outstanding. 4 Stockholder of Record: Shares Registered in Your Name If on April 21, 2025, your shares of Vuzix Corporation common stock were registered directly in your name with our transfer agent, Computershare Trust Company, you are a stockholder of record. As a stockholder of record, you may vote in person at the Meeting or vote by proxy. If you plan to attend in person, during the meeting, we urge you to fill out and return the enclosed proxy card to ensure your vote is counted. Beneficial Owner: Shares Registered in the Name of a Broker or Bank If on April 21, 2025, your shares of Vuzix Corporation common stock were held in an account at a brokerage firm, bank, dealer, or other similar organization, you are the beneficial owner of shares held in “street name” and these proxy materials are being forwarded to you by that organization. The organization holding your account is considered the stockholder of record for purposes of voting at the Annual Meeting. As a beneficial owner, you have the right to direct your broker or other agent on how to vote the shares in your account. You are also invited to attend the Annual Meeting. However, since you are not the stockholder of record, you may not vote your shares in person at the Meeting unless you request and obtain a signed letter or other valid proxy from your broker or other agent. What am I voting on? There are six matters scheduled for a vote: (i) the election of five (5) directors to serve until the 2026 Annual Meeting of stockholders, (ii) the ratification of the selection of Freed Maxick P.C. as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2025, (iii) the advisory vote on executive compensation, (iv) the advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation, (v) approval of an amendment to our certificate of incorporation to increase our authorized shares of common stock to 200,000,000, and (vi) approval of the grant of 594,056 new RSUs to