Company: BKTI
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001437749-25-012867
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Company: BK Technologies Corp
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form: DEF 14A
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 Mazars, LLP the matters required to be discussed by the applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and the Securities and Exchange Commission. In addition, the Audit Committee has received the written disclosures and the letter from Forvis Mazars, LLP required by the applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding the independent accountant’s communications with the Audit Committee concerning independence, and has discussed with Forvis Mazars, LLP its independence.

Based on the review and discussions referred to above, the Audit Committee recommended to our Board of Directors (and the Board approved) that the audited consolidated financial statements for 2024 be included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

This report is provided by the following independent directors, who comprise the Audit Committee:

E. Gray Payne (Chair)

R. Joseph Jackson

Charles T. Lanktree

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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION</div>

Information about our Executive Officers

Set forth below is certain information regarding our executive officers as of the Record Date. Mr. Suzuki’s background is described above under “Proposal 1: Election of Directors.”

| Name                 |     | Age |     | Position                                        |
| John M. Suzuki       |     |  61 |     | Chief Executive Officer and President, Director |
| Scott A. Malmanger   |     |  69 |     | Chief Financial Officer and Secretary           |
| Branko Avanic, Ph.D. |     |  64 |     | Chief Technology Officer                        |

Scott A. Malmanger has been our Chief Financial Officer since May 2022 and Secretary since November 2022. From October 2019 to October 2021, he was Chief Financial Officer for OneroRx Inc., an Illinois based group of retail pharmacies. From May 2017 to April 2019, he was the Chief Financial Officer of iCoreConnect, Inc. (OCT: ICCT), a SaaS provider of electronic medical record software. From November 2015 to May 2017, he served as VP of Finance for Atlantic Tower Services, Inc., a provider of cell phone tower maintenance services. From May 2010 to February 2015, he was Chief Financial Officer/VP Finance for American K-9 Detection Services, LLC., a provider of canine detection services to the U.S. Department of Defense, Department of State and other government agencies. He is