Company: ORBS
Filing Date: 2025-11-21
Form Type: PRER14A
Source: 0001493152-25-024506
Chunk: 9

Company: Eightco Holdings Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-11-21
Form: PRER14A
Chunk 9
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 voting authority only on “routine” matters when voting instructions have not been timely received from a beneficial owner. Only Proposal 3 and Proposal 5 are considered “routine” matters. Therefore, if you hold your shares in street name and you do not instruct your bank, broker or other nominee how to vote on Proposals 1, 2, or 4, no votes will be cast on such proposals on your behalf.

If I am a beneficial owner of shares, can my brokerage firm vote my shares?

If you are a beneficial owner and do not vote via the Internet or telephone or by returning a signed voting instruction card to your broker, your shares may be voted only with respect to so-called “routine” matters where your broker has discretionary voting authority over your shares. As indicated above, only Proposals 3 and 5 are considered “routine” matters. Accordingly, brokers will not have such discretionary authority to vote your unvoted shares on Proposals 1, 2, or 4 at the Annual Meeting without receiving instructions from you. If you hold your shares in street name, it is critical that you cast your vote if you want your vote to be counted for any proposal.

How are abstentions and broker non-votes treated for purposes of the Annual Meeting?

The holders of one-third of the voting power of the stock issued, outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person (virtually) or represented by proxy, is necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at the Annual Meeting. Abstentions and broker “non-votes” are counted as present or represented for purposes of determining the presence or absence of a quorum for the meeting. A “non-vote” occurs when a nominee holding shares for a beneficial owner votes on one proposal, but does not vote on another proposal because, in respect of such other proposal, the nominee does not have discretionary voting power and has not received voting instructions from the beneficial owner. An automated system administered by our transfer agent tabulates the votes. The vote on each matter submitted to stockholders is tabulated separately.

Each of the persons named as proxies in the proxy is one of our officers. All properly executed proxies returned in time to be cast at the Annual Meeting will be voted. If your shares are registered in your name, they will not be counted if you do not vote as described above. If your shares are held in street name and you do not provide voting instructions to the bank, broker or other holder of record that holds your shares,