Company: BKTI
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001437749-25-012867
Chunk: 7

Company: BK Technologies Corp
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 7
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 the shares of our common stock outstanding on the Record Date is represented either in person (virtually) or by proxy at the annual meeting, a quorum will be present at the annual meeting. Shares held by persons attending the annual meeting but not voting, shares represented in person (virtually) or by proxy and for which the holder has abstained from voting, and broker “non-votes” will be counted as present at the annual meeting for purposes of determining the presence or absence of a quorum.

What are broker“non-votes”?

A broker non-vote occurs when a brokerage firm or other nominee holding shares for a beneficial owner does not vote on a particular proposal because the brokerage firm or other nominee did not receive voting instructions from the beneficial owner and does not have authority to vote on that particular proposal. Brokers and other nominees are subject to the rules of the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”). The NYSE rules direct that certain matters submitted to a vote of stockholders are considered “routine” proposals. Brokers or other nominees generally may vote on such proposals on behalf of beneficial owners who have not furnished voting instructions, subject to the rules of the NYSE concerning transmission of proxy materials to beneficial owners, and subject to any proxy voting policies and procedures of those brokerage firms or other nominees. For “non-routine” proposals, brokers or other nominees may not vote on such proposals unless they have received voting instructions from the beneficial owner, and, to the extent that they have not received voting instructions, brokers or other nominees report such number of shares as “non-votes.”

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Under NYSE rules, the election of directors (Proposal 1), the advisory approval of say-on-pay (Proposal 3), the approval of the 2025 Incentive Compensation Plan (Proposal 4), and the approval of the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (Proposal 5) are considered “non-routine” matters. This means that brokers or other nominees who have not been furnished voting instructions from their clients will not be authorized to vote in their discretion on these proposals. The ratification of the appointment of an independent registered public accounting firm (Proposal 2) is considered a “routine” matter. This means that brokers or other nominees who have not been furnished voting instructions from their clients will be authorized to exercise discretionary voting authority to vote your shares on Proposal 2. For beneficial stockholders, if you do not give your broker or other nominee specific instructions, your shares will not be voted on