Company: VUZI
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-036288
Chunk: 18

Company: Vuzix Corp
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 18
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 ended December 31, 2024, no member of our Compensation and Human Capital Committee was one of our officers or employees. Moreover, none of our executive officers served as a member of the board of directors, or as a member of the compensation or similar committee, of any entity that has one or more executive officers who served on our Board of Directors or Compensation and Human Capital Committee during 2024. 16 Nominating and Governance Committee Our Nominating and Governance Committee consists of Timothy Harned, Paula Whitten-Doolin and Edward Kay, each of whom is a non-employee member of our Board of Directors. Paula Whitten-Doolin is the chairperson of our Nominating and Governance Committee. Our Board of Directors has determined that each member of our Nominating and Governance Committee is an independent director as defined under the rules of the NASDAQ Stock Market. Our Nominating and Governance Committee met four (4) times in 2024. Our Nominating and Governance Committee is responsible for, among other things:

| ● | presenting a list of individuals recommended for nomination for election to the Board of Directors at the annual meeting of stockholders; |

| ● | reviewing the composition of each committee and present recommendations for committee membership to the Board of Directors as needed; |

| ● | establishing and reviewing on an annual basis the Nominating and Governance Committee’s policy with regard to the consideration of any director candidates recommended by the Company’s stockholders, including the procedures to be followed by the Company’s stockholders in submitting such recommendations; |

| ● | evaluating and reporting to the Board on the performance and effectiveness of the Board to facilitate the directors fulfilling their responsibilities in a manner that serves the interests of the Company’s stockholders; and |

| ● | developing and recommending to the Board of Directors a set of corporate governance guidelines applicable to the Company. |

Our Board of Directors has adopted a written charter for our Nominating and Governance Committee, which is available on the investor relations section of our website (www.vuzix.com). Nominating Process The process followed by the Nominating and Governance Committee to identify and evaluate candidates includes requests to Board members, the chief executive officer, and others for recommendations, meeting from time to time to evaluate any biographical information and background material relating to potential candidates and their qualifications, and interviews of selected candidates. Nominations of persons for election to our Board of Directors may be made at a meeting of stockholders only (i) by or