AUID Investors Ratify Auditor and Expand Incentive Shares
Rhea-AI Filing Summary
authID (Nasdaq:AUID) filed an 8-K disclosing the results of its June 26, 2025 virtual Annual Meeting.
- Quorum: 6.14 million shares (47% of 13.07 million outstanding) were present.
- Board: All 10 director nominees were elected; highest support was 3.91 million votes.
- Auditor: Cherry Bekaert LLP re-appointed with 6.13 million votes for and 8,355 against.
- Equity Plan: Shareholders approved adding 295,000 shares to the 2024 Equity Incentive Plan (3.68 million for; 0.20 million against).
No other material changes or business actions were reported.
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
authID Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting on June 26, 2025 virtually by conference call and live stream. Of the 13,070,680 shares of Common Stock outstanding on May 5, 2025, the record date, 6,141,871 shares were represented at the Annual Meeting, in person or by proxy, constituting a quorum. The proposals considered at the Annual Meeting are described in detail in the Proxy Statement. The proposals described below were voted upon at the Annual Meeting and the number of votes cast with respect to each proposal was as set forth below:
| (1) | Elect ten directors until such nominee’s successor is duly elected and qualified, or until the nominee’s earlier death, resignation or removal. The ten directors receiving the highest vote were appointed to the board. The following directors were elected to the board. |
| For | Withheld | |||||||
| Rhoniel A. Daguro | 3,145,711 | 769,221 | ||||||
| Stephen J. Garchik | 3,905,742 | 9,189 | ||||||
| Ken Jisser | 3,491,997 | 422,935 | ||||||
| Michael L. Koehneman | 3,082,585 | 832,347 | ||||||
| Kunal Mehta | 3,900,826 | 14,106 | ||||||
| Ram Menghani | 3,900,826 | 14,106 | ||||||
| Nicholas Shevelyov | 3,901,178 | 13,754 | ||||||
| Michael C. Thompson | 3,404,191 | 510,741 | ||||||
| Shrikrishna Venkataraman | 3,900,765 | 14,167 | ||||||
| Jacqueline L. White | 3,405,321 | 509,611 | ||||||
| (2) | Ratified the appointment of Cherry Bekaert LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025. This matter was determined based on majority of the votes cast. |
| For | Against | Abstain | ||||||||
| 6,128,725 | 8,355 | 4,791 | ||||||||
| (3) | Approved and ratified the authorization of an additional 295,000 shares of common stock for issuance under the 2024 Equity Incentive Plan. |
| For | Against | Abstain | ||||||||
| 3,683,972 | 201,892 | 29,068 | ||||||||
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| authID Inc. | ||
| Date: June 26, 2025 | By: | /s/ Edward Sellitto |
| Name: | Edward Sellitto | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
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