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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
The 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Lightwave Logic, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on May 15, 2025. As of the close of business on March 24, 2025, the Company had outstanding 124,604,522 shares of common stock, of which 64,185,765 shares were represented at the meeting by proxy and in person; accordingly, a quorum was constituted. The matters voted upon and the final results of the voting were as follows:
Proposal 1: Election of Directors
The following persons were elected to the Board of Directors to serve until the 2028 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until their successors have been duly elected or appointed and qualified:
| Name | Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-votes | |||||||||
| Ronald A. Bucchi | 27,622,666 | 10,288,969 | 26,274,130 | |||||||||
| Craig Ciesla | 27,249,583 | 10,662,052 | 26,274,130 | |||||||||
Proposal 2: Ratify Stephano Slack LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for fiscal year 2025
The following votes were cast with respect to Proposal 2. The proposal was approved.
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-votes | |||||||||||
| 60,933,933 | 1,578,464 | 1,673,308 | — | |||||||||||
Proposal 3: Vote to Approve the Company’s 2025 Equity Incentive Plan
The following votes were cast with respect to Proposal 3. The proposal was approved.
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-votes | |||||||||||
| 26,946,343 | 8,268,916 | 2,696,376 | 26,274,130 | |||||||||||
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File | (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
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.
| LIGHTWAVE LOGIC, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ James S. Marcelli | |
| Name: | James S. Marcelli | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
Dated: May 19, 2025