Firsthand Technology Value Fund Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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Firsthand Technology Value Fund, Inc. (“Firsthand”) held its Annual Meeting on May 21, 2025. As of the record date, March 14, 2025, 6,893,056 shares of Firsthand common stock were outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. A total of 5,186,854 shares of Firsthand common stock, constituting a quorum, were present in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting.

 

Firsthand’s stockholders voted on two proposals at the Annual Meeting. The proposals are further described in the Proxy Statement. The final results of the votes regarding each proposal are set forth below.

 

 

Firsthand stockholders elected one Class II director (Kimun Lee), with a plurality of the votes cast, to serve until the 2028 annual meeting of stockholders and until his successor is elected. The voting results regarding this proposal are set forth below:

 

 

Proposal 2. Ratification of appointment of independent public accounting firm  

 

Firsthand’s stockholders ratified the selection of Tait, Weller & Baker LLP as Firsthand’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025. The voting results regarding this proposal are set forth below:

 

 

 

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.