Retractable Technologies Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders, Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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Item 5.07 - Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Retractable Technologies, Inc. was held as a virtual meeting on May 9, 2025. Abstentions are considered present for purposes of calculating the vote but are not considered to have been voted in favor of the matters voted upon and broker non-votes are not considered present for purposes of calculating the votes.
The final voting results are as follows:
Proposal 1: The Election of Three Class 1 Directors
All Directors nominated by the Board of Directors were elected. Voting results are shown in the table below.
| Votes For | Votes Withheld | Abstentions and Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||
| CLASS 1 DIRECTORS | ||||||||||||
| Marco Laterza | 20,138,379 | 844,520 | 0 | |||||||||
| Darren E. Findley | 20,427,188 | 555,711 | 0 | |||||||||
| Amy Mack | 20,471,375 | 511,524 | 0 | |||||||||
Proposal 2: The Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation
The shareholders approved, on an advisory, non-binding basis, the compensation of Retractable Technologies, Inc.’s named executive officers by the votes set forth in the table below:
| For | Against | Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 20,241,011 | 699,077 | 42,811 | 0 |
Proposal 3: The Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Future Executive Compensation Advisory Votes
The shareholders voted, on an advisory, non-binding basis, on the frequency of future executive compensation advisory votes and the results of such vote are set forth in the table below:
| 1 Year | 2 Years | 3 Years | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | ||||
| 2,464,841 | 22,607 | 18,429,792 | 65,659 | 0 |
Based on the results of this vote, Retractable Technologies, Inc. will include a shareholder vote on executive compensation in its proxy materials every three (3) years until the next required vote on the frequency of such vote is held.
| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
On May 15, 2025, the Company issued a press release, a copy of which is attached to this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99, announcing results for the quarter ended March 31, 2025.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
| 99 | Press release announcing results for the period ended March 31, 2025. |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Date 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.
| DATE: May 15, 2025 | RETRACTABLE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | ||
| (Registrant) | |||
| BY: | /s/ JOHN W. FORT III | ||
| JOHN W. FORT III | |||
| VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, AND CHIEF ACCOUNTING OFFICER | |||