{"url_path":"/sec/aqb/8-k/2026-06-25/item-5-07","section_key":"item-5-07","section_title":"Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-06-25","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1603978/0001603978-26-000070-index.html","accession_number":"0001603978-26-000070","cik":"0001603978","ticker":"AQB","issuer_name":"AQUABOUNTY TECHNOLOGIES INC","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1603978/0001603978-26-000070-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001603978","primary_entity_name":"AQUABOUNTY TECHNOLOGIES INC"},"word_count":552,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.\n\nOn June 23, 2026, AquaBounty Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (“Annual Meeting”) to consider and vote on the five proposals set forth below, each of which is described in greater detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 1, 2026. As of the April 24, 2026 record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 5,147,204 shares of Common Stock and 263,753 shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued and outstanding. Each share of Common Stock was entitled to one vote on the matters to be considered at the Annual Meeting and each share of Series A Preferred Stock was entitled to twenty votes on the matters to be considered at the Annual Meeting. The total number of votes entitled to be cast at the Annual Meeting was 10,422,264.\n\nShares of the Company’s capital stock representing a total of 7,903,525 votes were present or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting, representing approximately 75.8% of the Company’s total number of votes entitled to be cast as of record date. The final voting results are set forth below.\n\n \n\nProposal 1 – Election of Directors\n\n \n\nThe stockholders elected each person named below to serve as a director on the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) for a one-year term of office until the next Annual Meeting, with each director to hold office until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. The results of such vote were as follows:\n\nDirector Name\n\n \n\nVotes For\n\n \n\n \n\nVotes Withheld\n\n \n\n \n\nBroker Non-Votes\n\nGraydon Bensler\n\n \n\n \n\n6,877,654\n\n88,899\n\n936,972\n\nBraeden Lichti\n\n6,936,626\n\n29,927\n\n936,972\n\nRick Sterling\n\n6,822,911\n\n143,642\n\n936,972\n\nSylvia A. Wulf\n\n6,932,565\n\n33,988\n\n936,972\n\n \n\nProposal 2 – Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm\n\n \n\nThe stockholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026. The results of such vote were as follows:\n\n \n\nVotes For\n\n \n\nVotes Against\n\n \n\nAbstentions\n\nBroker Non-Votes\n\n7,728,776\n\n167,151\n\n7,598\n\n0\n\n \n\n \n\nProposal 3 – Approval of an Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation, to Approve a Reverse Stock Split\n\nThe stockholders approved the amendment, granting the Company’s Board the discretion to effect a reverse stock split at a ratio ranging from 1-for-5 to 1-for-20, inclusive, with such ratio and the timing of the reverse stock split, if any, to be determined by the Board in its sole discretion (but in no event later than July 31, 2026). The results of such vote were as follows:\n\n \n\nVotes For\n\n \n\nVotes Against\n\n \n\nAbstentions\n\nBroker Non-Votes\n\n7,439,977\n\n453,736\n\n9,812\n\n0\n\nProposal 4 – Non-Binding, Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers\n\n \n\nThe stockholders approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers. The results of such vote were as follows:\n\n \n\nVotes For\n\n \n\nVotes Against\n\n \n\nAbstentions\n\nBroker Non-Votes\n\n6,919,501\n\n42,280\n\n4,772\n\n936,972\n\nProposal 5 – Approval of an Adjournment of the Meeting, if Necessary to Solicit Additional Votes\n\n \n\nThe stockholders approved an adjournment to the meeting, which was not necessary. The results of such vote were as follows:\n\n \n\nVotes For\n\n \n\nVotes Against\n\n \n\nAbstentions\n\nBroker Non-Votes\n\n7,679,072\n\n219,411\n\n5,042\n\n0"}