{"url_path":"/sec/axti/8-k/2026-06-09/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":"2026-06-09","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051627/0001437749-26-020004-index.html","accession_number":"0001437749-26-020004","cik":"0001051627","ticker":"AXTI","issuer_name":"AXT INC","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051627/0001437749-26-020004-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001051627","primary_entity_name":"AXT INC"},"word_count":354,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 5.07.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.**\n\n \n\nThe Company held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (“Annual Meeting”) on June 4, 2026. As of the record date of March 20, 2026, 56,944,925 shares of the Company’s Common Stock were outstanding and entitled to vote. Of this amount, 28,907,223 shares, representing approximately 52% of the total number of shares of Common Stock entitled to vote, were represented in person or by proxy, constituting a quorum. The matters voted upon at the Annual Meeting and the results of such voting are set forth below:\n\n \n\nProposal 1: Election of two (2) Class I directors to hold office for a three-year term and until their successors are elected and qualified:\n\n \n\nName of Director\n\nFor\n\n%\n\nWithheld\n\n%\n\nBroker Non-Votes\n\nDr. Morris Young\n\n18,418,094\n\n98.26%\n\n326,349\n\n1.74%\n\n10,162,780\n\nDr. David Chang\n\n15,937,028\n\n85.02%\n\n2,807,414\n\n14.98%\n\n10,162,780\n\n \n\nDr. Morris Young and Dr. David Chang were duly elected as Class I directors.\n\n \n\nProposal 2: Advisory vote on executive compensation:\n\n \n\nFor\n\nAgainst\n\nAbstain\n\nBroker Non-Votes\n\n18,256,842\n\n410,844\n\n76,757\n\n10,162,780\n\n \n\nThe compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2026, was approved on an advisory basis.\n\n \n\nProposal 3: Ratification of the appointment of BPM as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026:\n\n \n\nFor\n\nAgainst\n\nAbstain\n\n28,619,471\n\n247,944\n\n39,808\n\n \n\nThe appointment of BPM as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026, was ratified.\n\n \n\nProposal 4: Approval of an amendment to the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to increase the authorized shares of common stock from 70,000,000 to 120,000,000 (the “Amendment Proposal”):\n\n \n\nFor\n\nAgainst\n\nAbstain\n\n26,991,579\n\n1,870,385\n\n45,259\n\n \n\nThe Amendment Proposal was approved.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nProposal 5: To approve the adjournment of the annual meeting if necessary or advisable to solicit additional proxies in favor of Amendment Proposal if there are insufficient votes at the time of the annual meeting to approve the Amendment Proposal (the “Adjournment Proposal”):\n\n \n\nFor\n\nAgainst\n\nAbstain\n\n26,383,217\n\n2,475,288\n\n48,718\n\n \n\nThe Adjournment Proposal was approved."}