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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000056701-23-000034"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KOSS"
cik: "0000056701"
company_name: "KOSS CORP"
filed_at: "2023-10-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T17:31:42.129575+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Koss shareholders approve 2023 Equity Incentive Plan; up to 2M new shares authorized

## Summary
- Plan authorizes 2,000,000 new shares plus shares from expired/cancelled prior-plan awards.
- Plan replaces the 2012 Omnibus Incentive Plan; no further awards under the prior plan.
- Directors elected: Thomas L. Doerr, Michael J. Koss, Steven A. Leveen, William J. Sweasy, Lenore E. Lillie.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved (4,915,864 for, 44,932 against); Wipfli LLP ratified as auditor for FY24.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000056701-23-000034
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KOSS
- cik: 0000056701
- company_name: KOSS CORP
- filed_at: 2023-10-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56701/000005670123000034/0000056701-23-000034-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56701/000005670123000034/koss-20231018x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000056701-23-000034
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000056701-23-000034.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000056701-23-000034.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  KOSS CORP shareholders approved Proposal to approve the 2023 Equity Incentive Plan at the 2023-10-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-10-18
  source text: The Company’s stockholders also approved the 2023 Equity Incentive Plan.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56701/000005670123000034/0000056701-23-000034-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  KOSS CORP shareholders approved Election of directors at the 2023-10-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-10-18
  source text: The Company’s stockholders elected Thomas L. Doerr, Michael J. Koss, Steven A. Leveen, William J. Sweasy, and Lenore E. Lillie to serve as directors for one-year terms.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56701/000005670123000034/0000056701-23-000034-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  KOSS CORP shareholders approved Proposal to ratify the appointment of Wipfli LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024 at the 2023-10-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-10-18
  source text: The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Wipfli LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56701/000005670123000034/0000056701-23-000034-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  KOSS CORP shareholders approved Proposal to approve on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s Named Executive Officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement at the 2023-10-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-10-18
  source text: The Company’s stockholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s Named Executive Officers as disclosed in the proxy statement for the Annual Meeting as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 25, 2023 (the “Proxy Statement”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56701/000005670123000034/0000056701-23-000034-index.htm

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