Shareholders approve increase in equity plan shares from 8M to 13M at annual meeting

Lightwave Logic, Inc.

Amendment to 2016 Equity Incentive Plan increases reserved shares from 8M to 13M and adds RSUs as award type.
James S. Marcelli re-elected as director with 18.65M votes for, 6.62M withheld.
Morison Cogen LLP ratified as independent auditor for FY2023 (49.67M for, 0.23M against).
Approximately 50.3M of 114M outstanding shares represented at meeting (44% turnout).

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Shareholder Votes SEC 8-K Item 5.07 confidence 0.9

Lightwave Logic, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-05-25 meeting.

Proposal: director election
Outcome: passed
Meeting: 2023-05-25

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The following persons were elected to the Board of Directors to serve until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until their successors have been duly elected or appointed and qualified: Name Votes For Votes Withheld Abstain Broker Non-votes James S. Marcelli 18,652,367 6,615,894 — 25,054,574

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Shareholder Votes SEC 8-K Item 5.07 confidence 0.9

Lightwave Logic, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Morison Cogen LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for fiscal year 2023 at the 2023-05-25 meeting.

Proposal: auditor ratification
Outcome: passed
Meeting: 2023-05-25

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Ratification of the appointment of Morison Cogen LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for fiscal year 2023 The following votes were cast with respect to Proposal 2. The proposal was approved. For Against Abstain Broker Non-votes 49,667,197 230,193 425,445 —

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Shareholder Votes SEC 8-K Item 5.07 confidence 0.9

Lightwave Logic, Inc. shareholders approved Approval of the amendment to the Company's 2016 Equity Incentive Plan at the 2023-05-25 meeting.

Proposal: equity plan
Outcome: passed
Meeting: 2023-05-25

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Approval of the amendment to the Company's 2016 Equity Incentive Plan The following votes were cast with respect to Proposal 3. The proposal was approved. For Against Abstain Broker Non-votes 16,722,181 7,616,694 929,386 25,054,574

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