---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-26-065392"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VEEA"
cik: "0001840317"
company_name: "VEEA INC."
filed_at: "2026-06-04T21:27:54+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T21:31:00.386528+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Veea loses board independence after director Douglas Maine death; Nasdaq grants cure period

## Summary
- Director Douglas Maine passed away June 1, 2026, reducing independent directors to 3 of 6.
- Veea is non-compliant with Nasdaq majority independent director rule (5605(b)(1)).
- Audit committee has only two independent directors; compensation committee has one independent director.
- Nasdaq cure period: until earlier of 2027 annual meeting or May 31, 2027 (or Nov 27, 2026 if annual meeting before then).
- VEEA and VEEAW continue trading on Nasdaq Capital Market; no immediate delisting effect.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-26-065392
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VEEA
- cik: 0001840317
- company_name: VEEA INC.
- filed_at: 2026-06-04T21:27:54+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1840317/000121390026065392/0001213900-26-065392-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1840317/000121390026065392/ea0293670-8k_veea.htm

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## Key facts
- Listing & Compliance Notices
  VEEA INC. received a nasdaq deficiency notice notice regarding audit committee (rules 5605(c)(2)(A), 5605(d)(2)(A)).
  - Exchange: nasdaq
  - Notice: deficiency notice
  - Deficiency: audit committee
  - Rules: 5605(c)(2)(A), 5605(d)(2)(A)
  source text: s Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) is currently comprised of six directors, three of them which are “independent directors” as that term is defined under the applicable Nasdaq Rules. In addition, the Company is no longer in compliance with the audit committee requirement under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5605(c)(2)(A) that there be at least three “independent directors” serving on the audit committee as there are currently only two “independent directors” serving on the audit committee. Further, the Company is no longer in compliance with the compensation committee requirement under Nasdaq Listing R
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1840317/000121390026065392/0001213900-26-065392-index.htm
- Listing & Compliance Notices
  VEEA INC. received a nasdaq deficiency notice notice regarding board independence (rules 5605(b)(1)).
  - Exchange: nasdaq
  - Notice: deficiency notice
  - Deficiency: board independence
  - Rules: 5605(b)(1)
  source text: felt condolences to his family and loved ones. As a result of Mr. Maine’s passing, on June 2, 2026, Veea, Inc. (the “ Company ”) notified the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“ Nasdaq ”) that the Company is no longer in compliance with the majority independent director requirement under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5605(b)(1), because the Company’s Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) is currently comprised of six directors, three of them which are “independent directors” as that term is defined under the applicable Nasdaq Rules. In addition, the Company is no longer in compliance with the audit committee requir
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1840317/000121390026065392/0001213900-26-065392-index.htm

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