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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001398344-22-010687"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SVVC"
cik: "0001495584"
company_name: "Firsthand Technology Value Fund, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-05-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T06:43:39.317363+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Firsthand Technology Value Fund shareholders reject proposal to terminate advisory agreements

## Summary
- Director Nicholas Petredis received 1,063,251 votes for, 1,983,565 withheld; elected despite broker non-votes.
- Ratification of Tait, Weller & Baker LLP as auditor passed: 3,432,767 for, 1,314,125 against, 308,883 abstain.
- Binding proposal to terminate investment advisory and management agreements failed; 2,102,395 for, 867,822 against, 2,007,959 broker non-votes.
- Quorum of 5,054,775 shares (73.3% of 6,893,056 outstanding) represented at the May 25, 2022 annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001398344-22-010687
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SVVC
- cik: 0001495584
- company_name: Firsthand Technology Value Fund, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-05-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495584/000139834422010687/0001398344-22-010687-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495584/000139834422010687/fp0076488_8k.htm

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