---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-019961"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CVV"
cik: "0000766792"
company_name: "CVD EQUIPMENT CORP"
filed_at: "2023-07-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T08:30:53.714188+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CVD Equipment shareholders elect all five director nominees, ratify auditor, approve say-on-pay at 2023 Annual Meeting

## Summary
- Director nominees Emmanuel Lakios, Lawrence J. Waldman, Debra Wasser, Raymond A. Nielsen, and Robert M. Brill each elected with over 2.5M votes in favor.
- Marcum LLP ratified as independent auditor for FY 2023 with 5,299,076 votes for, 54,552 against, 5,543 abstain.
- Non-binding advisory resolution on executive compensation approved with 2,508,282 votes for, 125,509 against, 58,909 abstain.
- Broker non-votes totaled 2,666,471 on director election and say-on-pay proposals.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-019961
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CVV
- cik: 0000766792
- company_name: CVD EQUIPMENT CORP
- filed_at: 2023-07-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 7.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/766792/000143774923019961/0001437749-23-019961-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/766792/000143774923019961/cvv20230714_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  CVD EQUIPMENT CORP shareholders approved Ratification of Marcum, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023. at the 2023-07-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-07-13
  source text: Proposal 2: The ratification of Marcum, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023 . Number of Votes Cast in Favor Number of Votes Cast Against Number of Votes Abstain 5,299,076 54,552 5,543
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/766792/000143774923019961/0001437749-23-019961-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CVD EQUIPMENT CORP shareholders approved Approval of a non-binding advisory resolution supporting the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. at the 2023-07-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-07-13
  source text: Proposal 3: The approval of a non-binding advisory resolution supporting the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. Number of Votes Cast in Favor Number of Votes Cast Against Number of Votes Abstain Number of Broker Non- Votes 2,508,282 125,509 58,909 2,666,471
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/766792/000143774923019961/0001437749-23-019961-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CVD EQUIPMENT CORP shareholders approved Election of the five nominees listed below to serve on the Board of Directors of the Company until the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified. at the 2023-07-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-07-13
  source text: Proposal 1: The election of the five nominees listed below to serve on the Board of Directors of the Company until the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified. Nominee Number of Votes Cast in Favor Number of Votes Withheld Number of Broker Non- Votes Emmanuel Lakios 2,594,532 98,168 2,666,471 Lawrence J. Waldman 2,594,544 98,156 2,666,471 Debra Wasser 2,594,109 98,591 2,666,471 Raymond A. Nielsen 2,568,111 124,589 2,666,471 Robert M. Brill 2,595,541 97,159 2,666,471
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/766792/000143774923019961/0001437749-23-019961-index.htm

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