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accession: "0001641172-25-006010"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RAND"
cik: "0000081955"
company_name: "RAND CAPITAL CORP"
filed_at: "2025-04-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T07:39:08.616380+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
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materiality_score: 0.1
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rand Capital announces annual meeting results: directors re-elected, auditor ratified

## Summary
- All five director nominees re-elected: Benjamin Godley, Adam Gusky, Cari Jaroslawsky, Erland Kailbourne, Robert Zak with ~2.08M votes each.
- Ratification of Freed Maxick, P.C. as independent auditor for 2025 approved with 2,428,455 votes for, 1,165 against.
- Broker non-votes of 351,499 on director elections; none on auditor ratification.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001641172-25-006010
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RAND
- cik: 0000081955
- company_name: RAND CAPITAL CORP
- filed_at: 2025-04-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/81955/000164117225006010/0001641172-25-006010-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/81955/000164117225006010/form8-k.htm

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