UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549


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FORM 8-K


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CURRENT REPORT


Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  July 31, 2019


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Duos Technologies Group, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


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Florida

000-55497

65-0493217

(State or Other Jurisdiction

(Commission

(I.R.S. Employer

of Incorporation)

File Number)

Identification No.)


6622 Southpoint Drive S., Suite 310

Jacksonville, Florida 32216

(Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)


(904) 652-1601

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)


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(Former Name or Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange on which registered

None

 

None

 

None


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).


Emerging growth company  ¨


If an emerging growth company, indicate by checkmark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨


 

 







 



Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

On July 31, 2019, Duos Technologies Group, Inc. (the Company) held its 2019 annual meeting of stockholders (the Annual Meeting). Greater than 82% of the shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting were present in person or by proxy thereby constituting a quorum.

 

The matters that were voted upon at the Annual Meeting, and the number of votes cast for or against/withheld, as well as the number of abstentions, as to such matters, where applicable, are set forth in the table below. With respect to the election of Gianni B. Arcaini, Adrian G. Goldfarb, Blair Fonda and Kenneth Ehrman as directors to each serve as directors on the Board until the next annual meeting or until each of their successors is elected and qualified, each nominee received the number of votes set forth opposite his name.

 

 

 

Number of Votes

 

 

 

 

Votes For

 

 

Votes

Against/

Withheld

 

 

Abstentions

 

Percentage

Voted in

Favor

Election of Gianni B. Arcaini

 

 

15,457,713

 

 

 

30,307

 

 

 

 

 

99.8%

Election of Adrian G. Goldfarb

 

 

15,483,383

 

 

 

4,637

 

 

 

 

 

99.97%

Election of Blair Fonda

 

 

8,434,519

 

 

 

7,053,501

 

 

 

 

 

54.46%

Election of Kenneth Ehrman

 

 

15,449,756

 

 

 

38,264

 

 

 

 

 

99.75%

Ratification of Salberg & Company, P.A, the Company’s independent registered public accountant, to audit the Company’s consolidated financial statements for 2019

 

 

20,382,236

 

 

 

2,687

 

 

 

4,307

 

99.99%

To approve the granting of discretionary authority to the Board, at any time or times for a period of up to twelve months from the date of the Annual Meeting, to adopt an amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, as amended (the “Articles of Incorporation”), to effect a reverse stock split at a ratio up to 1 for 20 (the “Reverse Stock Split”), with such ratio to be determined by the Board, or conversely, to determine not to proceed with the Reverse Stock Split

 

 

15,575,734

 

 

 

4,546,346

 

 

 

267,150

 

76.39%

Approve, in a non-binding advisory vote, the compensation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer our three most highly compensated executive officers (the “Named Executive Officers”)

 

 

13,769,578

 

 

 

515,637

 

 

 

1,202,805

 

88.90%

To approve an amendment increasing the number of shares issuable under the 2016 Equity Incentive Plan to 4,500,000 shares

 

 

14,706,943

 

 

 

434,892

 

 

 

346,185

 

94.96%


 

 

One Year

 

 

Two Years

 

 

Three Years

 

 

Abstain

Non-binding advisory vote on the frequency of the Company’s Named Executive Officers compensation

 

 

8,180,266

 

 

 

451,904

 

 

 

4,125,073

 

 

 

2,730,777

 




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On the basis of the above votes, (i) Gianni B. Arcaini, Adrian G. Goldfarb, Blair Fonda and Kenneth Ehrman were elected as members of the Board, (ii) the proposal to ratify the selection of Salberg, as the Company’s independent registered public accountant to audit its consolidated financial statements for Salberg & Company, P.A was adopted, (iii) the proposal granting of discretionary authority to the Board, at any time or times for a period of up to twelve months from the date of the Annual Meeting, to adopt an amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, to effect a Reverse Stock Split at a ratio up to 1 for 20, with such ratio to be determined by the Board, or conversely, to determine not to proceed with the Reverse Stock Split was adopted, (iv) the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers was approved in a non-binding advisory vote, (v) it was determined in a non-binding advisory vote, the desired frequency of future non-binding advisory votes on the compensation of our Named Executive Officers shall be every year, and (vi) an amendment increasing the number of shares issuable under the 2016 Equity Incentive Plan to 4,500,000 shares was adopted.

 




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.


         

DUOS TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC.

 

 

  

 

 

 

Dated: August 1, 2019

By:  

/s/ Gianni Arcaini

 

 

Gianni Arcaini

Chief Executive Officer

 

 







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