UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 23, 2022

 

AMERICAN BIO MEDICA CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

New York

 

0-28666

 

14-1702188

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification

Number)

 

122 Smith Road, Kinderhook, NY 12106

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 518-758-8158

 

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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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

Common

 

ABMC

 

OTC

 

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).

 

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

The American Bio Medica Corporation (the “Company”) Annual Meeting (the “Annual Meeting”) was held on June 23, 2022 at the Company’s corporate offices in Kinderhook, New York. 24,930,930 shares of common stock, or 51.83% of the total shares of stock outstanding as of the record date of April 26, 2022, were present at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy constituting a quorum.

 

At the Annual Meeting, stockholders voted on the following proposals and cast their vote as follows:

 

PROPOSAL NUMBER 1 – RATIFICATION OF AUDITORS

 

For

Percent

Against

Percent

Abstain

Percent

Broker Non-Votes

24,426,215

97.97%

478,214

1.92%

26,501

0.11%

0

 

PROPOSAL NUMBER 2 –  approval of a non-binding advisory resolution regarding the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officer

 

For

Percent

Against

Percent

Abstain

Percent

Broker Non-Votes

6,796,726

76.32%

1,512,621

16.99%

596,083

6.69%

16,025,500

 

A description of the proposals can be found in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2022.

 

There were no nominees for election to the Board of Directors due to the number of directors and their staggered terms. All directors continued their terms of office after the Annual Meeting.

 

There were no other matters voted upon or discussed at the Annual Meeting other than the Proposals noted above.

 

 
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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.

 

 

AMERICAN BIO MEDICA CORPORATION (Registrant)

    
Dated: June 29, 2022By:/s/ Melissa A. Waterhouse

 

 

Melissa A. Waterhouse

 
  

Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

 
  Principal Financial Officer 

 

 
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