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At LightPath Technologies, Inc.'s shareholder meeting held December 17, 2025, in the 2025-2026 proxy season, 59 asset managers reported how they voted on 6 ballot items in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 211 separate fund positions. On the most widely held item on that ballot — To hold a stockholder advisory vote on the compensation of our named executive officers… — LightPath Technologies, Inc.'s filing reports the proposal as approved, with 99% support of the votes cast (FOR divided by FOR plus AGAINST, the conventional basis for proxy support; abstentions, broker non-votes and unvoted shares are excluded because none of them took a side). Source: LightPath Technologies, Inc.'s Form 8-K, Item 5.07, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on December 18, 2025.
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Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and LightPath Technologies, Inc.’s Form 8-K, filed December 18, 2025 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated November 8, 2026.
Meeting of December 17, 2025: 6 items on LightPath Technologies, Inc.’s Form 8-K, filed December 18, 2025: 3 approved · 3 without a stated outcome.
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Material dissent: a director nominee under 80% of the votes cast, say-on-pay under 70%, any other item the board put forward under 80%, or a shareholder proposal with more than 50%, on the company’s own Form 8-K tally. How this is decided
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These tallies are LightPath Technologies, Inc.’s own, as disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, filed December 18, 2025 (Item 5.07, “Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders”). They cover every share voted at the meeting, not just the funds that file Form N-PX.
| Ballot item | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Broker non-votes | Support (of votes cast) | Reported outcome | Voting standard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elect Director: Dr. Joseph Menaker | 32,951,756 | -- | -- | 711,998 | -- | 98% | Not verified | — |
| Elect Director: Darcie Peck | 33,022,616 | -- | -- | 641,139 | -- | 98% | Not verified | — |
| Elect Director: Mark Caylor | 33,077,516 | -- | -- | 586,239 | -- | 98% | Not verified | — |
| 2. Approval on a non-binding, advisory basis of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers | 32,671,264 | 414,997 | 577,494 | -- | -- | 99% | Approved | — |
| 3. Approval of Amendment No | 28,457,145 | 3,362,127 | 1,844,482 | -- | -- | 89% | Approved | — |
| 4. Ratification of the selection of BDO USA, P.C | 42,792,231 | 55,183 | 471,931 | -- | -- | 99.8% | Approved | — |
Source: LightPath Technologies, Inc., Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on December 18, 2025 — read the filing on EDGAR.
Each item below shows how the 59 asset managers that disclosed a LightPath Technologies, Inc. vote in their SEC Form N-PX filings actually voted. Share totals are the shares those managers' funds voted, summed across every fund they report.
Combines 3 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
98% Majority: yes · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: To elect three Class I Directors to our Company's Board of Directors to hold office until the fiscal year 2029 Annual Meeting of Stockholders: Darcie Peck
LightPath Technologies, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Darcie Peck”): 33,022,616 for, 641,139 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed December 18, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.
Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
The 13 asset managers below reported 5,113,338 for.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 1,723,288 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Royce | 1,204,724 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Calamos | 1,088,860 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 873,517 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Russell Investments | 128,393 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 25,601 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 24,173 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Victory Capital | 22,515 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Crewe Advisors LLC | 8,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 7,161 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| PACE SELECT ADVISORS TRUST | 5,404 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 874 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| John Hancock | 828 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Combines 3 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
98% Majority: yes · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: To elect three Class I Directors to our Company's Board of Directors to hold office until the fiscal year 2029 Annual Meeting of Stockholders: Dr. Joseph Menaker
LightPath Technologies, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Dr. Joseph Menaker”): 32,951,756 for, 711,998 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed December 18, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.
Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
The 13 asset managers below reported 5,113,338 for.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 1,723,288 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Royce | 1,204,724 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Calamos | 1,088,860 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 873,517 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Russell Investments | 128,393 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 25,601 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 24,173 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Victory Capital | 22,515 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Crewe Advisors LLC | 8,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 7,161 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| PACE SELECT ADVISORS TRUST | 5,404 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 874 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| John Hancock | 828 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Combines 3 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
98% Majority: yes · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: To elect three Class I Directors to our Company's Board of Directors to hold office until the fiscal year 2029 Annual Meeting of Stockholders: Mark Caylor
LightPath Technologies, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Mark Caylor”): 33,077,516 for, 586,239 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed December 18, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.
Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
The 13 asset managers below reported 5,113,338 for.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 1,723,288 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Royce | 1,204,724 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Calamos | 1,088,860 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 873,517 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Russell Investments | 128,393 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 25,601 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 24,173 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Victory Capital | 22,515 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Crewe Advisors LLC | 8,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 7,161 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| PACE SELECT ADVISORS TRUST | 5,404 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 874 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| John Hancock | 828 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Combines 3 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
89% Approved · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: To approve Amendment No. 2 to the 2018 Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan increasing the number of shares available for future grants thereunder by 2,500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock; and
LightPath Technologies, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“3. Approval of Amendment No”): 28,457,145 for, 3,362,127 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed December 18, 2025 (Item 5.07).
Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “The stockholders approved amendment no.”
Support: 89% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 1,723,288 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Royce | 0 | 0 | 1,204,724 | 0 | Abstain |
| Calamos | 1,088,860 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 43,798 | 829,719 | 0 | 0 | Mixed |
| Russell Investments | 128,393 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 0 | 25,601 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Charles Schwab | 24,173 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Victory Capital | 0 | 22,515 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Equitable | 7,161 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| PACE SELECT ADVISORS TRUST | 5,404 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 874 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| John Hancock | 0 | 828 | 0 | 0 | Against |
Fund voting reports, all 12 managers: 3,021,951 for, 878,663 against, 1,204,724 abstained.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APIS CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLC | 90,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Crewe Advisors LLC | 8,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Institutional-manager reports, all 2 managers: 98,000 for.
Combines 5 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
99% Approved · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: To hold a stockholder advisory vote on the compensation of our named executive officers disclosed in this Proxy Statement under the section titled "Executive Compensation," including the compensation tables and other narrative executive compensation disclosures therein, required by Item 402 of Securities and Exchange Commission Regulation S-K (the "say-on-pay vote");
LightPath Technologies, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“2. Approval on a non-binding, advisory basis of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers”): 32,671,264 for, 414,997 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed December 18, 2025 (Item 5.07).
Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “The stockholders approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the executive compensation of the Company's named executive officers.”
Support: 99% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
Also reported under other wordings, matched to the same row of LightPath Technologies, Inc.’s official tally and shown with their own fund figures; their managers are not in the figures or the table on this card: “Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers' Compensation” (7 managers, 856,947 for, 388 against, 12,066 abstained).
Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 1,723,288 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Royce | 1,204,724 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Calamos | 1,088,860 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 873,517 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Russell Investments | 128,393 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 25,601 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 24,173 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Victory Capital | 22,515 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 7,161 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| PACE SELECT ADVISORS TRUST | 5,404 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 874 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| John Hancock | 828 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Fund voting reports, all 12 managers: 5,105,338 for.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portolan Capital Management, LLC | 1,455,122 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Goldman Sachs | 958,143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Russell Investments | 333,586 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Renaissance | 243,760 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Archon Capital Management LLC | 223,917 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 180,329 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| T. Rowe Price | 168,759 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Informed Momentum Co LLC | 165,914 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 95,420 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC | 95,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| APIS CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLC | 90,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Calamos | 86,615 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| PRINCIPAL GLOBAL INVESTORS | 47,374 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Hudson Bay Capital Management LP | 46,180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Northern Trust | 38,964 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Citadel | 38,226 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| ESSEX INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CO LLC | 34,349 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Two Sigma | 28,969 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Vanguard | 26,955 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 24,173 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| CORSAIR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P. | 20,005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 18,853 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Heck Capital Advisors, LLC | 12,544 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Donor Advised Charitable Giving, Inc. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Not Voted |
| Dimensional | 10,089 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Institutional-manager reports, all 46 managers: 4,483,090 for, 4,546 against, 10,364 not voted. Showing the 25 largest; every one is in the interactive database (link above).
Combines 2 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
99.8% Approved · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: To ratify the appointment of BDO USA, P.C. ("BDO"), as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.
LightPath Technologies, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“4. Ratification of the selection of BDO USA, P.C”): 42,792,231 for, 55,183 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed December 18, 2025 (Item 5.07).
Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “The stockholders ratified the selection of BDO USA, P.C. as our independent registered public accounting firm for our fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.”
Support: 99.8% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
The 13 asset managers below reported 5,113,338 for.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 1,723,288 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Royce | 1,204,724 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Calamos | 1,088,860 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 873,517 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Russell Investments | 128,393 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 25,601 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 24,173 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Victory Capital | 22,515 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Crewe Advisors LLC | 8,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 7,161 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| PACE SELECT ADVISORS TRUST | 5,404 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 874 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| John Hancock | 828 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Ranked separately for each type of Form N-PX report. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two tables can list the same shares and are never added together. Each is ranked by the shares voted on the item that the most managers of that type reported, shown as a share of the 45,426,924 shares outstanding at the time of that meeting.
| # | Asset manager | % of shares outstanding |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanguard | 3.79% |
| 2 | Royce | 2.65% |
| 3 | Calamos | 2.40% |
| 4 | Fidelity | 1.92% |
| 5 | Russell Investments | 0.28% |
| 6 | Jackson National | 0.06% |
| 7 | Charles Schwab | 0.05% |
| 8 | Victory Capital | 0.05% |
| 9 | Equitable | 0.02% |
| 10 | PACE SELECT ADVISORS TRUST | 0.01% |
| # | Asset manager | % of shares outstanding |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portolan Capital Management, LLC | 3.20% |
| 2 | Goldman Sachs | 2.11% |
| 3 | Russell Investments | 0.73% |
| 4 | Renaissance | 0.54% |
| 5 | Archon Capital Management LLC | 0.49% |
| 6 | BlackRock | 0.40% |
| 7 | T. Rowe Price | 0.37% |
| 8 | Informed Momentum Co LLC | 0.37% |
| 9 | GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 0.21% |
| 10 | Fisher Asset Management, LLC | 0.21% |
As disclosed to the SEC in Form 13F (quarter-end holdings of 30 large managers), Schedules 13D and 13G (beneficial ownership above 5%) and the company’s own proxy statement (DEF 14A). Each row names its form.
| Holder | % outstanding | Disclosure |
|---|---|---|
| North Run Strategic Opportunities Fund I, LP | 14.79% | 13D |
| Hood River Capital Management LLC | 7.84% | 13G |
| Vanguard Capital Management | 6.82% | 13G |
| Goldman Sachs | 5.45% | 13F |
| Vanguard Group | 5.35% | 13F |
| Citadel Advisors | 3.48% | 13F |
| BlackRock | 2.50% | 13F |
| Morgan Stanley | 1.76% | 13F |
| Millennium Management | 1.44% | 13F |
| Geode Capital | 1.33% | 13F |
Percentages above are of 45,426,924 shares outstanding, as reported by LightPath Technologies, Inc. on its Form 10-Q dated November 10, 2025 (see the filing on EDGAR). This is the count contemporaneous with the 2025-2026 meeting, not today’s. Each holding is as of its own filing, which may be dated before or after the meeting.
Every figure above is derived from filings made with the US Securities and Exchange Commission: Form N-PX, in which registered funds disclose how they voted every proxy and institutional managers disclose their votes on executive pay (say-on-pay, say-on-frequency and golden parachutes), and Form 8-K Item 5.07, in which the company reports its own meeting results. Shares outstanding are taken from LightPath Technologies, Inc.’s 10-Q dated November 10, 2025. This page is a static snapshot rebuilt weekly on November 8, 2026; a live search always shows the current data.
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