Taylor Devices Files 2024 Proxy Statement

TL;DR

Taylor Devices filed its DEF 14A proxy statement on 9/12/24. All good.

AI Summary

Taylor Devices, Inc. filed its definitive proxy statement (DEF 14A) on September 12, 2024, for the fiscal year ending May 31, 2023. The filing, located at 90 Taylor Drive, North Tonawanda, NY 14120, concerns the company's annual shareholder meeting and related corporate governance matters. No fee was required for this filing.

Why It Matters

This filing provides shareholders with essential information regarding the company's governance, executive compensation, and voting matters, enabling informed participation in the annual meeting.

Risk Assessment

Risk Level: low — This is a routine annual filing (DEF 14A) that provides information to shareholders and does not contain new material financial or operational news.

Key Players & Entities

• TAYLOR DEVICES, INC. (company) — Registrant
• 90 TAYLOR DR (location) — Company Address
• NORTH TONAWANDA (location) — Company City
• NY (location) — Company State
• 14120 (location) — Company Zip Code
• 0531 (date) — Fiscal Year End
• 20230908 (date) — Report Period
• 20240912 (date) — Filing Date

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Key Financial Figures

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Filing Documents

• td_def14a.htm (DEF 14A) — 178KB
• tddef14a_1.jpg (GRAPHIC) — 11KB
• tddef14a_2.jpg (GRAPHIC) — 161KB
• tddef14a_3.jpg (GRAPHIC) — 159KB
• tddef14a_4.jpg (GRAPHIC) — 77KB
• tddef14a_5.jpg (GRAPHIC) — 80KB
• 0001376474-24-000509.txt ( ) — 851KB

From the Filing

DEF 14A 1 td_def14a.htm TAYLOR DEVICES, INC UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 14A Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No.) Filed by the Registrant Filed by a party other than the Registrant Check the appropriate box: Preliminary Proxy Statement Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2)) Definitive Proxy Statement Definitive Additional Materials Soliciting Material Pursuant to Section 240.14a-12 TAYLOR DEVICES, INC. (Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter) (Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant) Payment of Filing Fee (Check all boxes that apply): No fee required Fee paid previously with preliminary materials. Fee computed on table in exhibit required by Item 25(b) per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11. TAYLOR DEVICES, INC. 90 TAYLOR DRIVE NORTH TONAWANDA, NEW YORK 14120 NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF TAYLOR DEVICES, INC. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting") of TAYLOR DEVICES, INC. (the "Company") will be held in person at the Hyatt Place Buffalo/Amherst, 5020 Main Street, Amherst, New York, 14226 on October 25, 2024, at 11:00 a.m., Eastern Time. There will also be a live webcast of the Annual Meeting available on the Company's website at www.taylordevices.com/annual-shareholders-meeting/. The webcast is being made available only for informational purposes. The Annual Meeting is being held in person, and accessing the webcast will neither count as attendance for purposes of meeting quorum requirements nor enable a shareholder to vote. Our shareholders of record at the close of business on August 26, 2024, the record date for the Annual Meeting, may vote at the meeting by attending in person or following the instructions in the Company's proxy materials. Shareholders who do not attend in person are encouraged to vote by proxy. 1. To elect one Class 1 director of the Company to serve a three-year term to expire in 2027, or until the election and qualification of his successor. [John Burgess] 2. To elect one Class 1 director of the Company to serve a three-year term to expire in 2027, or until the election and qualification of his successor. [F. Eric Armenat] 3. To ratify the appointment of Lumsden & McCormick, LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending May 31, 2025. 4. To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) thereof. The Board of Directors has fixed the close of business on August 26, 2024, as the record date for determining which shareholders shall be entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting. SHAREHOLDERS MAY ATTEND THE MEETING BY PROXY. SHAREHOLDERS ARE REQUESTED TO PROMPTLY SUBMIT THEIR VOTE BY INTERNET, BY TELEPHONE OR BY SIGNING, DATING AND RETURNING THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD. THE PROXY MAY BE REVOKED AT ANY TIME BEFORE IT IS VOTED. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DATED: September 12, 2024 Mark V. McDonough North Tonawanda, New York Corporate Secretary IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON OCTOBER 25, 2024 The Proxy Statement and the 2024 Annual Report to shareholders are available at www.taylordevices.com/investors. 2 [THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK] 3 PROXY STATEMENT FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS OF TAYLOR DEVICES, INC. 90 TAYLOR DRIVE NORTH TONAWANDA, NEW YORK 14120 TO BE HELD ON OCTOBER 25, 2024 This Proxy Statement is furnished to shareholders by the Board of Directors of Taylor Devices, Inc. (referred to in this Proxy Statement as the "Company," "we," "us" or "our") in connection with the solicitation of proxies for use at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on October 25, 2024, at 11:00 a.m., Eastern Time, and at any adjournments of the meeting, for the purposes set forth in the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders. This Proxy Statement and the accompanying form of proxy are being mailed to shareholders commencing on or about September 12, 2024. If the enclosed form of proxy is properly executed and returned, the shares represented by the proxy will be voted in accordance with the proxy's instructions. Any proxy given pursuant to this solicitation may be revoked by the shareholder at any time prior to its use by written notice to the Corporate Secretary of the Company. The Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board of Directors" or the "Board") has fixed the close of business on August 26, 2024, as the record date for determining the holders of common stock entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting. On August 26, 2024, the Company had outstanding and entitled to vote a tot

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