CVD EQUIPMENT CORP

Regulatory Filings • Aug 12, 2025

Field: Rule-Page

Field: /Rule-Page

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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):

August 8, 2025

CVD EQUIPMENT CORPORATION

Field: Rule-Page

Field: /Rule-Page

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

| New
York | 1-16525 | 11-2621692 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| (State
or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation
or Organization) | (Commission
File Number) | (IRS
Employer Identification No.) |

| 355
South Technology Drive Central
Islip , New York | 11722 |
| --- | --- |
| (Address
of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip
Code) |

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (631) 981-7081

Field: Rule-Page

Field: /Rule-Page

(Former Name or Former 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:

| ☐ | Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
| --- | --- |
| ☐ | Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
| ☐ | Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
| ☐ | Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |

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
Stock | CVV | NASDAQ Capital Market |

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 check mark 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. ☐

Field: Rule-Page

Field: /Rule-Page

Field: Page; Sequence: 1

Field: /Page

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

The 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of CVD Equipment Corporation (the “Company”) was held on August 8, 2025. At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders voted on the following three proposals and cast their votes as described below. The proposals are described in more detail in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on June 20, 2025.

Proposal 1: The election of the six nominees listed below to serve on the Board of Directors of the Company until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified.

Nominee — Lawrence J. Waldman	2,527,172	230,959	2,206,675
Emmanuel Lakios	2,545,199	212,932	2,206,675
Andrew Africk	2,545,262	212,869	2,206,675
Robert M. Brill	2,526,772	231,359	2,206,675
Ashraf Lotfi	2,543,736	214,395	2,206,675
Debra Wasser	2,549,366	208,765	2,206,675

Proposal 2: The ratification of CBIZ CPAs P.C. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2025..

Number of Votes Cast in Favor — 4,919,573	36,254	8,979

Proposal 3: The approval of a non-binding advisory resolution supporting the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

| Number
of Votes Cast in Favor — 2,717,857 | 22,289 | 17,985 | 2,206,675 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |

Field: Page; Sequence: 2

Field: /Page

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 thereunto duly authorized.

Date: August 12, 2025

| CVD
EQUIPMENT CORPORATION | |
| --- | --- |
| By: | /s/
Richard Catalano |
| Name: | Richard
Catalano |
| Title: | Executive
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary
and Treasurer |

Field: Page; Sequence: 3; Options: Last

Field: /Page

Field: Set; Name: xdx; ID: xdx_08B_extensions eJxFjdEKgkAQRb/Afxj2OdQVivAxsYgsQiR6XXKMJd2R2c3qk/rLNiUaBoaZe89cIWZiQ2vdIsN5VRZQYde3yiGU2CCjuaB3ZNtdCn6WeNXWsTJuXH9gRp5BzyxCqfx9dA7aYp1CvIykjJI5xDKVEo57EXz1jEyjazROqxaUqeHI1LNGp/g1fajUkwx1rzHphGw1mRRkGE/yG5JYJnCgQT2IbxaKIhPBbKxAbJjuvXflT4fmS0LeYufj7ET/O/gAxqRKVA==