"OMEX" Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc - 8-K

Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

General

On June 1, 2026, Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders for the purpose of considering and acting upon the following matters:

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to elect five directors of the Company to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified (the “Election Proposal”);

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to ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered certified public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026 (the “Ratification Proposal”);

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to amend the Company’s articles of incorporation to implement an increase in the number of shares of authorized common stock from 75,000,000 to 82,000,000 (the “Articles Amendment Proposal”);

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to amend the Company’s 2019 Stock Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares authorized for issuance under the plan by 2,000,000 shares (the “Plan Proposal”);

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to approve a reverse stock split of the Company’s common stock at a ratio in the range from 1-for-20 to 1-for-25 (the “Reverse Stock Split Proposal”);

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to obtain non-binding advisory approval of the compensation of our named executive officers (the “Compensation Proposal”); and

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to transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting and at any adjournments or postponements thereof.

No other business came before the meeting.

Voting Results

Election Proposal

With respect to the Election Proposal, the five individuals named below were elected to serve as directors in accordance with the following vote:

Nominee

For

Withheld

Mark D. Gordon

22,081,067

561,139

Mark B. Justh

21,787,427

854,779

Larissa T. Pommeraud

22,011,589

630,617

Jon D. Sawyer

21,979,092

663,114

Todd E. Siegel

21,972,228

669,978

Ratification Proposal

With respect to the Ratification Proposal, the stockholders ratified the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. Results of the vote were as follows:

For

Against

Abstain

35,169,107

281,343

383,495

Articles Amendment Proposal

With respect to the Authorized Capitalization Proposal, the proposal passed with an affirmative vote of a majority of the Company’s voting power outstanding. The results of the vote were as follows:

For

Against

Abstain

31,871,707

3,514,241

447,997

Plan Proposal

With respect to the Plan Proposal, the results of the vote were as follows:

For

Against

Abstain

20,934,966

1,558,840

148,400

Reverse Stock Split Proposal

With respect to the Reverse Split Proposal, the proposal passed with an affirmative vote of a majority of the Company’s voting power outstanding. The results of the vote were as follows:

For

Against

Abstain

31,683,294

3,685,661

464,990

Compensation Proposal

With respect to the Compensation Proposal, the stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. The results of the vote were as follows:

For

Against

Abstain

21,172,628

1,024,128

445,450

Broker Non-Votes

There were 13,191,739 broker non-votes with respect to the Election Proposal, the Plan Proposal and the Compensation Proposal. There were zero broker non-votes with respect to the Authorized Capitalization Proposal and Reverse Stock Split Proposal. Broker non-votes were not relevant to the Ratification Proposal.