Ispire Technology Inc
For the period ended Jun 25, 2024. Filed May 7, 2024.
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Jun 25, 2024 · Filed May 7, 2024
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DEF 14A 1 ea0205362-01.htm PROXY STATEMENT
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
Proxy Statement Pursuant to
Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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May 7, 2024
Dear Ispire Technology Inc. Shareholders:
On behalf of the Board of Directors and management of Ispire Technology Inc.(“we”, “us” and “our”), a Delaware corporation, you are invited to virtually attend our 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders including any adjournment or postponement thereof(the “Annual Meeting”) to be held on June 25, 2024 at 8:00 A.M. Pacific Time.
Details of the business to be conducted at the Annual Meeting are described in this proxy statement. We have also made available a copy of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2023 (filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on September 19, 2023) (the “Annual Report”) with this proxy statement. We encourage you to read our Annual Report. It includes our audited financial statements and provides information about our business and services.
Your vote is important. Regardless of whether you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, please read the accompanying proxy statement and then submit your proxy to vote by Internet, telephone or mail as promptly as possible. Returning your proxy will help us assure that a quorum will be present at the Annual Meeting and avoid the additional expense of duplicate proxy solicitations. Any stockholder virtually attending the Annual Meeting may vote at the Annual Meeting, even if he or she has previously voted. Please refer to your proxy card for voting instructions. Submitting your proxy promptly may save us additional expense in soliciting proxies and will ensure that your shares are represented at the Annual Meeting.
Our Board of Directors has approved the proposals set forth in the proxy statement and recommends that you vote in favor of each such proposal.
Sincerely,
/s/ Michael Wang
Michael Wang
Co-Chief Executive Officer
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
To be held on Tuiesday, June 25, 2024
The 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Meeting”) of Ispire Technology Inc. (the “Company”) will be held on a virtual basis on Tuesday, June 25, 2024 at 8:00 A.M. PST, for the following purposes:
| 1. | Election of five director nominees named in this proxy statement, each for a term of one year expiring at our 2025 annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified (the “Director Election Proposal”); |
| 2. | To ratify the appointment by the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors of Marcum LLP as the Company’s registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024 (“Proposal 2”); |
| 3. | Approval, on an advisory basis, of the executive compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as described in this proxy statement (“Proposal 3”); |
| 4. | Approval, on an advisory basis, of the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation (“Proposal 4”); and |
| 5. | To transact, in the discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors, such other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournment thereof. |
The Meeting will be a completely virtual meeting of stockholders, which will be conducted via live webcast. You will be able to attend the Meeting online, vote and submit your questions during the Meeting by visitingwww.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/ISPR2024. We are pleased to utilize the virtual stockholder meeting technology to provide ready access and cost savings for our stockholders and the Company. The virtual meeting format allows attendance from any location in the world.
Even if you are planning on attending the Meeting online, please promptly submit your proxy vote via the Internet, by telephone or by completing, dating, signing and returning the enclosed proxy, so your shares will be represented at the Meeting. Instructions on voting your shares are on the proxy materials you received for the Meeting. Even if you plan to attend the Meeting online, it is strongly recommended you vote before the Meeting date, to ensure that your shares will be represented at the Meeting if you are unable to attend.
Details regarding admission to the Meeting and the business to be conducted at the meeting are more fully described in the accompanying Notice of Meeting of Stockholders and proxy statement.
We hope you will be able to attend the Meeting. Whether or not you plan to attend the Meeting, please promptly sign, date and return the enclosed proxy card or voting instruction card in the envelope provided, or submit your proxy over the Internet or by telephone (if those options are available to you) in accordance with the instructions on the enclosed proxy card or voting instruction card.
The Board unanimously recommends a vote “FOR” each of the Director candidates nominated by the Board, a “3 YEAR” vote for the advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation, and a vote “FOR” the approval of each of the other proposals to be submitted at the meeting by the Board.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS,
/s/ Michael Wang
Michael Wang,
Co-Chief Executive Officer
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