(a) Mr. Koss beneficially owns 4,113,410 Common Shares, including 240,000 Common Shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options that are currently exercisable or become exercisable within 60 days of this statement, representing approximately 45.0% of issued and outstanding Common Shares. The 2012 Trust, the Family Trust and KFT beneficially own no Common Shares, representing zero percent of issued and outstanding Common Shares. The percentages are computed based on 9,147,795 Common Shares outstanding as of May 2, 2022. (b) Mr. Koss has sole voting power with respect to 3,315,089 Common Shares, including 2,696,634 held as voting trustee of the Voting Trust, and sole dispositive power with respect to 618,455 Common Shares, including 240,000 issuable upon the exercise of stock options that are currently exercisable or become exercisable within 60 days of this statement. Mr. Koss has shared voting power with respect to 798,321 Common Shares, including 396,452 Common Shares held in joint tenancy with his spouse, 217,068 Common Shares held by the Koss Foundation, of which he is the President, 27,000 Common Shares held by two separate trusts established for the benefit of Mr. Koss’s children, of which he is co-trustee, and 157,801 Common Shares allocated to him through the ESOP. Mr. Koss has shared dispositive power with respect to 3,494,955 Common Shares, including 2,696,634 Common Shares held as voting trustee of the Voting Trust, 396,452 Common Shares held in joint tenancy with his spouse, 217,068 Common Shares held by the Koss Foundation, of which he is the President, 27,000 Common Shares held by two separate trusts established for the benefit of Mr. Koss’s children, of which he is co-trustee, and 157,801 Common Shares allocated to him through the ESOP Mr. Koss and his four siblings may be deemed to have shared dispositive power with respect to the 2,692,634 Common Shares subject to the Voting Trust. Pursuant to the Voting Trust Agreement, each sibling has dispositive power over a portion of the Common Shares subject to the Voting Trust, subject to certain limitations. The Voting Trust Agreement provides Mr. Koss, as Voting Trustee, dispositive power over all Common Shares subject to the Voting Trust, subject to certain limitations. Mr. Koss, Principal Financial Group (“PFG”) (as trustee of the ESOP) and the ESOP may be deemed to have shared voting and dispositive power with respect to the 157,801 Common Shares held by the ESOP that are allocated to Mr. Koss’ account thereunder. PFG is a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. Its common stock is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol PFG. PFG is a holding company. The address of its principal business and principal office is 711 High Street, Des Moines, IA 50392. As co-trustees of each of the Sarah Evelyn Koss 1987 Trust and the Charles John Koss II 1989 Trust, established for the benefit of his children (the “Two Trusts”), Mr. Koss and Mrs. Julie Koss may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power with respect to the 15,000 and 12,000 Common Shares, respectively, held by the Two Trusts. The Two Trusts are organized under the laws of Wisconsin. Mrs. Koss is a citizen of the United States of America. Her principal business address is 2800 W. Bradley Road, River Hills, Wisconsin 53217 and her principal occupation is household manager. The principal business address of each of the Two Trusts is 2800 W. Bradley Road, River Hills, Wisconsin 53217; and the principal business of the Two Trusts is holding, managing and distributing the respective property of the trusts and the proceeds therefrom. Mr. Koss also has shared voting and dispositive power with respect to 396,452 shares held in joint tenancy with Mrs. Julie Koss. As President of the Koss Foundation, Mr. Koss may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power with respect to the 217,068 Common Shares held by the Koss Foundation. The Koss Foundation is organized under the laws of Wisconsin. Its principal business address is 4129 N. Port Washington Road, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53212-1029. Its principal business is holding, managing and distributing the property of the foundation for charitable purposes. During the last five years, neither Mrs. Julie Koss nor Mr. John C. Koss Jr. has been (i) convicted in a criminal
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