UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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SCHEDULE 14A
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Stockholder Meeting to Be Held on June 08, 2016
APPLIED DNA SCIENCES, INC. | Meeting Information Meeting Type:Annual Meeting For holders as of:April 11, 2016 Date:June 08, 2016 Time:10:00 AM EDT Location: Center of Excellence in Wireless and Information Tech. 1500 Stony Brook Rd. Stony Brook, NY 11794 |
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| Voting items |
The Board of Directors recommends you vote
FOR the following:
| 1. | Election of Directors | |||||||||
| Nominees | ||||||||||
| 01 | James A. Hayward | 02 | John Bitzer, III | 03 | Joseph D. Ceccoli | 04 | Charles Ryan | 05 | Yacov Shamash | |
| 06 | Sanford R. Simon | |||||||||
| The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposals 2. and 3. | ||||||||||
| 2. | Approval, on a non-binding, advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers. | |||||||||
| 3. | Ratification of the selection of Marcum LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016. | |||||||||
| NOTE:Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof. | ||||||||||
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