Proxy Results Form 8 K

Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On September 30, 2024, Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. (the "Company") held its 2024 annual meeting of stockholders (the "Annual Meeting"). The following proposals were voted on and were approved by the Company's stockholders at the Annual Meeting with the stockholders having voted as set forth below:

I. To elect six directors to serve until the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified.

		FOR			WITHHELD			BROKER NON- VOTES
James A. Hayward			2,364,477				905,861				1,942,975
Robert B. Catell			2,384,561				885,777				1,942,975
Joseph D. Ceccoli			2,384,568				885,770				1,942,975
Yacov A. Shamash			2,382,506				887,832				1,942,975
Sanford R. Simon			2,383,486				886,852				1,942,975
Elizabeth Schmalz Shaheen			2,380,507				889,831				1,942,975

II. To ratify the appointment of Marcum LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024.

FOR		AGAINST		ABSTAIN
4,411,771		649,039		152,503

III. To grant the board of directors of the Company (the "Board") discretionary authority for 12 months to amend the Company's certificate of incorporation, as amended, to authorize a reverse stock split of common stock, at a ratio in the range from one-for-five to one-for-fifty, with such specific ratio to be determined by the Company's Board following the Annual Meeting.

FOR		AGAINST		ABSTAIN
3,700,381		1,229,326		283,606

IV. To approve, in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(d), the exercisability of certain common stock purchase warrants, and the issuance of the common stock underlying such warrants, which warrants were issued in connection with an offering of securities of the Company that occurred on May 28, 2024.

FOR		AGAINST		ABSTAIN		BROKER NON-VOTES
2,222,880		989,536		57,922		1,942,975

Each of the foregoing voting results from the Annual Meeting is final. Based on the foregoing votes, each of the proposals was approved.

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