UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 10, 2026

Velo3D, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(408) 610-3915

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N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Velo3D, Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan

At the Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on June 10, 2026 (the “Annual Meeting”), the stockholders ofVelo3D, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), approved an amendment to the Company’s 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (as amended, the “Equity Incentive Plan”) to, increase the number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance thereunder by 2,860,000 shares, to increase the aggregate number of shares of common stock issuable as incentive stock options from 244,377 to 10,000,000 shares, and to require stockholder approval in connection with a repricing of options or stock appreciation rights (“SARs”) (the “Plan Amendment”). The Plan Amendment is in addition to, and does not modify, the existing annual automatic increase provision (the “evergreen” provision) under the Equity Incentive Plan.

A summary of the material terms of the Equity Incentive Plan is set forth in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for the Annual Meeting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on April 27, 2026 (the “Proxy Statement”). The summaries of the Equity Incentive Plan set forth above and in the Proxy Statement are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Equity Incentive Plan, a copy of which is filed as Annex A to the Proxy Statement and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders of the Company voted on five proposals, each of which is described in more detail in the Proxy Statement. There were 16,635,533 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, present at the Annual Meeting, online or by proxy, which constituted a quorum for the transaction of business.

At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on the following proposals:

The final results for each of these proposals are as follows:

Proposal 1: Election of Directors.

As a result, the stockholders elected each of Stefan Krause and Lily Mei as Class II directors to serve until the 2029 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until such director’s successor is duly elected and qualified.

Proposal 2: Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

As a result, the stockholders ratified the appointment of Frank, Rimerman + Co. LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026. There were no broker non-votes on this matter.

Proposal 3: Advisory Vote to Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation.

As a result, the stockholders approved, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement.

Proposal 4: Advisory Vote on Frequency of Say-On-Pay.

As a result, the stockholders approved, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the preferred frequency of one year for future advisory votes on the Company’s executive compensation.

In accordance with the recommendation of the board of directors of the Company and the voting results on this advisory proposal, the Company has decided that it will hold an advisory stockholder vote on the Company’s executive compensation each year until the next required advisory vote on the frequency of an executive compensation vote, which will occur no later than the Company’s 2032 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

Proposal 5: Approval of an Amendment to the 2021 Equity Incentive Plan.

As a result, the stockholders approved the amendment to the 2021 Equity Incentive Plan to, among other things, increase the number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance thereunder by 2,860,000 shares.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibit No. Description

10.1 Velo3D, Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Annex A the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A (File No. 001-39757) filed with the SEC on April 27, 2026).

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.