Daniel S. Habhegger has served as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Precision Optics Corporation, Inc. (the “Company”) since December 2, 2019. Mr. Habhegger has informed the Company of his acceptance of employment with another company. Mr. Habhegger will remain an employee of the Company, serving in a reduced capacity as Senior Vice President, Finance (including as principal financial officer and principal accounting officer) until the Company files its Form 10-Q report for its fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2022.

During this interim period of employment, Mr. Habhegger will be compensated at the rate of $96.15 per hour and will continue to be eligible for benefits, including insurance coverage through the Company's insurance plans. Subject to fulfilling his stated responsibilities as Senior Vice President, Finance through at least February 14, 2023, the Company has agreed to extend the post-termination period for exercise of Mr. Habhegger's vested Company stock options until January 15, 2025. Commencing January 7, 2023, the Company has hired E. Kevin Dahill, age 75, as its Interim CFO.

Mr. Dahill will be compensated at $2,500 per week, will be entitled to participate in employee benefit plans offered by the Company, and has been granted a stock option under the 2021 Equity Incentive Plan to purchase up to 4,000 shares of Common Stock at a price equal to the closing share price on January 5, 2023, with immediate vesting. Mr. Dahill has senior executive and director experience across multiple industries, primarily with technology-based businesses. He formerly served as Chief Operating Officer of Spotted Dog Technology (2018-2019) and President of Startrak, LLC (2010-2011).

He served as Interim Chief Financial Officer and Chief Financial Officer, respectively, at Affinity Solutions, Inc. (2008-2010) and Avero, LLC (2003-2006). Between June 2002 and September 2021, Mr. Dahill was retained as a contract Agent by the U.S. Small Business Administration as Receiver, acting as replacement General Partner for numerous Small Business Investment Companies (SBICs). In the course of his career Mr. Dahill has executed initial public offerings (IPOs) for three different technology-based businesses in the role of CFO (Mobius Management Systems, Inc. in 1998; EIS International, Inc. in 1993; and Iomega Corporation in 1983).

He presently serves on the Board of Directors of Physician Software Systems, Inc. (2011 to present), and in recent years served as a Director of Tripleseat, Inc. (2008-2020); Rustic Crust, LLC (2017-2018); Baja Fresh Enterprises (2010-2016); and NEPS, Inc. (2014-2016). Mr. Dahill received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Notre Dame University, an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, and an M.S. in Management from the Sloan School of Management (MIT). The Company has initiated a search for a permanent CFO.