FORM 3
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *

Pellegrino Joseph P JR

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)

03/19/2025

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

PRECISION OPTICS CORPORATION, INC. [POCI]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)


C/O PRECISION OPTICS CORPORATION, INC., 22 EAST BROADWAY

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer

(Check all applicable)

__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

(Street)

GARDNER, MA 01440
(City)
(State)
(Zip)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing

(Check applicable line)

__X__ Form Filed by One Reporting Person
_____ Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person


Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)

2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)

3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)

4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)



Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)

2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)

4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)

6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares





Signatures

/s/ Joseph N. Forkey as attorney-in-fact

03/20/2025
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Exhibit 24

 

PRECISION OPTICS CORPORATION, INC.

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

 

The undersigned, as a person who are required to file with the Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”) public reports disclosing their holdings of, and transactions in, the equity securities of Precision Optics Corporation, Inc. (the “Company”) under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “1934 Act”), hereby constitutes and appoints each of Joseph N. Forkey and Wayne Coll as the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

 

1.Complete and execute Forms 3, 4 and 5 and other forms and all amendments thereto as such attorney-in-fact shall in their discretion determine to be required or advisable pursuant to Section 16 of the 1934 Act, as a consequence of the undersigned’s ownership, acquisition or disposition of any equity securities of the Company; and

 

2.Do all acts necessary in order to file such forms with the SEC, any securities exchange or national association, the Company and such other person or agency as the attorney-in-fact shall deem appropriate.

 

Each of said attorneys-in-fact shall individually have the authority to act in accordance with this Power of Attorney. The undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. The undersigned acknowledges that each of the foregoing attorneysin-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the 1934 Act.

 

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the Company and any one of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of this 20th day of March, 2025.

 

 

Signed and acknowledged:

 

 

 

Signature: /s/ Joseph P. Pellegrino, Jr.

 

 

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