UNITED STATES
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SCHEDULE 14A
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| ZIOPHARM ONCOLOGY, INC. |
(Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) |
ROBERT W. POSTMA WATERMILL ASSET MANAGEMENT CORP. JAIME VIESER HOLGER WEIS |
(Name of Persons(s) Filing Consent Statement, if Other Than the Registrant) |
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WaterMill Asset Management Corp., together with the other participants named herein (collectively, “WaterMill”), has filed a definitive consent statement and accompanying WHITE consent card with the Securities and Exchange Commission to be used to solicit consents from shareholders of Ziopharm Oncology, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), for a number of proposals, the ultimate effect of which, if successful, would be to reconstitute the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) through the removal of four current members of the Board and the election of WaterMill’s three highly-qualified nominees.
Item 1: On November 18, 2020, WaterMill issued an Investor Presentation, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2: Also on November 18, 2020, WaterMill posted the following materials to www.FixZiopharm.com:
