0001181431-11-034657.txt : 20110603 0001181431-11-034657.hdr.sgml : 20110603 20110603144912 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001181431-11-034657 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110526 FILED AS OF DATE: 20110603 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110603 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PRESSLER HERMAN PAUL CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001522481 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-31791 FILM NUMBER: 11891781 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5118 HOLLY TERRACE CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77056 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GALECTIN THERAPEUTICS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001133416 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834] IRS NUMBER: 043562325 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 189 WELLS ST STREET 2: STE 200 CITY: NEWTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02459 BUSINESS PHONE: 617-559-0033 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 189 WELLS ST STREET 2: STE 200 CITY: NEWTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02459 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PRO PHARMACEUTICALS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20010612 3 1 rrd314219.xml FORM 3 X0203 3 2011-05-26 0 0001133416 GALECTIN THERAPEUTICS INC PRWP.OB 0001522481 PRESSLER HERMAN PAUL 7 WELLS AVENUE, SUITE 34 NEWTON MA 02459 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 20000 D Common Stock 7000 I By H & E 1995 GC Family Trust EXHIBIT LIST Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney /s/ Maureen E. Foley Attorney in Fact For Herman Paul Pressler, III 2011-06-03 EX-24. 2 rrd281834_318198.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY rrd281834_318198.html 
                                                                      Exhibit 24
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

        Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Anthony D. Squeglia and Maureen Foley, signing singly, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

        (1)     prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the
                undersigned's behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and
                Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including amendments
                thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to
                obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make
                electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section
                16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or
                regulation of the SEC;

        (2)     execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
                undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Galectin
                Therapeutics Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in
                accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
                1934 and the rules thereunder, and any other forms or reports
                the undersigned may be required to file in connection with the
                undersigned's ownership, acquisition, or disposition of
                securities of the Company;

        (3)     do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
                undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and
                execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, or other form or report, and
                timely file such form or report with the United States
                Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or
                similar authority; and

        (4)     take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with
                the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact,
                may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally
                required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the
                documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
                undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such
                form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such
                attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's
                discretion.

        The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.

        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
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 28th day of May, 2011.

                                        /s/ Herman Paul Pressler, III
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                                        Herman Paul Pressler, III
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