0001615774-15-001727.txt : 20150707 0001615774-15-001727.hdr.sgml : 20150707 20150707204150 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001615774-15-001727 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20150630 FILED AS OF DATE: 20150707 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150707 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SPHERIX INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000012239 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PATENT OWNERS & LESSORS [6794] IRS NUMBER: 520849320 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6430 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE, #503 CITY: BETHESDA STATE: MD ZIP: 20817 BUSINESS PHONE: 347-321-7646 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6430 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE, #503 CITY: BETHESDA STATE: MD ZIP: 20817 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BIOSPHERICS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BIOSPHERICS RESEARCH INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19720404 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Reiner Frank CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001647317 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-05576 FILM NUMBER: 15977669 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6430 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE STREET 2: SUITE 503 CITY: BETHESDA STATE: MD ZIP: 20817 3 1 s101434_form3.xml 3 X0206 3 2015-06-30 0 0000012239 SPHERIX INC SPEX 0001647317 Reiner Frank 6430 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE SUITE 503 BETHESDA MD 20817 0 1 0 0 Interim CFO Common Stock 11000 D Employee Stock Option 4.67 2024-03-14 Common Stock 100000 D Employee Stock Option 1.94 2024-06-19 Common Stock 50000 D The option became exercisable in four equal installments. The first installment became exercisable on July 1, 2014, and the next three installments became exercisable on October 1, 2014, January 1, 2015 and April 1, 2015. The option became exercisable in two equal installments. The first installment became exercisable on June 19, 2014, and the second installment became exercisable on December 19, 2014. /s/ Hayley Behrmann, Attorney-in-Fact 2015-07-07 EX-24.1 2 s101434_ex24-1.htm EXHIBIT 24.1

Exhibit 24.1

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOWN ALL BY THESE. PRESENTS, THAT THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY CONSTITUTES AND APPOINTS EACH OF ANTHONY HAYES AND HAYLEY BEHRMANN SIGNING SINGLY, THE UNDERSIGNED'S TRUE AND LAWFUL ATTORNEY-IN-FACT TO:

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execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as a reporting person under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, all Forms 3. 4. and 5 (including any amendments thereto) that the undersigned may be required to file with the U .S. Securities and Exchange Commission as a result of the undersigned's ownership of or transactions in securities of Spherix Incorporated (the "Company");

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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 (including any amendments thereto) and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

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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 10, in the best interest or 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, arc 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 6^th day of July, 2015.

/s/ Frank Reiner	WITNESS:	/s/ Jacob M. Miller
Signature		Signature

		Jacob M. Miller
Frank Reiner		Print Name

		07/06/15
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