DEFA14A 1 admp-defa14a_080322.htm ADDITIONAL DEFINITIVE PROXY SOLICITING MATERIALS

 

 

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 

Washington, D.C.  20549

 

SCHEDULE 14A

(RULE 14a-101)

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT
SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION

 

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. _)

 

Filed by the Registrant 
 
Filed by a Party other than the Registrant

 

Preliminary Proxy Statement
   
Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))
   
Definitive Proxy Statement
   
Definitive Additional Materials
   
Soliciting Material Pursuant to §240.14a-12

 

ADAMIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION

(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)

 

Not Applicable 

(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than Registrant)

 

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ADAMIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
11682 El Camino Real, Suite 300
San Diego, CA  92130
 

SUBMIT YOUR PROXY TO VOTE BY INTERNET:

Before the Meeting - Go to www.proxyvote.com

Use the Internet to submit your proxy to vote and for electronic delivery of information up until 11:59 PM, Eastern Time the day before the cut-off date or meeting date. Have your proxy card in hand when you access the web site and follow the instructions to obtain your records and to create an electronic voting instruction form.

    During the Meeting - Go to www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/ADMP2022.
    You may attend the meeting via the internet and vote during the meeting.  Have the information that is printed in the box marked by the arrow available and follow the instructions.
   

SUBMIT YOUR PROXY TO VOTE BY PHONE - 1-800-690-6903

Use any touch-tone telephone to submit your proxy to vote up until 11:59 PM, Eastern Time the day before the cut-off date or meeting date. Have your proxy card in hand when you call and then follow the instructions.

   

VOTE BY MAIL:

Mark, sign and date your proxy card and return it in the postage-paid envelope we have provided, or return it to Vote Processing, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717.

 

TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS FOLLOWS:

 

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THIS PROXY CARD IS VALID ONLY WHEN SIGNED AND DATED.

 

ADAMIS
PHARMACEUTICALS

CORPORATION
FOR
ALL
WITH-
HOLD
ALL

FOR

ALL

EXCEPT

To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s), mark “For All Except” and write the number(s) of the nominee(s) on the line below.    
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following:        
1.  Election of Directors        
  Nominees:              
  01)     Howard C. Birndorf                 02)     Meera J. Desai, Ph.D., NACD.DC                 03)    David J. Marguglio
04)     Vickie S. Reed                           05)    Richard C. Williams
Vote on Proposals:         For Against Abstain
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR Proposals 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.      
2. To adopt and approve an amendment to the Company’s restated certificate of incorporation to authorize the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company to effect a reverse stock split of the Company’s common stock by a ratio of not less than 1-for-2 and not more than 1-for-15, with the Board having the discretion as to whether or not the reverse split is to be effected, and with the exact ratio of any reverse split to be set at a whole number within the above range as determined by the Company’s Board in its discretion.
3.  To approve an amendment to our 2020 Equity Incentive Plan to eliminate the requirement in the plan that no Award may be made until such time as the fair market value of the Common Stock has been at least $3.00 per share for at least ten consecutive trading days, and to approve the plan as amended.
4.  To approve the compensation of our named executive officers.
5.  To ratify the selection of BDO USA, LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2022.
6.  To approve the adjournment of the Meeting, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes at the time of the Meeting to adopt Proposal  2.
 
NOTE:  Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.
Note:  In their discretion, the proxies may vote upon any and all other matters as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, to the extent authorized under Rule 14a-4(c) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  In the event one or more of the named nominees for election as a director is unable to serve, the persons designated as proxies may cast votes for other persons as substitute nominees.
       
Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) hereon.  When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, or other fiduciary, please give full title as such.  Joint owners should each sign personally.  All holders must sign.  If a corporation or partnership, please sign in full corporate or partnership name, by authorized officer.
                             

               
               
               
Signature
[PLEASE SIGN WITHIN BOX]
Date   Signature
[JOINT OWNERS]
Date    
                             

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting: The Notice & Proxy Statement, Form 10-K is/are available at www.proxyvote.com.

 

 

 

 

ADAMIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION

 

Annual Meeting of Stockholders

 

Series C Convertible Preferred Stock

 

August 12, 2022; 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time

 

This proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors

 

The stockholder(s) hereby appoint(s) David J. Marguglio and David C. Benedicto, or either of them, as proxies, each of them acting individually or in the absence of others, with the full power of substitution and re-substitution and hereby authorize(s) them to represent and to vote, as designated on the reverse side of this ballot, all of the shares of Series C Preferred Stock (“Series C Preferred”) of ADAMIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION that the stockholder(s) is/are entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held at 10:00 a.m., PDT on August 12, 2022, virtually at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/ADMP2022, and any adjournment or postponement thereof. 

 

In their discretion, the proxy is authorized to vote upon any other matter that may properly come before the meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof to the extent authorized under Rule 14a-4(c) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

Pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement between the Company and the stockholder(s) dated July 5, 2022, and the Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, this proxy, when properly executed, will be voted in the manner directed herein, including if no instructions are specified, without any further action required from the stockholder(s), in the same proportion as the shares of common stock of the Company (“Common Stock”) (excluding any shares of Common Stock that are not voted) and any other issued and outstanding shares of preferred stock of the Company entitled to vote (other than shares of Series C Preferred or shares of such other preferred stock not voted) are voted at the Meeting on Proposal 2 and Proposal 6.

 

Continued and to be signed on reverse side 

 

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