AIM ImmunoTech Reminds Shareholders to Vote “FOR” All Four Incumbent Board Members on the WHITE Universal Proxy Card
December 16 2024 - 8:00AM
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Urges Shareholders to Ensure Their Voices Are
Heard and to Protect Their Investment by Supporting Current
Board
Believes Incumbent Board is Best Positioned to
Continue Overseeing the Clinical Development of Ampligen and
Deliver Long-Term Value for All Shareholders
Warns Shareholders that the Activist Group’s
Self-Interested Agenda Could Put AIM’s Progress at Risk
Highlights the Activist Group’s Lack of a Plan
and Persistent Attempts to Mislead Shareholders
AIM ImmunoTech Inc. (NYSE American: AIM) (“AIM” or the
“Company”) today issued the following statement in connection with
the upcoming 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual
Meeting”), presently scheduled for December 17, 2024 at 11:00 a.m.
ET:
AIM urges shareholders to protect their investment and the
Company's future by voting on the WHITE universal proxy card “FOR” all four current members of our Board of
Directors (the “Board”).
AIM is confident that its incumbent directors have the right
backgrounds and relevant expertise to continue driving forward our
strategy to realize long-term value for all shareholders. We have
significant momentum in our clinical development programs –
especially in areas of critical unmet need – that is laying the
groundwork for commercialization opportunities. The partnerships we
have forged with large biopharmaceutical companies and world-class
research organizations are a testament to the potential of our lead
drug candidate, Ampligen.
Allowing the group of activist investors (the “Activist Group”)
to take control of the Board could jeopardize this progress, give
them access to AIM’s capital to reimburse themselves more than $5
million dollars and destroy the chances of near-term value creation
for shareholders. The Activist Group lacks a clear plan for AIM –
as leading proxy advisory firms Institutional Shareholder Services
Inc. and Glass, Lewis & Co., LLC both concluded – and
shareholders should not be taken in by their desperate eleventh
hour attempts to make it seem otherwise.
Shareholders can Safeguard AIM by voting “FOR” all four
of the Board’s incumbent candidates – Stewart L. Appelrouth,
Nancy K. Bryan, Thomas K. Equels and Dr. William
M. Mitchell – on the WHITE
universal proxy card.
It is extremely important that shareholders vote as soon as
possible – no matter how many shares they own.
Given that the Annual Meeting is
quickly approaching, shareholders are encouraged to vote by
internet according to the instructions on their WHITE universal
proxy card.
If shareholders have any questions or require
any assistance in voting their shares, please contact our proxy
solicitor:
Sodali & Co. 430 Park Avenue, 14th
Floor New York, NY 10022
Shareholders may call toll-free: (800)
662-5200 Banks, Brokers, Trustees, and Other Nominees Call
Collect: (203) 658-9400 Email:
AIM@investor.Sodali.com
For more information visit: www.SafeguardAIM.com.
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About AIM ImmunoTech Inc.
AIM ImmunoTech Inc. is an immuno-pharma company focused on the
research and development of therapeutics to treat multiple types of
cancers, immune disorders and viral diseases, including COVID-19.
The Company’s lead product is a first-in-class investigational drug
called Ampligen® (rintatolimod), a dsRNA and highly selective TLR3
agonist immuno-modulator with broad spectrum activity in clinical
trials for globally important cancers, viral diseases and disorders
of the immune system.
For more information, please visit aimimmuno.com and connect
with the Company on X, LinkedIn, and Facebook.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within
the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
(the “PSLRA”). Words such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “plan,”
“anticipate,” “continue,” “believe,” “potential,” “upcoming” and
other variations thereon and similar expressions (as well as other
words or expressions referencing future events or circumstances)
are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Many of these
forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and
uncertainties. Data, pre-clinical success and clinical success seen
to date does not guarantee that Ampligen will be approved as a
treatment or therapy for any diseases or conditions. The Company
urges investors to consider specifically the various risk factors
identified in its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, and any
risk factors or cautionary statements included in any subsequent
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or Current Report on Form 8-K, filed
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). You
are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking
statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release.
Among other things, for those statements, the Company claims the
protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements
contained in the PSLRA. The Company does not undertake to update
any of these forward-looking statements to reflect events or
circumstances that occur after the date hereof.
Important Additional Information
The Company, its directors and executive officers, Peter W.
Rodino, III and Robert Dickey, IV, are deemed to be “participants”
(as defined in Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended) in the solicitation of proxies from the Company’s
stockholders in connection with the Annual Meeting. The Company
filed its definitive proxy statement (the “Definitive Proxy
Statement”) and a WHITE universal proxy card with the SEC on
November 4, 2024 in connection with such solicitation of proxies
from the Company’s stockholders. STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY ARE
STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO READ SUCH DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT,
ACCOMPANYING WHITE UNIVERSAL PROXY CARD AND ALL OTHER DOCUMENTS
FILED WITH THE SEC CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY AS THEY CONTAIN
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE ANNUAL MEETING. The Definitive
Proxy Statement contains information regarding the identity of the
participants, and their direct and indirect interests, by security
holdings or otherwise, in the Company’s securities and can be found
in the section titled “Principal Stockholders” of the Definitive
Proxy Statement and available here. Information regarding
subsequent changes to their holdings of the Company’s securities
can be found in the SEC filings on Forms 3, 4, and 5, which are
available on the Company’s website available here or through the
SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Stockholders will be able to obtain
the Definitive Proxy Statement, any amendments or supplements
thereto and other documents filed by the Company with the SEC at no
charge at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Copies will also be
available at no charge at the Company’s website at
https://aimimmuno.com/sec-filings/.
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Investor Contact: JTC Team, LLC Jenene Thomas
908-824-0775 AIM@jtcir.com
Media Contact: Longacre Square Partners Joe Germani /
Miller Winston AIM@longacresquare.com
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