SCHEDULE 14A

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

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¨ Preliminary Proxy Statement
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¨ Definitive Proxy Statement
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Immunomedics, Inc.

(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)

 

venBio Select Advisor LLC

Behzad Aghazadeh

Scott Canute

Peter Barton Hutt

Khalid Islam

 

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

 

 

 
 

 

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Peter Barton Hutt is a member of the slate of director nominees put forward by venBio Select Advisor LLC (“venBio”) for election to the Board of Directors of Immunomedics, Inc. (“Immunomedics,” or the “Company”) at the Company’s upcoming annual meeting of stockholders. As a demonstration of his commitment to this potential role, if elected, Mr. Hutt will take action as expeditiously as possible to ensure that he serves on no more than four additional boards outside of Immunomedics.

 

Mr. Hutt is a renowned expert in food and drug law and currently serves as Senior Counsel at Covington & Burling LLP. He began his law practice with the firm in 1960 and has remained at the firm with the exception of serving as Chief Counsel for the Food and Drug Administration from 1971 until 1975. He has been recognized by The Washingtonian magazine as one of Washington’s 50 best lawyers and one of the 40 best health care lawyers in the U.S. by the National Law Journal. He holds a B.A. from Yale University, an LL.B. from Harvard Law School, and an LL.M. from the New York University School of Law. We believe that Mr. Hutt’s expertise in the US and EU regulatory frameworks, including successful interactions with both the FDA and the EMA, as well as his service on a wide range of boards of directors in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, make him very well qualified for the Board of Immunomedics.

 

About the Proxy Solicitation

venBio Select Advisor LLC, Behzad Aghazadeh, Scott Canute, Peter Barton Hutt and Khalid Islam (collectively, the “Participants”) have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a definitive proxy statement and accompanying form of proxy to be used in connection with the solicitation of proxies from the stockholders of Immunomedics (the “Company”). All stockholders of the Company are advised to read the definitive proxy statement and other documents related to the solicitation of proxies by the Participants, as they contain important information, including additional information related to the Participants. The definitive proxy statement and an accompanying proxy card is being furnished to some or all of the Company’s stockholders and is, along with other relevant documents, available at no charge on the SEC website at http://www.sec.gov/ or from Okapi Partners at 212-297-0720 or info@okapipartners.com.

Information about the Participants and a description of their direct or indirect interests by security holdings is contained in the definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed by the Participants with the SEC on December 6, 2016. This document is available free of charge from the sources indicated above.  

 

Warning Regarding Forward Looking Statements

 

THIS PRESS RELEASE CONTAINS FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS. FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS CAN BE IDENTIFIED BY USE OF WORDS SUCH AS “OUTLOOK”, “BELIEVE”, “INTEND”, “EXPECT”, “POTENTIAL”, “WILL”, “MAY”, “SHOULD”, “ESTIMATE”, “ANTICIPATE”, AND DERIVATIVES OR NEGATIVES OF SUCH WORDS OR SIMILAR WORDS. FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS IN THIS PRESS RELEASE ARE BASED UPON PRESENT BELIEFS OR EXPECTATIONS. HOWEVER, FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS ARE NOT GUARANTEED TO OCCUR AND MAY NOT OCCUR AS A RESULT OF VARIOUS RISKS, REASONS AND UNCERTAINTIES. EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY LAW, VENBIO AND ITS AFFILIATES AND RELATED PERSONS UNDERTAKE NO OBLIGATION TO UPDATE ANY FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENT, WHETHER AS A RESULT OF NEW INFORMATION, FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS OR OTHERWISE.