UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

SCHEDULE 14A

 

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April 20, 2020

Dear Stockholder:

The Board of Directors of Sun BioPharma, Inc. joins us in extending an invitation to attend our 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”), to be held on May 19, 2020, at the offices of Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, 2200 Wells Fargo Center, 90 South Seventh Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota*, commencing at 2:30 p.m. local time. On or about April 20, 2020, a full set of proxy materials will be mailed to each stockholder.

It is important that your shares be represented at the Annual Meeting whether or not you plan to attend in person. Please vote electronically over the Internet or, if you request and receive a paper copy of the proxy card by mail, you may vote by Internet or telephone or by returning your signed proxy card in the envelope provided. If you do attend the Annual Meeting and desire to vote in person, you may do so by following the procedures described in the proxy statement even if you have previously voted.

On behalf of the Board of Directors and management, it is my pleasure to express our appreciation for your continued support.

We hope that you will be able to attend the Annual Meeting.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Michael T. Cullen

Michael T. Cullen, M.D., M.B.A.
Executive Chairman of the Board, President
and Chief Executive Officer


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IMPORTANT NOTE: We intend to hold the Annual Meeting in person at the time and place designated above. However, we are sensitive to the public health and travel concerns our stockholders may have and the protocols that federal, state, and local governments may impose in light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In the event it is not possible or advisable to hold our Annual Meeting in person or at the scheduled location, we will announce alternative arrangements for the meeting promptly in advance, which may include holding the meeting solely by means of remote communication. Please monitor our website at www.sunbiopharma.com and the filings we make with the Securities and Exchange Commission for any updated information. If you are planning to attend the Annual Meeting in person, please check the website prior to the meeting date. As always, we encourage you to vote your shares prior to the Annual Meeting.


 

SUN BIOPHARMA, INC.
712 Vista Boulevard #305
Waconia, Minnesota55387

 

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF CONSENT SOLICITATIONSTOCKHOLDER

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TO BE HELDMAY 19, 2020

To the Stockholders of Sun BioPharma, Inc.:

Notice is hereby given to stockholdersthat the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Sun BioPharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation, (the “Company”)will be held on May 19, 2020, at the offices of Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, 2200 Wells Fargo Center, 90 South Seventh Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota*, that we are seeking the written consents of stockholders holding a majority of our issued and outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, as of August 9, 2017 (the “Record Date”), acting in lieu of a meeting, to authorize and approvecommencing at 2:30 p.m. local time, for the following proposal (the “Proposal”):purposes:

 

1.

Elect two Class I directors;

To amend the Certificate of Incorporation of Sun BioPharma, Inc., as amended from time to time, to effect a reverse stock split of the company’s common stock at a ratio of one-for-ten (1:10) and reduce the shares authorized for issuance by 50%, with such reverse stock split and reduction in authorized shares to be effective at such date and time, if at all, as determined by the board of directors of the company in its sole discretion.

2.

Ratify the selection of Cherry Bekaert LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020;

3.

Approve the amendment and restatement of the 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan (“2016 Plan”); and

4.

Action on any other matters that may properly come before the Annual Meeting and any adjournment of postponement thereof.

 

On July 17, 2017, the Board of Directors approved the reverse stock split, reduction in authorized shares and the corresponding amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation referenced in the Proposal and determined to solicit the required votes of the stockholders of the Company entitled to vote thereon. Only stockholders of record at the close of business on March 27, 2020, the Record Daterecord date for the meeting set by the Board of Directors, are entitled to consent to the Proposal.

This Notice of Consent Solicitation is being issued by the Company and is intended to be dispatched on or about August 24, 2017 to allnotice of the holders of common stock as ofAnnual Meeting and may vote at the Record Date.We are not holding a meeting of stockholders in connection with the Proposal. The Consent Solicitation Statement on the following pages further describes the matter presented to stockholders for consent.

The Board requests that you sign, date and return the Consent included asAppendix A to theConsent Solicitation Statement in the enclosed envelope (or by facsimileAnnual Meeting or via the internet) as soon as possible.any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) thereof.

 

By Order of the Board of Directors,

 

/s/ Scott KellenSusan Horvath

 

Scott KellenSusan Horvath
Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer,

Treasurer andSecretary

 

Minneapolis, Minnesota
August 22, 2017YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT

Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, we urge you to vote as soon as possible. If you attend the meeting, you may vote your shares in person if you wish, whether or not you submit a proxy in advance of the meeting.

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS FOR THE STOCKHOLDER MEETING TO BE HELD ON MAY 19, 2020

Our Proxy Statement for the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, are available at https://www.rdgir.com/sun-biopharma-inc.

 

 

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE
AVAILABILITY OF CONSENT SOLICITATION MATERIALS

The Notice of Consent Solicitation, Consent Solicitation Statement, and form of Consent are availablein the investors section on the Company's website at http://www.sunbiopharma.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Sun-BioPharma-Notice-of-Consent-Solicitation.pdf.


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IMPORTANT NOTE: We intend to hold the Annual Meeting in person at the time and place designated above. However, we are sensitive to the public health and travel concerns our stockholders may have and the protocols that federal, state, and local governments may impose in light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In the event it is not possible or advisable to hold our Annual Meeting in person or at the scheduled location, we will announce alternative arrangements for the meeting promptly in advance, which may include holding the meeting solely by means of remote communication. Please monitor our website at www.sunbiopharma.com and the filings we make with the Securities and Exchange Commission for any updated information. If you are planning to attend the Annual Meeting in person, please check the website prior to the meeting date. As always, we encourage you to vote your shares prior to the Annual Meeting.

 

 

 

Table of Contents

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE ANNUAL MEETING AND VOTING

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PROPOSAL 1: ELECTION OF CLASS III DIRECTORS

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Nominees for Class I Directors – Terms Expiring in 2022

6

Class II Directors –Terms Expiring in 2021

6

Class III Directors –Terms Expiring in 2022

7

Required Vote and Board Recommendation

8

Board Leadership Structure

8

Nominating Process and Board Diversity

8

Director Independence

9

Communications with our Board of Directors

9

Board Meetings and Attendance

9

Director Attendance at Annual Meeting

9

Committees of the Board of Directors

9

AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT

10

Role of the Board in Risk Oversight

11

Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions

11

DIRECTOR COMPENSATION

13

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

14

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

15

Summary Compensation Table

15

Outstanding Equity Awards as of December 31, 2019

15

Employment Agreements

16

Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change-in-Control

16

PROPOSAL 2: RATIFICATION OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

17

Required Vote and Board Recommendation

17

Audit Fees

17

Pre-approval Policy

17

PROPOSAL 3: APPROVAL OF AMENDMENTS TO 2016 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN

18

Introduction

18

Key Features of the Amended 2016 Plan

18

Purpose

18

Administration

19

Eligibility

19

Shares Available

19

Types of Awards

19

Terms of Awards and Other Plan Provisions

20

U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences

22

New Plan Benefits

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Equity Compensation Plan Information

23

Required Vote and Board Recommendation

23

DELINQUENT SECTION 16(a) REPORTS

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OTHER MATTERS

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SUBMISSION OF STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS AND NOMINATIONS

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HOUSEHOLDING

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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SUN BIOPHARMA, INC.

712 Vista Boulevard #305
Waconia, Minnesota55387

 

 

CONSENT SOLICITATION
PROXY STATEMENT

 

 

The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Sun BioPharma, Inc. (our “Company”(“our Company”) is requestingsoliciting proxies for use at the approval, by written consent in lieuAnnual Meeting of a meeting (each, a “Consent”),Stockholders to be held on May 19, 2020, and at any adjournment or postponement of the following proposalmeeting (the “Proposal”“Annual Meeting”):

To amend the Certificate of Incorporation of Sun BioPharma, Inc., as amended from time to time, to effect a reverse stock split of the company’s common stock at a ratio of one-for-ten (1:10) and reduce the shares authorized for issuance by 50%, with such reverse stock split and reduction in authorized shares to be effective at such date and time, if at all, as determined by the board of directors of the company in its sole discretion.

On July 17, 2017, the Board of Directors approved the reverse stock split, reduction in authorized shares and corresponding amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation (collectively, the “Amendment”) referenced in the Proposal and determined to solicit the required votes of the stockholders of the Company entitled to vote thereon. Only stockholders of record at the close of business on August 9, 2017 (the “Record Date”) are entitled to consent to the Proposal..

 

The primary purposeAnnual Meeting will be held at the offices of Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, 2200 Wells Fargo Center, 90 South Seventh Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota*. Registration for the reverse stock split is to enable us to meet the required minimum bid price standard required to list our common stock on a national securities exchange, such asAnnual Meeting will begin at 2:00 p.m., local time. The NASDAQ Capital Market or NYSE MKT. Our common stock is currently traded on the over-the-counter markets through the OTCQB marketplace. Historically, the over-the-counter markets have been relatively thinly traded and lack the liquidity that could be provided by a national securities exchange.

Annual Meeting will commence at 2:30 p.m. local time. This solicitation is being made primarily by mail. However,mail; however, we also may use our officers, directors and employees (without providing them with additional compensation) to solicit proxies from stockholders in person or by telephone, email, facsimile or letter. Distribution of this consent solicitationproxy statement and the Consentsproxy card is scheduled to begin on or about August 24, 2017.April 20, 2020.

 

We are not holding a meeting of stockholders in connection with the Proposal described herein. This Consent Solicitation Statement describes the matter that is presented to stockholders for approval. Approval of the Proposal requires receipt of affirmative Consents from the holders of a majority of our shares of common stock outstanding as the Record Date (the “Majority Stockholders”). There are no rights of appraisal or similar rights of dissenters with respect to the Proposal.

Pursuant to rules promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), we are providing access to our consent solicitation materials, consisting of the Notice of Consent Solicitation, this Consent Solicitation Statement, and the Consent both by sending you this full set of materials and by notifying you of the availability of the materials on the Internet. You may access the consent solicitation materialsin the investors section on the Company's website at http://www.sunbiopharma.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Sun-BioPharma-Notice-of-Consent-Solicitation.pdf.

To be counted toward approval of the Proposal, your Consent must be received within 60 days from the date of the earliest dated and delivered Consent(s). Under the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”), the failure to timely deliver a Consent will have the same effect as a vote against the Proposal.

The Board requests that you sign, date and return the Consent included asAppendixA to this Consent Solicitation Statement in the enclosed envelope (or submit your consent by facsimile or via the internet) as soon as possible. A form of the Certificate of Amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Amendment”) to be filed with the Delaware Secretary of State to implement the reverse stock split and reduction in authorized shares is included asAppendix B.


You may revoke your written Consent at any time prior to the time that we have received a sufficient number of Consents to approve the Proposal. A revocation may be in any written form validly signed and dated by you, as long as it clearly states that the Consent previously given is no longer effective. Any such revocation should be sent to us at Sun BioPharma, Inc., c/o VStock Transfer, LLC, 18 Lafayette Place, Woodmere, NY 11598.

Our Board of Directors believes that certain large holders of our common stock, our executive officers and our directors hold enough shares that they may provide sufficient Consents to approve the Proposal, although there has been no formal agreement with respect thereto. As of the Record Date, 8,844,896 shares (approximately 24.1%) of our outstanding shares of common stock are believed to be controlled and beneficially owned by our officers and directors, and 11,095,406 shares (approximately 30.2%) of our outstanding shares of common stock are believed to be controlled and beneficially owned by holders of 5% or more of our outstanding common stock.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THECONSENT SOLICITATION

The following questions and answers are intended to respond to questions frequently asked by the holders of our common stock concerning the actions approved by our Board of Directors. These questions do not, and are not intended to, address all the questions that may be important to you. You should carefully read the entire Consent Solicitation Statement, as well as its appendices and the documents incorporated by reference herein. ANNUAL MEETING AND VOTING

 

Q:

Why did I receive thisConsent Solicitation Statement? proxy statement?

 

A:

The Board of Directors is soliciting your Consent toproxy for use at the ProposalAnnual Meeting because you owned shares of our common stock at the close of business on August 9, 2017,March 27, 2020, the record date for the consent solicitation,Annual Meeting (the “Record Date”), and, therefore, are entitled to notice of the consent solicitationAnnual Meeting and may Consent tovote at the Proposal.Annual Meeting.

 

Q:

WhoWhat is entitled to consent to the Proposal?a proxy?

 

A:

AllA proxy is your legal designation of another person or persons to vote on your behalf. By completing and returning the enclosed proxy card or voting in accordance with the instructions set forth therein, you are giving Michael T. Cullen and Susan Horvath, the proxy holders, the authority to vote your shares of common stock at the Annual Meeting in the manner you indicate. If you do not give direction with respect to any nominee or other proposal, the proxy holders will vote your shares as recommended by the Board of Directors. The proxy holders are authorized to vote in their discretion if other matters are properly submitted at the Annual Meeting.

Q:

Who can vote?

A:

Holders of our common stock asat the close of business on the Record Date. As of August 9, 2017,Date are entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. On that date, there were 36,704,639a total of 6,631,308 shares of our common stock issuedoutstanding, which shares were held by 268 record holders. This proxy statement and outstanding.any accompanying proxy card, along with the annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, were first made available to stockholders beginning on or about April 20, 2020. This proxy statement summarizes the information you need to complete and submit your proxy or to vote at the Annual Meeting.


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IMPORTANT NOTE: We intend to hold the Annual Meeting in person at the time and place designated above. However, we are sensitive to the public health and travel concerns our stockholders may have and the protocols that federal, state, and local governments may impose in light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In the event it is not possible or advisable to hold our Annual Meeting in person or at the scheduled location, we will announce alternative arrangements for the meeting promptly in advance, which may include holding the meeting solely by means of remote communication. Please monitor our website at www.sunbiopharma.com and the filings we make with the Securities and Exchange Commission for any updated information. If you are planning to attend the Annual Meeting in person, please check the website prior to the meeting date. As always, we encourage you to vote your shares prior to the Annual Meeting.

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Q:

Who can attend the Annual Meeting?

 

Q:A:

What am Ibeing askedAll stockholders as of the Record Date, or their duly appointed proxy holders, may attend the Annual Meeting. If you hold your shares in street name, then you must request a legal proxy from your broker or nominee to consent to?attend or vote at the Annual Meeting.

 

A:Q:

You are What proposals am I being asked to consent to the following Proposal:

To amend the Certificate of Incorporation of Sun BioPharma, Inc., as amended from time to time, to effect a reverse stock split of the company’s common stock at a ratio of one-for-ten (1:10) and reduce the shares authorized for issuance by 50%, with such reverse stock split and reduction in authorized shares to be effective at such date and time, if at all, as determined by the board of directors of the company in its sole discretion.

The receipt of sufficientConsents to approve the Proposal will authorize our Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, to file a Certificate of Amendment with the Secretary of the State of Delaware, which would effectuate the reverse stock split and authorized share reduction.

Q:

What is the Board’s recommendationvote ?on?

 

A:

The Board recommends that all stockholders provide their Consent in support of the Proposal.You are voting on:

 


Proposal 1 – Election of two Class I directors.

 

Q:

What is the purposeProposal 2 – Ratification of the reverse stock split?selection of Cherry Bekaert LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020.

Proposal 3 – Approval of amendment and restatement of the 2016 Plan.

 

A:Q:

The primary purposeHow does the Board of the reverse stock split is to enable us to meet the required minimum bid price standard required to list our common stock on a national securities exchange, such as The NASDAQ Capital Market or NYSE MKT. Our common stock is currently tradedDirectors recommend I vote on the over-the-counter markets through the OTCQB marketplace. Historically, the over-the-counter markets have been relatively thinly traded and lack the liquidity that could be provided by a national securities exchange.

In order to list our common stock on a national securities exchange, among other requirements, our common stock must maintain a minimum closing bid price of $4.00. As of August 2, 2017, the last executed trade price of our common stock, as reported on the OTCQB marketplace, was $1.15 per share. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, the bid price of our common stock on the over-the-counter markets ranged between $6.01 and $0.56. We believe that completing the reverse stock split will result in an increase in our per share price that may enable us to apply to “uplist” our shares to a national securities exchange, provided that all of the other minimum requirements for listing on such exchange are satisfied. There can be no assurance that the market price for our common stock will increase in the same proportion as the reverse stock split or, if increased, that such price will be maintained or that it will be sufficient to permit us to apply to “uplist” our shares on a national securities exchange. We have not applied to list our common stock on any national securities exchange, and, even if we satisfy the listing requirements of an exchange, we may not apply to have our common stock listed on any exchange. Even if we do satisfy the requirements and apply for listing, there is no guarantee that our application will be approved. If our common stock is eventually listed on a national securities exchange, we may not be able to satisfy the requirements for continued listing.

Application for or approval of our common stock for listing on a national securities exchange is NOT a condition or requirement for effecting the reverse stock split. Even if the requisite number of stockholder Consents are received to approve the Proposal, our Board will have complete discretion as to whether or not to consummate the reverse stock split.

The proposed Certificate of Amendment to effectuate the reverse stock split is discussed in detail below under the heading “Proposal.” The full text of the proposed Certificate of Amendment is included asAppendixB to this Consent Solicitation Statement.

Q:

Wproposals?hat is the purpose of the reduction in authorized shares?

 

A:

In lightThe Board is soliciting your proxy and recommends you vote:

FOR each of the reverse stock split, our Board believes thatClass I director nominees (see Proposal 1); and

FOR the number of sharesratification of our capital stock that is currently authorized would provide significantly more available shares than would be necessaryindependent registered public accounting firm for our reasonably foreseeable needs. Further, because the amountyear ending December 31, 2020 (see Proposal 2); and

FOR the approval of a Delaware corporation’s franchise tax fees is based on the numberamendment and restatement of authorized shares of its capital stock, a smaller number of authorized shares will result in an immediate decrease in the Company’s Delaware franchise tax obligations. Accordingly, our Board has approved and recommends that stockholders consent to a reduction in authorized capital stock by 50% to 100 million shares of common stock and 10 million shares of preferred stock.2016 Plan (see Proposal 3).

 

Q:

When would the reverse stock split and reduction in authorized shares become effective?What constitutes a quorum?

 

A:

The consummationA majority of the Amendment will be subjectvoting power, which includes the voting power that is present in person or by proxy, regardless of whether the proxy has authority to vote on all matters, constitutes a final decision by our Boardquorum for the transaction of Directors and certain conditions, including completion of a reviewbusiness at the Annual Meeting. As of the reverseRecord Date, 3,315,655 shares of our common stock split by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). In the event that our Board of Directors determines, in its sole discretion, to effectuate the Amendment, we will file the Certificate of Amendment with the Delaware Secretary of State, which will cause the reverse stock split and reduction in authorized shares to become effective as of the date of filing.


Q:

What happens if the Proposal does not receive Consents fromconstituted a majority of our stockholders?the voting power. If you submit a valid proxy or attend the Annual Meeting, your shares will be counted to determine whether there is a quorum. Broker non-votes and abstentions are also counted for the purpose of determining a quorum, as discussed below.

 

A:Q:

If the Proposal does not receive Consents from a majority of our stockholders, then we will be unable to effect the reverse stock split and our authorized shares will remain unchanged.

If we do not receive the approval for the reverse stock split, we also will be unlikely to meet the minimum bid price standard required in order to uplist our common stock onto a national securities exchange in the foreseeable future. This may preclude our ability to access capital from certain institutional and other investors who would not invest in an unlisted stock. Certain institutional and other investors also may not be willing to invest in a “penny stock” (an unlisted stock that has a market price of less than $5.00 per share).

Q:

Will there be a meeting of stockholders to consider the Proposal?

A:

No. We will not hold a meeting of stockholders. We are incorporated in the State of Delaware. In accordance with our Certificate of Incorporation and Section 228 of the DGCL, our stockholders are permitted to take action without a meeting if consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, are given by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted.

Q:

What vote is required to approve the Proposal?each proposal?

 

A:

The Proposal must1 – Election of two Class I Directors - Provided a quorum is present at the Annual Meeting, the two nominees receiving a plurality (i.e., greatest number) of the votes cast for all nominees will be elected, regardless of whether any such nominees receive Consentsvotes from holders of at least a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of our common stock onrepresented (in person or by proxy) at the Record Date, which represents 18,352,320 shares.Annual Meeting.

 

Q:

What isProposal 2 – difference between holdingRatification of the selection of Cherry Bekaert LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020 - Provided a quorum is present at the Annual Meeting, this proposal will be approved if it receives the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares as a stockholder of recordstock represented at the meeting and as a beneficial owner?entitled to vote on the proposal.

 

A:

Shares registered in your name. If yourProposal 3 Approval of amendment and restatementof the 2016 Plan - Provided a quorum is present at the Annual Meeting, this proposal will be approved if it receives the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares are registered directly in your name with our transfer agent, VStock Transfer, LLC, you are consideredof stock represented at the meeting and entitled to be, with respect to those shares, a “stockholder of record.” If you are a stockholder of record, you are receiving this Consent Solicitation Statement andvote on the Consent directly.proposal.

 

Shares held in street name. If your shares are held in a stock brokerage account or by a bank or other nominee, you are considered to be the beneficial owner of shares held in “street name,” and this Consent Solicitation Statement is being forwarded to you by your broker, bank, trust or nominee, which is considered the stockholder of record with respect to those shares. As the beneficial owner, you have the right to direct your broker, bank, trust or nominee to provide your Consent or to withhold Consent to the Proposal. Your broker, bank, trust or nominee has enclosed an instruction card for you to use in directing the broker, bank, trust or nominee regarding whether to Consents or to withhold Consent to the Proposal. Your broker, bank, trust or nominee will only be able to vote your shares with respect to the Proposal set forth herein if you have instructed them to provide your Consent. Please instruct your broker, bank, trust or nominee to provide the Consent by returning your completed written Consent or instruction form to your broker, bank, trust or nominee and contact the person responsible for your account to ensure that your vote can be counted. If your broker, bank, trust or nominee permits you to provide instructions via facsimile, the Internet or by telephone, you may instruct them to provide or withhold the Consent that way as well.

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Q:

How do Iprovide my Consent?What is the effect of broker non-votes and abstentions?

 

A:

SharesA “broker non-vote” occurs when a nominee holding shares for a beneficial owner does not vote on a particular proposal because the nominee does not have or does not exercise discretionary voting power with respect to that item and has not received voting instructions from the beneficial owner. If a broker returns a “non-vote” proxy indicating a lack of authority to vote on a proposal, then the shares covered by such a “non-vote” proxy will be deemed present at the Annual Meeting for purposes of determining a quorum, but not present for purposes of calculating the vote with respect to any non-discretionary proposals. Nominees will not have discretionary voting power with respect to any matter to be voted upon at the Annual Meeting, other than the ratification of the selection of our independent registered public accounting firm. Broker non-votes, if any, will have the effect of a vote against Proposal 2 but will have no effect on the outcomes of Proposals 1 and 3.

A properly executed proxy marked “ABSTAIN” with respect to a proposal will be counted for purposes of determining whether there is a quorum and will be considered present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote but will not be deemed to have been voted in favor of such proposal. Abstentions will have the effect of a vote against Proposals 2 and 3 but will have no effect on the outcomes of Proposal 1.

Q:

How will the proxy holders vote on any other business brought up at the Annual Meeting?

A:

By submitting your name. proxy, you authorize the proxy holders to use their judgment to determine how to vote on any other matter brought before the Annual Meeting, or any adjournments or postponements thereof. We do not know of any other business to be considered at the Annual Meeting.

Q:

How do I vote my shares?

A:

If you are a stockholder of record, you may providevote your Consentshares of common stock at the Annual Meeting using any of the following methods:

 

Consent CardProxy cardYouThe enclosed proxy card is a means by which a stockholder may Consentauthorize the voting of the stockholder’s shares of common stock at the Annual Meeting. The shares of common stock represented by each properly executed proxy card will be voted at the Annual Meeting in accordance with the stockholder’s directions. We urge you to specify your choices by marking the Proposal by signing and datingappropriate boxes on the enclosed Consentproxy card. After you have marked your choices, please sign and mailing itdate the proxy card and mail the proxy card to our stock transfer agent, VStock Transfer, LLC, in the enclosed envelope or via facsimile transmission at the number identified on your proxy card. If you sign and return the Consent.proxy card without specifying your choices, your shares will be voted in accordance with the recommendations of the Board of Directors.

 

 

Internet—If you have Internet access, you may submit your Consentproxy from any location in the world 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Have your Consentproxy card with you when you access the website and then follow the instructions to obtain your records and to create an electronic voting instruction form.

In person at the Annual Meeting—All stockholders of record as of the Record Date may vote in person at the Annual Meeting. Even if you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, we recommend that you submit your proxy card or vote by internet or telephone ahead of time so that your vote can be counted if you later decide not to attend.

We are sensitive to the public health and travel concerns our stockholders may have and the protocols that federal, state, and local governments may impose in light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In the event it is not possible or advisable to hold our Annual Meeting in person or at the scheduled location, we will announce alternative arrangements for the meeting promptly in advance, which may include holding the meeting solely by means of remote communication. Please monitor our website at www.sunbiopharma.com and the filings we make with the Securities and Exchange Commission for any updated information. If you are planning to attend the Annual Meeting in person, please check the website prior to the meeting date. As always, we encourage you to vote your shares prior to the Annual Meeting.

 


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Shares held in street name. If you are a beneficial or street name holder, your shares are held in the name of a broker, bank, trust or other nominee as a custodian, and this Consent Solicitation Statement and the accompanying notice were forwarded to you by that organization. You have the right to direct your broker, bank, trust or other nominee to provide or withhold the Consent by completing the instruction form provided by your custodian.


 

Q:

WhatYou are a “beneficial owner” of shares held in “street name,” rather than a “stockholder of record,” if I doyour shares are held in the name of a broker, bank, trust or other nominee as a custodian, and this proxy statement and the accompanying notice were forwarded to you by that organization. As a beneficial owner, you have the right to direct your broker, bank, trust or other nominee how to vote your shares. You may vote by proxy by completing the voting instruction form provided by your custodian. Since a beneficial owner is not return the Consentstockholder of record, you may not vote your shares in person at the Annual Meeting unless you obtain a “legal proxy” from the broker, bank, trustee, or failnominee that holds your shares giving you the right to provide instructions to my custodian?vote the shares at the meeting.

 

A:Q:

Because the Proposal requires the written Consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of our common stock, your failure to respond will have the same effect as voting AGAINST the Proposal.Can I revoke or change my vote?

 

Q:A:

Can I vote againstYou can revoke your proxy at any time before it is voted at the Proposal?Annual Meeting by:

Submitting a new proxy with a more recent date than that of the first proxy given before 11:59 p.m. EDT on May 18, 2020, by following the Internet voting instructions;

Completing, signing, dating and returning a new proxy card to us, which must be received by us before the time of the Annual Meeting, or

If you are a registered stockholder, by attending the meeting in person and delivering a proper written notice of revocation of your proxy.

 

A:

We areAttendance at the meeting will not holdingby itself revoke a meeting of our stockholders, so there will be no FOR or AGAINST vote. However, because each Proposal requires the affirmative Consents of the holders of a majority of our outstanding common stock, simply not delivering an executed Consent or instructionspreviously granted proxy. Unless you decide to vote your broker, bank, trust or nomineeshares in favor of the Proposal will haveperson, you should revoke your prior proxy in the same effect as a vote AGAINST the Proposal ifway you initially submitted it were being considered at a meeting of stockholders.– that is, by Internet, facsimile or mail.

 

Q:

Can I revokemy Consent after I have delivered it?Who will count the votes?

 

A:

Shares registered in your name. If you are a stockholderAll proxies submitted will be tabulated by our transfer agent, VStock Transfer, LLC. All shares voted by stockholders of record then you may revoke your Consentpresent in person at any time prior to the time that we receive a sufficient number of Consents to approveAnnual Meeting will be aggregated with the Proposal. A revocation may be in any written form validly signed and datedproxies reported by you, as long as it clearly states that the Consent previously given is no longer effective. The revocation should be sent to us at Sun BioPharma, Inc., c/o VStock Transfer, LLC 18 Lafayette Place, Woodmere, NY 11598.

Shares held in street name. If you are a beneficial or street name holder, your shares are held in the name of a broker, bank, trust or other nominee as a custodian, and you should follow the instructions provided by your broker, bank, trust or other nominee, provided that such revocation is made prior to the time that we receive a sufficient number of written Consents to approve the Proposal set forth herein.

Q:

By what date doesby our Corporate Secretary, or her designee, who will also act as inspector of election for the Company need to receive a sufficient number of Consents?Annual Meeting.

 

A:Q:

Under Section 228(c) of the DGCL, the Consents will remain in effect until a sufficient number of Consents are received by us to take the actions proposed herein. However, such Consents will not remain effective if Consents of at least a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of our common stock on the Record Date are not received within 60 days of the earliest dated Consent delivered.Is my vote confidential?

 

Q:

Is myConsentconfidential?

A:

All Consentsproxies and all vote tabulations that identify an individual stockholder are confidential. Your Consentvote will not be disclosed exceptexcept:

To allow our independent proxy tabulator to tabulate the vote,

To allow tabulationthe inspector of election to certify the results of the shares covered by valid Consents;vote, and to

To meet applicable legal requirements.

 

Q:

What shares are included on my proxy?

A:

Your proxy will represent all shares registered to your account in the same social security number and address.

Q:

What happens if I dont vote shares that I own?

A:

Shares registered in your name. If you do not vote shares that are registered in your name by voting in person at the Annual Meeting or by proxy through the Internet, facsimile or mail as described on the proxy card, your shares will not be counted in determining the presence of a quorum or in determining the outcome of the vote on the proposals presented at the Annual Meeting.

Shares held in street name. If you hold shares through a broker, you will receive voting instructions from your broker. If you do not submit voting instructions to your broker and your broker does not have discretion to vote your shares on a particular matter, then your shares will not be counted in determining the outcome of the vote on that matter at the Annual Meeting. See “What is the effect of broker non-votes and abstentions?” as described above. Your broker will not have discretion to vote your shares for any matter to be voted upon at the Annual Meeting other than the ratification of the selection of our independent registered public accounting firm. Accordingly, it is important that you provide voting instructions to your broker for the matters to be voted upon at the Annual Meeting.

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Q:

What if I do not specify how I want my shares voted?

A:

If you are a registered stockholder and submit a signed proxy card or submit your proxy by Internet or telephone but do not specify how you want to vote your shares on a particular matter, we will vote your shares in accordance with the recommendations of the Board of Directors as set forth above with respect to matters described in the proxy statement.

If any matters not described in the proxy statement are properly presented at the Annual Meeting, the proxy holders will use their own judgment to determine how to vote your shares. If the Annual Meeting is adjourned, the proxy holders can vote your shares on the new meeting date as well, unless you have revoked your proxy instructions, as described under “Can I revoke or change my vote?

Q:

What does it mean if I get more than oneConsent? proxy card?

 

A:

Your shares are most likelyprobably registered in more than one account. You should follow voting instructions for all Consents thatproxy cards you receive.

 


Q:

How is thisconsentsolicitation being conducted?many votes can I cast?

 

A:

You are entitled to one vote per share on all matters presented at the Annual Meeting. Our stockholders do not have a right to cumulate their votes for the election of directors or otherwise.

Q:

When are stockholder proposals and nominees due for the 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders?

A:

If you want to submit a stockholder proposal or nominee for the 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, you must submit the proposal in writing to our Secretary at Sun BioPharma, Inc., 712 Vista Boulevard #305, Waconia, Minnesota 55387, so it is received by the relevant date set forth below under “Submission of Stockholder Proposals and Nominations.”

Q:

How is this proxy solicitation being conducted?

A:

We will pay the cost of soliciting Consents.proxies. In addition to solicitation by the use of the mails, certain of our directors, officers and employees may solicit Consentsproxies by telephone, email or personal contact, and have requested brokerage firms and custodians, nominees and other record holders to forward soliciting materials to the beneficial owners of our stock and maywill reimburse them for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in so forwarding such materials. To effectuate the Amendment we will pay all necessary expenses associated with filing of the Certificate of Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and submission of the proposed reverse stock split to FINRA for its review.

 

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PPROPOSAL 1:
ELECTION OF CLASS III DIRECTORS
ROPOSAL

 

HoldersOur business is overseen by a Board of common stockDirectors divided into three classes as nearly equal in number as possible, and directors typically are elected to a designated class for a term of three years. The following table sets forth certain information regarding the current members of our Board of Directors:

Name

Age

Position(s)

Michael T. Cullen

74

Executive Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

Suzanne Gagnon

63

Chief Medical Officer and Director

Jeffrey S. Mathiesen

59

Director

Paul W. Schaffer

77

Director

D. Robert Schemel

64

Director

Arthur J. Fratamico

54

Director

The Board of Directors has fixed at two the number of directors to be elected to the Board at the Annual Meeting. Based upon the recommendation of its Nominating and Governance Committee, the Board has nominated, Suzanne Gagnon and Paul Schaffer to stand for election for a three-year term. Proxies solicited by the Board will, unless otherwise directed, be voted to elect the nominees as set forth below.

Nominees for Class I Directors – Term Expiring in 2022

Each of the nominees named below is a current director of our Company and has indicated a willingness to serve as a director for the term to which she or he is elected, but in case any nominee is not a candidate at the meeting for any reason, the proxy holders named in our form of proxy may vote for a substitute nominee in their discretion or our Board of Directors may recommend that the number of directors to be elected be reduced.

Suzanne Gagnon, M.D., has served as our Chief Medical Officer and as a director of our Company since September 2015. Dr. Gagnon had previously served as a director of Sun BioPharma Research, Inc. (“SBR”), a former affiliate of the Company, since June 2015 and as its Chief Medical Officer since January 2015. Previously, Dr. Gagnon served as the Lead Clinical Consultant to the Company. Dr. Gagnon has been the President of Gagnon Consulting LLC since July 2014, consulting on medical, safety and regulatory matters. From 2001 to 2014, Dr. Gagnon served as the Chief Medical Officer for three companies, ICON Clinical Research, Nupathe, Inc. and Idis, Inc. Dr. Gagon is a graduate of Boston University School of Medicine and Boston City Hospital’s Medical Residency Program. We believe that Dr. Gagnon brings exceptional experience in drug development, safety, regulatory matters and executive leadership to the Board of Directors.

Paul W. Schaffer has served as a director since September 2015. Mr. Schaffer had previously served as a director of SBR since January 2014. Mr. Schaffer graduated from Minnesota Pharmacy School in 1966. He owned and operated a compounding pharmacy, Bloomington Drug, for 42 years. Mr. Schaffer is an experienced biotech investor. We believe that Mr. Schaffer brings a wealth of experience in pharmaceutical development and manufacturing to the Board of Directors, as well as knowledge of regulations and issues facing pharmaceutical companies.

Class II Directors –Terms Expiring in 2021

Michael T. Cullen, M.D., M.B.A., has served as Executive Chairman of the Record Date are requestedBoard of Directors and as a director of our Company since September 2015. He assumed responsibilities as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company in October 2018. Dr. Cullen brings 30 years of pharmaceutical experience to approveour Company, including expertise in working with development-stage companies in planning, designing and advancing drug candidates from preclinical through clinical development. Dr. Cullen co-founded SBR in November 2011 and had continuously served as Chairman of its Board of Directors since that date. He previously served as Chief Medical Officer from November 2011 to January 2015. Dr. Cullen assumed responsibility as the following Proposal:President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company on October 31, 2018. Dr. Cullen provided due diligence consulting to the pharmaceutical industry from 2009 to 2011, after one year in transition consulting to Eisai Co., Ltd. He developed several oncology drugs as Chief Medical Officer for MGI Pharma Inc. from 2000 to 2008, and previously at G.D. Searle, SunPharm Corporation, and as Vice President for Clinical Consulting at IBAH Inc., the world’s fifth largest contract research organization, where he provided consulting services on business strategy, creating development plans, regulatory matters and designing clinical trials for several development stage companies in the pharmaceutical industry. Dr. Cullen was also a co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of IDD Medical, a pharmaceutical start-up company. Dr. Cullen joined 3M Pharmaceuticals in 1988 and contributed to the development of cardiovascular, rheumatology, pulmonary and immune-response modification drugs. Over the course of his career Dr. Cullen has been instrumental in obtaining the approval of ten drugs, including three (3) since 2004: Aloxi®, Dacogen® and Lusedra®. Board-certified in Internal Medicine, Dr. Cullen practiced from 1977 to 1988 at Owatonna Clinic, Owatonna, MN, where he served as president. Dr. Cullen earned his MD and BS degrees from the University of Minnesota and his MBA from the University of St. Thomas and completed his residency and Board certification in Internal Medicine through the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and Wilmington, NC.

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D. Robert Schemel has served as a director since September 2015. Mr. Schemel had previously served as a director of SBR since March 2012. Mr. Schemel has over 39 years’ experience in the agriculture industry. From 1973-2005, Mr. Schemel owned and operated a farming operation in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, building a 5,000-acre operation producing corn, soybeans and sugar beets. Mr. Schemel has extensive experience in serving on boards of directors. From 1992-1996 he served as a board member for ValAdCo and then from 1996-2003 he served as the Chairman of the Board for Phenix Biocomposites.

 

To amendClass III Directors –Terms Expiring in 2022

Jeffrey S. Mathiesen has served as a director of our Company since September 2015. On March 19, 2019 Mr. Mathiesen selected to service as the CertificateVice Chair and lead independent director for the Company. He has served as Advisor to the CEO of IncorporationTeewinot Life Sciences, a privately held biopharmaceutical company focused on the biosynthetic production of pure pharmaceutical grade cannabinoids from October 2019 to December 2019, and as Chief Financial Officer from March 2019 to October 2019. Previously he served as Chief Financial Officer of Gemphire Therapeutics Inc., a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company from September 2015 to September 2018. From August 2015 to September 2015 he was a consultant to Gemphire. He served as Chief Financial Officer of Sunshine Heart, Inc., a publicly traded medical device company, from March 2011 to January 2015. From December 2005 to April 2010, Mr. Mathiesen served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Zareba Systems, Inc., a manufacturer and marketer of medical products, perimeter fencing and security systems that was purchased by Woodstream Corporation in April 2010. Mr. Mathiesen has held executive positions with publicly traded companies dating back to 1993, including vice president and chief financial officer positions. Mr. Mathiesen also serves as a director and audit committee chairman of NeuroOne Medical Technologies Corporation, a publicly traded medical device company and served as a director and audit committee chairman of eNeura, Inc., a privately held medical technology company providing therapy for both acute treatment and prevention of migraine from July 2018 to February 2020. Mr. Mathiesen holds a B.S. in Accounting from the University of South Dakota and is also a Certified Public Accountant.

Arthur J. Fratamico has served as a director of our Company since December of 2019. He is a registered pharmacist with over 25 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry and has been the Chief Business Officer at Galera Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering and developing novel dismutase mimetics with the goal of transforming cancer radiotherapy, since January 2017. Prior to joining Galera, Mr. Fratamico served as Chief Business Officer of Vitae Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Nasdaq-listed clinical-stage biotechnology company, from May 2014 until its sale to Allergan in December 2016. Prior to Vitae Pharmaceuticals, he held similar executive roles with a number of biotechnology companies leading their business development efforts, including facilitating the sales of Gemin X Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and MGI Pharma, Inc. In addition to being responsible for numerous licensing transactions and acquisitions, he also directed corporate strategy and managed external corporate communications. He also served in several senior marketing, product planning and new product development positions. Mr. Fratamico earned a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science and an M.B.A. from Drexel University.

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Required Vote and Board Recommendation

Directors are elected by a plurality of votes present and entitled to vote. Provided that a quorum is present, the nominees receiving the highest number of votes will be elected. The votes cannot be cast for a greater number of persons than two.

The Board of Directors recommends that you vote “FOR” each of the nominees for Class I Directors.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

In accordance with applicable laws and our bylaws, the business and affairs of the Company are governed under the direction of the Board of Directors. The system of governance practices we follow is set forth in our corporate governance guidelines and in the charters of each of the committees of the Board of Directors. The corporate governance guidelines set forth the practices our board will follow with respect to its duties, committee matters, director qualifications and selection process, director compensation, director share ownership, director orientation and continuing education, executive evaluation, management succession and annual evaluation of the Board of Directors and committees. We also have adopted a code of business conduct and ethics relating to the conduct of our business by our employees, officers and directors. The corporate governance documents of the Company are reviewed periodically to ensure effective and efficient governance and compliance in a timely manner with all laws.

Corporate governance information, including the corporate governance guidelines, committee charters and the code of business conduct and ethics applicable to our directors, officers and employees is posted on our website at www.sunbiopharma.com under the “Investors” page. We plan to post to our website at the address described above any future amendments or waivers to our code of ethics and business conduct.

Board Leadership Structure

Our Board of Directors is led by our Executive Chairman, Michael T. Cullen. As Executive Chairman, Dr. Cullen (a) is responsible for calling and presiding over meetings of the Board, (b) presides over our meetings of stockholders, (c) holds primary responsibility in setting Board agendas, (d) has the ability to represent us with external stakeholders. On October 31, 2018, the Board elected Dr. Cullen to fill vacancies in the additional roles of President and Chief Executive Officer. We believe that having the same individual serve as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer is appropriate, at this time, as it both maintains the functionality of our Board of Directors and is an efficient use of Company resources. On March 19, 2020 our Board of Directors designated Mr. Mathiesen as our Vice Chair and lead independent director. As Vice Chair and lead independent director Mr. Mathiesen is responsible for (a) presiding over all executive sessions of non-employee, independent directors, (b) presiding at meetings of the Board in the absence of, or upon the request of, the Chairman, (c) approving the scheduling of Board meetings as well as the agenda and materials for each Board meeting and executive session of the Board’s non-employee, independent Directors, (d) serving as a liaison and supplemental channel of communication between the non-employee, independent directors and the Executive Chairman, (e) meeting regularly with the Executive Chairman, (f) communicating with stockholders as appropriate, and (g) approving and coordinating the retention of advisors and consultants who report directly to the non-employee, independent members of the Board, except as otherwise required by applicable law or any applicable exchange rules or listing standards.

Nominating Process and Board Diversity

The Nominating and Governance Committee generally identifies director candidates based upon suggestions from current directors and senior management, recommendations by stockholders or use of a director search firm. Stockholders who wish to suggest qualified candidates may write to the attention of the chairman of our Nominating and Governance Committee at Sun BioPharma, Inc., as amended from time to time, to effect a reverse stock split712 Vista Boulevard #305, Waconia, Minnesota 55387. All recommendations should state in detail the qualifications of such person for consideration by the committee and should be accompanied by an indication of the company’s common stock at a ratio of one-for-ten (1:10) and reduce the shares authorized for issuancerecommended person’s willingness to serve if elected. The committee will consider candidates recommended by 50%, with such reverse stock split and reduction in authorized shares to be effective at such date and time, if at all, as determined by the board of directors of the company in its sole discretion.

On July 17, 2017, our Board adopted a resolution declaring the reverse stock split, reduction in authorized shares, and corresponding Amendment to be advisable andstockholders in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders and directingsame manner that the reverse stock split, reduction in authorized shares, and Amendment be submitted to stockholders of the Company entitled to vote thereon for their approval.

The Board currently intends to effect the reverse stock split in order to increase the per share trading price of our common stock, which is currently trading on the over-the-counter markets, primarily through the OTCQB marketplace, to a level sufficiently above the minimum bid price standard required for initial listing on a national securities exchange, such as The Nasdaq Capital Market or the NYSE MKT. The reduction in authorized shares is intended to reduce our state tax obligations while retaining our ability to issue additional shares, as appropriate.

Provided that we receive stockholder approval of the Proposal, the reverse stock split and reduction in authorized shares would become effective upon the filing of the Certificate of Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. The exact timing of the filing of the Certificate of Amendment will be determined by the Board, in its sole discretion, based upon its evaluation of when such action will be advantageous to the Company and our stockholders.

The Board reserves the right, notwithstanding any approval of the Proposal by the stockholders, and without further action by our stockholders, to elect not to proceed with the Amendment if, at any time prior to filing the Certificate of Amendment, the Board, in its sole discretion, determines that either the reverse stock split or the reduction in authorized shares is no longer in the best interests of the Company and our stockholders, or for any other reason.

A principal effect of the reverse stock split will be to decrease the number of outstanding shares of our common stock by approximately 90% from 36,704,639 to approximately 3,670,400. Except for de minimis adjustments that may result from the treatment of fractional shares as described below, the reverse stock split will not have any dilutive effect on our stockholders, since each stockholder would hold the same percentage of our common stock outstanding immediately following the reverse stock split as such stockholder held immediately prior to the reverse stock split. The relative voting and other rights that accompany the shares of common stock would not be affected by the reverse stock split.

Although the reverse stock split will not have any dilutive effect on our stockholders, the reverse stock split would reduce our outstanding shares of common stock by approximately 90% while the authorized capital shares would be only reduced by 50%. The resulting authorized and unissued shares of capital stock available after the reverse split could give our Board the authority to issue additional shares which would result in greater proportionate dilution to existing stockholders than would have been possible given the authorized and unissued shares available prior to filing the Amendment.

Reasons for theProposal

As noted above, the Board’s primary objective in proposing the reverse stock split is to enable the Company to raise the per share trading price of our common stock, which is currently trading on the over-the-counter markets, primarily through the OTCQB marketplace, to allow for an application to uplist our common stock on a national securities exchange, provided that at the time we submit our listing application, we satisfy the other listing criteria. Upon receiving stockholder approval, the Board may, in its sole discretion, file the Certificate of Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. Thereafter, the Board may, in its sole discretion, seek to obtain approval for listing on a national securities exchange.it considers all director candidates.

 


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Candidates for director are reviewed in the context of the current composition of our Board of Directors, our operations and the long-term interests of our stockholders. We do not have a policy regarding the consideration of diversity in identifying director nominees.

Director Independence

 

Our Board believesof Directors has reviewed the materiality of any relationship that the reverse stock split, and any resulting increase in the per share priceeach of our common stock, likely would enhancedirectors has with us, either directly or indirectly. Based on this review, our Board of Directors has determined that Messrs. Mathiesen, Schaffer, Schemel and Fratamico are “independent directors” as defined under the acceptability and marketabilityapplicable rules of The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC, which we have voluntarily adopted as our standard for director independence.

Communications with our Board of Directors

You may contact our Board of Directors or any director by mail addressed to the attention of our common stockBoard of Directors or the specific director identified by name or title, at 712 Vista Boulevard #305, Waconia, Minnesota 55387. All communications will be submitted to our Board of Directors or the financial community and investing public allowing current shareholders to benefit from greater liquidity and improve the Company’s access to capital. Many institutional investors have policies prohibiting them from holding lower-priced stocks in their portfolios, which reduces the number of potential buyers of our common stock. Additionally, analysts at many brokerage firms are reluctant to recommend lower-priced stocks to their clients or monitor the activity of lower-priced stocks. Brokerage houses frequently have internal practices and policies that discourage individual brokers from dealing in lower-priced stocks, particularly stocks categorized as “penny stocks. “Further, because brokers’ commissionsspecified director on lower-priced stock generally represent a higher percentage of the stock price than commissions on higher priced stock, investors in lower-priced stocks pay transaction costs which are a higher percentage of their total share value, which may limit the willingness of individual investors and institutions to purchase our common stock.periodic basis.

 

In light of the reverse stock split, our Board believes that the number of shares of our capital stock that is currently authorized (200 million shares of common stockMeetings and 20 million shares of preferred stock) would provide more available shares than would likely be required for our reasonably foreseeable needs. Our Board is mindful of the potential negative effects of a large number of authorized but unissued shares of common stock. The availability of a substantial number of authorized but unissued shares of common stock could, under certain circumstances, discourage or make more difficult efforts to obtain control of our Company. Further, because the amount of a Delaware corporation’s franchise tax fees is based on the number of authorized shares of its capital stock. Reducing the authorized shares of our capital stock will have the immediate effect of reducing our Delaware franchise tax obligations. Our Board believes the number of shares of common stock should be reduced by 50% to 100 million shares, and the number of shares of authorized preferred stock should be similarly reduced to 10 million shares.Attendance

 

Our Company will need to obtain additional funds to continue its operationsBoard of Directors held five meetings during 2019. Each director attended at least 75% of the meetings of our Board of Directors and execute its current business plans, including completing the current Phase 1 clinical trial, planning for required future trials and pursuing regulatory approvalscommittees on which he or she served held during their service as a director or member of the committee in the United States, the European Union and other international markets. We have been successful in the past in obtaining the necessary capital to support our operations principally through the sale of convertible debt and equity securities and we intend to seek additional financing through similar means before the end of the fiscal year. However, we have no current plans, agreements or arrangements, written or oral, to issue any of the authorized shares of capital stock that will be available as a result of the reverse stock split, if the Proposal is approved. If and when we do seek additional financing, there is no assurance that we will be able to obtain it under commercially reasonable terms and conditions, or at all. That risk would increase if our clinical data is inconclusive or not positive or economic conditions worsen in the market as a whole or in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology markets individually.year ended December 31, 2019.

 

Neither our Board nor the Company has proposed the reverse stock split or reduction in authorized shares in response to any effort, nor are we aware of any such effort, to accumulate our shares of common stock or obtain control of the Company, nor is it a plan by management to recommend a series of similar actions to our Board or our stockholders. Further, the Board does not intend for this transaction to be the first step in a “going private transaction” within the meaning of Rule 13e-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”). Further, the Board is not aware of any attempt, or contemplated attempt, to acquire control of our Company or to pursue a “going private transaction.”Director Attendance at Annual Meeting

 

We do not believe thathave a formal policy regarding attendance of directors at our officers orannual meeting of stockholders. Five directors have interestswere present at our Annual Meeting of stockholders held in the Proposal that are different from or greater than those of any other of our stockholders.2019.

 

Potential DisadvantagesCommittees of theProposal

While we believe that the reverse stock split would be in the best interests Board of the Company and its stockholders, we cannot assure you that the reverse stock split, by itself, will be sufficient to allow us to accomplish our objective to obtain a listing on a national securities exchange. While we expect that the reduction in the number of outstanding shares of common stock will increase the market price of our common stock, we cannot assure you that after the reverse stock split the market price of our common stock will increase proportionately to reflect the ratio of the reverse stock split, that the market price of our common stock will not decrease to its pre-split level, that our market capitalization will be equal to the market capitalization before the reverse stock split or that we will satisfy the other listing criteria or will be able to obtain a listing on any national securities exchange, or to maintain such listing for any meaningful period of time.

The price of our common stock is dependent upon many factors, including the results of our clinical trials, business and financial performance, general market conditions and prospects for future success. If the per share market price does not increase proportionately as a result of the reverse stock split, then the value of our Company as measured by our market capitalization will be reduced, perhaps significantly.


The number of shares held by each individual stockholder would be reduced if the reverse stock split is implemented. This may also reduce the number of stockholders who hold more than a “round lot,” or 100 shares. This has two disadvantages. For example, decreasing our number of round lot shareholders may impair our ability to comply with the rules of The Nasdaq Capital Market, which requires companies applying for listing to have at least 300 round lot stockholders. Additionally, the transaction costs to stockholders selling “odd lots” are typically higher on a per share basis. Consequently, the reverse stock split could increase the transaction costs to existing stockholders in the event they wish to sell all or a portion of their shares.

Although our Board believes that the decrease in the number of shares of our common stock outstanding as a consequence of the reverse stock split and the anticipated increase in the market price of our common stock would likely encourage interest in our common stock and promote greater liquidity for our stockholders, such liquidity could also be adversely affected by the reduced number of shares outstanding after the reverse stock split. As a result, there can be no assurance that the reverse stock split, if completed, will result in the intended benefits described above, that the market price of our common stock will increase following the reverse stock split or that the market price of our common stock will not decrease in the future.Directors

 

Our Board believes that 100 million authorized shares of common stock will be sufficient for our expected purposes for the foreseeable future. However, these expectations could turn out to be wrongDirectors has established three standing committees: Audit, Compensation, and we may require additional authorized shares sooner than we expect. In that case, we would be required to obtain the approvalNominating and Governance. The membership of our stockholders to effect an increase to our authorized shares. Any such increase to our authorized shares may require us to solicit consents or proxies and hold a vote at an annual or special meeting of our stockholders. The stockholder meeting process can be costly and time-consuming andeach committee is subject to a variety of SEC rules that implement waiting periods throughout the process, which could prevent us from obtaining any increase to our authorized shares in a timely manner. Moreover, our stockholders may not approve any proposal to increase our authorized shares. Either of these outcomes could cause us to forego opportunities that we believe to be valuable or prevent us from using equity for compensation or other corporate purposes, which could limit our flexibility and prospects.as follows:

 

 

Committees

 

 

Director 

Audit

 

Compensation

 

Nominating and

Governance

 

Independent

Directors

Michael T. Cullen

 

 

 

  

Suzanne Gagnon

 

 

 

  

Jeffrey S. Mathiesen

 

Chair

 

 

Member

 

Paul W. Schaffer

 

Member

 

Member

 

Chair

 

D. Robert Schemel

 

Member

 

Chair

 

 

Arthur J. Fratamico

 

 

Member

 

Member

 

Audit Committee

 

EffectingThe Audit Committee’s primary functions, among others, are to: (a) assist theAmendment

Upon receipt Board of stockholder approval forDirectors in discharging its statutory and fiduciary responsibilities with regard to audits of the Proposal, if our Board concludes, in its sole discretion, that it is in the best interestsbooks and records of our Company and the monitoring of its accounting and financial reporting practices; (b) carry on appropriate oversight to determine that our Company and its subsidiaries have adequate administrative and internal accounting controls and that they are operating in accordance with prescribed procedures and codes of conduct; and (c) independently review our Company’s financial information that is distributed to stockholders and the general public. The Audit Committee held five meetings during 2019. The Audit Committee has a charter, which is available on our website at www.sunbiopharma.com.

All of the members of the Audit Committee meet the requirements for financial literacy under the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Our Board of Directors has determined that Jeffrey S. Mathiesen is qualified to effectserve as an audit committee financial expert, as that term is defined under the reverse stock splitapplicable rules of the SEC. Each member of the Audit Committee satisfies the independence requirements of Rule 10A-3(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act.

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AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT

In accordance with its written charter adopted by the Board of Directors, as amended, the Audit Committee assists the Board with fulfilling its oversight responsibility regarding the quality and reductionintegrity of the accounting, auditing and financial reporting practices of the Company.

In discharging its duties, the Audit Committee:

(1)

reviewed and discussed the audited financial statements included in the Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 with management.

(2)

discussed with Cherry Bekaert LLP, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, the matters required to be discussed by the applicable Public Company Accounting Oversight Board standards and the SEC.

(3)

received and reviewed the written disclosures and the letter from Cherry Bekaert LLP required by applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding Cherry Bekaert LLP’s communications with the audit committee concerning independence, and the Audit Committee discussed with Cherry Bekaert LLP their independence from management and the Company, and

(4)

has considered whether the provision of services by Cherry Bekaert LLP not related to the audit of the financial statements referred to above and to the reviews of the interim financial statements included in the Company’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q are compatible with maintaining Cherry Bekaert LLP’s independence, and has determined that they are compatible and do not impact Cherry Bekaert LLP’s independence.

Based upon the review and discussions referred to above, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board of Directors that the audited financial statements be included in authorized shares, then the Certificate of Amendment willCompany’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 to be filed with the SecretarySEC.

Audit Committee:

Jeffrey S. Mathiesen (Chair)

D. Robert Schemel

Paul W. Schaffer

Compensation Committee

The Compensation Committee reviews and recommends to our Board of StateDirectors all compensation for our executive officers and, on an annual basis, the goals and objectives relevant to the annual compensation of our executive officers in light of their respective performance evaluations. Our Compensation Committee is also responsible for administering our equity incentive plans, including our 2011 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the “2011 Plan”) and our 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended ( the “2016 Plan”), including approval of individual grants of stock options and other equity-based awards. The Compensation Committee held three meetings during 2019. The Compensation Committee has a charter, which is available on our website at www.sunbiopharma.com.

Nominating and Governance Committee

The Nominating and Governance Committee is primarily responsible for identifying individuals qualified to serve as members of our Board of Directors, recommending individuals to our Board of Directors for nomination as directors and committee membership, reviewing the compensation paid to our non-employee directors and recommending adjustments in director compensation, as necessary, in addition to overseeing the annual evaluation of our Board of Directors. The Nominating and Governance Committee held one meeting during 2019. The Nominating and Governance Committee has a charter that is available on our website at www.sunbiopharma.com.

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Role of the State of Delaware. The actual timingBoard in Risk Oversight

One of the filingkey functions of our Board of Directors is informed oversight of our risk management process. The Board of Directors does not have a standing risk management committee, but rather administers this oversight function directly through the Board of Directors as a whole, as well as through various standing committees of our Board of Directors that address risks inherent in their respective areas of oversight. In particular, our Board of Directors is responsible for monitoring and assessing strategic risk exposure and our Audit Committee has the responsibility to consider and discuss our major financial risk exposures and the steps our management has taken to monitor and control these exposures, including guidelines and policies to govern the process by which risk assessment and management is undertaken. The Audit Committee also monitors compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. Our Nominating and Governance Committee monitors the effectiveness of our corporate governance practices, including whether they are successful in preventing illegal or improper liability-creating conduct. Our Compensation Committee assesses and monitors whether any of our compensation policies and programs has the potential to encourage excessive risk-taking.

Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions

The following is a summary of transactions since January 1, 2018 to which our Company has been a party and in which the amount involved exceeded $25,000, which is approximately 1% of the Certificate of Amendment will be determined by our Board. Notwithstanding stockholder approval, if at any time prior to the filing of the Certificate of Amendment, the Board deems the reverse stock split or reduction in authorized shares to no longer be in the best interestsaverage of our Company and our stockholders, the Board may abandon this effort, without further action by our stockholders. The reverse stock split will be effectivetotal assets as of the date of filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or at such time and date as may be specified in the Certificate of Amendment (the “Effective Time”).

Upon the filing of the Certificate of Amendment, without further action on our part or on the part our stockholders, the outstanding shares of common stock held by stockholders of record as of the Effective Time would be converted into a lesser number of shares of common stock based on the a reverse stock split ratio of one-for-ten (1:10). For example, if you presently hold 10,000 sharesends of our common stock, you would hold 1,000 shareslast two completed fiscal years, and in which any of our common stock following the reverse stock split.

Effectdirectors, executive officers, or beneficial owners of theAmendmenton Registration, Voting Rights and Authorized Shares

The reverse stock split will affect all stockholders equally and will not affect any stockholder’s proportionate equity interest in the Company. None of the rights currently accruing to holders of our common stock will be affected by the reverse stock split. If and when our Board elects to effect the reverse stock split, the principal effect will be to proportionately decrease the number of outstanding shares of our common stock based on the split ratio.

Proportionate voting rights and other rights of the holders of our common stock will not be affected by the reverse stock split, othermore than as a result of the treatment of fractional shares as described below. For example, a holder of 2% of the voting power of the outstanding shares of our common stock immediately prior to the effectiveness of the reverse stock split will generally continue to hold 2% of the voting power of the outstanding shares of our common stock after the reverse stock split. The number of stockholders of record will not be affected by the reverse stock split.


The Amendment, in connection with the reverse stock split, would also reduce the number of authorized shares10% of our capital stock had or will have a direct or indirect material interest, other than the compensation arrangements that are described under the heading “Executive Compensation: Employment Agreements” below.

Our Chief Medical Officer, Suzanne Gagnon, is also a member of our Board of Directors. We are party to an employment agreement with Dr. Gagnon in substantially the same form as follows: the authorized numberemployment agreements with the Executives described below under the heading “Executive Compensation: Employment Agreements.” Dr. Gagnon is eligible to participate in the other compensation and benefit programs generally available to our employees. Her employment agreement also includes customary confidentiality, non-competition and non-solicitation covenants. Under her employment agreement as currently in effect, Dr. Gagnon was entitled to receive an initial annualized base salary of shares$270,000. During 2018 and 2019, Dr. Gagnon received compensation from the Company amounting to $207,700 and $250,100, respectively.

Certain directors and executive officers participated in various debt and equity offerings during the two years ended December 31, 2019. The table below summarizes those securities purchases:

Related Person Name and Position(s)

 

Date of Investment

 

Securities Purchased

 

Amount Invested

 

Michael T. Cullen, Executive Chairman President, CEO and Director (a)

 

2/14/2018

 

5,000 Shares of Common Stock and Warrants to Purchase up to 5,000 additional Shares of Common Stock(b)

 $25,000 
         

Paul W. Schaffer, Director

 

5/16/2018

 

5,000 Shares of Common Stock and Warrants to Purchase up to 5,000 additional Shares of Common Stock(b)

 $25,000 
         

Michael T. Cullen, Executive Chairman President, CEO and Director

 

12/31/2018

 

$35,000 principal amount of Convertible Promissory Notes and Warrants to purchase up to 20,000 Shares of Common Stock(c)

 $35,000 
         

Michael T. Cullen, Executive Chairman President, CEO and Director

 

8/30/2019

 

30,000 Shares of Common Stock and Warrants to purchase up to 30,000 additional Shares of Common Stock(d)

 $105,000 
         

Paul W. Schaffer, Director

 

9/20/19

 

30,000 Shares of Common Stock and Warrants to Purchase up to 30,000 additional Shares of Common Stock(e)

 $105,000 
         

Suzanne Gagnon Chief Medical Officer and Director

 

9/20/19

 

7,142 Shares of Common Stock and Warrants to Purchase up to 7,142 additional Shares of Common Stock(e)

 $25,000 


(a)

As trustee of the Cullen Living Trust Dated April 23, 2009

(b)

Pursuant to Securities Purchase Agreement dated February 20, 2018. The warrants are exercisable for a period of three years from the date of issuance at an exercise price of $5.00 per share.

(c)

The Convertible Promissory Notes (“Notes”) were part of a series of notes issued on the same terms as those issued to third parties in December 2018 and January 2019, matured on June 30, 2019 and bore interest at a rate of 10.0% per year in the interim. The Notes had a mandatory conversion of all principal and interest into common stock on the earlier of (1) June 30, 2019 or (2) the date our Company received gross proceeds of at least $6.0 million from the sale of equity securities (subject to certain exclusions). The Notes converted at a stated conversion rate of $3.50 per share subject to downward adjustments, if any, to match the price per share of common stock or any unit containing a share of common stock issued by the Company on or before the date of conversion. The exercise price of each warrant is $4.50 per share and they are exercisable until the 5-year anniversary of the date of issuance. See also Note 6 to our consolidated financial statements, included in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019.

(d)

Pursuant to Securities Purchase Agreement dated August 30, 2019 the warrants are exercisable for a period of five years from the date of issuance at an exercise price of $4.00 per share.

(e)

Pursuant to Securities Purchase Agreement dated September 20, 2019 the warrants are exercisable for a period of five years from the date of issuance at an exercise price of $4.00 per share.

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Limitation of Liability of Directors and Officers and Indemnification

Our certificate of incorporation limits the liability of the directors to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law.

Our bylaws provide that we will indemnify and advance expenses to the directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by law or, if applicable, pursuant to indemnification agreements. They further provide that we may choose to indemnify other employees or agents of our Company from time to time. The Delaware General Corporation Law and the bylaws also permit us to secure insurance on behalf of any officer, director, employee or other agent for any liability arising out of his or her actions in connection with their services to our Company, regardless of whether the bylaws permit indemnification. We maintain a directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy.

At present there is no pending litigation or proceeding involving any of the current or former directors or officers as to which indemnification is required or permitted, and we are not aware of any threatened litigation or proceeding that may result in a claim for indemnification.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC this indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

Related Person Transaction Approval Policy

Our Board of Directors has adopted a written policy regarding transactions with related persons, which we refer to as our related party transaction approval policy. Our related party transaction approval policy requires that any executive officer proposing to enter into a transaction with a “related party” generally must promptly disclose to our Audit Committee the proposed transaction and all material facts with respect thereto. In reviewing a transaction, our Audit Committee will consider all relevant facts and circumstances, including (1) the commercial reasonableness of the terms, (2) the benefit and perceived benefits, or lack thereof, to us, (3) the opportunity costs of alternate transactions and (4) the materiality and character of the related party’s interest, and the actual or apparent conflict of interest of the related party.

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Our Audit Committee will not approve or ratify a related party transaction unless it determines that, upon consideration of all relevant information, the transaction is beneficial to our Company and stockholders and the terms of the transaction are fair to our Company. No related party transaction will be consummated without the approval or ratification of our Audit Committee. It will be our policy that a director will recuse him- or herself from any vote relating to a proposed or actual related party transaction in which they have an interest. Under our related party transaction approval policy, a “related party” includes any of our directors, director nominees, executive officers, any beneficial owner of more than 5% of our common stock and preferred stock will be reduced by 50% to 100 million and 10 million, respectively. As a result, the proportionany immediate family member of shares owned by our stockholders relative to the number of shares authorized for issuance will decrease, and the resulting authorized and unissued shares of common stock available for issuance after the reverse split may be used at such times and for such purposes as our Board may deem advisable without further action by our stockholders, except as required by applicable laws and regulations. In accordance with our Certificate of Incorporation and the DGCL, our stockholders do not have any preemptive rights to purchase or subscribe for any of our unissued shares.

Our Company will need to obtain additional funds to continue its operations and execute its current business plans, including completing the current Phase 1 clinical trial, planning for required future trials and pursuing regulatory approvals in the United States, the European Union and other international markets. We have been successful in the past in obtaining the necessary capital to support our operations principally through the sale of convertible debt and equity securities and we intend to seek additional financing through similar means before the end of the fiscal year. However, we have no current plans, agreements or arrangements, written or oral, to issue any of the authorized sharesforegoing. Related party transactions exempt from our policy include transactions available to all of capital stock that will be available as a result ofour employees and stockholders on the reverse stock split, if the Proposal is approved. If and when we do seek additional financing, there is no assurance that we will be able to obtain it under commercially reasonablesame terms and conditions,transactions between us and the related party that, when aggregated with the amount of all other transactions between us and the related party or at all. That risk would increase if our clinical data is inconclusive or not positive or economic conditions worsen in the market as a whole or in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology markets individually.

Effects of the Reverse Stock Split on Issued and Outstanding Shares of Common Stock

At the time that the reverse stock split is effectuated, shares of our common stock issued and outstanding will be proportionately decreased based on the split ratio. Ten shares of existing common stock will be combined into one new share of common stock. The number of shares of common stock issued and outstanding will therefore be reduced. For example, as of August 2, 2017, we had 36,704,639 shares of common stock outstanding. Without giving effect to any fractional shares that may be eliminated as a part of the reverse stock split, approximately 3,670,463 shares of common stock would be outstanding after giving effect to the reverse stock split. However, as described below, holders of common stock otherwise entitled to a fractional share as a result of the reverse stock split will receive a cash payment in lieu of such fractional share. These cash payments will reduce the number of post-reverse stock split shares of our common stock outstanding and, to the extent there are currently stockholders who would otherwise receiveits affiliates, involved less than one sharepercent of common stock after the reverse stock split, may also reduce the number of holdersaverage of our common stock.Company’s total assets at yearend for the last two completed fiscal years.

 

Effect on Par Value and Loss per ShareDIRECTOR COMPENSATION

 

The par value per sharefollowing table sets forth certain information regarding compensation of the common stock will remain unchanged at $0.001 per share afterpersons who served as our non-employee directors during the reverse stock split. As a result, on the Effective Time of the reverse stock split the stated capitalyear ended December 31, 20129.

Name

 

Option Awards
($)
(a)

 

Total
($)

 

D. Robert Schemel

 

62,395

(b) 62,395 

Jeffrey S. Mathiesen

 

62,395

(c) 62,395 

Paul W. Schaffer

 

62,395

(d) 62,395 

Arthur J. Fratamico

 

74,992

(e)  74,992 


(a)

The values of option awards in this table represent the fair value of such awards granted during the fiscal year, as computed in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718. The assumptions used to determine the valuation of the awards are discussed in Note 9 to our consolidated financial statements, included in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019.

(b)

Mr. Schemel held options to purchase an aggregate of 54,600 shares as of December 31, 2019.

(c)

Mr. Mathiesen held options to purchase an aggregate of 54,600 shares as of December 31, 2019.

(d)

Mr. Shaffer held options to purchase an aggregate of 70,600 shares as of December 31, 2019.

(e)

Mr. Fratamico held options to purchase an aggregate of 38,300 shares as of December 31, 2019.

Directors who are also our employees receive no additional cash compensation for serving on our balance sheet, which is the numberBoard of shares outstanding multiplied by the $0.001 par value, will be reduced proportionately, based on the split ratio, fromDirectors and non-employee directors receive no cash compensation. During 2019, our Company reimbursed non-employee directors for out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with attending meetings of our Board of Directors and its present amount and the additional paid-in capital account will be increased by the amount that the stated capital is reduced.committees.

 

After the reverse stock split, net income or loss per share and other per share amounts will be increased proportionally because there will be fewer shares of our common stock outstanding. In future financial statements, net income or loss per share and other per share amounts for periods ending before the reverse stock split would be recast to give retroactive effect to the reverse stock split.

Effect on the Companys Equity Incentive Plans

As of the Record Date, we had approximately 3,896,000 shares subject to stock options under our 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “2016 Plan”) and 2,943,600 shares subject to stock options under our 2011 Stock Option Plan (the “2011 Plan”).

Under the 2016 Plan,On March 19, 2019, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors has sole discretionapproved a compensation program for our non-employee directors effective for 2019 and future years, consisting of annual awards of options to determinepurchase common stock. Each non-employee director will be eligible to receive an option by dividing a target dollar amount by the appropriate adjustment to the awards outstanding in the eventBlack-Scholes value of a stock split. Should the reverse stock split be effectuated, the number and class of shares underlying shares authorized to be granted or granted and the price per share payable upon exercise of an award, as applicable, would be equitably adjusted to reflect such changes. The Board has approved proportionate adjustments to the number of shares underlying awards outstanding and available for issuance and proportionate adjustments to the exercise price relating to any such awards.

Under the 2011 Plan, the outstanding awards granted thereunder are automatically adjusted in the event of a stock split. Should the reverse stock split be effectuated, the number of shares underlying awards granted under the 2011 Plan, and the price per share payable upon exercise of such an awards would be equitably adjusted to reflect such changes.


Accordingly, if the Proposal is approved by stockholders, upon the filing of the Certificate of Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, the number of all outstanding equity awards, the number of shares available for issuance and the exercise price relating to all outstanding equity awards under the 2016 Plan and 2011 Plan will be proportionately adjusted using the split ratio and fractional shares, if any, will be truncated.

The Compensation Committee is also authorized to effect any other changes necessary, desirable or appropriate to give effect to the reverse stock split, including any applicable technical, conforming changes to our 2016 Plan or 2011 Plan. For example, the 11,104,000 shares that remained available for issuance under the 2016 Plan as of the Record Date would be adjusted to 1,110,400 shares, subject to increase as and when awards made under such Plan expire or are forfeited and are returned per the terms of the 2016 Plan. In addition, under that example, the exercise price per share for each outstanding stock option would be increased by ten times, such that upon an exercise, the aggregate exercise price payable by the optionee to the Company would remain the same. For illustrative purposes only, an outstanding stock option for 10,000 shares of common stock, exercisable at $1.00 per share, would be adjusted into an option exercisable for 1,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $10.00 per share.

Effect on our OutstandingWarrants

If the reverse stock split is effectuated, the number of shares of our common stock that may be purchased upon exercise of outstanding warrants and the exercise prices for these securities will be ratably adjusted in accordance with their terms as of the Effective Time. Thus, ifdate of grant. The target dollar amount for each director will equal (i) $35,000 for service as a non-employee director, plus (ii) $5,000 for each committee of which the reverse stock splitdirector is effectuated, the number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of any outstanding warrant will automatically be reduced inexpected to serve as chair.

On the same ratio asdate, the reduction in the numberCompensation Committee also granted to each then-serving non-employee director a one-time grant of shares of outstanding common stock. Correspondingly, the per share exercise price will be increased in direct proportionan option to the stock split ratio, so that the aggregate dollar amount payable for the purchase of the shares underlying warrants will remain unchanged.

Effect on our OutstandingConvertible Promissory Notes

Our convertible notes are convertible into shares of common stock or other securities of the Company upon the occurrence of a Qualified Financing, including the sale of equity securities or a strategic partnership, raising gross proceeds of at least $2.0 million on or before the maturity of the 2017 Notes or upon the request of a holder of any 2017 Note at a fixed conversion rate of $1.01 per share. If the reverse stock split is effectuated, holders of the convertible notes retain the right to convert at a conversion price determined by applying a discount to the price of the common stock or securities sold in the Qualified Financing. As such the number of shares of our common stock into which the convertible notes may be converted in connection with a Qualified Financing would be unaffected by the reverse stock split. However, the fixed conversion price which may be elected by holders of the convertible notes will be increased in direct proportion to the stock split ratio.

Effect on Registration and Stock Trading

Our common stock is currently registered under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and we are subject to the periodic reporting and other requirements of the Exchange Act. If our common stock becomes listed on a national securities exchange, we would file a short form registration statement for our common stock to be registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act. We currently do not intend to seek any change in our status as a reporting company for federal securities law purposes, either before or after the reverse stock split, except to have our common stock moved from a registration pursuant to Section 12(g) to Section 12(b) under the Exchange Act.

Effect on Registered and Beneficial Holders

Upon completion of the reverse stock split, if you hold registered shares of pre-split common stock in a book-entry form, you do not need to take any action to receive your shares of post-split common stock in registered book-entry form. On or after the Effective Time, the Company’s transfer agent may be instructed to send a transaction statement to your address of record as soon as practicable after the Effective Time indicating the number of shares of post-split common stock you hold.


If any stockholders of record hold their shares of our Common stock in certificate form, upon completion of the reverse stock split they may receive a transmittal letter from the Company’s transfer agent after the effective time of the reverse stock split. The transmittal letter would be accompanied by instructions specifying how to exchange your certificate representing the pre-split common stock for a statement of holding or a certificate of post-split common stock. No service charges, brokerage commissions or transfer taxes shall be payable by any holder of any pre-split certificate, except that if any post-split certificate is to be issued in a name other than that in which the pre-split certificate(s) are registered, it will be a condition of such issuance that (1) the person requesting such issuance must pay to us any applicable transfer taxes or establish to our satisfaction that such taxes have been paid or are not payable, (2) the transfer complies with all applicable federal and state securities laws, and (3) the surrendered certificate is properly endorsed and otherwise in proper form for transfer. Stockholders will not have to pay any service charges in connection with the exchange of their certificates.

Stockholders who hold shares in street name through a nominee (such as a bank, broker or trust) will be treated in the same manner as stockholders whose shares are registered in their names, and nominees will be instructed to effect the reverse stock split for their beneficial holders. However, nominees may have different procedures and stockholders holding shares in street name should contact their nominees.

Fractional Shares

The Company does not intend to issue fractional shares in connection with the reverse stock split. Holders of record of our common stock who otherwise would be entitled to receive fractional shares because they hold, as of a date prior to the Effective Time, a number of shares of our common stock not evenly divisible by 10 will be entitledequal to a cash payment in lieu thereof. The cash payment will equal the product obtained by multiplying (a) the most recent sale price per share of the Common Stock as reported by OTC Markets Group, Inc. as of the date of the Effective Time, by (b) the fraction of one share owned$10,000 divided by the stockholder. The ownershipBlack-Scholes value of a fractional interest will not give the holder thereof any voting, dividend or other rights except to receive payment therefor as described herein.

Holders of our common stock should be aware that, under the escheat laws of the various jurisdictions where our stockholders reside, where we are domiciled and where the funds will be deposited, sums due for fractional interests that are not timely claimed after the Effective Time may be required to be paid to the designated agent for each such jurisdiction. Thereafter, holders of our common stock otherwise entitled to receive such funds may have to seek to obtain them directly from the state to which they were paid.

As of the Record Date, we had 185 holders of record of our common stock (although we have significantly more beneficial holders). We do not expect the reverse stock split to result in a significant reduction in the number of record holders.

Anti-Takeover and Dilutive Effects

The purpose of reducing our authorized common stock by only 50% after the reverse stock split is to reduce our potential Delaware franchise tax obligation while preserving sufficient authorized shares to facilitate our ability to raise additional capital to support our operations. The reduction in our authorized common stock is not to intended to establish any barriers to a change of control or acquisition of our Company. The shares of common stock that are authorized but unissued provide our Board with flexibility to effect, among other transactions, public or private financings, acquisitions, stock dividends, stock splits and the granting of equity incentive awards. However, these authorized but unissued shares may also be used by our Board, consistent with and subject to its fiduciary duties, to deter future attempts to gain control of us or make such actions more expensive and less desirable.

In addition, given that the reverse stock split reduces our outstanding shares of common stock by approximately 90% while the authorized capital shares would be only reduced by 50%, the resulting authorized and unissued shares of capital stock available after the reverse split may give our Board the authority to issue additional shares which would result in greater proportionate dilution to existing stockholders than would have been possible given the authorized and unissued shares available prior to filing the Amendment. Our Board may issue shares of our capital stock from time to time without delay or further action by the stockholders except as may be required by applicable law or exchange rules. The reverse stock split is not being recommended in response to any specific effort of which we are aware to obtain control of us, nor does our Board have any present intent to use the authorized but unissued common stock to impede a takeover attempt. There are no plans or proposals to adopt other provisions or enter into any arrangements that have material anti-takeover effects.


No Appraisal Rights

Under the DGCL, our stockholders are not entitled to appraisal or dissenter’s rights with respect to the reverse stock split, and we will not independently provide our stockholders with any such rights.

Financial Information

Our audited consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes filed with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016, (our “Annual Report”), are incorporated herein by reference.

Our unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements and accompanying notes filed with our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the periods ended March 31, 2017 and for the period ended June 30, 2017 (our “Quarterly Reports”), are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 7 of Part II of our Annual Report “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2 of Part I of our Quarterly Reports “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” are incorporated herein by reference.

Certain Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Reverse Stock Split

The following discussion is a general summary of certain U.S. federal income tax consequences of the reverse stock split that may be relevant to (i) holders of our common stock that hold such stock as a capital asset for U.S. federal income tax purposes and (ii) to us. This summary is based upon the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder, administrative rulings and judicial decisions as of the date hereof, all of which may change, possibly with retroactive effect, resulting in U.S. federal income tax consequences that may differ from those discussed below. This discussion does not address all aspects of U.S. federal income taxation that may be relevant to such holders in light of their particular circumstances or to holders that may be subject to special tax rules, including, without limitation: (i) holders subject to the alternative minimum tax; (ii) banks, insurance companies, or other financial institutions; (iii) tax-exempt organizations; (iv) dealers in securities or commodities; (v) regulated investment companies or real estate investment trusts; (vi) partnerships (or other flow-through entities for U.S. federal income tax purposes and their partners or members); (vii) traders in securities that elect to use a mark-to-market method of accounting for their securities holdings; (viii) U.S. Holders (as defined below) whose “functional currency” is not the U.S. dollar; (ix) persons holding our common stock as a position in a hedging transaction, “straddle,” “conversion transaction” or other risk reduction transaction; (x) persons who acquire shares of our common stock in connection with employment or other performance of services; or (xi) U.S. expatriates. In addition, this summary does not address the tax consequences arising under the laws of any foreign, state or local jurisdiction and U.S. federal tax consequences other than U.S. federal income taxation. If a partnership (including any entity or arrangement treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) holds shares of our common stock, the tax treatment of a holder that is a partner in the partnership generally will depend upon the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership.

We have not sought, and will not seek, an opinion of counsel or a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) regarding the U.S. federal income tax consequences of the reverse stock split and there can be no assurance the IRS will not challenge the statements and conclusions set forth below or that a court would not sustain any such challenge. EACH HOLDER OF COMMON STOCK SHOULD CONSULT SUCH HOLDER’S TAX ADVISOR WITH RESPECT TO THE PARTICULAR TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE REVERSE STOCK SPLIT TO SUCH HOLDER.


For purposes of the discussion below, a “U.S. Holder” is a beneficial owner of shares of our common stock that for U.S. federal income tax purposes is: (1) an individual citizen or resident of the United States; (2) a corporation (including any entity treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state or political subdivision thereof; (3) an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source; or (4) a trust, the administration of which is subject to the primary supervision of a U.S. court and as to which one or more U.S. persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust, or that has a valid election in effect to be treated as a U.S. person. A “Non-U.S. Holder” is a beneficial owner (other than a partnership) of shares of our common stock who is not a U.S. Holder.

U.S. Holders

The reverse stock split should constitute a “recapitalization” for U.S. federal income tax purposes. As a result, a U.S. Holder generally should not recognize gain or loss upon the reverse stock split, except with respect to cash received in lieu of a fractional share of our common stock as discussed below. A U.S. Holder’s aggregate tax basison the date of grant. Each such option is scheduled to vest in three substantially equal installments on the sharesfirst, second and third anniversaries of our common stock received pursuantthe dates of grant.

All options awarded to non-employee directors under the new compensation program will bear an initial exercise price equal to the reverse stock split should equal the aggregate tax basisfair market value of the shares of our common stock surrendered (excluding any portion of such basis that is allocated to any fractional share of our common stock), and such U.S. Holder’s holding period (i.e. acquired date) in the shares of our common stock received should include the holding period in the shares of our common stock surrendered. Treasury regulations promulgated under the Code provide detailed rules for allocating the tax basis and holding period of the shares of our common stock surrendered to the shares of our common stock received pursuant to the reverse stock split. Holders of shares of our common stock acquired on different dates and at different prices should consult their tax advisors regarding the allocation of the tax basis and holding period of such shares.

A U.S. Holder who receives cash in lieu of a fractional share of our common stock pursuanton the grant date, as determined in accordance with the applicable equity incentive plan, and, once vested, will remain exercisable through the ten-year anniversary of the date of grant.

In connection with Mr. Fratamico’s election to the reverse stock split should recognize capital gain or lossBoard of Directors, effective December 19, 2019, the Compensation Committee awarded him two options, one to purchase 6,500 shares, scheduled to vest in an amount equalfull the day before the Annual Meeting and a second to purchase 26,800 shares, 50% of which was exercisable on the date of grant and 25% of which is schedule to vest on the first and second anniversaries of the date of grant. These grants were made consistent with the director compensation program put into place in 2019 and the time remaining prior to the difference between the amount of cash received and the U.S. Holder’s tax basis in the shares of our common stock surrendered that is allocated to such fractional share of our common stock. Such capital gain or loss should be long term capital gain or loss if the U.S. Holder’s holding period for our common stock surrendered exceeded one year at the Effective Time. Long-term capital gains of non-corporate U.S. Holders are generally subject to reduced rates of taxation. The deductibility of capital losses is subject to limitations. Capital gains recognized by individuals, trusts and estates also may be subject to a federal Medicare contribution tax.

Information Reporting and Backup Withholding.Information returns generally will be required to be filed with the IRS with respect to the receipt of cash in lieu of a fractional share of our common stock pursuant to the reverse stock split in the case of certain U.S. Holders. In addition, U.S. Holders may be subject to a backup withholding tax (at the current applicable rate of 28%) on the payment of such cash if they do not provide their taxpayer identification numbers (in the case of individuals, their social security number) in the manner required or otherwise fail to comply with applicable backup withholding tax rules. Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules may be refunded or allowed as a credit against the U.S. Holder’s federal income tax liability, if any, provided the required information is timely furnished to the IRS.

Non-U.S. Holders

Non-U.S. Holders who exchange shares of our common stock pursuant to the reverse stock split generally should be subject to tax in the manner described above under “U.S. Holders,” except that any capital gain realized by a Non-U.S. Holder as a result of receiving cash in lieu of a fractional share of our common stock generally should not be subject to U.S. federal income or withholding tax unless:

the Non-U.S. Holder is an individual who holds our common stock as a capital asset, is present in the U.S. for 183 days or more during the taxable year of the reverse stock split and meets certain other conditions;


the gain is effectively connected with the Non-U.S. Holder’s conduct of a trade or business in the U.S. (or, if certain income tax treaties apply, is attributable to a Non-U.S. Holder’s permanent establishment in the U.S.); or

we are or have been a “United States real property holding corporation” for U.S. federal income tax purposes at any time within the shorter of the five-year period ending on the Effective Time, or the period that the Non-U.S. Holder held the shares of our common stock. We do not believe that we have been, currently are, or will become, a United States real property holding corporation.

Individual Non-U.S. Holders who are subject to U.S. federal income tax because they are present in the United States for 183 days or more during the year of the reverse stock split will be taxed on gain recognized as a result of receiving cash in lieu of a fractional share of common at a flat rate of 30% or such lower rate as may be specified by an applicable income tax treaty. Other Non-U.S. Holders subject to U.S. federal income tax with respect to gain recognized as a result of receiving cash in lieu of a fractional share of common stock generally will be taxed on such gain in the same manner as if they were U.S. Holders and, in the case of foreign corporations, may be subject to an additional branch profits tax at a 30% rate or such lower rate as may be specified by an applicable income tax treaty.

Information Reporting and Backup Withholding. In general, backup withholding and information reporting will not apply to payment of cash in lieu of a fractional share of our common stock to a Non-U.S. Holder pursuant to the reverse stock split if the Non-U.S. Holder certifies under penalties of perjury that it is a Non-U.S. Holder and neither we nor the transfer agent has actual knowledge to the contrary. Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules may be refunded or allowed as a credit against the Non-U.S. Holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability, if any, provided that certain required information is timely furnished to the IRS. In certain circumstances the amount of cash paid to a Non-U.S. Holder in lieu of a fractional share of our common stock, the name and address of the beneficial owner and the amount, if any, of tax withheld may be reported to the IRS.

Text of Proposed Amendment; Effectiveness

The text of the proposed Certificate of Amendment is set forth inAppendix B to this Consent Solicitation Statement. If and when effected by our Board, the Certificate of Amendment will become effective upon its filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

Vote Required and Board Recommendation

Approval of the Proposal requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock as of the Record Date. The Board recommends all stockholders deliver a Consent in favor of the Proposal in order to effect the reverse stock split and reduction in authorized shares as soon as possible.next annual meeting.

 

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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

 

The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the beneficial ownership of our outstanding common stock as of August 2, 2017March 27, 2020 by (i) each of our namedexecutive officers;named executive officers identified in the Summary Compensation Table below; (ii) each of our directors; (iii) all of our executive officers, directors and director nominees as a group; and (iv) each other beneficial owner of 5% or more of our outstanding common stock. Ownership percentages are based on 36,704,6396,631,308 shares of common stock outstanding as of the close of business on the same date.

Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC. To our knowledge and subject to applicable community property laws, each of the holders of stock listed below has sole voting and investment power as to the stock ownedunlessowned unless otherwise noted. The table below includes the number of shares underlying optionsrights to acquire common stock that are exercisable within 60 days from August 2, 2017.March 27, 2019. Except as otherwise noted below, the address for each director or officer listed in the table is c/o Sun BioPharma, Inc., 712 Vista Blvd #305, Waconia, Minnesota 55387.

 

Name

 

Amount and Nature of

Beneficial Ownership

  

Percentage of

Outstanding Shares

 

Executive Officers and Directors

        

Michael T. Cullen

  4,397,014(a)  11.7%

David B. Kaysen

  592,750(b)  1.6%

Scott Kellen

  267,750(c)  * 

Suzanne Gagnon

  911,250(d)  2.5%

Dalvir S. Gill

  156,000(e)  * 

Jeffrey S. Mathiesen

  156,000(e)  * 

J. Robert Paulson, Jr.

  156,000(e)  * 

Paul W. Schaffer

  1,400,144(f)(g)  3.8%

D. Robert Schemel

  3,876,836(h)  10.5%

All directors and current executive officers as a group (9 persons)

  11,913,744(i)  30.0%
         

Ryan R. Gilbertson

  6,153,899(j)(g)  16.3%
1675 Neal Ave
Delano, MN 55328
        

Paul M. Herron

  2,454,860(k)  6.7%
105 Cypress Lagoon Court
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082
        

Douglas M. Polinsky

  2,002,723(l)(g)  5.4%
328 Barry Ave S. #210
Wayzata, MN 55391
        

Clifford F. McCurdy, III

  1,840,000   5.0%

15625 West Hwy 318

Williston, FL 326961

        

Name

 

Amount and Nature of

Beneficial Ownership

  

Percentage of Outstanding

Shares

 

Executive Officers and Directors

        

Michael T. Cullen

  774,771(a)  11.0%

Susan Horvath

  112,090(b)  1.7%

Suzanne Gagnon

  339,992(c)  4.9%

Jeffrey S. Mathiesen

  58,900(d)  * 

Paul W. Schaffer

  275,741(e)  4.1%

D. Robert Schemel

  436,749(f)  7.9%

Arthur J. Fratamico

  24,900(g)  * 

All directors and current executive officers as a group (7 persons)

  2,023,143(h)  26.4%
         

Ryan Gilbertson 2012 Irrevocable Family Trust

  793,564(i)  11.6%
8615 Eagle Creek Circle        
Savage, Minnesota 55378        

 

 


*

Less than 1 percent.

(a)

Includes 1,895,764194,576 shares held by the Cullen Living Trust and 818,750324,700 shares subject to stock options, and 25,00057,500 shares subject to warrants.

(b)

Includes 517,75088,650 shares subject to stock options, and 25,00014,928 shares subject to warrants.

(c)

Includes 215,250 shares subject to stock options and 17,500 shares subject to warrants.

(d)

Includes 10,0008,142 shares held by the Gagnon Family Trust, 456,250287,350 shares subject to stock options and 15,0001,500 shares subject to warrants.

(d)

Includes 52,900 shares subject to options and 3,000 shares subject to warrants.

(e)

Consists of 156,000 shares subject to stock options.

(f)

Includes 189,09230,685 shares held by the Paul Shaffer Trust, 216,00068,900 shares subject to stock options, 50,00051,756 shares subject to warrants and an estimated 50,848 shares issuable upon the holder’s election pursuant to a convertible promissory note.warrants.

(g)

Upon a “qualified financing,” the convertible promissory note(s) beneficially owned would instead automatically convert into common stock at price of $1.01 per share or (if less) a price representing a 33% discount from either (a) the price per share of common stock (if any) offered in such financing or (b) the closing price of issuer common stock on the date the material terms of such financing are first publicly announced, subject to reporting person’s right to elect an alternate conversion into the securities then offered at a 10% discount to the price paid in such financing. Upon a corporate transaction, the convertible promissory note would automatically convert into common stock at a price equal to $30 million divided the number of issuer common stock then outstanding (calculated on a fully-diluted basis).

(h)(f)

Includes 2,826,548282,654 shares held by spouse and 156,00052,900 shares subject to stock options and 11,767 shares subject to warrants.

(g)

Includes 24,900 shares subject to stock options.

(h)

Includes 900,300 shares subject to stock options and 140,451 shares subject to warrants.

(i)

Includes 2,885,500218,455 shares subject to stock options, 132,500 shares subject to warrants and an estimated 50,848 shares issuable upon the holder’s election pursuant to a convertible promissory note.warrants.

(j)Includes 800,000 shares subject to warrants and 280,000 shares held by Total Depth Foundation. Also includes an estimated 203,391 shares issuable upon the holder’s election pursuant to a convertible promissory note held by Northern Capital Partners I, LP., of which Mr. Gilbertson is the chief manager.
(k)Includes 414,860 shares held jointly with spouse and 200,000 shares subject to warrants.
(l)Includes 101,705 shares held jointly with spouse and an estimated 152,685 shares issuable upon the holder’s election pursuant to a convertible promissory note.

 

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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The following disclosure focuses on our named executive officers. For fiscal 2019 our “named executive officers” consisted of: Michael T. Cullen and Susan Horvath.

Base salaries for each of our named executive officers were initially established based on arm’s-length negotiations with the applicable executive. Our Compensation Committee reviews our executive officers’ salaries annually. When negotiating or reviewing base salaries, the Compensation Committee considers market competitiveness based on the experience of its members, the executive’s expected future contribution to our success and the relative salaries and responsibilities of our other executives.

Summary Compensation Table

The following table provides information regarding the compensation earned by our named executive officers for fiscal 2019 (collectively referred to as the “Executives”):

Name and Principal Position

 

Fiscal Year

 

Salary
($)

  

Option Awards(a)
($)

  

Total
($)

 

Michael T. Cullen

 

2019

  282,350   377,471   659,821 
Executive Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer(b)  

2018

  221,200   491,491   712,691 
               

Susan Horvath

 

2019

  220,313   181,124   401,436 
Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance(c)  

2018

  150,000   147,573   297,573 


(a)

The values of option awards in this table represent the fair value of such awards granted during the fiscal year, as computed in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718. The assumptions used to determine the valuation of the awards are discussed in Note 9 to our consolidated financial statements, included in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019.

(b)

Dr. Cullen was elected to serve in the additional roles of President and Chief Executive Officer on October 31, 2018.

(c)

Ms. Horvath joined the Company on April 17, 2018.

Outstanding Equity Awards as of December 31, 2019

 

   

Option Awards

Name  

Grant Date

 

Number of

securities

underlying

unexercised options

(#) exercisable

  

Number of securities

underlying

unexercised options

(#) unexercisable

  

Option exercise

price ($)

 

Option expiration

Date

Michael T. Cullen

 

3/5/2015

  80,000      3.18 

3/5/2025

  

12/12/2016

  15,000      15.10 

12/12/2026

  

2/27/2018

  100,000      8.10 

2/27/2028

  

5/21/2019

  71,500   84,600(a)   2.95 

5/21/2029

  

9/24/19

  30,000      5.00 

9/24/2029

                

Susan Horvath

 

4/17/2018

  20,000   20,000(b)   5.75 

4/17/2028

  

5/21/19

  21,575   36,225(c)   2.95 

5/21/2029

  

9/24/19

  25,000      5.00 

9/24/2029


(a)

Scheduled to vest with respect to 28,200 on May 21st in each of 2020, 2021 and 2022.

(b)

Scheduled to vest with respect to 10,000 on April 17th in each of 2020 and 2021.

(c)

Scheduled to vest with respect to 12,075 on May 21st in each of 2020, 2021 and 2022.

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Employment Agreements

During 2019, we were party to employment agreements with each of the Executives. In addition to the specific terms summarized below, each Executive is eligible to participate in the other compensation and benefit programs generally available to our employees, including our other executive officers, if any. Each such employment agreement also includes customary non-competition and non-solicitation covenants and a requirement that the Executive execute a supplemental agreement regarding confidentiality and assignment of intellectual property.

In accordance with the employment agreements, the base salary of each Executive is reviewed annually by the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors. Pursuant to the employment agreements, the committee may authorize an increase for the applicable year but may not reduce an Executive’s base salary below its then-current level other than with the Executive’s consent or pursuant to a general wage reduction in respect of substantially all of our executive officers.

Executive Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

Under his employment agreement, as last amended, Dr. Cullen was entitled to receive an initial annualized base salary equal to $288,000. He is eligible to receive an annual performance-based cash bonus with a target amount equal to no less than 45% of his base salary. Payment of the bonus amount will be subject to achievement of metrics to be established by our Board of Directors and Dr. Cullen’s continued employment with the Company through the end of the applicable cash bonus period. Neither our Board of Directors nor its Compensation Committee established such performance criteria for 2019 and therefore no cash bonus was paid.

No change was made to Dr. Cullen’s employment agreement as a result of his election to serve in the additional roles of President and Chief Executive Officer in October 2018 until May 21, 2019. On that date the Compensation Committee increased Dr. Cullen’s annualized base salary to $315,000.

Chief Financial Officer

Under her employment agreement, Ms. Horvath is entitled to receive an initial annualized base salary equal to $225,000. Ms. Horvath also is eligible to receive an annual performance-based cash bonus with a target amount equal to no less than 40% of her base salary. Payment of the bonus amount will be subject to achievement of metrics to be established by our Board of Directors and Ms. Horvath’s continued employment with the Company through the end of the applicable cash bonus period. Neither our Board of Directors nor its Compensation Committee established such performance criteria for 2019 and therefore no cash bonus was paid.

Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change-in-Control

Under their respective employment agreements, if Dr. Cullen’s or Ms. Horvath’s employment is terminated by us for any reason other than for “cause” (as defined in the applicable employment agreement) or by him or her for “good reason” (as defined in the applicable employment agreement), then he or she will be eligible to receive an amount equal to their respective annualized salary plus an amount equal to a prorated portion of their cash bonus target, if any, for the year in which the termination occurred, in addition to other amounts accrued on or before the date of termination. If any such termination occurs within six months prior or two years after a “change of control” (as defined in the applicable employment agreement), then Dr. Cullen or Ms. Horvath, as applicable, would instead receive an amount equal to his or her respective annualized salary, plus an amount equal to his or her full cash bonus target for the year in which the termination occurred.

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PROPOSAL 2:
RATIFICATION OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Audit Committee has selected Cherry Bekaert LLP to serve as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2020, and the Board of Directors is asking stockholders to ratify that selection. Although current law, rules and regulations, as well as the Audit Committee charter, require our independent registered public accounting firm to be supervised by the Audit Committee and recommended to the Board of Directors for appointment and, if necessary, removal, our Board of Directors considers the selection of an independent registered public accounting firm to be a matter of stockholder concern and considers this proposal to be an opportunity for stockholders to provide direct feedback. Cherry Bekaert LLP has served as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm since 2015.

Notwithstanding its selection of Cherry Bekaert LLP, the Audit Committee, in its discretion, may appoint another independent registered public accounting firm at any time during the year if the committee believes that such a change would be in the best interests of our Company and its stockholders. If the appointment of Cherry Bekaert LLP is not ratified by our stockholders, the Audit Committee may reconsider whether it should appoint another independent registered public accounting firm. Representatives of Cherry Bekaert LLP are not expected to be present at the Annual Meeting.

Required Vote and Board Recommendation

Provided a quorum is present at the Annual Meeting, this proposal will be approved if it receives the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of stock represented at the meeting and entitled to vote on the proposal.

The Board of Directors recommends that you vote “FOR” the ratification of the selection of Cherry Bekaert LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2020.

Audit Fees

Cherry Bekaert LLP served as our independent registered public accounting firm for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018. The following table presents the aggregate fees for professional services provided by Cherry Bekaert LLP related to 2019 and 2018:

  

Year Ended

 
  

December 31, 2019

  

December 31, 2018

 

Audit Fees

 $104,500  $104,500 

Total

 $104,500  $104,500 

Audit Fees” consisted of fees for the audit of our annual consolidated financial statements, including audited consolidated financial statements presented in our annual report on Form 10-K, review of the consolidated financial statements presented in our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and services that are normally provided by the independent registered public accountants in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for those fiscal years. This category also includes advice on audit and accounting matters that arose during, or as a result of, the audit or the review of interim financial statements and statutory audits required by non-U.S. jurisdiction.

Pre-approval Policy

The Audit Committee has established a policy governing our use of the services of our independent registered public accountants. Under the policy, the Audit Committee is required to pre-approve all audit and permitted non-audit services performed by our independent registered public accountants in order to ensure that the provision of such services does not impair the public accountants’ independence. In 2019, all fees identified above under the captions “Audit Fees” that were billed by Cherry Bekaert LLP were approved by the Audit Committee in accordance with SEC requirements.

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PROPOSAL 3:
APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT OF THE 2016 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN

Introduction

On April 9, 2020, our Board of Directors, upon recommendation of its Compensation Committee (as used in this section of this proxy statement, the “Committee”), approved the amendment and restatement of the Sun BioPharma, Inc. 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Amended 2016 Plan”), subject to stockholder approval. The purpose of the Amended 2016 Plan is to provide long-term incentives to persons with responsibility for success and growth at our Company. The Amended 2016 Plan authorizes the issuance of up to 2,800,000 shares of our common stock pursuant to awards granted thereunder, which includes 1,500,000 shares previously approved by stockholders at our 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders as well as 1,300,000 additional shares.

Key Features of the Amended 2016 Plan

Our Board of Directors believes that equity-based incentives are an important part of total compensation for our executives as well as for employees and our non-employee directors and aligns their interests with the interests of our stockholders. We believe that stockholders should approve the Amended 2016 Plan for the following reasons:

No Repricing, Replacement or Repurchase of Underwater Options or Stock Appreciation Rights. The Amended 2016 Plan prohibits, without stockholder approval, actions to reprice, replace or repurchase options or stock appreciation rights (“SARs”) when the exercise price per share of an option or SAR exceeds the fair market value of the underlying shares.

No In-the-Money Option or SAR Grants. The Amended 2016 Plan prohibits the grant of options or SARs with an exercise price less than the fair market value of our common stock on the date of grant (except in the limited case of “substitute awards” as described below).

No Liberal Share Counting. Shares delivered or withheld to pay the exercise price or satisfy a tax withholding obligation in connection with option awards and SARs, shares that we repurchase using option exercise proceeds, and shares subject to a SAR that are not issued in connection with the stock settlement of that award upon its exercise may not be used again for new grants.

Dividend Equivalents Subject to Performance Conditions. Dividends and dividend equivalents payable with respect to the unvested portion of full value awards whose vesting is subject to the satisfaction of performance conditions will be subject to the same restrictions as the underlying shares or units.

No Liberal Definition of “Change in Control.” No change in control would be triggered solely because of stockholder approval of a business combination transaction.

Double Trigger Accelerated Vesting Following a Change in Control. The Amended 2016 Plan provides that if outstanding awards are continued, assumed or replaced in connection with a change in control that constitutes a corporate transaction, then accelerated vesting of an award will occur only if employment is terminated (other than for “cause” or “good reason”) within 12 months of the change of control.

The descriptions set forth below are in all respects qualified by the terms of the Amended 2016 Plan, which is attached to this Proxy Statement as Appendix A.

Purpose

The purpose of the Amended 2016 Plan is to promote the interests of our Company and our stockholders by providing key personnel of our Company and our affiliates with an opportunity to acquire a proprietary interest in the Company and thereby develop a stronger incentive to put forth maximum effort for the continued success and growth of our Company and our affiliates. In addition, the opportunity to acquire a proprietary interest in our Company will aid in attracting and retaining key personnel of outstanding ability. The Amended 2016 Plan is also intended to provide non-employee directors of the Company with an opportunity to acquire a proprietary interest in the Company, to compensate non-employee directors for their contributions to the Company and to aid in attracting and retaining non-employee directors.

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Administration

The Amended 2016 Plan is administered by the Committee. The Committee has the authority to adopt, revise and waive rules relating to the Amended 2016 Plan and to determine the timing and identity of participants, the amount of any awards and other terms and conditions of awards. The Committee may delegate its responsibilities under the Amended 2016 Plan to one or more of its members or to one or more directors or executive officers of the Company with respect to the selection and grants of awards to employees of the Company who are not deemed to be officers, directors or 10% stockholders of the Company under applicable federal securities laws. The Board of Directors will perform the duties and have the responsibilities of the Committee with respect to awards made to non-employee directors.

Eligibility

All employees of our Company and our affiliates, non-employee directors of our Company and any consultant or advisor who is a natural person and provides services to us or our affiliates are eligible to receive awards under the Amended 2016 Plan at the discretion of the Committee or the Board, as applicable. No awards may be granted under the Amended 2016 Plan in conjunction with a capital-raising transaction or the promotion or maintenance of a market for our securities. Incentive stock options under the Amended 2016 Plan may be awarded to employees of the Company. As of April 3, 2020, there were approximately 9 total employees and non-employee directors. Such employees, directors and others who currently or may in the future provide services to us and our affiliates may be considered for the grant of awards under the Amended 2016 Plan at the discretion of the Committee or the Board, as applicable.

Shares Available

The total number of shares of Company Common Stock available for distribution under the Amended 2016 Plan is 2,800,000 (which reflects 1,500,000 shares approved at the 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, after giving effect to the 2017 1-for-10 reverse stock split, plus an additional 1,300,000 shares), subject to adjustment for future stock splits, stock dividends and similar changes in the capitalization of the Company. In addition, the Amended 2016 Plan provides that the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Amended 2016 Plan will increase on January 1 of each year beginning in 2021 and ending on January 1, 2025 in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) 20% of the total number of Fully Diluted Shares (as defined in the Amended 2016 Plan) as of December 31 of the immediately preceding calendar year and (ii) such lesser number of shares as may be determined by the Board of Directors or the Committee prior to January 1st of any calendar year. The shares of our Common Stock covered by the Amended 2016 Plan may be treasury shares or authorized but unissued shares.

Any shares subject to an award under the Amended 2016 Plan that expires, is cancelled or forfeited or is settled for cash shall, to the extent of such expiration, cancellation, forfeiture or cash settlement, remain in the pool of shares available for grant under the Amended 2016 Plan. The following shares will, however, continue to be charged against the foregoing maximum share limitations and will not again become available for grant: (i) shares tendered by the participant or withheld by us in payment of the purchase price of an Option, (ii) shares tendered by the participant or withheld by us to satisfy any tax withholding obligation with respect to an Option of SAR, (iii) shares subject to a SAR that are not issued in connection with the settlement of the SAR upon its exercise and (iv) shares repurchased by us with proceeds received from the exercise of a stock option issued under the Amended 2016 Plan.

Types of Awards

The Amended 2016 Plan allows us to grant stock options, SARs, restricted stock, restricted stock units and other stock-based awards. The Committee may provide that the vesting or payment of any award will be subject to the attainment of certain performance objectives established by the Committee, in addition to completion by the plan participant of a specified period of service. The Committee may amend the terms of any award previously granted, but no amendment may materially impair the rights of any participant with respect to an outstanding award without the participant’s consent, unless such amendment is necessary to comply with applicable laws or stock exchange rules.

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Stock Options

Stock options granted under the Amended 2016 Plan may be either incentive stock options (“ISOs”), which are specifically designated as such for purposes of compliance with Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), or non-statutory stock options (“NSOs”). Options will vest as determined by the Committee, subject to statutory limitations regarding the maximum term of ISOs and the maximum value of ISOs that by vest in a single year. The exercise price of options may not be less than the fair market value of our Common Stock on the date of grant, which, if our shares or not readily tradable on an established securities market will be determined by the Committee as the result of a reasonable application of a reasonable valuation method that satisfies the requirements of Section 409A of the Code. The exercise price must be paid in full at the time of exercise and may be paid in cash or such other manner as permitted by the Committee, including by withholding shares issuable upon exercise or by delivery of shares already owned by a participant. Although not necessarily indicative of fair market value, the most recent sale price of a share of our common stock on the over the counter markets, which sale occurred on April 1, 2020, was $5.25 per share.

Stock Appreciation Rights

SARs provide for payment to the participant of all or a portion of the excess of the fair market value of a specified number of shares of our Common Stock on the date of exercise over a specified exercise price, which may not be less than the fair market value of our Common Stock on the date of grant. Payment may be made in cash or shares of our Common Stock or a combination of both, as determined by the Committee.

Restricted Stock

Restricted stock awards are awards of shares of our Common Stock that are subject to vesting conditions, and the corresponding lapse or waiver of forfeiture conditions and other restrictions, based on such factors and occurring over such period of time as the Committee may determine.

Restricted Stock Units

Restricted stock units provide a participant with the right to receive, in cash or shares of our Common Stock or a combination of both, the fair market value of a specified number of shares of our Common Stock, and will be subject to such vesting and forfeiture conditions and other restrictions as the Committee determines.

Other Stock-Based Awards

The Committee may grant other awards under the Amended 2016 Plan that are valued by reference to and/or payable in whole or in part in shares of our Common Stock.

Terms of Awards and Other Plan Provisions

Substitute Awards

Awards may be granted under the Amended 2016 Plan in substitution for awards granted by another entity acquired by our company or with which our company combines. The terms and conditions of these substitute awards will be comparable to the terms of the awards replaced and may therefore differ from the terms and conditions otherwise set forth in the Amended 2016 Plan. Shares subject to substitute awards will not count against the Amended 2016 Plan share reserve.

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Repricing of Awards

The Committee may not reduce the exercise price of stock options or SARs granted under the Amended 2016 Plan, exchange outstanding stock options or SARs with new stock options or SARs with a lower exercise price or a new full value award, repurchase underwater stock options or SARs or take any other action that would constitute a “repricing,” unless such action is first approved by our stockholders.

Transferability of Awards

Except as noted below, during the lifetime of a person to whom an award is granted, only that person, or that person’s legal representative, may exercise an option or SAR, or receive payment with respect to performance units or any other award. No award may be sold, assigned, transferred, exchanged or otherwise encumbered other than to a successor in the event of a participant’s death or pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order. However, the Committee may provide that awards, other than incentive stock options, may be transferable to members of the participant’s immediate family or to one or more trusts for the benefit of such family members or partnerships in which such family members are the only partners, if the participant does not receive any consideration for the transfer.

Termination of Service

Unless otherwise provided in an award agreement, upon termination of a participant’s service with us, all unvested and unexercisable portions of the participant’s outstanding awards will immediately be forfeited. If a participant’s service with us terminates other than for cause (as defined in the Amended 2016 Plan), death or disability, the vested and exercisable portions of the participant’s outstanding stock options and SARs generally will remain exercisable for 90 days after termination. If a participant’s service terminates due to death or disability, the vested and exercisable portions of the participant’s outstanding stock options and SARs generally will remain exercisable for one year after termination. Upon termination for cause, all unexercised stock options and SARs will be forfeited.

Withholding

The Amended 2016 Plan permits us to withhold from cash awards, and to require a participant receiving Common Stock under the Amended 2016 Plan to pay us in cash, an amount sufficient to cover any required withholding taxes. In lieu of cash, the Committee may permit a participant to cover withholding obligations through a reduction in the number of shares delivered to such participant or a surrender of shares then owned by the participant.

Change in Control

If a change in control (as defined in the Amended 2016 Plan) that involves a corporate transaction (as defined in the Amended 2016 Plan) occurs and any outstanding award is continued, assumed or replaced by our Company or the surviving or successor entity in connection with such change in control, and if within 12 months after the change in control a participant’s employment or other service is terminated without cause or with good reason (as defined in the Amended 2016 Plan), then (i) each of the participant’s outstanding options and SARs will become exercisable in full, and (ii) each of the participant’s unvested full value awards will fully vest. If any outstanding award is not continued, assumed or replaced in connection with such change in control, then the same consequences as specified in the previous sentence with respect to a termination of employment or other service will occur in connection with a change in control unless and to the extent the Committee elects to terminate such award in exchange for a payment in an amount equal to the intrinsic value of the award (or, if there is no intrinsic value, the award may be terminated without payment). The Committee may, in its discretion, take such other action as it deems appropriate with respect to outstanding awards for a change in control not involving a corporate transaction or may generally provide for different circumstances upon any change in control in an individual award agreement.

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Adjustment of Awards

In the event of an equity restructuring, such as a stock dividend or stock split, that affects the per share value of our Common Stock, the Committee will make appropriate adjustment to: (i) the number and kind of securities reserved for issuance under the Amended 2016 Plan, (ii) the number and kind of securities subject to outstanding awards under the Amended 2016 Plan, (iii) the exercise price of outstanding options and SARs, and (iv) any maximum limitations prescribed by the Amended 2016 Plan as to grants of certain types of awards. The Committee may also make similar adjustments in the event of any other change in our company’s capitalization, including a merger, consolidation, reorganization or liquidation.

Amendment and Termination

The Amended 2016 Plan has a term of ten years from its effective date, or the earlier termination of the Amended 2016 Plan by our Board of Directors. Our Board may amend the Amended 2016 Plan at any time, but no amendment may materially impair the rights of any participant with respect to outstanding awards without the participant’s consent. Stockholder approval of any amendment of the Amended 2016 Plan will be obtained if required by applicable law or the rules of any securities exchange on which our Common Stock may then be listed. Awards that are outstanding on the Amended 2016 Plan’s termination date will remain in effect in accordance with the terms of the Amended 2016 Plan and the applicable award agreements.

U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences

The following is a summary of the principal United States federal income tax consequences to the Company and to participants subject to U.S. taxation with respect to awards granted under the Amended 2016 Plan, based on current statutes, regulations and interpretations.

Non-statutory Stock Options

If a participant is granted a non-statutory stock option under the Amended 2016 Plan, the participant will not recognize taxable income upon the grant of the option. Generally, the participant will recognize ordinary income at the time of exercise in an amount equal to the difference between the fair market value of the shares acquired at the time of exercise and the exercise price paid. The participant’s basis in the common stock for purposes of determining gain or loss on a subsequent sale or disposition of such shares generally will be the fair market value of our common stock on the date the option was exercised. Any subsequent gain or loss will be taxable as a capital gain or loss. The Company will generally be entitled to a federal income tax deduction at the time and for the same amount as the participant recognizes as ordinary income.

Incentive Stock Options

If a participant is granted an incentive stock option under the Amended 2016 Plan, the participant will not recognize taxable income upon grant of the option. Additionally, if applicable holding period requirements (a minimum of two years from the date of grant and one year from the date of exercise) are met, the participant will not recognize taxable income at the time of exercise. However, the excess of the fair market value of the shares acquired at the time of exercise over the aggregate exercise price is an item of tax preference income potentially subject to the alternative minimum tax. If shares acquired upon exercise of an incentive stock option are held for the holding period described above, the gain or loss (in an amount equal to the difference between the fair market value on the date of sale and the exercise price) upon disposition of the shares will be treated as a long-term capital gain or loss, and the Company will not be entitled to any deduction. Except in the event of death, if the holding period requirements are not met, the incentive stock option will be treated as one that does not meet the requirements of the Code for incentive stock options and the tax consequences described for nonqualified stock options will generally apply.

Other Awards

The current federal income tax consequences of other awards authorized under the Amended 2016 Plan generally follow certain basic patterns. An award of restricted stock results in income recognition by a participant in an amount equal to the fair market value of the shares received at the time the restrictions lapse and the shares vest, unless the participant elects under Code Section 83(b) to accelerate income recognition and the taxability of the award to the date of grant. Stock unit awards generally result in income recognition by a participant at the time payment of such an award is made in an amount equal to the amount paid in cash or the then-current fair market value of the shares received, as applicable. SAR awards result in income recognition by a participant at the time such an award is exercised in an amount equal to the amount paid in cash or the then-current fair market value of the shares received by the participant, as applicable. In each of the foregoing cases, the Company will generally have a corresponding deduction at the time the participant recognizes ordinary income, subject to Code Section 162(m) with respect to covered employees.

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Section 162(m) of the Code

Code Section 162(m) denies a deduction to any publicly held corporation for compensation paid to certain “covered employees” in a taxable year to the extent that compensation to the covered employee exceeds $1,000,000.

Section 409A of the Code

The foregoing discussion of tax consequences of awards under the Amended 2016 Plan assumes that the award discussed is either not considered a “deferred compensation arrangement” subject to Section 409A of the Code or has been structured to comply with its requirements. If an award is considered a deferred compensation arrangement subject to Section 409A but fails to comply, in operation or form, with the requirements of Section 409A, the affected participant would generally be required to include in income when the award vests the amount deemed “deferred,” would be required to pay an additional 20% income tax on such amount, and would be required to pay interest on the tax that would have been paid but for the deferral.

New Plan Benefits

No benefits or amounts have been granted, awarded or received under the Amended 2016 Plan that are subject to stockholder approval. In addition, the Committee will determine the number and types of awards that will be granted under the Amended 2016 Plan. Thus, it is not possible to determine the benefits that will be received by eligible participants if the Amended 2016 Plan is approved by our stockholders.

Equity Compensation Plan Information

The following table presents the number of securities authorized for issuance under the Company’s equity compensation plans as of December 31, 2019:

Plan Category

 

Number of Securities to Be

Issued Upon Exercise of

Outstanding Options,

Warrants and Rights

  

Weighted-Average Exercise

Price of Outstanding

Options, Warrants and

Rights

  

Number of Securities

Remaining Available for

Future Issuance under

Equity Compensation Plans

 

Equity compensation plans approved by security holders

  1,744,811(a) $6.526   19,549 

Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders

         

Total

  1,744,811       19,549 


(a)

Includes 1,480,451 shares underlying common stock options under the 2016 Plan and 264,360 shares underlying common stock options under the 2011 Plan. We ceased issuing awards under the 2011 Plan upon stockholder approval of the 2016 Plan in 2016.

Required Vote and Board Recommendation

Provided a quorum is present at the Annual Meeting, this proposal will be approved if it receives the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of stock represented at the meeting and entitled to vote on the proposal.

The Board of Directors unanimously recommends that you vote “FOR
approval of the Amended 2016 Plan.

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DELINQUENT SECTION 16(a) REPORTS

Section 16(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 requires that our directors, executive officers and beneficial owners of more than 10% of our common stock file initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership with the SEC. Directors, executive officers and beneficial owners of greater than 10% of our common stock are required to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file. Based solely on a review of the copies of such forms furnished to us and written representations from our directors and executive officers, all Section 16(a) filing requirements were met for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 except for one report by Ryan R. Gilbertson, reporting the sale of common stock.

OTHER MATTERS

The Board of Directors is not aware of any matters that are expected to come before the Annual Meeting other than those referred to in this proxy statement. If any other matter should come before the Annual Meeting, the persons named in the accompanying proxy intend to vote the proxies in accordance with their best judgment.

SUBMISSION OFSTOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS AND NOMINATIONS

 

Stockholder proposals intended to be presented at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in the year 20182021 that are requested to be included in the proxy statement for that meeting must be received by us at our principal executive office no later than December 28, 2017.17, 2020. We must receive any other stockholder proposals intended to be presented, and any director nominees for election, at the annual meeting of stockholders in the year 20182021 at our principal executive office no earlier than February 6, 2018January 12, 2021 and no later than March 8, 2018.February 11, 2021. Upon timely receipt of any such proposal containing the information required by our bylaws, as amended from time to time, we will determine whether or not to include such proposal in the proxy statement and proxy in accordance with applicable regulations governing the solicitation of proxies.

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Our annual reports on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, including our financial statements and the notes thereto, as filed with the SEC, are available on the SEC’s Internet site, www.sec.gov, and our corporate website, www.sunbiaopharma.com, under “Investor Relations.”HOUSEHOLDING

 

We will providehave adopted a procedure approved by the SEC called “householding,” by which certain stockholders who do not participate in electronic delivery of proxy materials but who have the same address and appear to be members of the same family receive only one copy of our annual report and proxy statement. Each stockholder participating in householding continues to receive a separate proxy card. Householding reduces both the environmental impact of our annual meetings and our mailing and printing expenses.

If you would like to change your householding election, request that a single copy of the annual reportproxy materials be sent to your address, or request a separate copy of the proxy materials, please contact Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., by calling (866) 540-7095 or by writing to Broadridge Householding Department, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, New York 11717. We will promptly deliver the notice of internet availability or proxy materials to you upon receipt of your request. If you hold your shares in street name, please contact your bank, broker, or other record holder to request information about householding.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 20162019, accompanies the delivery of this proxy statement and any subsequent quarterly reportsa copy of such annual report, as filed with the SEC, is also available on the Commission’ website, www.sec.gov, and our corporate website, www.sunbiopharma.com (under “Investor Relations”). In addition, a copy of the Annual Report on Form 10-Q and/or the10-K, as amended, may be sent to any stockholder without charge (except for exhibits, thereto upon written request and payment of specified fees. The written requestif requested, for such Form 10-K and/or Exhibits shouldwhich a reasonable fee will be directed to Scott Kellen,charged), our Chief Financial Officer and Secretary at:

 

Sun BioPharma, Inc.
712 Vista Boulevard #305
Waconia, Minnesota 55387

 

Such request must set forth a good faith representation that the requesting party was a holder of record or a beneficial owner of our common stock as of the Record Date.

 

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ALL STOCKHOLDERS ARE URGED TO EXECUTE THE ACCOMPANYING CONSENT AND TO RETURN IT PROMPTLY IN THE ACCOMPANYING ENVELOPE. STOCKHOLDERS MAY REVOKE ANY CONSENT IF SO DESIRED AT ANY TIME BEFORE THE COMPANY RECEIVES SUFFICIENT CONSENTS TO APPROVE THE PROPOSAL.Appendix A

SUN BIOPHARMA, INC.
2016 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN

Amended and Restated as of April 9, 2020

1.            Purpose. The purpose of the Sun BioPharma, Inc. Company 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) is to attract and retain the best available personnel for positions of responsibility with the Company, to provide additional incentives to them and align their interests with those of the Company’s stockholders, and to thereby promote the Company’s long-term business success.

2.            Definitions. In this Plan, the following definitions will apply.

(a)Affiliate” means any entity that is a Subsidiary or Parent of the Company.

(b)Agreement” means the written or electronic agreement, notice or other document containing the terms and conditions applicable to each Award granted under the Plan. An Agreement is subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.

(c)Award” means a grant made under the Plan in the form of Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Stock Units or an Other Stock-Based Award.

(d)Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

(e)Cause” means what the term is expressly defined to mean in a then-effective written agreement (including an Agreement) between a Participant and the Company or any Affiliate, or in the absence of any such then-effective agreement or definition means, a Participant’s (i) failure or refusal to perform satisfactorily the duties reasonably required of the Participant by the Company (other than by reason of Disability); (ii) act or acts of dishonesty intended to result in substantial gain or personal enrichment of the Participant at the expense of Company or any Affiliate; (iii) being convicted of, or pleading guilty or no-contest to, a gross misdemeanor or any felony; (iv) breach of the Company’s business conduct or ethics code or of any fiduciary duty or nondisclosure, non-solicitation, non-competition or similar obligation owed to the Company or any Affiliate that, in any case is willful and deliberate on the Participant’s part and is materially injurious to Company or any Affiliate; or (v) unlawful conduct or gross misconduct that, in any case is willful and deliberate on Employee’s part and is materially injurious to Company.

(f)Change in Control” means, unless otherwise provided in an Agreement, one of the following:

(1)An Exchange Act Person becomes the beneficial owner (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of securities of the Company representing more than 50% of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, except that the following will not constitute a Change in Control:

(A)any acquisition of securities of the Company by an Exchange Act Person directly or indirectly from the Company for the purpose of providing financing to the Company;

(B)any formation of a Group consisting solely of beneficial owners of the Company’s Voting Securities as of the effective date of this Plan;

(C)any repurchase or other acquisition by the Company of its Voting Securities that causes any Exchange Act Person to become the beneficial owner of more than 50% of the Company’s Voting Securities; or

(D)with respect to any particular Participant, any acquisition of securities of the Company by the Participant, any Group including the Participant, or any entity controlled by the Participant or a Group including the Participant.

If, however, an Exchange Act Person or Group referenced in clause (A), (B) or (C) above acquires beneficial ownership of additional Company Voting Securities, after initially becoming the beneficial owner of more than 50% of the combined voting power of the Company’s Voting Securities by one of the means described in those clauses, then a Change in Control will be deemed to have occurred. Furthermore, a Change in Control will occur if a Person becomes the beneficial owner of more than 50% of the Company’s Voting Securities as the result of a Corporate Transaction only if the Corporate Transaction is itself a Change in Control pursuant to subsection 2(f)(3).

 

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Appendix A(2) Individuals who are Continuing Directors cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the members of the Board.

 

(3)Sun BioPharma, Inc.
(Delaware corporation)A Corporate Transaction is consummated, unless, immediately following such Corporate Transaction, all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners of the Company’s Voting Securities immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the combined voting power of the then outstanding Voting Securities of the surviving or acquiring entity resulting from such Corporate Transaction (including beneficial ownership through the ultimate Parent of such entity) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction, of the Company’s Voting Securities.

 

WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE STOCKHOLDERS
IN LIEU OF MEETING
Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that any Award constitutes a deferral of compensation subject to Code Section 409A, and if that Award provides for a change in the time or form of payment upon a Change in Control, then no Change in Control shall be deemed to have occurred upon an event described in this Section 2(g) unless the event would also constitute a change in ownership or effective control of, or a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of, the Company under Code Section 409A.

 

The undersigned, being(g)Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and in effect from time to time. For purposes of the Plan, references to sections of the Code shall be deemed to include any applicable regulations thereunder and any successor or similar statutory provisions.

(h)Committee” means two or more Non-Employee Directors designated by the Board to administer the Plan under Section 3, each member of which shall be (i) an independent director within the meaning of the rules and regulations of the Nasdaq Stock Market, and (ii) a holdernon-employee director within the meaning of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Exchange Act Rule 16b-3.

(i)Common StockCompany) of means Sun BioPharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation, (the or any successor thereto.

(j)CorporationContinuing Director), means an individual (i) who is, as of August 9, 2017, hereby takesthe effective date of the Plan, a director of the Company, or (ii) who is elected as a director of the Company subsequent to the effective date hereof pursuant to a nomination or board representation right of preferred stockholders of the Company, or (iii) who becomes a director of the Company after the effective date hereof and whose initial election, or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders, was approved by at least a majority of the then Continuing Directors, but excluding, for purposes of this clause (ii) or (iii), an individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened proxy contest relating to the election of directors.

(k)Corporate Transaction” means (i) a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or (ii) a merger, consolidation, share exchange or similar transaction involving the Company, regardless of whether the Company is the surviving corporation.

(l)Disability” means (A) any permanent and total disability under any long-term disability plan or policy of the Company or its Affiliates that covers the Participant, or (B) if there is no such long-term disability plan or policy, “total and permanent disability” within the meaning of Code Section 22(e)(3).

(m)Employee” means an employee of the Company or an Affiliate.

(n)Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and in effect from time to time.

(o)Exchange Act Person” means any natural person, entity or Group other than (i) the Company or any Affiliate; (ii) any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any Affiliate; (iii) an underwriter temporarily holding securities in connection with a registered public offering of such securities; or (iv) an entity whose Voting Securities are beneficially owned by the beneficial owners of the Company’s Voting Securities in substantially the same proportions as their beneficial ownership of the Company’s Voting Securities.

(p)Exchange Program” means a program under which (i) outstanding Options or SARs are surrendered or cancelled in exchange for Options or SARs of the same type (which may have lower or higher exercise prices and different terms), Awards of a different type and/or cash, or (ii) the exercise price of an outstanding Option or SAR is reduced.

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(q)Fair Market Value” of a Share means the fair market value of a Share determined as follows:

(1)If the Shares are readily tradable on an established securities market (as determined under Code Section 409A), then Fair Market Value will be the closing sales price for a Share on the principal securities market on which it trades on the date for which it is being determined, or if no sale of Shares occurred on that date, on the next preceding date on which a sale of Shares occurred, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Committee deems reliable; or

(2)If the Shares are not then readily tradable on an established securities market (as determined under Code Section 409A), then Fair Market Value will be determined by the Committee as the result of a reasonable application of a reasonable valuation method that satisfies the requirements of Code Section 409A.

(r)Full Value Award” means an Award other than an Option Award or Stock Appreciation Right Award.

(s)Fully Diluted Shares” as of a date means the number of Shares (i) outstanding and (ii) issuable upon exercise, conversion or settlement of outstanding options, warrants or other securities of the Company that are (directly or indirectly) convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, Shares, in each case as of the close of business of the Company on such date, without regard to any vesting conditions or other limitations on the immediate ability to convert, exchange or exercise such rights. For purposes of determining the number of Fully Diluted Shares, if the number of Shares subject to a right to acquire Shares is variable, then the number of Shares issuable upon conversion, exchange or exercise of such right will equal the maximum number of shares that could be received under such right.

(t)Good Reason” means what the term is expressly defined to mean in a then-effective written agreement (including an Agreement) between a Participant and the Company or any Affiliate or, in the absence of any such then-effective agreement or definition and subject to the last sentence of this definition, means with respect to any Participant any of the following action,events that has not been consented to by the Participant:

(1)A material reduction or diminution in the Participant’s job responsibilities, authority or duties, or in the job responsibilities, authority or duties of the supervisor to whom the Participant is required to report, but a mere change in title alone or reassignment to a substantially similar position will not constitute Good Reason;

(2)A material reduction in the Participant’s base compensation in the absence of a similar general reduction of the base compensation of similarly situated Service Providers; or

(3)The relocation of the Participant’s primary work location, on a permanent basis, to a location that is more than 50 miles from the Participant’s primary work location immediately prior to such change.

The foregoing events will only be considered “Good Reason” for a Participant to voluntarily resign from his or her position as Service Provider if, following the occurrence of one or more of the foregoing events, the Participant (i) provides written notice to the Company or its applicable Affiliate of the event(s) constituting Good Reason within 30 days after the first occurrence of such event(s), (ii) the Company or its applicable Affiliate fails to reasonably cure such event(s) within 30 days after receiving such notice, and (iii) the Participant’s termination of his or her status as a Service Provider is effective not later than 30 days after the end of the period in which the event(s) may be cured.

(u)Grant Date” means the date on which the Committee approves the grant of an Award under the Plan, or such later date as may be specified by the Committee on the date the Committee approves the Award.

(v)Group” means two or more persons who act, or agree to act together, as a partnership, limited partnership, syndicate or other group for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of securities of the Company.

(w)Non-Employee Director” means a member of the Board who is not an Employee.

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(x)Option” means a right granted under the Plan to purchase a specified number of Shares at a specified price. An “Incentive Stock Option” or “ISO” means any Option designated as such and granted in accordance with Sections 228the requirements of Code Section 422. A “Non-Qualified Stock Option” or “NQSO” means an Option other than an Incentive Stock Option.

(y)Other Stock-Based Award” means an Award described in Section 11 of this Plan.

(z)Parent” means a “parent corporation,” as defined in Code Section 424(e).

(aa)Participant” means a person to whom a then-outstanding Award has been granted under the Plan.

(bb)Plan” means this Sun BioPharma, Inc. Company 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended and 242in effect from time to time.

(cc)Restricted Stock” means Shares issued to a Participant that are subject to such restrictions on transfer, vesting conditions and other restrictions or limitations as may be set forth in this Plan and/or the applicable Agreement.

(dd)Retirement” means any termination of a Participant’s Service, other than for Cause, occurring at or after age 65, or at or after age 55 with 10 years or more of continuous service to the Company and its Affiliates.

(ee)Service” means the provision of services by a Participant to the Company or any Affiliate in any Service Provider capacity. A Service Provider’s Service shall be deemed to have terminated either upon an actual cessation of providing services to the Company or any Affiliate or upon the entity to which the Service Provider provides services ceasing to be an Affiliate. Except as otherwise provided in this Plan or any Agreement, Service shall not be deemed terminated in the case of (i) any approved leave of absence; (ii) transfers among the Company and any Affiliates in any Service Provider capacity; or (iii) any change in status so long as the individual remains in the service of the Delaware General Corporation Law,Company or any Affiliate in any Service Provider capacity.

(ff)Service Provider” means an Employee, a Non-Employee Director, or any consultant or advisor who is a natural person and who provides services (other than in connection with (i) a capital-raising transaction or (ii) promoting or maintaining a market in Company securities) to the Company or any Affiliate.

(gg)Share” means a share of Stock.

(hh)Stock” means the Company’s common stock, $.001 par value per share.

(ii)Stock Appreciation Right” or “SAR” means the right to receive, in cash and/or Shares as determined by the Committee, an amount equal to the appreciation in value of a specified number of Shares between the Grant Date of the SAR and its exercise date.

(jj)Stock Unit” means a right to receive, in cash and/or Shares as determined by the Committee, the Fair Market Value of a Share, subject to such restrictions on transfer, vesting conditions and other restrictions or limitations as may be set forth in this Plan and the applicable Agreement.

(kk)Subsidiary” means a “subsidiary corporation,” as defined in Code Section 424(f), of the Company.

(ll)Substitute Award” means an Award granted upon the assumption of, or in substitution or exchange for, outstanding awards granted by a company or other entity acquired by the Company or any Affiliate or with which the Company or any Affiliate combines. The terms and conditions of a Substitute Award may vary from the terms and conditions set forth in the Plan to the extent that the Committee at the time of the grant may deem appropriate to conform, in whole or in part, to the provisions of the award in substitution for which it has been granted.

(mm)Voting Securities” of an entity means the outstanding equity securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of such entity.

3.            Administration of the Plan.

(a)Administration. The authority to control and manage the operations and administration of the Plan shall be vested in the Committee in accordance with this Section 3.

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(b)Scope of Authority. Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Committee shall have the authority, in its discretion, to take such actions as it deems necessary or advisable to administer the Plan, including:

(1)determining the Service Providers to whom Awards will be granted, the timing of each such Award, the types of Awards and the number of Shares covered by each Award, the terms, conditions, performance criteria, restrictions and other provisions of Awards, and the manner in which Awards are paid or settled;

(2)cancelling or suspending an Award, accelerating the vesting or extending the exercise period of an Award, or otherwise amending the terms and conditions of any outstanding Award, subject to the requirements of Sections 6(b), 15(c) and 15(d);

(3)adopting sub-plans or special provisions applicable to Awards, establishing, amending or rescinding rules to administer the Plan, interpreting the Plan and any Award or Agreement, reconciling any inconsistency, correcting any defect or supplying an omission in the Plan or any Agreement, and making all other determinations necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan;

(4)granting Substitute Awards under the Plan;

(5)taking such actions as are provided in Section 3(c) with respect to Awards to foreign Service Providers; and

(6)instituting an Exchange Program, the terms and conditions of which shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board shall perform the duties and have the responsibilities of the Committee with respect to Awards made to Non-Employee Directors.

(c)Awards to Foreign Service Providers. The Committee may grant Awards to Service Providers who are foreign nationals, who are located outside of the United States or who are not compensated from a payroll maintained in the United States, or who are otherwise subject to (or could cause the Company to be subject to) legal or regulatory requirements of countries outside of the United States, on such terms and conditions different from those specified in the Plan as may, in the judgment of the Committee, be necessary or desirable to comply with applicable foreign laws and regulatory requirements and to promote achievement of the purposes of the Plan. In connection therewith, the Committee may establish such sub-plans and modify exercise procedures and other Plan rules and procedures to the extent such actions are deemed necessary or desirable, and may take any other action that it deems advisable to obtain local regulatory approvals or to comply with any necessary local governmental regulatory exemptions.

(d)Acts of the Committee; Delegation. A majority of the members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum for any meeting of the Committee, and any act of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present or any act unanimously approved in writing by all members of the Committee shall be the act of the Committee. Any such action of the Committee shall be valid and effective even if the members of the Committee at the time of such action are later determined not to have satisfied all of the criteria for membership in clauses (i) and (ii) of Section 2(h). To the extent not inconsistent with applicable law or stock exchange rules, the Committee may delegate all or any portion of its authority under the Plan to any one or more of its members or, as to Awards to Participants who are not subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, to one or more directors or executive officers of the Company or to a committee of the Board comprised of one or more directors of the Company. The Committee may also delegate non-discretionary administrative responsibilities in connection with the Plan to such other persons as it deems advisable.

(e)Finality of Decisions. The Committee’s interpretation of the Plan and of any Award or Agreement made under the Plan and all related decisions or resolutions of the Board or Committee shall be final and binding on all parties with an interest therein.

(f)Indemnification. Each person who is or has been a member of the Committee or of the Board, and any other person to whom the Committee delegates authority under the Plan, shall be indemnified by the Company, to the maximum extent permitted by law, against liabilities and expenses imposed upon or reasonably incurred by such person in connection with or resulting from any claims against such person by reason of the performance of the individual’s duties under the Plan. This right to indemnification is conditioned upon such person providing the Company an opportunity, at the Company’s expense, to handle and defend the claims before such person undertakes to handle and defend them on such person’s own behalf. The Company will not be required to indemnify any person for any amount paid in settlement of a claim unless the Company has first consented in writing to the settlement. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which such person or persons may be entitled under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, as a matter of law, or otherwise.

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4.            Shares Available Under the Plan.

(a)Maximum Shares Available. Subject to Section 4(b) and Section 4(d) and to adjustment as provided in Section 12(a), the number of Shares that may be the subject of Awards and issued under the Plan shall be 2,800,000.* Shares issued under the Plan may come from authorized and unissued shares or treasury shares.

(b)Effect of CommonForfeitures and Other Actions. Any Shares subject to an Award that expires, is cancelled or forfeited or is settled for cash shall, to the extent of such cancellation, forfeiture, expiration or cash settlement, again become available for Awards under this Plan, and the share reserve under Section 4(a) shall be correspondingly replenished as provided in Section 4(c) below. The following Shares shall not, however, again become available for Awards or replenish the share reserve under Section 4(a): (i) Shares tendered (either actually or by attestation) by the Participant or withheld by the Company in payment of the purchase price of a stock option issued under this Plan, (ii) Shares tendered (either actually or by attestation) by the Participant or withheld by the Company to satisfy any tax withholding obligation with respect to the exercise of a stock option or stock appreciation right award under this Plan, (iii) Shares repurchased by the Company with proceeds received from the exercise of a stock option issued under this Plan, and (iv) Shares subject to a stock appreciation right award issued under this Plan that are not issued in connection with the stock settlement of that award upon its exercise.

(c)Counting Shares Again Available. Each Share that again becomes available for Awards as provided in Section 4(b) shall correspondingly increase the share reserve under Section 4(a), with such increase based on the same share ratio by which the applicable share reserve was decreased upon the grant of the applicable award.

(d)Automatic Share Reserve Increase. The share reserve specified in Section 4(a) will be increased on January 1 of each year commencing in January 1, 2021 and ending on (and including) January 1, 2025 in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) 20% of the total number of Fully Diluted Shares as of December 31 of the immediately preceding calendar year and (ii) such lower number of Shares determined by the Board or its Committee in advance of January 1 of each year.

(e)Effect of Plans Operated by Acquired Companies. If a company acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary or with which the Company or any Subsidiary combines has shares available under a pre-existing plan approved by stockholders and not adopted in contemplation of such acquisition or combination, the shares available for grant pursuant to the terms of such pre-existing plan (as adjusted, to the extent appropriate, using the exchange ratio or other adjustment or valuation ratio or formula used in such acquisition or combination to determine the consideration payable to the holders of common stock of the entities party to such acquisition or combination) may be used for Awards under the Plan and shall supplement the Share reserve under Section 4(a). Awards using such available shares shall not be made after the date awards or grants could have been made under the terms of the pre-existing plan absent the acquisition or combination and shall only be made to individuals who were not Employees or Non-Employee Directors prior to such acquisition or combination.

(f)No Fractional Shares. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, the number of Shares subject to an Award shall always be a whole number. No fractional Shares may be issued under the Plan, but the Committee may, in its discretion, pay cash in lieu of any fractional Share in settlement of an Award.

5.            Eligibility. Participation in the Plan is limited to Service Providers. Incentive Stock Options may only be granted to Employees.


*

Share amount reflects an increase of 1,300,000 shares.

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6.            General Terms of Awards.

(a)Award Agreement. Except for any Award that involves only the immediate issuance of unrestricted Shares, each Award shall be evidenced by an Agreement setting forth the amount of the Award together with such other terms and conditions applicable to the Award (and not inconsistent with the Plan) as determined by the Committee. If an Agreement calls for acceptance by the Participant, the Award evidenced by the Agreement will not become effective unless acceptance of the Agreement in a manner permitted by the Committee is received by the Company within 30 days of the date the Agreement is delivered to the Participant. An Award to a Participant may be made singly or in combination with any form of Award. Two types of Awards may be made in tandem with each other such that the exercise of one type of Award with respect to a number of Shares reduces the number of Shares subject to the related Award by at least an equal amount.

(b)Vesting and Term. Each Agreement shall set forth the period until the applicable Award is scheduled to expire (which shall not be more than ten years from the Grant Date), and any applicable performance period. The Committee may provide in an Agreement for such vesting conditions and timing as it may determine.

(c)Transferability. Except as provided in this Section 6(c), (i) during the lifetime of a Participant, only the Participant or the Participant’s guardian or legal representative may exercise an Option or SAR, or receive payment with respect to any other Award; and (ii) no Award may be sold, assigned, transferred, exchanged or encumbered, voluntarily or involuntarily, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. Any attempted transfer in violation of this Section 6(c) shall be of no effect. The Committee may, however, provide in an Agreement or otherwise that an Award (other than an Incentive Stock Option) may be transferred pursuant to a domestic relations order or may be transferable by gift to any “family member” (as defined in General Instruction A(5) to Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933) of the Participant. Any Award held by a transferee shall continue to be subject to the same terms and conditions that were applicable to that Award immediately before the transfer thereof. For purposes of any provision of the Plan relating to notice to a Participant or to acceleration or termination of an Award upon the death or termination of Service of a Participant, the references to “Participant” shall mean the original grantee of an Award and not any transferee.

(d)Designation of Beneficiary. To the extent permitted by the Committee, a Participant may designate a beneficiary or beneficiaries to exercise any Award or receive a payment under any Award that is exercisable or payable on or after the Participant’s death. Any such designation shall be on a form approved by the Company and shall be effective upon its receipt by the Company.

(e)Termination of Service. Unless otherwise provided in an applicable Agreement or another then-effective written agreement between a Participant and the Company, and subject to Section 12 of this Plan, if a Participant’s Service with the Company and all of its Affiliates terminates, the following provisions shall apply (in all cases subject to the scheduled expiration of an Option or SAR Award, as applicable):

(1)Upon termination of Service for Cause, or upon conduct during a post-termination exercise period that would constitute Cause, all vested and unexercised Option and SAR Awards and all unvested portions of any other outstanding Awards shall be immediately forfeited without consideration.

(2)Upon termination of Service for any reason other than Cause, all unvested and unexercisable portions of any outstanding Awards shall be immediately forfeited without consideration.

(3)Upon termination of Service for any reason other than Cause, death or Disability, the currently vested and exercisable portions of Option and SAR Awards may be exercised for a period of ninety (90) days after the date of such termination. However, if a Participant thereafter dies during such ninety (90) day period, the vested and exercisable portions of the Option and SAR Awards may be exercised for a period of one year after the date of such termination.

(4)Upon termination of Service due to death or Disability, the currently vested and exercisable portions of Option and SAR Awards may be exercised for a period of one year after the date of such termination.

(f)Rights as Stockholder. No Participant shall have any rights as a stockholder with respect to any Shares covered by an Award unless and until the date the Participant becomes the holder of record of the Shares, if any, to which the Award relates.

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(g)Performance-Based Awards. Any Award may be granted as a performance-based Award if the Committee establishes one or more measures of corporate, business unit or individual performance which must be attained, and the performance period over which the specified performance is to be attained, as a condition to the grant, vesting, exercisability, lapse of restrictions and/or settlement in cash or Shares of such Award. In connection with any such Award, the Committee shall determine the extent to which performance measures have been attained and other applicable terms and conditions have been satisfied, and the degree to which vesting, exercisability, lapse of restrictions and/or settlement of such Award has been earned. The Committee shall also have the authority to provide, in an Agreement or otherwise, for the modification of a performance period and/or an adjustment or waiver of the achievement of performance measures upon the occurrence of certain unusual or nonrecurring events, which may include a Change of Control, a Corporate Transaction, a recapitalization, a change in the accounting practices of the Company, or the Participant’s death or Disability.

(h)Dividends and Dividend Equivalents. No dividends, dividend equivalents or distributions will be paid with respect to Shares subject to an Option or SAR Award. Any dividends or distributions paid with respect to Shares that are subject to the unvested portion of a Restricted Stock Award will be subject to the same restrictions as the Shares to which such dividends or distributions relate, except for regular cash dividends on Shares subject to the unvested portion of a Restricted Stock Award that is subject only to service-based vesting conditions. In its discretion, the Committee may provide in an Award Agreement for a Stock Unit Award or an Other Stock-Based Award that the Participant will be entitled to receive dividend equivalents on the units or other Share equivalents subject to the Award based on dividends actually declared and paid on outstanding Shares. The terms of any dividend equivalents will be as set forth in the applicable Agreement, including the time and form of payment and whether such dividend equivalents will be credited with interest or deemed to be reinvested in additional units or Share equivalents. Dividend equivalents paid with respect to units or Share equivalents that are subject to the unvested portion of a Stock Unit Award or an Other Stock-Based Award whose vesting is subject to the satisfaction of specified performance objectives will be subject to the same restrictions as the units or Share equivalents to which such dividend equivalents relate. The Committee may, in its discretion, provide in an Agreement for restrictions on dividends and dividend equivalents in addition to those specified in this Section 6(h). Any Shares issued or issuable during the term of this Plan as the result of the reinvestment of dividends or the deemed reinvestment of dividend equivalents in connection with an Award shall be counted against, and replenish upon any subsequent forfeiture, the Plan’s share reserve as provided in Section 4.

7.            Stock Option Awards.

(a)Type and Exercise Price. The Agreement pursuant to which an Option Award is granted shall specify whether the Option is an Incentive Stock Option or a Non-Qualified Stock Option. The exercise price at which each Share subject to an Option Award may be purchased shall be determined by the Committee and set forth in the Agreement, and shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of a Share on the Grant Date, except in the case of Substitute Awards (to the extent consistent with Code Section 409A and, in the case of Incentive Stock Options, Code Section 424).

(b)Payment of Exercise Price. The purchase price of the Shares with respect to which an Option Award is exercised shall be payable in full at the time of exercise. The purchase price may be paid in cash or in such other manner as the Committee may permit, including by payment under a broker-assisted sale and remittance program, by withholding Shares otherwise issuable to the Participant upon exercise of the Option or by delivery to the Company of Shares (by actual delivery or attestation) already owned by the Participant (in each case, such Shares having a Fair Market Value as of the date the Option is exercised equal to the purchase price of the Shares being purchased).

(c)Exercisability and Expiration. Each Option Award shall be exercisable in whole or in part on the terms provided in the Agreement. No Option Award shall be exercisable at any time after its scheduled expiration. When an Option Award is no longer exercisable, it shall be deemed to have terminated.

(d)Incentive Stock Options.

(1)An Option Award will constitute an Incentive Stock Option Award only if the Participant receiving the Option Award is an Employee, and only to the extent that (i) it is so designated in the applicable Agreement and (ii) the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the Option Award’s Grant Date) of the Shares with respect to which Incentive Stock Options held by the undersignedParticipant first become exercisable in any calendar year (under the Plan and regardingall other plans of the ProposalCompany and its Affiliates) does not exceed $100,000 or such other amount specified by the Code. To the extent an Option granted to a Participant exceeds this limit, the Option shall be treated as a Non-Qualified Stock Option. The maximum number of Shares that may be issued upon the exercise of Incentive Stock Options shall equal the maximum number of Shares that may be the subject of Awards and issued under the Plan as provided in Section 4(a).

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(2)No Participant may receive an Incentive Stock Option Award under the Plan if, immediately after the grant of such Award, the Participant would own (after application of the rules contained in Code Section 424(d)) Shares possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or an Affiliate, unless (i) the per Share exercise price for such Award is at least 110% of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the Grant Date and (ii) such Award will expire no later than five years after its Grant Date.

(3)For purposes of continued Service by a Participant who has been granted an Incentive Stock Option Award, no approved leave of absence may exceed three months unless reemployment upon expiration of such leave is provided by statute or contract. If reemployment is not so provided, then on the date six months following the first day of such leave, any Incentive Stock Option held by the Participant shall cease to be treated as an Incentive Stock Option and shall be treated for tax purposes as a Non-Qualified Stock Option.

(4)If an Incentive Stock Option Award is exercised after the expiration of the exercise periods that apply for purposes of Code Section 422, such Option shall thereafter be treated as a Non-Qualified Stock Option.

(5)The Agreement covering an Incentive Stock Option Award shall contain such other terms and provisions that the Committee determines necessary to qualify the Option Award as an Incentive Stock Option Award.

8.            Stock Appreciation Right Awards.

(a)Nature of Award. An Award of Stock Appreciation Rights shall be subject to such terms and conditions as are determined by the Committee, and shall provide a Participant the right to receive upon exercise of the SAR Award all or a portion of the excess of (i) the Fair Market Value as of the date of exercise of the SAR Award of the number of Shares as to which the SAR Award is being exercised, over (ii) the aggregate exercise price for such number of Shares. The per Share exercise price for any SAR Award shall be determined by the Committee and set forth below,in the applicable Agreement, and shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of a Share on the Grant Date, except in the case of Substitute Awards (to the extent consistent with Code Section 409A).

(b)Exercise of SAR. Each SAR Award may be exercisable in whole or in part at the times, on the terms and in the manner provided in the Agreement. No SAR Award shall be exercisable at any time after its scheduled expiration. When a SAR Award is no longer exercisable, it shall be deemed to have terminated. Upon exercise of a SAR Award, payment to the Participant shall be made at such time or times as shall be provided in the Agreement in the form of cash, Shares or a combination of cash and Shares as determined by the Committee. The Agreement may provide for a limitation upon the amount or percentage of the total appreciation on which payment (whether in cash and/or Shares) may be made in the event of the exercise of a SAR Award.

9.            Restricted Stock Awards.

(a)Vesting and Consideration. Shares subject to a Restricted Stock Award shall be subject to vesting and the lapse of applicable restrictions based on such conditions or factors and occurring over such period of time as the sameCommittee may determine in its discretion. The Committee may provide whether any consideration other than Services must be received by the Company or any Affiliate as a condition precedent to the grant of a Restricted Stock Award, and may correspondingly provide for Company reacquisition or repurchase rights if such additional consideration has been required and some or all of a Restricted Stock Award does not vest.

(b)Shares Subject to Restricted Stock Awards. Unvested Shares subject to a Restricted Stock Award shall be evidenced by a book-entry in the name of the Participant with the Company’s transfer agent or by one or more Stock certificates issued in the name of the Participant. Any such Stock certificate shall be deposited with the Company or its designee, together with an assignment separate from the certificate, in blank, signed by the Participant, and bear an appropriate legend referring to the restricted nature of the Restricted Stock evidenced thereby. Any book-entry shall be subject to comparable restrictions and corresponding stop transfer instructions. Upon the vesting of Shares of Restricted Stock, and the Company’s determination that any necessary conditions precedent to the release of vested Shares (such as satisfaction of tax withholding obligations and compliance with applicable legal requirements) have been satisfied, such vested Shares shall be made available to the Participant in such manner as may be prescribed or permitted by the Committee. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan or an applicable Agreement, a Participant with a Restricted Stock Award shall have all the rights of a shareholder, including the right to vote the Shares of Restricted Stock.

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10.            Stock Unit Awards.

(a)Vesting and Consideration. A Stock Unit Award shall be subject to vesting and the lapse of applicable restrictions based on such conditions or factors and occurring over such period of time as the Committee may determine in its discretion. If vesting of a Stock Unit Award is conditioned on the achievement of specified performance goals, the extent to which they are achieved over the specified performance period shall determine the number of Stock Units that will be earned and eligible to vest, which may be greater or less than the target number of Stock Units stated in the Agreement. The Committee may provide whether any consideration other than Services must be received by the Company or any Affiliate as a condition precedent to the settlement of a Stock Unit Award.

(b)Payment of Award. Following the vesting of a Stock Unit Award, and the Company’s determination that any necessary conditions precedent to the settlement of the Award (such as satisfaction of tax withholding obligations and compliance with applicable legal requirements) have been satisfied, settlement of the Award and payment to the Participant shall be made at such time or times in the form of cash, Shares (which may themselves be considered Restricted Stock under the Plan) or a combination of cash and Shares as determined by the Committee.

11.            Other Stock-Based Awards. The Committee may from time to time grant Shares and other Awards that are valued by reference to and/or payable in whole or in part in Shares under the Plan. The Committee shall determine the terms and conditions of such Awards, which shall be consistent with the terms and purposes of the Plan. The Committee may direct the Company to issue Shares subject to restrictive legends and/or stop transfer instructions that are consistent with the terms and conditions of the Award to which the Shares relate.

12.            Changes in Capitalization, Corporate Transactions, Change in Control.

(a)Adjustments for Changes in Capitalization. In the event of any equity restructuring (within the meaning of FASB ASC Topic 718) that causes the per share value of Shares to change, such as a stock dividend, stock split, spinoff, rights offering or recapitalization through an extraordinary dividend, the Committee shall make such adjustments as it deems equitable and appropriate to (i) the aggregate number and kind of Shares or other securities issued or reserved for issuance under the Plan, (ii) the number and kind of Shares or other securities subject to outstanding Awards, (iii) the exercise price of outstanding Options and SARs, and (iv) any maximum limitations prescribed by the Plan with respect to certain types of Awards or the grants to individuals of certain types of Awards. In the event of any other change in corporate capitalization, including a merger, consolidation, reorganization, or partial or complete liquidation of the Company, such equitable adjustments described in the Consent Solicitation Statement on Schedule 14A, dated August 22, 2017 (the “Statement”).foregoing sentence may be made as determined to be appropriate and equitable by the Committee to prevent dilution or enlargement of rights of Participants. In either case, any such adjustment shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes of the Plan. No adjustment shall be made pursuant to this Section 12(a) in connection with the conversion of any convertible securities of the Company, or in a manner that would cause Incentive Stock Options to violate Section 422(b) of the Code or cause an Award to be subject to adverse tax consequences under Section 409A of the Code.

 

The Board(b)Corporate Transactions. Unless otherwise provided in an applicable Agreement, the following provisions shall apply to outstanding Awards in the event of Directors recommendsa Change in Control that stockholders CONSENTinvolves a Corporate Transaction.

(1)Continuation, Assumption or Replacement of Awards. In the event of a Corporate Transaction, then the surviving or successor entity (or its Parent) may continue, assume or replace Awards outstanding as of the date of the Corporate Transaction (with such adjustments as may be required or permitted by Section 12(a)), and such Awards or replacements therefor shall remain outstanding and be governed by their respective terms, subject to Section 12(b)(4) below. A surviving or successor entity may elect to continue, assume or replace only some Awards or portions of Awards. For purposes of this Section 12(b)(1), an Award shall be considered assumed or replaced if, in connection with the Corporate Transaction and in a manner consistent with Code Sections 409A and 424, either (i) the contractual obligations represented by the Award are expressly assumed by the surviving or successor entity (or its Parent) with appropriate adjustments to the following resolutions.number and type of securities subject to the Award and the exercise price thereof that preserves the intrinsic value of the Award existing at the time of the Corporate Transaction, or (ii) the Participant has received a comparable equity-based award that preserves the intrinsic value of the Award existing at the time of the Corporate Transaction and contains terms and conditions that are substantially similar to those of the Award.

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(2)Acceleration. If and to the extent that outstanding Awards under the Plan are not continued, assumed or replaced in connection with a Corporate Transaction, then (i) all outstanding Option and SAR Awards shall become fully vested and exercisable for such period of time prior to the effective time of the Corporate Transaction as is deemed fair and equitable by the Committee, and shall terminate at the effective time of the Corporate Transaction. The Committee shall provide written notice of the period of accelerated exercisability of Option and SAR Awards to all affected Participants. The exercise of any Option or SAR Award whose exercisability is accelerated as provided in this Section 12(b)(2) shall be conditioned upon the consummation of the Corporate Transaction and shall be effective only immediately before such consummation.

 

WHEREAS,(3)Payment for Awards. If and to the Corporation’s Boardextent that outstanding Awards under the Plan are not continued, assumed or replaced in connection with a Corporate Transaction, then the Committee may provide that some or all of Directors (the “Board”) hassuch outstanding Awards shall be canceled at or immediately prior to the effective time of the Corporate Transaction in exchange for payments to the holders as provided in this Section 12(b)(3). The Committee will not be required to treat all Awards similarly for purposes of this Section 12(b)(3). The payment for any Award surrendered shall be in an amount equal to the difference, if any, between (i) the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Committee) of the consideration that would otherwise be received in the Corporate Transaction for the number of Shares subject to the Award, and (ii) the aggregate exercise price (if any) for the Shares subject to such Award. If the amount determined pursuant to clause (i) of the preceding sentence is less than or equal to the amount determined pursuant to clause (ii) of the preceding sentence with respect to any Award, such Award may be canceled pursuant to this Section 12(b)(3) without payment of any kind to the affected Participant. With respect to an Award whose vesting is subject to the satisfaction of specified performance goals, the number of Shares subject to such an Award for purposes of this Section 12(b)(3) shall be the number of Shares as to which the Award would have been deemed “fully vested” for purposes of Section 12(b)(2). Payment of any amount under this Section  12(b)(3) shall be made in such form, on such terms and subject to such conditions as the Committee determines in its discretion, which may or may not be the same as the form, terms and conditions applicable to payments to the Company’s stockholders in connection with the Corporate Transaction, and may, in the Committee’s discretion, include subjecting such payments to vesting conditions comparable to those of the Award surrendered, subjecting such payments to escrow or holdback terms comparable to those imposed upon the Company’s stockholders under the Corporate Transaction, or calculating and paying the present value of payments that would otherwise be subject to escrow or holdback terms.

(4)Termination After a Corporate Transaction. If and to the extent that Awards are continued, assumed or replaced under the circumstances described in Section 12(b)(1), and if within twelve months after the Corporate Transaction a Participant experiences an involuntary termination of Service for reasons other than Cause, or voluntarily terminates his or her Service for Good Reason, then (i) outstanding Options and SARs issued to the Participant that are not yet fully exercisable shall immediately become exercisable in full and shall remain exercisable for one year following the Participant’s termination of employment, and (ii) any Full Value Awards that are not yet fully vested shall immediately vest in full (at an assumed target level of performance if vesting of the Award is subject to the satisfaction of specified performance goals).

(c)Other Change in Control. In the event of a Change in Control that does not involve a Corporate Transaction, the Committee may, in its discretion, take such action as it is advisabledeems appropriate with respect to outstanding Awards, which may include: (i)  providing for the cancellation of any Award in exchange for payments in a manner similar to that provided in Section 12(b)(3) or (ii) making such adjustments to the Awards then outstanding as the Committee deems appropriate to reflect such Change in Control, which may include the acceleration of vesting in full or in part. The Committee will not be required to treat all Awards similarly in such circumstances and may include such further provisions and limitations in any Award Agreement as it may deem equitable and in the best interests of the Corporation and its stockholders to amendCompany.

(d)Dissolution or Liquidation. Unless otherwise provided in an applicable Agreement, in the Corporation’s Certificateevent of Incorporation (the “Charter”) to (a) effect a one-for-ten (1:10) reverse stock split, such that every holder of Common Stock asproposed dissolution or liquidation of the Effective Date (as defined below)Company, the Committee will receive one sharenotify each Participant as soon as practicable prior to the effective date of Common Stock for every ten sharessuch proposed transaction. An Award will terminate immediately prior to the consummation of Common Stock then held (the “Reverse Stock Split”) and (b) reduce the number of shares of capital stock authorized for issuance by 50% (the “Share Reduction”).such proposed action.

 

RESOLVED,13.            Plan Participation and Service Provider Status. Status as a Service Provider shall not be construed as a commitment that any Award will be made under the Reverse Stock Split and Share Reduction be, and each hereby is, adopted and approved.

RESOLVED,Plan to that Service Provider or to eligible Service Providers generally. Nothing in the form and substancePlan or in any Agreement or related documents shall confer upon any Service Provider or Participant any right to continued Service with the Company or any Affiliate, nor shall it interfere with or limit in any way any right of the Certificate of AmendmentCompany or any Affiliate to terminate the Certificate of Incorporation in substantially the form set forth inExhibit B to the Statement (the “Certificate of Amendment”), be and hereby is, authorized, approved and adopted in all respects, with such additions, deletions or modifications, not inconsistent herewith, as the Chief Executive Officer or the Chief

RESOLVED, that,person’s Service at any time priorwith or without Cause or change such person’s compensation, other benefits, job responsibilities or title.

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14.            Tax Withholding. The Company or any Affiliate, as applicable, shall have the right to (i) withhold from any cash payment under the Plan or any other compensation owed to a Participant an amount sufficient to cover any required withholding taxes related to the grant, vesting, exercise or settlement of an Award, and (ii) require a Participant or other person receiving Shares under the Plan to pay a cash amount sufficient to cover any required withholding taxes before actual receipt of those Shares. In lieu of all or any part of a cash payment from a person receiving Shares under the Plan, the Committee may permit the individual to cover all or any part of the required tax withholdings (but not to exceed the minimum statutory amount required to be withheld if such limitation is necessary to avoid an adverse accounting impact) by authorizing the Company to withhold a number of the Shares that would otherwise be delivered to the Participant, or by delivering to the Company Shares already owned by the Participant, with the Shares so withheld or delivered having a Fair Market Value on the date the Certificatetaxes are required to be withheld equal to the amount of taxes to be withheld.

15.            Effective Date, Duration, Amendment becomesand Termination of the Plan.

(a)Effective Date. The Plan shall become effective on the date it is approved by the Company’s shareholders, which shall be considered the date of its adoption for purposes of Treasury Regulation §1.422-2(b)(2)(i). No Awards shall be made under the Plan prior to its effective date. If the Company’s shareholders fail to approve the Plan by August 31, 2016, the Plan will be of no further force or effect.

(b)Duration of the Plan. The Plan shall remain in effect until all Shares subject to it are distributed, all Awards have expired or terminated, the Plan is terminated pursuant to Section 15(c) or the tenth anniversary of the effective date of the Plan, whichever occurs first (the “EffectiveTermination Date”). Awards made before the Termination Date shall continue to be outstanding in accordance with their terms and the terms of the Plan unless otherwise provided in the applicable Agreements.

(c)Amendment and Termination of the Plan. The Board may abandonat any time terminate, suspend or amend the Plan. The Company shall submit any amendment of the Charter and determine notPlan to fileits stockholders for approval only to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or the rules of any securities exchange on which the Shares may then be listed. No termination, suspension, or amendment of the Plan may materially impair the rights of any Participant under a Certificatepreviously granted Award without the Participant’s consent, unless such action is necessary to comply with applicable law or stock exchange rules.

(d)Amendment of Amendment, even thoughAwards. Subject to Section 15(e), the Committee may unilaterally amend the terms of any Agreement evidencing an Award previously granted, except that no such amendment may have beenmaterially impair the rights of any Participant under the applicable Award without the Participant’s consent, unless such amendment is necessary to comply with applicable law or stock exchange rules or any compensation recovery policy as provided in Section 17(i).

(e)No Option or SAR Repricing. Except as provided in Section 12(a), no Option or Stock Appreciation Right Award granted under the Plan may be (i) amended to decrease the exercise price thereof, (ii) cancelled in conjunction with the grant of any new Option or Stock Appreciation Right Award with a lower exercise price, (iii) cancelled in exchange for cash, other property or the grant of any Full Value Award at a time when the per share exercise price of the Option or Stock Appreciation Right Award is greater than the current Fair Market Value of a Share, or (iv) otherwise subject to any action that would be treated under accounting rules as a “repricing” of such Option or Stock Appreciation Right Award, unless such action is first approved by the stockholdersCompany’s stockholders.

16.            Substitute Awards. The Committee may also grant Awards under the Plan in substitution for, or in connection with the assumption of, existing awards granted or issued by another corporation and assumed or otherwise agreed to be provided for by the Company pursuant to or by reason of a transaction involving a merger, consolidation, acquisition of property or stock, separation, reorganization or liquidation to which the Company or an Affiliate is a party. The terms and conditions of the Corporation, ifSubstitute Awards may vary from the Board, in its discretion, determines that either (i) the Reverse Stock Split or Share Reduction is no longerterms and conditions set forth in the best interestsPlan to the extent that the Committee at the time of the Corporationgrant may deem appropriate to conform, in whole or its stockholders or (ii)in part, to the Conditions can no longer be satisfied.

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(a)Unfunded Plan. The Plan shall be unfunded and date your Consent and return itthe Company shall not be required to segregate any assets that may at any time be represented by Awards under the Plan. Neither the Company, its Affiliates, the Committee, nor the Board shall be deemed to be a trustee of any amounts to be paid under the Plan nor shall anything contained in the postage-paid envelope we have providedPlan or return itany action taken pursuant to Sun BioPharma, Inc., c/o VStock Transfer, LLC, 18 Lafayette Place, Woodmere, NY 11598.its provisions create or be construed to create a fiduciary relationship between the Company and/or its Affiliates, and a Participant. To the extent any person has or acquires a right to receive a payment in connection with an Award under the Plan, this right shall be no greater than the right of an unsecured general creditor of the Company.

 

(b)INTERNETLimits of Liability: Visit https://www.vstocktransfer.com/proxy and log-on using your control number.. Except as may be required by law, neither the Company nor any member of the Board or of the Committee, nor any other person participating (including participation pursuant to a delegation of authority under Section 3(d) of the Plan) in any determination of any question under the Plan, or in the interpretation, administration or application of the Plan, shall have any liability to any party for any action taken, or not taken, in good faith under the Plan.

 

(c)FACSIMILE: Mark, signCompliance with Applicable Legal Requirements and date your ConsentCompany Policies. No Shares distributable pursuant to the Plan shall be issued and return it via faxdelivered unless and until the issuance of the Shares complies with all applicable legal requirements, including compliance with the provisions of applicable state and federal securities laws, and the requirements of any securities exchanges on which the Company’s Shares may, at the time, be listed. During any period in which the offering and issuance of Shares under the Plan is not registered under federal or state securities laws, Participants shall acknowledge that they are acquiring Shares under the Plan for investment purposes and not for resale, and that Shares may not be transferred except pursuant to +1 (646) 536-3179.an effective registration statement under, or an exemption from the registration requirements of, such securities laws. Any stock certificate or book-entry evidencing Shares issued under the Plan that are subject to securities law restrictions shall bear or be accompanied by an appropriate restrictive legend or stop transfer instruction. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, the acquisition, holding or disposition of Shares acquired pursuant to the Plan shall in all events be subject to compliance with applicable Company policies, including those relating to insider trading, pledging or hedging transactions and minimum holding periods.

 

Dated:

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(d)Appendix BOther Benefit and Compensation Programs. Payments and other benefits received by a Participant under an Award made pursuant to the Plan shall not be deemed a part of a Participant’s regular, recurring compensation for purposes of the termination, indemnity or severance pay laws of any country and shall not be included in, nor have any effect on, the determination of benefits under any other employee benefit plan, contract or similar arrangement provided by the Company or an Affiliate unless expressly so provided by such other plan, contract or arrangement, or unless the Committee expressly determines that an Award or portion of an Award should be included to accurately reflect competitive compensation practices or to recognize that an Award has been made in lieu of a portion of competitive cash compensation.

 

(e)CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
OF
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
SUN BIOPHARMA, INC.

Sun BioPharma, Inc., a corporation organizedGoverning Law. To the extent that federal laws do not otherwise control, the Plan and existing underall determinations made and actions taken pursuant to the General Corporation LawPlan shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware hereby certifies as follows:without regard to its conflicts-of-law principles and shall be construed accordingly.

 

1.

(f)Severability. If any provision of the Plan shall be held illegal or invalid for any reason, the illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining parts of the Plan, and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision had not been included.

This Certificate of Amendment (the “Certificate of Amendment”) amends the provisions of the corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation adopted by the Certificate of Merger filed with the Secretary of State on May 25, 2016 (the “Certificate of Incorporation”).

2.

Section 4.1 of Article 4 of the Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

4.1

AUTHORIZED CAPITAL STOCK. The Corporation is authorized to issue one hundred and ten million (110,000,000) shares of capital stock, of which one hundred million (100,000,000) shares will be shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), and ten million (10,000,000) shares will be shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”).

Upon the filing and effectiveness (the “Effective Time”) pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law of this Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, each ten (10) shares of Common Stock either issued and outstanding or held by the Corporation in treasury stock immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, automatically and without any action on the part of the respective holders thereof, be combined and converted into one (1) share of Common Stock (the “Reverse Stock Split”). No fractional shares will be issued in connection with the Reverse Stock Split. Stockholders who otherwise would be entitled to receive fractional shares of Common Stock will be entitled to receive cash (without interest or deduction) from the Corporation's transfer agent in lieu of such fractional share interests upon the submission of a transmission letter by a stockholder holding the shares in book-entry form and, where shares are held in certificated form, upon the surrender of the stockholder’s Old Certificates (as defined below), in an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying (a) the most recent sale price per share of the Common Stock as reported by OTC Markets Group, Inc. as of the date of the Effective Time, by (b) the fraction of one share owned by the stockholder. Each certificate that immediately prior to the Effective Time represented shares of Common Stock (“Old Certificates”), will thereafter represent that number of shares of Common Stock into which the shares of Common Stock represented by the Old Certificate will have been combined, subject to the elimination of fractional share interests as described above

3.

This amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Sections 228 and 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

4.

All other provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation will remain in full force and effect.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF,(g)Code Section 409A. It is intended that (i) all Awards of Options, SARs and Restricted Stock under the corporation has causedPlan will not provide for the deferral of compensation within the meaning of Code Section 409A and thereby be exempt from Code Section 409A, and (ii) all other Awards under the Plan will either not provide for the deferral of compensation within the meaning of Code Section 409A, or will comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A, and Awards shall be structured and the Plan administered and interpreted in accordance with this Certificate of Amendmentintent. The Plan and any Agreement may be unilaterally amended by the Company in any manner deemed necessary or advisable by the Committee or Board in order to maintain such exemption from or compliance with Code Section 409A, and any such amendment shall conclusively be presumed to be signed bynecessary to comply with applicable law. Notwithstanding anything to the authorized officer named below, this ___ daycontrary in the Plan or any Agreement, with respect to any Award that constitutes a deferral of _________, 2017.compensation subject to Code Section 409A:

 

(1)If any amount is payable under such Award upon a termination of Service, a termination of Service will be deemed to have occurred only at such time as the Participant has experienced a “separation from service” as such term is defined for purposes of Code Section 409A;

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(2)If any amount shall be payable with respect to any such Award as a result of a Participant’s “separation from service” at such time as the Participant is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Code Section 409A, then no payment shall be made, except as permitted under Code Section 409A, prior to the first business day after the earlier of (i) the date that is six months after the Participant’s separation from service or (ii) the Participant’s death. Unless the Committee has adopted a specified employee identification policy as contemplated by Code Section 409A, specified employees will be identified in accordance with the default provisions specified under Code Section 409A.

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None of the Company, the Board, the Committee nor any other person involved with the administration of this Plan shall (i) in any way be responsible for ensuring the exemption of any Award from, or compliance by any Award with, the requirements of Code Section 409A, (ii) have any obligation to design or administer the Plan or Awards granted thereunder in a manner that minimizes a Participant’s tax liabilities, including the avoidance of any additional tax liabilities under Code Section 409A, and (iii) shall have any liability to any Participant for any such tax liabilities.

(h)Rule 16b-3. It is intended that the Plan and all Awards granted pursuant to it shall be administered by the Committee so as to permit the Plan and Awards to comply with Exchange Act Rule 16b-3. If any provision of the Plan or of any Award would otherwise frustrate or conflict with the intent expressed in this Section 17(h), that provision to the extent possible shall be interpreted and deemed amended in the manner determined by the Committee so as to avoid the conflict. To the extent of any remaining irreconcilable conflict with this intent, the provision shall be deemed void as applied to Participants subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act to the extent permitted by law and in the manner deemed advisable by the Committee.

(i)Forfeiture and Compensation Recovery.

(1)The Committee may specify in an Agreement that the Participant’s rights, payments, and benefits with respect to an Award will be subject to reduction, cancellation, forfeiture or recovery by the Company upon the occurrence of certain specified events, in addition to any otherwise applicable vesting or performance conditions of an Award. Such events may include termination of Service for Cause; violation of any material Company or Affiliate policy; breach of noncompetition, non-solicitation or confidentiality provisions that apply to the Participant; a determination that the payment of the Award was based on an incorrect determination that financial or other criteria were met or other conduct by the Participant that is detrimental to the business or reputation of the Company or its Affiliates.

(2)Awards and any compensation associated therewith may be made subject to forfeiture, recovery by the Company or other action pursuant to any compensation recovery policy adopted by the Board or the Committee at any time, including in response to the requirements of Section 10D of the Exchange Act and any implementing rules and regulations thereunder, or as otherwise required by law. Any Agreement may be unilaterally amended by the Committee to comply with any such compensation recovery policy.

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Notice of Consent Solicitation - Sun BioPharma, Inc. Common Stock

 

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The Board of Directors recommends that stockholders CONSENT to the following resolutions.

WHEREAS, the Corporation's Board of Directors (the "Board") has determined that it is advisable and in the best interests of the Corporation and its stockholders to amend the Corporation's certificate of Incorporation (the "Charter") to (a) effect a one-for-ten (1:10) reverse stock split, such that every holder of Common Stock as of the Effective Date (as defined Below) will receive one share of Common Stock for every ten shares of Common Stock then held (the "Reverse Stock Split") and (b) reduce the number of shares of capital stock authorized for issuance by 50% (the " Share Reduction").

RESOLVED, that the Reverse Stock Split and Share Reduction be, and each hereby is, Adopted and approved.

RESOLVED, that the form and substance of the Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit B to the Statement (the " Certificate of Amendment"), be and hereby is, authorized, app Executive Officer of the Chief.

RESOLVED, that, at any time prior to the date the Certificate of Amendment becomes effective (the "Effective Date") the Board may abandon the amendment of the Charter and determine not to file a Certificate of Amendment, even though the amendment may have been approved by the Stockholders of the Corporation, if the Board, in its discretion, determines that either (i) the Reverse Stock Split or Share Reduction is no longer in the best interests of the Corporation or its stockholders or (ii) the Conditions can no longer be satisfied.

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Sun BioPharma, Inc.SUN BIOPHARMA, INC.

 

NoticeAnnual Meeting of Consent SolicitationStockholders

 

August 22, 2017May 19, 2020

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders To Be Held on May 19, 2020

The Notice, Proxy Statement and Annual Report for 2019 are available at

https://www.rdgir.com/sun-biopharma-inc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUN BIOPHARMA, INC.

 

SUN BIOPHARMA, INC.

THIS CONSENTPROXY ISSOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

The undersigned being a holderhereby appoints Michael T. Cullen and Susan Horvath, and each of record ofthem, as proxies, each with the power to appoint his substitute, and hereby authorizes such proxies to represent and to vote, as designated on the reverse, all shares of common stock par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”) of Sun BioPharma, Inc. (the “Corporation”) as of August 9, 2017 (the record date established for, that the purpose of determining the stockholdersundersigned is/are entitled to consent hereto), hereby takesvote at the following action,Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 19, 2020, located at the offices of Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, 2200 Wells Fargo Center, 90 South Seventh Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota and any adjournment or postponement thereof upon matters set forth in the proxy statement and, in their discretion, upon any other business as may properly come before the meeting.

This proxy, when properly executed, will be voted in the manner directed herein.  If no such direction is made, this proxy will be voted in accordance with the Bylaws of the Corporation, as amended from time to time, and pursuant to Sections 228 and 242 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, with respect to all shares of Common Stock held by the undersigned with respect to the Proposal set forth below, as the same is described in the Consent Solicitation Statement on Schedule 14A dated August 22, 2017. (the “Statement”)

By signing and returning this Action by Written Consent, the undersigned stockholder will be deemed to have voted all shares of capital stock owned by the undersigned in the manner directed above with respect to the proposed amendment. If the undersigned stockholder signs and returns this consent but does not check a box, the undersigned will be deemed to have consented FOR approval of the proposed amendment.

The Board of Directors of the Corporation Recommends that stockholders CONSENT to the adoption of the following resolutions:Directors’ recommendations.

 

 

(ContinuedPlease check here if you plan to attend the Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 19, 2020 at 2:30 p.m. (Local Time).  

 (Continued and to be signed on Reverse Side)

 

 

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