HEDGEPATH PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
4830 W. Kennedy Blvd., Suite 600
Tampa, Florida 33609
(813)509-2417
INFORMATION STATEMENT
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INTRODUCTION
This Information Statement is being furnished to the stockholders of HedgePath Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) in connection with the actions to be taken by us as a result of a written consent in lieu of a special meeting of stockholders pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”), dated May 24, 2019.
This Information Statement and Notice of Stockholder Action by Written Consent is being furnished by us to our stockholders of record as of May 24, 2019 (the “Record Date”), to inform our stockholders that the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) and Mayne Pharma Ventures Pty Ltd., the holder of approximately 56% of our outstanding voting securities as of such date (the “Voting Stockholder”), have taken and approved the following actions (collectively, the “Corporate Actions”) to:
(1) approve an amendment (the “Reverse Split Amendment”) to our Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), to effect a reverse stock split of our issued and outstanding Common Stock at a ratio of betweenone-for-fifty andone-for-one hundred fifty, with such ratio to be determined at the sole discretion of the Board (the “Reverse Stock Split”), and with such Reverse Stock Split to be effected at such time and date, if at all, as determined by the Board in its sole discretion; and
(2) approve an amendment (the “Name Change Amendment” and together with the Reverse Split Amendment, the “Amendments”) to our Certificate of Incorporation to change the name of the Company from “HedgePath Pharmaceuticals, Inc.” to “Inhibitor Therapeutics, Inc.” (the “Name Change”). The Amendments may, in the discretion of the Board, be combined into one amendment or filed as two separate amendments as determined by the Board.
This Information Statement is being sent to you to notify you of the Corporate Actions being taken by written consent in lieu of a special meeting of our stockholders. On May 8, 2019, at a meeting of the Board, our Board adopted and approved the Reverse Stock Split, the Name Change and the Amendments and recommended in particular that the Reverse Stock Split be consummated based upon the subsequent determination of a specific reverse stock split ratio at the discretion of the Board.
On the Record Date, the Voting Stockholder, representing approximately 56% of the voting power of our Company as of the Record Date, adopted and approved by written consent the Reverse Stock Split, the Name Change and the Amendments.
The ability to proceed without a special meeting of the stockholders to approve, adopt and/or ratify the Corporate Actions is authorized by Sections 211 and 228 of the DGCL which provides that, unless otherwise provided in our Certificate of Incorporation and Second Amended and Restated Bylaws (as amended, the “Amended and Restated Bylaws”), action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of our stockholders may be taken without a meeting if a written consent that sets forth the action so taken is signed by stockholders holding at least a majority of the voting power of the Company, except that if a different proportion of voting power is required for such an action at a meeting, then that proportion of written consents is required. Such consent shall have the same force and effect as a majority vote of the stockholders and may be stated as such in any document. Our Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws do not contain any provisions contrary to the provisions of Sections 211 and 228 of the DGCL. Thus, to eliminate the costs to us and management time involved in holding a special meeting, and in order to take the Corporate Actions as described in this Information Statement, one of our stockholders representing in excess of 50% of the voting stock executed and delivered a written consent to us.
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