SCHEDULE 14A
Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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Air Methods Corporation
(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)
Voce Catalyst Partners LP
Voce Capital Management LLC
Voce Capital LLC
J. Daniel Plants
Robert H. Fish
Gregory K. Guckes
William A. Mathies
(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant)
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On February 15, 2017, Voce Capital Management LLC and its affiliates issued a (i) press release announcing that it intends to nominate four independent directors for election to the board of directors of Air Methods Corporation (the. “Company”) at the Company’s 2017 annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting” and such press release, the “Press Release”) and (ii) corrected version of the Press Release. Copies of the corrected press release and the Press Release are filed herewith asExhibit 1 andExhibit 3, respectively.
Information regarding the Participants (as defined inExhibit 2) in a solicitation of proxies of the shareholders of the Company in connection with the Annual Meeting is filed herewith asExhibit 2.
