Benzinga | Nov 23, 2021 08:37AM EST

Oragenics Announces Adjournment Of Annual Meeting Of Shareholders Due To Lack of Quorum

Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE:OGEN) ("Oragenics" or the "Company") announced that the Company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting"), on November 22, 2021, at 9:00 a.m. was convened and adjourned, without any business being conducted, due to lack of the required quorum.

A quorum consists of a majority of the shares entitled to vote. There were fewer than a majority of shares entitled to vote present, either in person or by proxy at this meeting. The Annual Meeting therefore had no quorum and the meeting was adjourned to 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on Tuesday, January 25, 2022 at the offices of Shumaker, Loop, & Kendrick, Bank of America Plaza, 101 E Kennedy Blvd., Suite 2800, Tampa, FL 33602 to allow additional time for the Company's shareholders to vote on the proposals set forth in the Company's definitive proxy statement filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on October 13, 2021.

During the current adjournment, the Company expects to continue to solicit votes from its shareholders with respect to the proposals set forth in the Company's proxy statement. As set forth in the proxy statement, the Company has engaged a proxy solicitor, Alliance Advisors to assist management with obtaining adequate votes to achieve the required quorum of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.

Only shareholders of record, as of the record date, October 1, 2021, are entitled to and are being requested to vote. At the time the Annual Meeting was adjourned, proxies had been submitted by stockholders representing approximately 40% of the shares of the Company's common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. Proxies previously submitted in respect of the Annual Meeting will be voted at the adjourned Annual Meeting unless properly revoked, and stockholders who have previously submitted a proxy or otherwise voted need not take any action.

The Company encourages all shareholders of record on October 1, 2021, whom have not yet voted, to do so by January 24, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. (Eastern Time). Shareholders who have any questions or require any assistance with completing a proxy or voting instruction form or who do not have the required materials, may contact Alliance Advisors, using the following contact information 200 Broadacres Drive, 3rd Fl., Bloomfield, NJ 07003, Telephone: Toll Free: 1-855-723-7816 and Outside North America: 1-973-873-7700 Email: OGEN@allianceadvisorsllc.com.

If the number of additional shares of common stock voted at the adjourned Annual Meeting is not sufficient to reach a quorum, the Company may seek to adjourn the Annual Meeting again, which will require the Company to incur additional costs.