Company: DERM
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-036338
Chunk: 18

Company: Journey Medical Corp
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 18
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 based on her financial and healthcare industry experience, as well as her in-depth understanding of our business. Michael Pearce — Director Michael Pearce has served as a member of our Board since July 2024. Mr. Pearce is a principal investor with an emphasis on healthcare. Since 2015, he has served as an advisor to EP Group and board member of its predecessor parent company, Evening Post Industries (“EPI”). At EPI, he served on the audit, compensation, and investment committees. EPI was founded in 1896 and, along with EP Group, has operated substantial holdings across diverse industries including home healthcare, network-affiliate television, real estate, pharmaceuticals, benefit solutions, logistics, and Pulitzer Prize-winning print media. In addition to his work with the EP family of companies, Mr. Pearce is the Chairman of Range Therapeutics, a healthcare advisory firm. He was previously at Pernix Therapeutics, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company initially focused on the pediatric marketplace, where he was Chairman when it began to trade on the NYSE Amex, and where he ultimately also contributed as interim CEO. Mr. Pearce has served on the board of directors of numerous private and publicly-traded entities, including former biopharmaceutical companies Myrexis, Inc. and Affymax, Inc. During 2024, our Board held four meetings and took action by unanimous written consent five times. Each regularly scheduled meeting of the Board includes an executive session at which the independent directors, Dr. Rosenwald, the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer discuss certain matters. Each incumbent director who served his or her full term and is standing for election attended at least 75% of the meetings of the Board of Directors and the meetings of those committees on which such incumbent director served during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024. The permanent committees established by our Board are the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee, descriptions of which are set forth in more detail below. Our directors are expected to attend each Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and it is our expectation that all of the directors standing for election will attend this year’s Annual Meeting. Each of our directors attended the annual meeting of stockholders in 2024 by teleconference. Communicating with the Board of Directors Our Board has established a process by which stockholders can send communications to the Board. You may communicate with the Board as a group, or to specific directors, by writing to Ramsey Alloush, our Corporate Secretary, at our offices located at 9237 E