Company: ANIX
Filing Date: 2025-02-06
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001493152-25-005199
Chunk: 18

Company: Anixa Biosciences Inc
Filing Date: 2025-02-06
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 18
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askies, Emily Gottschalk, and Lewis H. Titterton, Jr. At the Virtual Meeting, four directors are to be elected (Dr. Amit Kumar, Dr. Arnold Baskies, Emily Gottschalk, and Lewis H. Titterton, Jr.), each to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his or her successor shall be elected and shall qualify. Each of the current directors that has determined to stand for reelection at the Virtual Meeting has been nominated for reelection to the Board. All of the Director Nominees are available for election as members of the Board. If for any reason a Director Nominee becomes unavailable for election, the proxies solicited by the Board will be voted for a substitute nominee selected by the Board.

The following sets forth the biographical background information for all of our Director Nominees:

Dr. Kumar has served as our Chief Executive Officer since July 2017, as a director of the Company since November 2012 and as Chairman of the Board since August 2016. From July 2017 until April 2022, he served as President and from June 2015 until August 2016, he served as Vice Chairman of the Board. Dr. Kumar served as a strategic advisor to the Company from September 2012 until July 2017. He has been Executive Chairman of the board of directors of Anixa Diagnostics Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company since June 2015. Upon his appointment as Executive Chairman, Dr. Kumar resigned from his position as the Chief Executive Officer of Geo Fossil Fuels LLC, an energy company, which he had held since December 2010. From September 2001 to June 2010, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of CombiMatrix Corporation, a NASDAQ listed biotechnology company, and also served as director from September 2000 to June 2012. He was Vice President of Life Sciences of Acacia Research Corporation, a publicly traded investment company, from July 2000 to August 2007 and also served as a director from January 2003 to August 2007. Dr. Kumar served as Chairman of the board of directors of Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc., a publicly-held solar energy company, from June 2007 to September 2022. He served as a director of Aeolus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a publicly traded biotechnology company, from June 2004 to June 2018. Dr. Kumar served as Chairman of Actym