Company: PTHS
Filing Date: 2025-05-27
Form Type: DEFM14C
Source: 0001140361-25-020509
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Company: Pelthos Therapeutics Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-05-27
Form: DEFM14C
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 therapy company focused on rare neuromuscular disorders, and Pelthos Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company focused on dermatologic infectious diseases. Mr. Pauls served on the board of directors of Zyla Life Sciences (previously Egalet Corporation) (OTCQX: ZCOR), a commercial-stage life sciences company with a portfolio of medicines for pain and inflammation, from January 2019 until its merger with Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. in May 2020. From August 2014 to November 2019, Mr. Pauls served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Strongbridge Biopharma plc (Nasdaq: SBBP) (“Strongbridge”), a biopharmaceutical company focused on therapies that target rare diseases that Mr. Pauls lead through an initial public offering. He also served as a member of the board of directors of Strongbridge from September 2015 to November 2019. From April 2013 to August 2014, Mr. Pauls was Chief Commercial Officer of Insmed, Inc. (Nasdaq: INSM), a publicly traded global biopharmaceutical company focused on rare diseases. From 2007 to April 2013, Mr. Pauls worked at Shire Pharmaceuticals, a global specialty biopharmaceutical company, most recently as Senior Vice President, Head of Global Commercial Operations from May 2012 to April 2013. Earlier in his career, from 1997 to 2007, Mr. Pauls held senior positions at Bristol-Myers Squibb in Brand Management and Payor Marketing and at Johnson & Johnson in various U.S. and global commercial roles. Mr. Pauls holds B.S. and M.B.A. degrees from Central Michigan University and a J.D. from Michigan State University College of Law. We believe Mr. Pauls’ experience with extensive commercialization, strategic planning and operations in the biopharmaceutical industry, qualifies him to serve as a member of the Board of Directors.

#### Election of Officers
Each executive officer will serve at the discretion of the combined company’s board of directors. There are no family relationships among any of the combined company’s directors or executive officers.

**Board of Directors of the Combined Company Following the Merger**

The Channel board of directors currently consists of five directors. Following the completion of the Merger, the Channel board will consist of seven members. It is anticipated that the incoming directors will be appointed to

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