UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 14A
Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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RAND CAPITAL CORPORATION
(Name of the Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
User-Friendly Phone Book, LLC
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On April 28, 2019, User-Friendly Phone Book, LLC published a newspaper advertisement in the Buffalo News, the text of which is filed as Exhibit 1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
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| Exhibit 1 | Newspaper Advertisement dated April 28, 2019. | |
Exhibit 1
Exhibit 1
ATTN: RAND CAPITAL SHAREHOLDERS Vote AGAINST the Proposed Transaction Control is being sold for only $3.00 per share an approximate 40% DISCOUNT to reported $4.99 Net Asset Value (NAV) per share! VOTE AGAINST! Shareholders could receive approximately 66% greater return by simply liquidating assets and no longer paying approximately $1 million per year in compensation to management! VOTE AGAINST! The Special Dividend may have NEGATIVE TAX consequences for Rand Shareholders! VOTE AGAINST! RAND’s NAV per share has declined for the past three years! Do not reward poorly performing management! Vote AGAINST all proposals at the Special Meeting on May 16, 2019! CERTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PARTICIPANT User-Friendly Phone Book, LLC (“UFPB”) is the sole participant in this solicitation. UFPB plans on making a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) consisting of a proxy statement and accompanying WHITE proxy card to be used to solicit proxies to vote against the proposed transaction with East Asset Management, LLC at the Special Meeting of Stockholders of Rand Capital Corporation (the “Company”) scheduled to be held on May 16, 2019. UFPB STRONGLY ADVISES ALL STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND OTHER PROXY MATERIALS AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. SUCH PROXY MATERIALS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE ON THE SEC’S WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SEC.GOV. IN ADDITION, UFPB WILL PROVIDE COPIES OF THE PROXY STATEMENT WITHOUT CHARGE UPON REQUEST. REQUESTS FOR COPIES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO UPFB’S PROXY SOLICITOR, MACKENZIE PARTNERS, INC., TOLL FREE AT (800) 322-2885 OR (212) 929-5500. As of the date hereof, UFPB owns 1,455,993 shares of common stock of the Company, representing approximately 23.0% of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company.