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HEMISPHERX BIOPHARMA, INC.
PLEASE VOTE NOW!
October 17, 2008
Dear Hemispherx Stockholder:
We reconvened our annual stockholders' meeting on October 17, 2008 after
adjourning the original meeting on September 17, 2008, but had to adjourn the
meeting again because the required quorum of a majority of the shares eligible
to vote at the meeting still was not present. The further adjourned meeting will
be held on Tuesday, November 11, 2008, at 10:00 a.m. at the Crown Plaza Hotel,
1800 Market Street, Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19103.
IF YOU DID NOT VOTE, PLEASE BE SURE TO VOTE.
The record date remains July 21, 2008. The purposes for which the meeting is
being held remain the same as those listed in our Notice of Annual Meeting of
August 1, 2008.
Please be advised that, to assure that the meeting can be held, our Board of
Directors has amended our By-Laws to reduce the quorum for this meeting from a
majority to 44% in voting power of the outstanding shares of stock entitled to
vote at the meeting. The reduced quorum relates solely to the 2008 Annual
Stockholders' Meeting. The Company will continue to solicit proxies in an
attempt to receive votes from a majority of the shares eligible to vote at the
meeting.
For your convenience we have enclosed another proxy card and return envelope.
If you have any questions, please call MacKenzie Partners, Inc., toll-free at
(800) 322-2885 or collect at (212) 929-5500.
Thank you in advance for voting promptly.
Sincerely,
Board of Directors
Hemispherx Biopharma, Inc.
Corporate Headquarters
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One Penn Center, 1617 JFK Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19103 www.hemispherx.net
t: 215-988-0080 f: 215-988-1739
Manufacturing
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783 Jersey Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
t: 732-249-3250 f: 732-249-6895
HEMISPHERX BIOPHARMA, INC.
THE ADJOURNED ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
NOVEMBER 11, 2008
THIS PROXY IS SOLICTED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The undersigned hereby appoints William A. Carter and Ransom W. Etheridge and
each of them, with full power of substitution, as proxies to represent the
undersigned at the Adjourned Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held at the
Crown Plaza Hotel, 1800 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103, on
Tuesday, November 11, 2008, at 10:00 a.m. local time and at any further
adjournment thereof, and to vote all of the shares of common stock of Hemispherx
Biopharma, Inc. the undersigned would be entitled to vote if personally present,
upon the following matters:
Please mark box in blue or black ink.
1. Proposal No.1-Election of Directors.
Nominees: William A. Carter, Richard C. Piani, Tom Equels,
William M. Mitchell and Iraj-Eqhbal Kiani.
[ ] For all nominees (except as marked to the contrary below)
[ ] Authority Withheld as to all Nominees
(INSTRUCTION: TO WITHHOLD AUTHORITY TO VOTE FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL NOMINEE, STRIKE A
LINE THROUGH THE NOMINEE'S NAME)
William A. Carter Richard C. Piani Tom Equels
William M. Mitchell Iraj-Eqhbal Kiani
2. Proposal No. 2-Ratification of the selection of McGladrey & Pullen, LLP,
as independent registered public accounting firm of Hemispherx Biopharma,
Inc. for the year ending December 31, 2008.
[ ]For [ ]Against [ ]Abstain
3. Proposal No. 3 - To approve the issuance of our common stock to comply
with AMEX company guide section 713.
[ ]For [ ]Against [ ] Abstain
In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote upon such other
business as may properly come before the meeting.
THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED AS DIRECTED. THE BOARD
RECOMMENDS A VOTE "FOR" ALL DIRECTORS AND "FOR" ITEMS NOS. 2 AND 3. IF NO
CONTRARY INSTRUCTION IS GIVEN, THE SHARES WILL BE VOTED FOR THE ELECTION OF
WILLIAM A. CARTER, RICHARD C. PIANI, TOM EQUELS, WILLIAM A. MITCHELL AND
IRAJ-EQHBAL KIANI AS DIRECTORS, FOR PROPOSALS NO.S 2 AND 3 AND, IN THE
DISCRETION OF THE PROXIES, ON ALL OTHER MATTERS PROPERLY BROUGHT BEFORE THE
ADJOURNED ANNUAL MEETING.
Please date, sign as name appears at left, and return promptly. If the
stock is registered in the name of two or more persons, each should
sign. When signing as Corporate Officer, Partner, Executor,
Administrator, Trustee, or Guardian, please give full title. Please
note any change in your address alongside the address as it appears in
the Proxy.
Dated:
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