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SUPPLEMENT TO
THE PROXY STATEMENT FOR THE
SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON JULY 28, 2017
This proxy statement supplement, dated July 14, 2017, supplements the definitive proxy statement (the Proxy Statement) filed
by The Female Health Company (the Company) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on June 21, 2017, and made available to the Companys stockholders in connection with the solicitation of proxies
by the Board of Directors of the Company for the Special Meeting of Stockholders to be held on July 28, 2017 and any adjournment or postponement thereof (the Special Meeting).
This supplement is being filed with the SEC and is being made available to stockholders on or about July 14, 2017. Only stockholders of
record as of the close of business on June 12, 2017, are entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the Special Meeting.
Except as described in this supplement, the information provided in the Proxy Statement continues to apply. To the extent that
information in this supplement differs from or updates information contained in the Proxy Statement, the information in this supplement is more current.
The Proxy Statement contains important additional information. This supplement should be read
in conjunction with the Proxy Statement.
Additional Background Information regarding Certain Proposals
If both the Share Increase Proposal and the Share Issuance Proposal are approved by the required vote at the Special Meeting, each outstanding
share of Series 4 Preferred Stock will automatically convert into 40 shares of Common Stock.
This section provides additional information
regarding the events preceding the execution of the Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 31, 2016 (the Amended Aspen Park Merger Agreement), among the Company, Aspen Park Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (Aspen Park), and Blue Hen Acquisition, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (Aspen Park Merger Sub), pursuant to which the Series 4 Preferred Stock was issued.
In July 2014, the Company began to pursue a diversification strategy through the potential acquisition of additional products,
technologies or businesses. Between July 2014 and April 2016, the Company had substantive discussions with more than 100 companies regarding a potential acquisition or other strategic transaction, entered into a total of 24 confidentiality
agreements in connection with potential transactions and entered into three non-binding term sheets for potential transactions, including a non-binding term sheet with Aspen Park. The Company determined that none of the companies it analyzed during
this process presented the opportunities provided by Aspen Park.
On April 5, 2016, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of
Merger (the Original Aspen Park Merger Agreement) with Aspen Park, Badger Acquisition Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (Delaware Merger Sub), and Aspen Park Merger Sub. Pursuant to the terms of the Original
Aspen Park Merger Agreement, the Company was to have reincorporated in Delaware through the merger of the Company with and into Delaware Merger Sub with Delaware Merger Sub continuing as the surviving corporation, and then, immediately following
such reincorporation of the Company in Delaware, Aspen Park was to have been acquired by the Company through the merger of Aspen Park Merger Sub with and into Aspen Park with Aspen Park continuing as the surviving corporation.
Prior to the execution of the Original Aspen Park Merger Agreement, the Companys financial advisor, Torreya Partners LLC, a division of
Financial West Investment Group (Torreya), delivered an opinion to the
Companys Board of Directors that, as of March 31, 2016 and subject to the assumptions, limitations, qualifications and other matters set forth in such opinion, the merger consideration
to be paid by the Company to the Aspen Park stockholders pursuant to the Original Aspen Park Merger Agreement was fair from a financial point of view to the Company.
Pursuant to the Original Aspen Park Merger Agreement, the shares of Aspen Park common stock and preferred stock in the aggregate were to be
converted into the right to receive such number of shares of Common Stock that would equal 45% of the total number of outstanding shares of Common Stock on a fully-diluted basis following such issuance. Had the transactions contemplated by the
Original Aspen Park Merger Agreement been completed, the Companys then outstanding stockholders would have held approximately 55% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock and the Aspen Park stockholders would have held approximately 45% of
the outstanding shares of Common Stock, in each case measured on a fully-diluted basis as determined in accordance with the Original Aspen Park Merger Agreement.
The completion of the transactions under the Original Aspen Park Merger Agreement was conditioned on approval by the Companys
stockholders of the following:
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A proposal to approve and adopt a plan of merger for the merger of the Company with and into Delaware Merger Sub with Delaware Merger Sub continuing as the surviving corporation to effect the reincorporation of the
Company in the State of Delaware.
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A proposal to amend the Companys Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, to increase the total number of authorized shares of Common Stock from 38,500,000 shares to 77,000,000 shares to provide
the Company with a sufficient number of authorized shares of Common Stock to issue to the stockholders of Aspen Park pursuant to the Original Aspen Park Merger Agreement as well as additional shares for future financings, acquisition transactions,
joint ventures and other general corporate purposes.
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A proposal to amend the Companys Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, to change the vote required by stockholders to approve certain amendments to the Companys Articles of
Incorporation, certain mergers, share exchanges or conversions, certain sales of all or substantially all of the Companys assets, and a dissolution of the Company from an affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds of the shares entitled to
vote thereon pursuant to Section 180.1706 of the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law to the holders of a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company entitled to vote thereon.
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A proposal to approve the issuance of up to 24,052,476 shares of Common Stock to Aspen Parks stockholders pursuant to the Original Aspen Park Merger Agreement pursuant to NASDAQ Rule 5635 because the shares
of Common Stock to be issued to the to the Aspen Park stockholders would have voting power equal to or greater than 20% of the voting power outstanding before the issuance and would exceed 20% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
before the issuance.
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Approval of the first three proposals described above required the affirmative vote of the holders of
at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of Common Stock while approval of the fourth proposal described above to approve the issuance of shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Original Aspen Park Merger Agreement required that a majority of
the total votes cast vote in favor of such proposal.
The Company filed a definitive proxy statement with the SEC on August 8, 2016
in connection with a special meeting of stockholders to vote upon the matters relating to the Original Aspen Park Merger Agreement and scheduled the special meeting for September 20, 2016.
As of September 20, 2016, the three proposals requiring the approval of the holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of
Common Stock had not reached the required supermajority vote, and the Company adjourned the special meeting to September 22, 2016. The Company subsequently adjourned the special meeting
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two more times, to October 14, 2016 and October 31, 2016, while it continued to solicit votes in favor of the three proposals requiring a supermajority vote. As of October 14,
2016, the holders of approximately 65% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock had voted in favor of the three proposals requiring a supermajority vote, which was slightly below the two-thirds approval requirement. The two-thirds vote threshold
was not met by October 31, 2016.
During the period in which the special meeting was adjourned, the Company and Aspen Park worked on
potential alternative transaction structures to complete the proposed acquisition transaction.
On October 31, 2016, the Company,
Aspen Park and Aspen Park Merger Sub entered into the Amended Aspen Park Merger Agreement, which superseded the Original Aspen Park Merger Agreement. Pursuant to the Amended Aspen Park Merger Agreement, Aspen Park Merger Sub merged with and into
Aspen Park, with Aspen Park surviving the merger and becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the Aspen Park Merger). Under the terms of the Amended Aspen Park Merger Agreement, the outstanding shares of Aspen Park common stock
and preferred stock were converted into a total of 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock and 546,756 shares of Series 4 Preferred Stock. Each share of Series 4 Preferred Stock will automatically convert into 40 shares of Common Stock upon the
approval by the requisite vote of the Companys stockholders of (a) an amendment to the Companys Articles of Incorporation to increase the total number of authorized shares of Common Stock to a sufficient number to permit such
conversion and (b) such conversion of the Series 4 Preferred Stock pursuant to the applicable provisions of the NASDAQ listing rules.
Prior to the execution of the Amended Aspen Park Merger Agreement, the Companys Board of Directors reviewed the revised structure
contemplated by the Amended Aspen Park Merger Agreement and the consequences of abandoning the proposed acquisition of Aspen Park. In addition, Torreya delivered an opinion to the Companys Board of Directors that, as of October 30, 2016
and subject to the assumptions, limitations, qualifications and other matters set forth in such opinion, the revised merger consideration to be paid by the Company to the Aspen Park stockholders pursuant to the Amended Aspen Park Merger Agreement
was fair from a financial point of view to the Company. At a meeting of the Companys Board of Directors held by telephone on October 30, 2016, by a unanimous vote of the five directors voting, the Companys Board of Directors
determined that the Amended Aspen Park Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the acquisition of Aspen Park by the Company, were advisable, fair to and in the best interests of the Companys stockholders, and
approved the Amended Aspen Park Merger Agreement and the transaction contemplated thereby.
The revised merger consideration pursuant to
the Amended Aspen Park Merger Agreement consisted only of existing authorized and currently available shares of the Companys common stock and preferred stock and, accordingly, the consummation of the merger transaction under the Amended Aspen
Park Merger Agreement did not require approval of the Companys stockholders. However, as contemplated by the Proxy Statement, approval of the Companys stockholders is required for the conversion of the Series 4 Preferred Stock into
Common Stock.
The proposals to be voted upon by stockholders at the Special Meeting include the Share Increase Proposal and the Share
Issuance Proposal which, if approved by the required vote, would result in the automatic conversion of each share of Series 4 Preferred Stock into 40 shares of Common Stock. The 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock and 546,756 shares of Series 4
Preferred Stock issued pursuant to the Amended Aspen Park Merger Agreement are entitled to vote on the proposals to be voted upon at the Special Meeting, except that these shares are excluded for purposes of the vote on the Share Issuance Proposal.
Litigation Relating to the Amended Aspen Park Merger Agreement
As previously disclosed in the Companys periodic reports filed with the SEC, in connection with the completion of the merger transaction
pursuant to the Amended Aspen Park Merger Agreement, two purported derivative and class action lawsuits were filed against the Company in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, which were captioned
Glotzer v. The Female Health Company, et
al.
, Case No. 2016-CH-13815, and
Schartz v. Parrish, et al.
, Case No. 2016-CH-14488. On January 9, 2017 these two lawsuits were consolidated. On March 31, 2017, the plaintiffs filed a consolidated complaint. The
consolidated complaint names as defendants the Company, the members of the Companys board of directors prior to the closing of the Aspen Park Merger and the members of the Companys board of directors after the closing of the Aspen Park
Merger. The consolidated complaint alleges,
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among other things, that the Companys directors breached their fiduciary duties, or aided and abetted such breaches, by consummating the Aspen Park Merger in violation of the Wisconsin
Business Corporation Law and NASDAQ voting requirements and by causing the Company to issue the shares of its Common Stock and Series 4 Preferred Stock to the former stockholders of Aspen Park pursuant to the Aspen Park Merger in order to evade the
voting requirements of the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law. The consolidated complaint also alleges that Mitchell S. Steiner, a director and the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and a co-founder of Aspen Park, and Harry Fisch,
a director of the Company and a co-founder of Aspen Park, were unjustly enriched in receiving shares of Common Stock and Series 4 Preferred Stock in the Aspen Park Merger. Based on these allegations, the consolidated complaint seeks equitable
relief, including rescission of the Aspen Park Merger, money damages, disgorgement of the shares of Common Stock and Series 4 Preferred Stock issued to Dr. Steiner and Dr. Fisch, and costs and expenses of the litigation, including
attorneys fees. On May 5, 2017, the defendants filed a motion to dismiss the consolidated complaint. On June 29, 2017, the plaintiffs filed a motion for a temporary restraining order to enjoin the Company from holding a stockholder
vote on the proposals set forth in the Proxy Statement, and a hearing to consider the plaintiffs motion has been scheduled for July 24, 2017. The Company believes that this action is without merit and is vigorously defending itself.
Additional Information and Where to Find It
On June 21, 2017, the Company filed the Proxy Statement and definitive form of proxy card with the SEC in connection with its solicitation
of proxies from the Companys stockholders relating to the Special Meeting. STOCKHOLDERS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT, THE ACCOMPANYING PROXY CARD AND OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED BY THE COMPANY WITH THE SEC CAREFULLY AND IN
THEIR ENTIRETY AS THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Stockholders can obtain copies of the Proxy Statement, any amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement and other documents filed by the Company with the SEC for no charge at the SECs
website at www.sec.gov. Copies are also available at no charge on the Investors section of our corporate website at www.veruhealthcare.com/investors or by writing to the Companys Corporate Secretary at The Female Health Company, 4400 Biscayne
Blvd., Suite 888, Miami, Florida 33137-3212.
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