Axsome Therapeutics to Host 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders Virtually

NEW YORK, May 26, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: AXSM), a biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies for the management of central nervous system (CNS) disorders, today announced the Company’s 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders will now be held in a virtual-only meeting format due to continued public health concerns resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, government-recommended and required limits on public gatherings, and to protect the health and safety of the Company’s stockholders, directors, and employees.

The meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. local time on Friday, June 5, 2020. Stockholders will not be able to attend the Annual Meeting in person.

Voting Electronically and Attending the Virtual Annual Meeting

The Company’s stockholders as of the close of business on April 9, 2020 (the “Record Date”) can join the live virtual meeting. Stockholders will be able to listen, vote and submit questions from any remote location with internet connectivity. If you were a stockholder of record as of the Record Date, to be admitted to the Annual Meeting at www.issuerdirect.com/virtual-event/axsm, and to vote your shares during the meeting or submit questions during the meeting, you must enter the control number found on your proxy card, voting instruction form or notice you previously received. Stockholders of record may vote during the Annual Meeting by following the instructions available on the meeting website during the meeting.

If you were a beneficial owner as of the Record Date of shares held in “street name” through a broker, bank or other nominee and you wish to attend the meeting and/or vote your shares during the meeting or submit questions during the meeting, you will need to provide proof of your authority to vote (legal proxy), which you must obtain from such nominee reflecting your holdings. You may forward an e-mail from your nominee or attach an image of your legal proxy and transmit it via e-mail to Issuer Direct at [e-mail] and you should label the e-mail “Legal Proxy” in the subject line. Requests for registration must be received by Issuer Direct no later than 12:00 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time, on June 2, 2020. You will then receive confirmation of your registration, with a control number by e-mail from Issuer Direct. At the time of the meeting, go to www.issuerdirect.com/virtual-event/axsm and enter the first 13 digits of your control number.