UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
SCHEDULE 14A
Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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o Preliminary Proxy Statement
o Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))
o Definitive Proxy Statement
þ Definitive Additional Materials
o Soliciting Material Pursuant to §240.14a-12
CUMBERLAND PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
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As a shareholder of Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Inc. you have the option of voting your shares electronically through the Internet, eliminating the need to return the proxy card. Your electronic vote authorizes the named proxies to vote your shares in the same manner as if you marked, signed, dated and returned the proxy card. Votes submitted electronically over the Internet or by mobile device must be received by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on April 22, 2024.
| Vote Your Proxy on the Internet: | Vote Your Proxy on your Mobile: | Vote Your Proxy via the mail: | ||||||||||||
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| Go to www.cstproxyvote.com | ||||||||||||||
| Have your proxy card available when you access the above website. Follow the prompts to vote your shares. | On your Smartphone/Tablet, open the QR Reader and scan the below image. Once the voting site is displayed, enter your Control Number from the proxy card and vote your shares. | Mark, sign, and date your proxy card, then detach it, and return it in the postage-paid envelope provided. | ||||||||||||
| PLEASE DO NOT RETURN THE PROXY CARD IF YOU ARE | ||
| VOTING ELECTRONICALLY OR BY PHONE | ||
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PROXY
This Proxy, when properly executed, will be voted in the manner directed herein by the undersigned shareholder. If no direction is made, this Proxy will be voted FOR Proposals 1 AND 2. |  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| For | Against | Abstain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1. For the election as directors of the nominees listed below, except to the extent that authority is specifically withheld. | FOR all Nominees listed to the left | WITHHOLD AUTHORITY to vote (except as marked to the contrary for all nominees listed to the left | 2. To ratify the appointment of Carr, Riggs & Ingram, LLC as independent registered accounting firm of the Company for fiscal year ending December 31, 2024. | o | o | o | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOMINEES: (1) Martin S. Brown, Jr. (2) James R. Jones | o | o | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(INSTRUCTION: To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee, write that nominee's name on the space provided below.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In their discretion, the Proxies are authorized to vote upon such other business as may properly come before the meeting. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I understand that I may revoke this Proxy only by: (i) written instructions to that effect, signed and dated by me, which must be actually received by the Corporate Secretary prior to the commencement of the Annual Meeting; (ii) properly submitting to the Company a duly executed proxy bearing a later date; OR (iii) appearing at the Annual Meeting and voting in person. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Signature _________________________________ Signature if Held Jointly____________________________________ Date____________ , 2024.
Please sign exactly as your name appears on your stock certificate. When shares are held by joint tenants, both should sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee or guardian, please give full title as such. If the
shares are owned by a corporation, sign in the full corporate name by the President or other authorized officer. If the shares are owned by a Partnership, sign in the name of the Partnership name by an authorized person.
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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held April 23, 2024
The Notice, Proxy Statement, and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 are available at:
http://www.cstproxy.com/cumberlandpharma/2024
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THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
CUMBERLAND PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
To Be Held April 23, 2024
The undersigned hereby appoints A.J. Kazimi and Kenneth J. Krogulski, or either of them, as proxies, with full power of substitution, and hereby authorizes each of them to represent and vote, as designated on the reverse side, all of the shares of Common Stock of Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Inc., held of record by the undersigned on March 1, 2024 at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held at the Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Inc., 1600 West End Avenue, Suite 1300, Nashville, Tennessee 37203 on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, at 9:30 a.m. Central Time, or any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) thereof, with all powers which the undersigned would possess if personally present, upon and in respect of the following matters and in accordance with the instructions specified on the reverse side.
THIS PROXY, WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED, WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE UNDERSIGNED SHAREHOLDER. IF NO DIRECTIONS ARE GIVEN, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR ALL OF THE DIRECTOR NOMINEES NAMED IN PROPOSAL 1 ON THE REVERSE SIDE AS WELL AS PROPOSAL 2. THE PROXIES NAMED ABOVE ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO VOTE IN THEIR DISCRETION UPON SUCH OTHER BUSINESS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING AND ANY ADJOURNMENT(S) OR POSTPONEMENT(S) THEREOF.
(Continued, and to be marked, dated and signed, on the other side)
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