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The announcement comes about a week after another proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services said Ziopharm should elect two of the three board members proposed by WaterMill, in a rare case of investor activism in the biotechnology industry.
WaterMill has said there was a need for a board shakeup at Ziopharm after the company’s shares fell over 75% during a five-year period.
“Glass Lewis … has endorsed its case for meaningful change at Ziopharm Oncology and recommended shareholders vote for all five proposals on WaterMill’s WHITE consent card,” WaterMill said in a statement.
The proposals include the election of Robert Postma, Jaime Vieser and Holger Weis to Ziopharm’s board and remove incumbents Kevin Buchi, Elan Ezickson, Chairman Scott Tarriff and Mary Thistle, whose appointment last month was criticized by WaterMill citing prior connections with other board members.
Ziopharm asked shareholders to resist calls from WaterMill to remove the four board members.
