PR Newswire
NEW YORK, June 20, 2016
NEW YORK, June 20, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Wynnefield Capital and its affiliates (collectively, "Wynnefield"), longstanding stockholders of Omega Protein Corporation (NYSE: OME) ("Omega" or the "Company") with a 7.9% ownership interest, today announced that Egan-Jones, a leading independent proxy voting and corporate governance advisory firm, recommended that its clients vote FOR the election of all Wynnefield independent nominees.
Egan-Jones joins Glass Lewis and Institutional Shareholder Services in recommending that their clients vote the Gold Card for Mr. Michael Christodolou, Wynnefield's independent nominee to replace incumbent Gary J. Ermers on Omega's Board of Directors.
Nelson Obus, President of Wynnefield, said, "Egan-Jones' recommendation provides further validation that there is great and immediate need for change on Omega's Board. All three leading proxy advisory firms have now weighed in, and each firm has independently come to the same conclusion: Omega's capital misallocation, corporate governance failures and poor business execution call out for the independence and critical perspective of Michael Christodolou. Omega Stockholders have all the information they need to vote for this important change on their Board."
In reaching its conclusion, Egan-Jones notes that the replacing Gary Ermers with Michael Christodolou "is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders." Specifically, Egan-Jones says:
"We encourage our fellow stockholders to vote the Gold Card, which is the only way to ensure that both Michael Christodolou and David Clarke are elected to Omega's Board," Mr. Obus concluded.
Vote the GOLD CARD today to elect Michael Christodolou and David Clarke, and Learn More about Wynnefield's Campaign @ www.UnlockOmegaValue.com
Additional Information and Where to Find It
Wynnefield Partners Small Cap Value, L.P.; Wynnefield Partners Small Cap Value, L.P. I; Wynnefield Small Cap Value Offshore Fund, Ltd.; Wynnefield Capital, Inc. Profit Sharing & Money Purchase Plan; Wynnefield Capital Management, LLC; Wynnefield Capital, Inc.; Joshua H. Landes; and Nelson Obus (collectively, "Wynnefield") together with Michael N. Christodolou, David H. Clarke are participants in the solicitation of proxies from stockholders in connection with the 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") of Omega Protein Corporation (the "Company"). On May 31, 2016, Wynnefield filed a definitive proxy statement and related materials (the "2016 Proxy Statement") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") in connection with the solicitation of proxies for the Annual Meeting unless it withdraws its nominations.
Investors and security holders may obtain free copies of Wynnefield's definitive proxy statement and related materials (if and when available) filed with the SEC by Wynnefield through the web site maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov.
A summary of Wynnefield's analysis of Omega's capital misallocation and critique of its governance deficiencies, as well as biographical information of each of Wynnefield's proposed nominees, is contained in the 2016 Proxy Statement, which can be found at: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1053650/000114420416105680/0001144204-16-105680-index.htm. For more information, please visit http://www.unlockomegavalue.com.
Wynnefield may be deemed to beneficially own 1,752,636 shares of the Company's common stock, representing approximately 7.9% of the Company's outstanding common stock. None of the other participants own any shares of the Company's common stock. Additional information regarding such participants, including their direct or indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will be included in the 2016 Proxy Statement and other relevant documents to be filed with the SEC in connection with the Annual Meeting.
On or about June 1, 2016, Wynnefield commenced mailing of the definitive 2016 Proxy Statement and an accompanying proxy card to some or all stockholders pursuant to applicable SEC rules. STOCKHOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE 2016 PROXY STATEMENT (INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO) AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS THAT THE COMPANY WILL FILE WITH THE SEC WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Stockholders may obtain, free of charge, copies of the definitive 2016 Proxy Statement and any other documents filed by Wynnefield with respect to the Company with the SEC in connection with the Annual Meeting at the SEC's website (http://www.sec.gov).
Morrow & Co., LLC
Tom Ball, 203-658-9400
tomball@morrowco.com
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SOURCE Wynnefield Capital
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