carefully consider the factors discussed below and the factors identified in Part I, “Item 1A.
−Removed: Risk Factors” in
−Removed: our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 filed with the SEC on March 31, 2022, and our subsequent filings
−Removed: with the SEC, that could materially affect our business and financial condition and could cause results to differ materially from those expressed
−Removed: in forward-looking statements contained in this Report or other reports filed with the SEC.
−Removed: The risks described below and in the above
−Removed: reports are not the only risks we face.
−Removed: Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be
−Removed: immaterial also may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and operating results.
−Removed: Please also see
−Removed: “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” above.
−Removed: Our business, financial condition and operating
−Removed: results could be negatively affected as a result of actions by activist investors.
−Removed: An activist stockholder (the “Activist”)
−Removed: submitted a notice to our Board, purporting to nominate two nominees to our three-member Board at the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
−Removed: We informed the Activist that our Board determined its purported notice of nomination was invalid, as it did not comply with our Amended
−Removed: and Restated Bylaws.
−Removed: We initiated a lawsuit against the Activist, the Activist’s two nominees, and four additional individuals–all
−Removed: of whom we believe to be acting as a group to attempt to effectuate a takeover of our Board without registering as a group pursuant to
−Removed: securities laws and some of whom we believe have committed other unlawful actions.
−Removed: The Activist subsequently sued us in the Court
−Removed: of Chancery of the State of Delaware, seeking a declaratory judgment that the purported notice of nominations was valid and certain injunctive
−Removed: If the Activist prevails in its lawsuit, we will be involved in a proxy contest for control of our Board, despite the deficiencies
−Removed: in the Activist’s purported notice of nominations.
−Removed: Even if we prevail in the Delaware litigation, the litigation and the campaign
−Removed: by the Activist and those with whom the Activist is acting in concert against us has, and will have, likely diverted the time and energies
−Removed: of management and required us to incur substantial expense, possibly causing a decrease in stockholder value.
−Removed: A proxy contest and related litigation, along the
−Removed: lines discussed above, could have a material adverse effect on us for the following reasons:
−Removed: ● Activist investors may attempt to effect changes in our governance and strategic direction or to acquire
−Removed: control over the Board or AIM.
−Removed: In particular, if the Activist is successful in its litigation and subsequent proxy contest, it may gain
−Removed: control of the Board.
−Removed: ● While we welcome the opinions of all stockholders, responding to proxy contests and related litigation
−Removed: by activist investors is likely to be costly and time-consuming, disrupt our operations, and potentially divert the attention of our Board,
−Removed: management team and other employees away from their regular duties and the pursuit of business opportunities to enhance stockholder value.
−Removed: ● Perceived uncertainties as to our future direction of AIM as a result of potential changes to the composition
−Removed: of the Board may lead to the perception of a change in the strategic direction of the business, instability or lack of continuity, which
−Removed: may cause concern to our existing or potential strategic partners, customers, employees and stockholders;
+Added: Risk Factors” in our
+Added: Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 filed with the SEC on March 31, 2022, and our subsequent filings with
+Added: the SEC, that could materially affect our business and financial condition and could cause results to differ materially from those
+Added: expressed in forward-looking statements contained in this Report or other reports filed with the SEC.
+Added: The risks described below
+Added: and in the above reports are not the only risks we face.
+Added: Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently
+Added: deem to be immaterial also may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and operating results.
+Added: Please also see “Special
+Added: Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” above.
+Added: business, financial condition and operating results could be negatively affected as a result of actions by activist investors.
+Added: activist stockholder (the “Activist”) submitted a notice to our Board, purporting to nominate two nominees to our three-member
+Added: Board at the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
+Added: We informed the Activist that our Board determined its purported notice of nomination
+Added: was invalid, as it did not comply with our Amended and Restated Bylaws.
+Added: We initiated a lawsuit against the Activist, the Activist’s
+Added: two nominees, and four additional individuals–all of whom we believe to be acting as a group to attempt to effectuate a takeover
+Added: of our Board without registering as a group pursuant to U.S.
+Added: securities laws and some of whom we believe have committed other unlawful
+Added: The Activist subsequently sued AIM and each of our board members in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, seeking
+Added: a declaratory judgment that the purported notice of nominations was valid and certain injunctive relief.
+Added: The Delaware Chancery Court
+Added: denied the Activist’s motion on October 28, 2022, and the Activist announced on November 2, 2022, that it did not intend to appeal
+Added: the decision.
+Added: Had the Activist prevailed in its lawsuit, we most likely would have been involved in a proxy contest for control of our
+Added: Board, despite the deficiencies in the Activist’s purported notice of nominations.
+Added: Even though we prevailed in the Delaware litigation,
+Added: the litigation and the campaign by the Activist and those with whom the Activist is acting in concert against us has, and will have,
+Added: likely diverted the time and energies of management and required us to incur substantial expense, possibly causing a decrease in stockholder
+Added: proxy contest and related litigation, along the lines discussed above, could have a material adverse effect on us for the following reasons:
+Added: investors may attempt to effect changes in our governance and strategic direction or to acquire control over the Board or AIM.
+Added: particular, if the Activist is successful in its litigation and subsequent proxy contest, it may gain control of the Board.
+Added: we welcome the opinions of all stockholders, responding to proxy contests and related litigation by activist investors is likely
+Added: to be costly and time-consuming, disrupt our operations, and potentially divert the attention of our Board, management team and other
+Added: employees away from their regular duties and the pursuit of business opportunities to enhance stockholder value.
+Added: uncertainties as to our future direction as a result of potential changes to the composition of the Board may lead to the perception
+Added: of a change in the strategic direction of the business, instability or lack of continuity, which may cause concern to our existing
+Added: or potential strategic partners, customers, employees and stockholders;
may be exploited by our competitors;
−Removed: may result in the loss of potential business opportunities or limit our ability to timely initiate or advance clinical trials;
−Removed: make it more difficult to attract and retain qualified personnel and business partners.
−Removed: ● Proxy contests and related litigation by activist investors
−Removed: could cause significant fluctuations in our stock price based on temporary or speculative market perceptions or other factors that do
−Removed: not necessarily reflect the underlying fundamentals and prospects of our business.
+Added: may result in the loss
+Added: of potential business opportunities or limit our ability to timely initiate or advance clinical trials;
+Added: and may make it more difficult
+Added: to attract and retain qualified personnel and business partners.
+Added: contests and related litigation by activist investors could cause significant fluctuations in our stock price based on temporary
+Added: or speculative market perceptions or other factors that do not necessarily reflect the underlying fundamentals and prospects of our
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