B Riley Financial Inc
For the period ended Jun 21, 2024. Filed May 10, 2024.
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Jun 21, 2024 · Filed May 10, 2024
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 14A
Proxy Statement Pursuant To Section 14(A) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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May 10, 2024
Dear Fellow Stockholders:
We are pleased to invite you to B. Riley’s 2024 Annual Meeting to be held virtually on June 21, 2024 at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time. Your vote and representation are important to us. Even if you are unable to attend the meeting, we hope you will exercise your vote.
We appreciate your continued support and investment in B. Riley. For the past 27 years, we have focused on meeting the strategic and financial needs of our clients and partners in the small- and mid-cap markets. We have advised and serviced, invested in and acquired businesses and built what we believe is the leading franchise in this space. This has been our stated strategy since our founding as a fundamental stock research firm in 1997 — and this is where we will continue to focus. With a steadily improving investment environment for small- and mid-cap companies, we believe B. Riley is well positioned to grow our leadership position in this underserved market by providing our clients with trusted financial services and capital solutions.
Whether or not you plan to attend the annual meeting online, and regardless of the number of shares you own, it is important that your shares be represented at the annual meeting. The attached notice of meeting and proxy statement describe the matters to be acted upon at our annual meeting. Both stockholders of record and “street name” stockholders will be able to attend the annual meeting via live audio webcast, submit their questions during the meeting and vote their shares electronically at the annual meeting. Please see the attached proxy statement for important registration and access information.
Accordingly, if you have received a proxy card, we urge you to promptly complete and return it to the inspector of elections in the postage-prepaid envelope provided, or to promptly use the telephone or Internet voting system. If you do attend the virtual meeting and wish to vote online during the meeting, you may withdraw your proxy at that time.
Sincerely,
Bryant R. Riley
Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
To be held on June 21, 2024
To the Stockholders of B. Riley Financial, Inc.:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of B. Riley Financial, Inc. will be held on June 21, 2024, at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time, exclusively via live webcast, for the following purposes:
To elect nine (9) directors to hold office for a one-year term to expire at the Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are elected and duly qualified.
To ratify the selection of Marcum LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024.
To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.
The foregoing items of business are more fully described in the proxy statement accompanying this notice.
The Company’s Board of Directors has fixed the close of business on May 2, 2024 as the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at this Annual Meeting and at any adjournment or postponement thereof. All stockholders are invited to attend the virtual meeting. To participate in the virtual meeting, you will need the control number included on your proxy card, Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials or voting instruction form.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
Bryant R. Riley
Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer
Los Angeles, California
May 10, 2024
ALL STOCKHOLDERS ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND THE MEETING ONLINE. WHETHER OR NOT YOU EXPECT TO ATTEND THE VIRTUAL MEETING, IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED A PROXY CARD, PLEASE COMPLETE, DATE, SIGN AND RETURN AS PROMPTLY AS POSSIBLE IN ORDER TO ENSURE YOUR REPRESENTATION AT THE MEETING. IF YOU RECEIVED A PROXY CARD, A RETURN ENVELOPE (WHICH IS POSTAGE PREPAID IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES) IS ENCLOSED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE NOTE, IF YOUR SHARES ARE HELD OF RECORD BY A BROKER, BANK OR OTHER NOMINEE AND YOU WISH TO VOTE AT THE MEETING, YOU MUST OBTAIN FROM THE RECORD HOLDER A PROXY ISSUED IN YOUR NAME AND EMAIL THAT PROXY TO virtualmeeting@viewproxy.com, NO LESS THAN ONE HOUR IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING.
PROXY STATEMENT
2024 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
To be held on June 21, 2024
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