Tenon Medical, Inc.
For the period ended Jul 23, 2025. Filed Jun 17, 2025.
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DEF 14A 1 ea0245216-def14a_tenon.htm DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT
**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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**TENON MEDICAL, INC.
104 Cooper Ct.
Los Gatos, CA 95032
(408) 649-5760
www.tenonmed.com
June 17, 2025
Dear Stockholder:
We are pleased to invite you to attend the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Tenon Medical, Inc. (the “Annual Meeting”). The Annual Meeting will be held virtually via live webcast on Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 10:30 a.m. Pacific Time.
Stockholders willNOT be able to attend the Annual Meeting in person. The Annual Meeting will be accessible only over the internet. Please see “Attending the Virtual Annual Meeting” in the proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”) accompanying this letter for information on how to register, obtain the proxy materials, attend, submit questions and vote at the Annual Meeting.
We are making available to you the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting (“Notice”), Proxy Statement and form of proxy card or voting instruction form on or about June 17, 2025. We are pleased to furnish proxy materials to stockholders primarily over the internet. We believe that this process expedites stockholders’ receipt of proxy materials, lowers the costs of our Annual Meeting and conserves natural resources. On or about June 17, 2025, we will mail to our stockholders a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Internet Availability Notice”) that includes instructions on how to access our Proxy Statement and 2024 Annual Report and how to vote online. The Internet Availability Notice also includes instructions on how you can receive a paper copy of your Annual Meeting materials, including the Notice, Proxy Statement and proxy card or voting instruction form. If you elected to receive your Annual Meeting materials by mail, the Notice, Proxy Statement and proxy card or voting instruction form were enclosed. If you elected to receive your Annual Meeting materials via e-mail, the e-mail contains voting instructions and links to the 2024 Annual Report and the Proxy Statement, both of which are available on the Company’s website atwww.tenonmed.com. Additional details regarding admission to, and the business to be conducted at, the Annual Meeting are described in the accompanying Notice and Proxy Statement.
Only stockholders of record at the close of business on June 6, 2025 are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting.
Your vote is important. Regardless of whether you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, we hope that you will vote as soon as possible. You may vote over the internet, by telephone or by mailing in a proxy card. Please review the instructions on the proxy card or voting instruction form regarding each of these voting options. Voting will ensure your representation at the Annual Meeting regardless of whether you attend the Annual Meeting.
Thank you for your on-going support of Tenon Medical, Inc.
Sincerely,
Steven Foster
Director, Chief Executive Officer and President
TENON MEDICAL, INC.
104 COOPER CT.
LOS GATOS, CA 95032
**NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
ON
WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 2025 AT 10:30 A.M., PACIFIC TIME
VIA A LIVE WEBCAST ONLY
ITEMS OF BUSINESS:
The 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Tenon Medical, Inc. (“Tenon” or the “Company”) will be held virtually via live webcast on Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 10:30 a.m. Pacific Time for the following purposes:
| (1) | to elect Steven Foster, Richard Ginn, Ivan Howard, Richard Ferrari, Kristine Jacques, Robert Weigle and Stephen Hochschuler, M.D. as directors to serve until the 2026 Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the Company; |
| (2) | to approve the exercisability of the warrants issued pursuant to the warrant exercise inducement transaction entered into on March 11, 2025, including (i) the Series C-1 Warrants to purchase up to 2,445,700 shares of common stock and (ii) the Series C-2 Warrants to purchase up to 1,222,850 shares of common stock, in each case at an exercise price of $1.25 per share (collectively, the “New Warrants”), which will become exercisable for five years and three years, respectively, from the date on which stockholder approval is obtained (the “Warrant Approval Proposal”); |
| (3) | to approve amendments to the Tenon Medical, Inc. 2022 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2022 Plan”) to (i) increase the number of shares of the Company’s common stock reserved for issuance under the 2022 Plan from 189,870 shares to 1,328,365 shares and (ii) amend the 2022 Plan’s evergreen provision to increase the annual automatic increase of shares of common stock reserved under the 2022 Plan occurring on January 1 of each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026, to either, as determined in the sole discretion of the 2022 Plan administrator (x) the greater of (A) 4% of the total number of shares of common stock outstanding on the last day of the prior fiscal year or (B) a number of shares that, when added to the number of shares reserved under the 2022 Plan on the last day of the prior fiscal year, will cause the number of shares reserved under the 2022 Plan to equal 15% of the total shares of common stock outstanding on the last day of the prior fiscal year, or (y) a lesser number than obtained from the application of clause (x) above, as determined by the 2022 Plan administrator (the “2022 Plan Amendment Proposal”); |
| (4) | to ratify the appointment of Haskell and White, LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025 (the “Auditor Appointment Proposal”); and |
| (5) | to approve adjourning the Annual Meeting, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies in the event there are not sufficient votes in favor of the proposals listed above at the time of the Annual Meeting (the “Adjournment Proposal”). |
These items of business are more fully described in the proxy statement (“Proxy Statement”) accompanying this Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders (“Notice”). We are not aware of any other business to come before the Annual Meeting.
After careful consideration, the Board has determined that each proposal listed above is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders and has approved each proposal.The Board recommends a vote “FOR” the Election of each director nominee (Proposal 1), “FOR” the Warrant Approval Proposal (Proposal 2), “FOR” the approval of the 2022 Plan Amendment Proposal (Proposal 3), “FOR” the Auditor Appointment Proposal (Proposal 4) and “FOR” the Adjournment Proposal (Proposal 5).
All stockholders are invited to attend the Annual Meeting virtually and no stockholder will be able to attend the Annual Meeting in person. The Annual Meeting will be accessible via the internet in accordance with the instructions contained in the Proxy Statement. Please see “Questions and Answers About the Meeting and Voting—How Do I Vote At The Annual Meeting?” in the Proxy Statement accompanying this Notice for information on how to attend, submit questions and vote at the Annual Meeting.
WHO CAN VOTE?
You can vote at the Annual Meeting if you were a stockholder of record as of the close of business on June 6, 2025 (the “Record Date”). Only stockholders of record on the Record Date are entitled to receive this Notice and to vote at the Annual Meeting or at any postponement(s) or, continuations(s) or adjournment(s) of the Annual Meeting.
ANNUAL REPORT
A copy of our 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K (the “2024 Annual Report”), accompanies the Proxy Statement.
REVIEW THE PROXY MATERIALS AND ANNUAL REPORT ON OUR WEBSITE
You may also read the 2024 Annual Report, this Notice and Proxy Statement atwww.tenonmed.com.
AVAILABLE DATE
This Notice, the Proxy Statement and the form of proxy are first being made available to stockholders on or about June 17, 2025 at Proxyvote.com.
YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT. YOU MAY VOTE OVER THE INTERNET, BY TELEPHONE OR BY MAILING BACK A PROXY CARD. PLEASE REVIEW THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE PROXY STATEMENT OR ON THE PROXY CARD OR VOTING INSTRUCTION FORM REGARDING EACH OF THESE VOTING OPTIONS.
We hope you are able to attend the Annual Meeting virtually via the internet. Whether or not you attend, it is important that your stock be represented and voted at the meeting. I urge you to please complete, date and return the proxy card in the enclosed envelope, vote your shares electronically or vote by telephone using the information provided in the attached Proxy Statement prior to the Annual Meeting date. The vote of each stockholder is very important. You may revoke your written proxy at any time before it is voted at the Annual Meeting by giving written notice to the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, by submitting a properly executed paper proxy bearing a later date or by attending the Annual Meeting virtually and voting online during the meeting. Stockholders may also revoke their proxies by entering a new vote over the internet or by telephone.
By Order of the Board of Directors
Richard Ferrari
Executive Chairman of the Board
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE ANNUAL MEETING | 2 |
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| PROPOSAL 1: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS | 8 |
| DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS | 8 |
| CORPORATE GOVERNANCE | 11 |
| AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT | 15 |
| DIRECTOR COMPENSATION | 17 |
| EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION | 17 |
| SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS | 20 |
| CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS | 22 |
| PROPOSAL 2: APPROVAL OF THE EXERCISABILITY OF THE SERIES C-1 AND SERIES C-2 WARRANTS ISSUED IN CONNECTION WITH THE MARCH 11, 2025 INDUCEMENT TRANSACTION | 22 |
| PROPOSAL 3: APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE TENON MEDICAL, INC. 2022 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN TO INCREASE THE SHARE RESERVE AND MODIFY THE EVERGREEN PROVISION | 24 |
| PROPOSAL 4: RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM | 25 |
| PROPOSAL 5: APPROVAL OF ADJOURNMENT OF ANNUAL MEETING | 27 |
| ADDITIONAL INFORMATION | 27 |
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**TENON MEDICAL, INC.
104 Cooper Ct.
Los Gatos, CA 95032
PROXY STATEMENT
For Annual Meeting of Stockholders to Be Held on July 23, 2025
The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Tenon Medical, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Tenon,” “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our”), solicits the enclosed proxy for use at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company (“Annual Meeting”) to be held on July 23, 2025, only via live webcast accessible by following the instructions set forth here at “Questions and Answers About the Meeting And Voting—How Do I Vote at the Annual Meeting?” This proxy statement (“Proxy Statement”) and the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Notice”) and form of proxy are first being made available to stockholders on or about June 17, 2025.
We are furnishing proxy materials to our stockholders primarily via the internet. On or about June 17, 2025, we mailed to our stockholders a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Internet Availability Notice”) containing instructions on how to access our proxy materials, including our Proxy Statement and our 2024 Annual Report to Stockholders (the “2024 Annual Report”). The Internet Availability Notice also provides information on how to access your voting instructions to be able to vote through the internet or by telephone. Other stockholders, in accordance with their prior requests, have received e-mail notification of how to access our proxy materials and vote via the internet, or have been mailed paper copies of our proxy materials and a proxy card or voting instruction form. Internet distribution of our proxy materials helps to expedite receipt by our stockholders, lowers the cost of the Annual Meeting and conserves natural resources. However, if you would prefer to receive printed proxy materials, please follow the instructions included in the Internet Availability Notice. If you have previously elected to receive our proxy materials electronically, you will continue to receive these materials via e-mail unless you elect otherwise.
The executive offices of the Company are located at, and the mailing address of the Company is 104 Cooper Ct., Los Gatos, CA 95032.
This Proxy Statement contains information about the matters to be voted on at the Annual Meeting and the voting process, as well as information about our directors and executive officers.
Under Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) rules that allow companies to furnish proxy materials to stockholders over the Internet, we have elected to deliver our proxy materials to the majority of our stockholders over the Internet. This delivery process allows us to provide stockholders with the information they need, while at the same time conserving natural resources and lowering the cost of delivery. On or about June 17, 2025, we will begin sending to our stockholders the Internet Availability Notice containing instructions on how to access our Proxy Statement for our Annual Meeting and our 2024 Annual Report. The Internet Availability Notice also provides instructions on how to vote online or by telephone, how to access the virtual Annual Meeting and how to receive a paper copy of the proxy materials by mail. The Notice and Proxy Statement are also available at Proxyvote.com.
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