Cosmos Health Inc.
For the period ended Sep 30, 2025. Filed Aug 22, 2025.
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Sep 30, 2025 · Filed Aug 22, 2025
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DEF 14A 1 cosm_def14a.htm DEF 14A
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 14A
(RULE 14a-101)
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN
PROXY STATEMENT
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Cosmos Health Inc.
5 Agiou Georgiou Street
Thessaloniki, Greece 55438
August 25, 2025
Dear Cosmos Health Stockholders:
You are cordially invited to attend the Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Cosmos Health Inc. (the “Company”) which will be held on September 30, 2025 at 9:00 A.M. (Central Time) at the Company’s headquarters, 141 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite 4234, Chicago, IL 60604. You will be able to attend the meeting, vote and submit your questions at such meeting.
Details regarding admission to the meeting and the business to be conducted are described in the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials you will receive via electronic mail and in this Proxy Statement. We have also made available a copy of our 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K to Stockholders (the “Annual Report”) with this Proxy Statement. We encourage you to read our Annual Report. It includes our audited financial statements and provides information about our business.
We have elected to provide access to our proxy materials over the internet under the Securities and Exchange Commission’s “notice and access” rules. We are constantly focused on improving the ways people connect with information, and believe that providing our proxy materials over the internet increases the ability of our stockholders to connect with the information they need. If you want more information, please visit the Annual Stockholders Meeting section of our website at www.cosmoshealthinc.com.
Details regarding the Annual Meeting and the business to be conducted are more fully described in the accompanying Notice of 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and Proxy Statement.
Your vote is important. Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, I hope you will vote as soon as possible. You may vote over the internet or at the Annual Meeting, or you also may vote by mailing a proxy card. Please review the instructions on the proxy card regarding your voting options.
Cordially,
/s/ Grigorios Siokas
Grigorios Siokas
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT In order to ensure your representation at the Annual Meeting, whether or not you plan to attend the meeting, please vote your shares as promptly as possible over the internet by following the instructions on your proxy card. Your vote is very important. Your participation will help to ensure the presence of a quorum at the Annual Meeting and save the Company the extra expense associated with additional solicitation. For specific instructions on how to vote your shares, please refer to the instructions on the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials you received via electronic mail or your enclosed proxy card. If you hold your shares through a broker, bank or other nominee, your broker, bank or other nominee is not permitted to vote on your behalf in the election of directors (Proposal 1), the authorization of the Board of Directors to amend the Articles of Incorporation to effect a reverse stock split of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock at their discretion (Proposal 2), the approval of the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the Notes in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(d) (Proposal 3), the approval of the ratification of the appointment of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm (Proposal 4), the approval of the Company’s 2025 equity incentive plan (Proposal 5) the non-binding advisory Say on Pay Vote (Proposal 6) or the non-binding advisory vote on the frequency of the future Say on Pay Votes (Proposal 7) and approve the amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of capital stock of the Company to 1,500,000,000 shares of Common Stock and 300,000,000 shares of “blank check” Preferred Stock (Proposal 8), unless you provide specific instructions to your broker, bank or other nominee by completing and returning any voting instruction form that your broker, bank or other nominee provides or following instructions that allow you to vote your broker-held shares via the internet. Voting your shares in advance will not prevent you from attending the Annual Meeting, revoking your earlier submitted proxy or voting your shares during the Annual Meeting.
Cosmos Health Inc.
5 Agiou Georgiou Street
Thessaloniki, Greece 55438
NOTICE OF 2025 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON September 30, 2025
To the Stockholders of Cosmos Health Inc.:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Cosmos Health Inc. (the “Company”) will be held on September 30, 2025, at 9:00 A.M. (Central Time) at the Company’s U.S. headquarters, 141 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite 4234, Chicago, IL 60604.
| 1. | To elect six directors to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified (Proposal 1); |
| 2. | To authorize the Board of Directors to amend the Articles of Incorporation to effect a reverse stock split of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock at their discretion (Proposal 2); |
| 3 | To approve the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the Notes in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(d) (Proposal 3); |
| 4. | To ratify the appointment of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm (Proposal 4); |
| 5. | To approve the Company’s 2025 equity incentive plan (Proposal 5); |
| 6. 7. 8. | To cast a non-binding, advisory vote to approve the compensation of our named executive officers (“Say on Pay Vote”) (Proposal 6); To cast a non-binding, advisory vote on the frequency of the future “Say on Pay” Votes (Proposal 7); To approve the amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of capital stock of the Company to 1,500,000,000 shares of Common Stock and 300,000,000 shares of “blank check” Preferred Stock (Proposal 8); and to transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting (including any adjournments or postponements thereof). |
Only stockholders of record at the close of business on August 1, 2025 are entitled to receive the notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting or any postponement or adjournment thereof.
If your shares are registered in your name with Equiniti, the Company’s transfer agent for this meeting, and you wish to attend the meeting, go to equiniti.com/global/.
If your shares are registered in the name of your broker, bank or other nominee, you are a “beneficial owner” of the shares. Beneficial owners of shares who wish to attend the Annual Meeting must obtain a valid legal proxy by contacting your account representative at the bank, broker, or other nominee that holds your shares and then register in advance to attend the Annual Meeting. After obtaining a valid legal proxy from your broker, bank or other nominee, to then register to attend the Annual Meeting, you must submit a copy of your legal proxy reflecting the number of your shares along with your name and e-mail address to Equiniti. Request for registration should be directed to proxy-id@equiniti.com, or to facsimile number (202) 521-3464. Written requests can be mailed to: C/O Equiniti, Attn: James Michael, 1110 Centre Point Curve STE 101 Mendota Heights, MN 55120. Written requests can be mailed to: C/O Equiniti, Attn: James Michael, 1110 Centre Point Curve STE 101 Mendota Heights, MN 55120. Requests for registration must be labeled as “Legal Proxy” and be received no later than 5:00 p.m. (Central Time) on September 23, 2025.
Your Board of Directors believes that the election of the nominees specified in the accompanying Proxy Statement as directors at the Annual Meeting is in the best interest of the Company and its stockholders and accordingly, unanimously recommends a vote “FOR” such nominees. The Board of Directors also recommends that you vote “FOR” the authorization of the Board of Directors to amend the Articles of Incorporation to effect a reverse stock split of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock at their discretion, “FOR” the approval of the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the Notes in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(d) , “FOR” the ratification of the appointment of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, “FOR” the approval of the Company’s 2025 equity incentive plan, “FOR” the non-binding advisory Say on Pay Vote, “FOR” the non-binding advisory vote on the frequency of the future Say on Pay Votes and “FOR” the approval of the amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of capital stock of the Company to 1,500,000,000 shares of Common Stock and 300,000,000 shares of “blank check” Preferred Stock;
| By Order of the Board of Directors, | |
| August 25, 2025 | /s/ Grigorios Siokas |
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| Grigorios Siokas | |
| Chief Executive Officer |
IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING INTERNET AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS
This Proxy Statement and our 2024 Annual Report to Stockholders, which includes our Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, will be available at www.cosmoshealthinc.com.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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| GENERAL INFORMATION | 5 | ||
| Record Date | 5 | ||
| Quorum | 5 | ||
| Shares Outstanding | 5 | ||
| Shareholders of Record/Beneficial Owners | 5 | ||
| Voting | 6 | ||
| Revoking Your Proxy | 6 | ||
| Votes Required to Adopt Proposals and Abstentions and Broker Non-Votes | 6 | ||
| Effect of Not Casting Your Vote | 7 | ||
| Effect of Abstentions and Broker Non-Votes | 8 | ||
| Voting Instructions | 8 | ||
| Tabulating the Vote | 8 | ||
| Voting Results | 8 | ||
| Solicitation/Costs | 8 | ||
| PROPOSAL 1 - ELECTION OF DIRECTORS | 9 | ||
| CORPORATE GOVERNANCE | 11 | ||
| Director Independence | 11 | ||
| Board Leadership Structure | 11 | ||
| Board Oversight of Risk | 11 | ||
| Meetings of the Board of Directors and Board Committees | 12 | ||
| Board Committees | 12 | ||
| Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance | 13 | ||
| Anti-Hedging and Anti-Pledging Policies | 13 | ||
| Code of Ethics | 13 | ||
| Insider Trading Policies and Procedures | 13 | ||
| Stockholders Communications with the Board | 13 | ||
| COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS | 14 | ||
| EXECUTIVE OFFICERS | 15 | ||
| EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION | 16 | ||
| Summary Compensation Table | 17 | ||
| Narrative Disclosure to Summary Compensation Table | 17 | ||
| Outstanding Equity Awards At Year-End | 18 | ||
| SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS | 22 | ||
| CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS | 23 | ||
| AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT | 25 | ||
| PROPOSAL 2 - AUTHORIZATION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO AMEND THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION TO EFFECT A REVERSE STOCK SPLIT OF THE COMPANY’S OUTSTANDING COMMON STOCK AT THEIR DISCRETION | 26 | ||
| PROPOSAL 3 - APPROVAL OF THE ISSUANCE OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON THE CONVERSION OF THE NOTES IN COMPLIANCE WITH NASDAQ LISTING RULE 5635(D) | 33 | ||
| PROPOSAL 4 - RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF THE COMPANY’S INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM | 36 | ||
| PROPOSAL 5 - APPROVAL OF THE COMPANY’S 2025 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN | 37 | ||
| PROPOSAL 6 - THE NON-BINDING ADVISORY SAY ON PAY VOTE | 43 | ||
| PROPOSAL 7 - THE NON-BINDING ADVISORY VOTE ON THE FREQUENCY OF THE FUTURE SAY ON PAY VOTES | 44 | ||
| PROPOSAL 8 – APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENT TO THE COMPANY’S ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED SHARES OF CAPITAL STOCK OF THE COMPANY TO 1,500,000,000 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK AND 300,000,000 SHARES OF “BLANK CHECK” PREFERRED STOCK | 45 | ||
| OTHER INFORMATION | 46 | ||
PROXY STATEMENT
FOR THE 2025 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD AT THE COMPANY’S U.S. HEADQUARTERS,
141 WEST JACKSON BOULEVARD, SUITE 4234, CHICAGO, IL 60604
SEPTEMBER 30, 2025
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