CONDUIT PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
For the period ended Jul 8, 2025. Filed Jul 8, 2025.
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Jul 8, 2025 · Filed Jul 8, 2025
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
****Washington, D.C. 20549
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4851 Tamiami Trail North, Suite 200
**Naples, FL 34103
(646) 491 9132
**NOTICE OF VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2025
To our stockholders:
The 2025 virtual annual meeting of stockholders (the “2025 Annual Meeting”) of Conduit Pharmaceuticals Inc., a Delaware corporation, will be held on Tuesday, August 5, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Time, for the following purposes:
| 1. | to elect five nominees to serve as directors, each for a one-year term expiring at our next annual meeting of stockholders and until each such director’s successor is elected and qualified (Proposal No. 1); |
| 2. | to ratify the appointment of CBIZ CPAs P.C. as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025 (Proposal No. 2); |
| 3. | to approve an amendment and restatement to the 2023 Stock Incentive Plan to increase the authorized share reserve (Proposal No. 3); and |
| 4. | to transact such other matters as may properly come before the 2025 Annual Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. |
Only holders of record of our common stock as of the close of business on July 3, 2025, the record date, are entitled to notice of and to vote at the 2025 Annual Meeting.
The 2025 Annual Meeting will be a completely “virtual” meeting of stockholders. You will be able to listen and participate in the virtual annual meeting as well as vote and submit your questions during the live webcast of the meeting by registering in advance of the 2025 Annual Meeting at https://meeting.vstocktransfer.com/CONDUITAUG25. A Zoom account is required to register. If your shares are held by a bank, broker or other agent, please follow the instructions from your bank, broker or other agent to have your shares voted.
Whether or not you plan to participate virtually in the 2025 Annual Meeting, your vote is important. To assure your representation at the meeting, please vote by following the instructions on the document that has been mailed to you, or, if you received a paper copy of the proxy materials, signing and dating the enclosed proxy card and returning it promptly in the enclosed postage-paid envelope. Sending in your proxy or submitting voting instructions via the Internet will not prevent you from voting during the 2025 Annual Meeting. If you vote during the 2025 Annual Meeting pursuant to the voting instructions below, that vote will revoke any prior proxy or voting instructions that you have submitted.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
/s/ Dr. Andrew Regan
Dr. Andrew Regan
Chief Executive Officer
London, United Kingdom
July 8, 2025
**IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS
FOR THE 2025 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON AUGUST 5, 2025
This Proxy Statement, the Proxy Card and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 are available online at: https://ts.vstocktransfer.com/irhlogin/I-CONDUIT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| PROXY STATEMENT | 1 |
|---|---|
| PROPOSAL NO. 1 – ELECTION OF DIRECTORS | 6 |
| DIRECTORS’ NOMINATION | 9 |
| DIRECTORS’ COMPENSATION | 10 |
| CORPORATE GOVERNANCE | 12 |
| EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION | 16 |
| EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION | 22 |
| TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PERSONS | 23 |
| REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS | 29 |
| SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT | 30 |
| PROPOSAL NO. 2 – RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF OUR INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM | 32 |
| PROPOSAL NO. 3 – APPROVAL OF AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF SHARES ISSUABLE PURSUANT TO THE 2023 PLAN, IN THE FORM ATTACHED AS ANNEX A TO THIS PROXY STATEMENT. | 34 |
| DELINQUENT SECTION 16(a) REPORTS | 44 |
| STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS | 44 |
| OTHER MATTERS | 45 |
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4581 Tamiami Trail North, Suite 200
Naples, FL 34103
(646) 491-9132
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