PRELIMINARY PROXY STATEMENT, SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
STRATA SKIN SCIENCES, INC.
5 Walnut Grove Drive, Suite 140
Horsham, Pennsylvania 19044
PROXY STATEMENT FOR THE
2023 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THIS PROXY MATERIAL AND VOTING
Why am I receiving these materials?
We sent you this Proxy Statement and the enclosed proxy card because the Board of Directors of STRATA Skin Sciences, Inc. (“we”, “us”, “our”, or “the Company”) is soliciting your proxy to vote at our 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). You are invited to attend the Annual Meeting, and we request that you vote on the proposals described in this Proxy Statement. You do not need to attend the meeting to vote your shares. Instead, you may simply complete, sign and return the enclosed proxy card, or you may grant a proxy to vote your shares by means of the telephone or on the Internet.
We intend to mail this Proxy Statement and the accompanying proxy card together with our 2023 Annual Report to Stockholders on or about , 2023 to all stockholders of record on September 12, 2023 (the “record date”) entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. Each share of common stock outstanding on the record date will be entitled to one vote.
Who can vote at the Annual Meeting?
Only stockholders of record at the close of business on the record date will be entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. On this record date, there were 34,913,935 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote.
Stockholder of Record: Shares Registered in Your Name
If, on the record date, your shares were registered directly in your name with our transfer agent, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, then you are a stockholder of record. As a stockholder of record, you may vote in person at the Annual Meeting or vote by proxy. Throughout this Proxy Statement, we refer to these holders as “stockholders of record.”
Beneficial Owner: Shares Registered in the Name of a Broker or Bank
If, on the record date, your shares were held not in your name, but rather in an account at a brokerage firm, bank, dealer, or other similar organization, then you are the beneficial owner of shares held in “street name” and these proxy materials are being forwarded to you by that organization. The organization holding your account is considered to be the stockholder of record for purposes of voting at the Annual Meeting. As a beneficial owner, you have the right to direct your broker or other agent on how to vote the shares in your account. You are also invited to attend the Annual Meeting. Since you are not the stockholder of record, however, you may not vote your shares in person at the Annual Meeting unless you request and obtain a valid legal proxy from your broker or other agent. Throughout this Proxy Statement, we refer to these holders as “street name stockholders.”
What is the purpose of the Annual Meeting?
Our stockholders are being asked to approve the following proposals at the Annual Meeting:
1.
| elect five (5) director nominees named in this proxy statement; |
2.
| ratify the appointment by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Marcum LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023; |
3.
| approve an amendment to our existing Certificate of Incorporation (our “Current Charter”) to effect a reverse stock split of our common stock at a reverse stock split ratio not less than 1-for-5 and no greater |