Replies to post #275966 on NorthWest Biotherapeutics Inc (NWBO)

[longfellow95]

I never get proxy papers from my Uk Broker.
Thus I doubt I will get access.

I guess it's possible that an 'in advance' log-on will allow a manual check of your name and email against company records and perhaps once verified, you will then be able to gain access again on the day.

And there is possibly two levels of access.
One that allows only one-way audio from the meeting, and maybe another that allows a degree of two-way participation.
It's all a bit uncertain, but hardly surprising really given the circumstances.

In any event, I think it's great that the advance question submission has allowed the company to pretty accurately know what is currently of most concern to shareholders (if they didn't know already, which they probably did).

[biosectinvestor]

The ASM info that was posted is here:


https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1072379/000110465920039528/tm2013863-1_def14a.htm

“To follow the Annual Meeting audio, registered stockholders will need to log on to a special Annual Meeting website described in your proxy. The website is www.meetingcenter.io/227204437, and the password is NWBO2020. Registered stockholders may vote prior to or during the meeting. As distinguished from registered stockholders, a beneficial stockholder whose shares are held through an intermediary has two voting options: The first voting option is to vote prior to the meeting through their bank, broker or proxy solicitor. The second voting option is to fill out the Voter Information Form (VIF) included in the proxy materials, submit the VIF to Broadridge, receive a legal proxy from Broadridge and then submit such proxy to Computershare before Tuesday, April 14, 2020. We recommend the first voting option as much easier and more efficient than the second voting option. All stockholders may also vote when contacted by the Company’s proxy solicitation agent, Georgeson LLC. Beneficial stockholders who have voted before the meeting, may listen to the meeting by logging into the meeting link provided above and clicking on the guest registration tab. This proxy statement provides more details and numbers to call with any questions concerning all of these procedures occasioned by the current requirement to avoid an in person meeting. The Company also stands ready to help in any way.”

[sentiment_stocks]

Senti, NWB2020 is not a password regardless of what they call it. It is a public acces code for the meeting. A password would be to restrict access to only those who are actual shareholders. A public ID does not accomplish that. - exwannabe

Haha... agreed. It's a password that basically is a public access code FOR BENEFICIAL SHAREHOLDERS. I believe that because the company had to change the meeting from an in-person attendance meeting to a virtual meeting, they had to make the access easy. Thus... the password is really a public access code, as you like to call it.

I think they ultimately figured that while people like you who don't own shares should not hop on the call, even if you did, the content of call would likely be reported to publicly anyway, within minutes, hours, and perhaps a day or two of the call. The alternative would have been to have make it only accessible to shareholders via the more complicated process (the second option on the proxy that was the only option described to GGB in his letter), and the company decided that complicating the access to attendance was not necessary.

Please tell me why GGB was informed today that in order to attend he had to contact somebody with his credentials by the previous friday?- exwannabe

The process has been made more convoluted as a result of switching the ASM meeting from an in-person on to a virtual one. But all instructions were provided in the proxy by the date it needed to be made public. As an aside, I'm sure many of us have received our MAILED (not emailed) voting instructions days or weeks after the votes were due. That's why it's up to those of us who are "self-directed" shareholders (without an adviser) to make sure we get our control numbers from our broker/bankers in order to be able to vote them.

I would strongly suggest that the broker/banker that sent that letter to GGB accidentally cited only the more onerous means to access the meeting, and neglected to provide the easier access to the ASM (website and password provided in the proxy) in their letter.

[GoodGuyBill]

I told everyone already.

I called my eoptions cust service. They (NOT NWBO) require their account holders to call in and verify their info before they send the login/password.

BUT.....I was supposed to get an email with the login info but haven't yet. So....

About an hour or so after I called, I received The following email:

Hi Mr. xxxx,

This is a Georgeson Virtual Meeting. All you need to do is follow the URL and password on your Voter Information Form. There will be a link on the meeting page starting 15 minutes before the meeting for beneficial shareholders who will attend the meeting but not vote during the meeting.

Live via Webcast: www.meetingcenter.io/xxxxxxx7

Password is xxxxxxxxx



Best regards,

So this wasn't an NWBO issue.