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Velan-Repertoire Releases Detailed Presentation on the Need for Board Change at Radius Health and Sends Letter to StockholdersVelan Capital Investment Management LP and Repertoire Partners LP (together with the other participants in their solicitation, "Velan-Repertoire" or "we"), collectively one of the largest stockholders of Radius Health, Inc. ("Radius" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: RDUS), with beneficial ownership of approximately 7.7% of the outstanding shares and economic exposure to approximately 10.1% of the outstanding shares, announced today that it has issued a detailed presentation on the need for board-level change at the Company in connection with the upcoming 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on July 8, 2022 (the "Annual Meeting"). Velan-Repertoire also mailed a letter to fellow Radius stockholders detailing the Board of Directors' (the "Board") troubling track record of value destruction and calling on Radius stockholders to send a strong message to the Board at the upcoming Annual Meeting that the status quo can no longer continue. In the presentation, Velan-Repertoire details the troubling share price underperformance, lack of stockholder alignment, minimal management oversight, poor governance, entrenchment tactics and lack of accountability that have persisted at Radius under the leadership of the incumbent Board, which has resulted in significant destruction of stockholder value. The presentation, titled "Board Reconstitution is Necessary to Fix Radius Health, Inc." can be viewed by clicking the following link: https://fixradius.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Velan-Repertoire-Group-Presentation_20220616.pdf. The full text of the letter Velan-Repertoire is mailing to Radius stockholders is found below: Dear Fellow Stockholders: Velan Capital Investment Management LP and Repertoire Partners LP (collectively, "Velan-Repertoire" or "we") collectively beneficially own approximately 7.7% of Radius Health, Inc.'s ("Radius" or the "Company") outstanding shares and have economic exposure to approximately 10.1% of the Company's outstanding shares, making us one of the Company's largest stockholders. We believe Radius has tremendous upside potential. However, under the watch of the current Board of Directors (the "Board"), not only has this potential not been realized, significant value has been destroyed. In order for this pattern to be broken, we believe the Board must be reconstituted with directors who take their fiduciary responsibility seriously, which is why we have nominated Eric Ende, Cynthia Flowers and Ann MacDougall for election to the Board at the upcoming 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting"). Why New Perspectives Are Needed The Company's stock price speaks volumes about the Board's performance. Across nearly every metric and time period, Radius has underperformed its peers and disappointed stockholders.
Adding insult to injury is the fact that the Board - including President & Chief Executive Officer G. Kelly Martin - has minimal alignment with stockholders. Excluding options and performance units, the Board collectively owns ~0.2% of the Company. Not only does the Board have no skin in the game, astonishingly CEO Martin owns zero shares.1 Underlying this dismal stock performance is TYMLOS, an asset with strong potential that unfortunately is wasted under a Board that has overseen 60% employee turnover and a 10% decline (Q1 2020 to Q1 2022) in net sales since CEO Martin joined the Company in April 2020. By his own admission, TYMLOS only commands 50% of CEO Martin's time and the commercial organization continues to see its resources cut despite increasing competition and a growing market. Furthermore, CEO Martin has indicated little willingness to focus on TYMLOS, which we believe is a result of the Board not holding him accountable. In his own words: 4Q 2020 Earnings Call (February 25, 2021)
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In the first 12 months after CEO Martin joined the Company, three directors were appointed to the Board with whom he had a prior relationship, the Strategy Committee of the Board was dissolved and RAD011 was acquired. RAD011 is an endocrinology asset that appeared synergistic to TYMLOS, but is now portrayed as a potential neurology product that better suits CEO Martin's background rather than the Company's existing areas of focus. Further, not only has CEO Martin packed the Board with directors who he has prior relationships with, the Board also includes directors who seemingly do not have the time or interest to give Radius the necessary attention. At the time RAD011 was acquired, CEO Martin had prior connections with four of the seven non-management directors, three of whom were appointed after CEO Martin joined Radius in April 2020. Furthermore, Jean-Pierre Garnier and Andrew von Eschenbach each missed 33% of the Board meetings and 50% of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee meetings last year. Such poor attendance records are not acceptable, nor indicative of actively engaged directors focused on creating value for stockholders. Stockholders deserve a Board comprised of directors who are dedicated, focused and independent of CEO Martin. The Board has fostered a culture characterized by dismal performance, poor corporate governance, entrenchment tactics and a failure to properly oversee management's strategy and execution. Further, more than two months after we publicly nominated director candidates, the incumbent directors unilaterally expanded the Board by two members (and placed them in classes not up for election) - a defensive and reactionary response to stockholder criticism that reeks of entrenchment and a willingness to disenfranchise stockholders. This Board also has a history of simply ignoring stockholders, as evidenced by its lack of response to the 17% of votes cast against Dr. Garnier and Catherine Friedman the last time they were up for reelection in 2019. A Pattern of Bad Faith Engagement Emerges We are not alone in our views. On June 16th, Rubric Capital Management LP ("Rubric") - Radius' second largest stockholder owning over 14.6% of the Company - publicly endorsed all three of our nominees. Rubric also expressed "serious concerns about the corporate governance at Radius" that in many ways mirror our own and outlined a strategic plan which shares our view regarding the untapped potential of TYMLOS. As Rubric notes in its letter, we have no affiliation with one another and are not acting in concert. The fact that an independent stockholder with whom we have no relationship felt compelled to write a public letter in support of our campaign speaks volumes to the widespread stockholder discontent with the current Board. The most disturbing - but not necessarily surprising - aspect of Rubric's letter was its recounting of how the Radius Board seemingly attempted to disenfranchise the firm and trick it into giving up its ability to exercise its voice as a stockholder. As Rubric writes in its letter: "…we now know that the same day Velan-Repertoire had a call with the Company notifying them of their intention to file a 13D, we had a call with the Company in which Radius suggested it might make sense to have Rubric sign a nondisclosure agreement ('NDA') to discuss its strategy in more detail…We view this NDA standstill clause-delivered to us before we had heard of Velan-Repertoire or their 13D had been filed with the SEC-to be a pre-emptive attempt on the part of Radius to muzzle its second largest shareholder in the event of a proxy contest."2 The deplorable nature of this behavior speaks for itself. We are furious the Board, while delaying its interactions with us and not negotiating in good faith, also tried to trap Rubric. This recent account follows the pattern of disregard for stockholders and entrenchment-focused mentality that we have repeatedly seen from this Board. It is clear to us that the current directors have failed to act in the best interest of stockholders and new perspectives are urgently needed in the boardroom. Our Nominees Have a Better Path Forward We ask for your vote to elect our highly qualified director nominees - Eric Ende, Cynthia Flowers and Ann MacDougall - to the Board at the Annual Meeting. Under a reconstituted and refocused Board, we believe Radius can generate $100+ million of annual Adjusted EBITDA. Our nominees have a plan to improve Radius and realign the Board with stockholders that is centered on four pillars:
We are confident that our nominees have the necessary skills and experience to improve the Company and drive stockholder value. If elected, our truly independent nominees would bring a mix complementary skillsets currently lacking on the Board and help instill a sense of accountability in the boardroom.
A revitalized plan generating significant cash flow will enable Radius to service its debt obligations and pursue assets that have a higher ROIC and are synergistic to TYMLOS. We firmly believe a highly-profitable company is within reach - a reconstituted Board is the first step for stockholders to seize this opportunity. If elected, our nominees are committed to taking actions they believe are necessary to increase value for all Radius stockholders. With improved leadership and oversight, we believe the future can be bright for Radius and its stakeholders. The status quo is unacceptable - embrace change by voting FOR our nominees on the WHITE proxy card. It is time for accountability at Radius - Velan-Repertoire urges all stockholders to vote for change on the WHITE proxy card to elect Eric Ende, Cynthia Flowers and Ann MacDougall We look forward to engaging further with you and taking this first step for change at Radius. Sincerely, Adam Morgan and Deepak Sarpangal Velan Capital Investment Management LP and Repertoire Partners LP 1 Excludes options and performance units. 2 Rubric Capital Management Sends Letter to Radius Health Board of Directors
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