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CNS Response Provides
Update Regarding Former
CEO
Annual
Meeting of Stockholders to be Held September 29, 2009
Costa
Mesa, CA –
August 10, 2009 – CNS
Response, Inc. (OTCBB: CNSO),
(the “Company”) is issuing this press release to provide its stockholders
with further updates regarding Len Brandt, the Company’s former CEO, and his
repeated attempts to hold a special meeting of CNS
stockholders.
According to CNS Response CEO George
Carpenter, Brandt has recently sent out another mailing to CNS
stockholders announcing his attempt to call yet another special meeting – this
time on August 17, 2009. This is the sixth time he has tried to call
a meeting since June. His June 30 meeting never occurred and then
again on July 3 (a holiday), July 12 (a Sunday), July 21 and July 30 he tried to
call meetings to order and adjourn them each time because no quorum was
present.
“This is
an expensive waste of shareholder time and money,” commented
Carpenter. “Mr. Brandt knows that we already have an annual meeting
scheduled for September 29.
He doesn’t have SEC-filed proxy materials to deliver to stockholders and
shouldn’t be trying to get anyone’s proxy for his purported
meeting. This just seems like part of his ongoing effort to disrupt
the Company.”
The
Company believes that Brandt’s most recent actions are further evidence of his
plans to pursue his personal agenda while disenfranchising other CNS
stockholders. By continuing his attempts to hold his purported
meeting when he knows the Company has scheduled an annual meeting in September
to cover the same issue – the election of directors -- and when he knows that
the Company’s bylaws prohibit him from calling a special meeting to elect
directors, the Company believes Brandt continues to show his lack of interest in
ensuring that the views of all CNS stockholders are represented.
Carpenter
commented, “His latest SEC filings are of particular concern as they
continue to contain material misstatements of fact with respect to his own
shareholdings, his proxies in hand, and his lack of fiduciary conduct as a Board
member. For example, he claims to have had ‘numerous
discussions with potential investors’ about investing in CNS, but has never
shared that information with the Company. Since he knows we are actively engaged
in financing efforts, his withholding of information from his fellow Board
members can only hurt CNS stockholders. And now he’s told the
SEC that he wants to use proxies for ‘any meeting’ of our
stockholders. As he was unable to line up financing in over a
year and ran the company into near-insolvency, I’m not sure how stockholders
would benefit by giving him a blank check now.”
The
Company wishes to again make clear to its stockholders that any communications
from Brandt or others working with him do not come from or reflect the opinions
or views of the Company, are not communications from the Company or the Board of
Directors and have not been authorized by or consented to by
them.
Additional
Information and Where to Find It
This
release may be deemed to be solicitation material in respect of the matters to
be considered at the Company’s 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and/or the
purported special meeting called by Mr. Len Brandt. The Company intends to file
a proxy statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in
connection with that meeting. SECURITYHOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY
STATEMENT AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED OR THAT WILL BE FILED WITH THE
SEC WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION.
Security holders will be able to receive the proxy statement and other relevant
documents free of charge at the SEC’s Web site at www.sec.gov or from the
Company at 2755 Bristol Street, Suite 285, Costa Mesa, CA 92626.
Participants
in Solicitation
CNS and
its directors (other than Leonard J. Brandt) and executive officer (George
Carpenter, who also serves as a director) may be deemed to be participants in
the solicitation of proxies in respect of the matters to be considered at the
Company’s 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and/or the purported special
meeting called by Mr. Len Brandt. Security holders may obtain
information regarding the names, affiliations and interests of such individuals
in CNS’s Form 10-K and Form 10-K/A filings with the SEC on January 13, 2009 and
January 28, 2009, respectively. To the extent holdings of CNS
securities have changed since the amounts reflected in those filings, such
changes have been or will be reflected on Statements of Change in Ownership on
Form 4 or Form 5 filed by those persons with the SEC. Additional information
regarding the interests of these persons in these matters will be
included in its definitive proxy statement.
About CNS
Response
Today,
most physicians are able to base treatment on objective test data, such as EKGs,
MRIs, blood tests, etc. Broadly speaking, such advances have not yet
come to those physicians practicing psychiatry.
CNS Response has developed a patented
data-analysis capability that, with the help of a simple, non-invasive EEG, will
analyze a patient’s brain waves and compare the results to
an extensive patient
outcomes database. The process produces a rEEG® report providing a psychiatrist with
guidance to personalize medication regimens for a patient, based on the
patient’s own brain physiology. To read more
about the benefits this patented technology provides physicians, patients and
insurers, please visit the CNS Response website, www.cnsresponse.com.
Safe Harbor Statement Under
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
Except
for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed are
forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. These statements
involve risks and uncertainties as set forth in the Company's filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. These risks and uncertainties could cause
actual results to differ materially from any forward-looking statements made
herein.
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