ptx_defa14a.htm
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
 
SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
 
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Pernix Therapeutics Holdings, Inc.
(Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

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PERNIX THERAPEUTICS HOLDINGS, INC.
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IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS
for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders
 
DATE:
Thursday, June 21, 2012
 
TIME:
at 11:00 a.m. (local time)
 
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18700 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77032
     
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The purposes of this meeting are as follows:
 
  
 
1.    to elect five directors for a term of one year;
2.    to ratify the selection of Cherry, Bekaert & Holland L.L.P. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012; and 
3.    to transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any postponement or adjournment thereof.
  
 
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Only shareholders of record at the close of business on April 23, 2012 (the “Record Date”) are entitled to notice and to vote at the Anunal Meeting and any adjournments or postponements thereof.
 
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” ALL NOMINEES IN PROPOSAL 1 and
“FOR” PROPOSAL 2.
 
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