To: Rick Costantino who wrote (3493 ) 3/19/1998 10:40:00 PM From: Jonathan Schonsheck Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 4342
Dear Threaders - Here's the first (substantive) part of an SEC filing, DEF 14A. (One additional piece of information: Travelers continues to hold about 1.4 million shares.) NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS Tuesday, May 13, 1998 --------------------------------------------------------- To the Shareholders: Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of the Shareholders (the "Meeting") of Paracelsian, Inc. (the "Corporation") will be held at 1:00 p.m., local time, on Wednesday, May 13, 1998, at the New York Service Center for Chinese Study Fellows, Inc., 88 9th Avenue, New York, New York, or at any adjournment thereof, for the following purposes: 1. To elect eight directors, with three to be elected to serve a one year term until the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 1999, three to be elected to serve a two year term until the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2000, and two to be elected to serve a three year term until the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in the year 2001, or until their successors have been elected and qualified. 2. To approve an amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation increasing the authorized number of shares of common stock from 20,000,000 to 35,000,000. 3. To transact such other businesses as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or adjournments thereof. Only shareholders of record of the common stock of the Corporation at the close of business on April 3, 1998 are entitled to notice of, and to vote, at the meeting and any adjournment or adjournments thereof. The Corporation's stock transfer books will not be closed. At least ten days prior to the Meeting, a complete list of the shareholders entitled to vote will be available for inspection by any shareholder, for any purpose germane to the Meeting, during ordinary business hours, at the Office of the Corporation listed above. If you do not expect to be present, please fill in, date and sign the enclosed Proxy, which is solicited by the Board of Directors of the Corporation, and mail it promptly in the enclosed envelope. In the event you decide to attend the Meeting in person, you may, if you desire, revoke the Proxy and vote your shares in person.