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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the

Shareholder Meeting to Be Held on March 07, 2012

 

         

 

Meeting Information            

 

   

            BIOVEST INTERNATIONAL, INC.

        Meeting Type:   Annual Meeting    
          For holders as of:   January 09, 2012    
         

 

Date:  March 07, 2012

 

 

          Time: 10:00 AM EST

   
         

 

Location:   324 South Hyde Park Avenue

   
         

 Suite 350

   

LOGO

 

       

 Tampa, Florida 33606

 

   

  BIOVEST INTERNATIONAL, INC.

            

  324 SOUTH HYDE PARK AVE, SUITE 350

  TAMPA, FL 33606

  ATTN:    YIYI LAM

   

 

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Voting items   

 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following:

  

 

1.      Election of Directors

  

         Nominees

  
01     Francis E.O’Donnell, Jr    02    Ronald E. Osman    03    John Sitilides    04    Jeffrey A. Scott    05    Christopher C. Chapman
06     Peter J. Pappas, Sr    07    Raphael J. Mannino    08    Edmund C. King      
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposals 2 and 3.

2       Proposal to approve an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, that the Company is authorized to issue from 300,000,000 shares to 500,000,000 shares and to correspondingly increase the overall number of shares of capital stock that the Company is authorized to issue from 350,000,000 shares to 550,000,000 shares;

3       Proposal to ratify the appointment of Cherry, Bekaert & Holland, L.L.P. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012; and

NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.

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