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PROPANC
BIOPHARMA, INC.
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Propanc
Biopharma, Inc.
302,
6 Butler Street, Camberwell
VIC,
3124 Australia
NOTICE
OF ACTION TO BE TAKEN WITHOUT A MEETING
To
The Stockholders of Propanc Biopharma, Inc.:
This
notice and the enclosed Information Statement is being furnished by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Propanc Biopharma,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our”), to the holders of
record (the “Stockholders”) of shares of our common stock, par value $0.001 (the “Common Stock”), and shares
of our preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Preferred Stock”), at the close of business on September 21, 2022,
(the “Record Date”), pursuant to Rule 14c-2 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”). The purpose of the enclosed Information Statement is to notify our Stockholders of actions taken by written consent of the
holders of a majority of our voting stock. On September 21, 2022, the Company received written consents in lieu of a meeting by unanimous
vote of our directors and a majority stockholder holding 677,177,717 votes representing 50.44% of the outstanding voting
power of the Company (the “Majority Stockholder”) approving the following action by the Company (the “Action”):
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Approval
of a Certificate of Amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation effecting an increase in our authorized shares of Common Stock
from 3,000,000,000 to 10,000,000,000 (the “Increase in Authorized Shares”). |
Accordingly,
your consent is not required and is not being solicited in connection with the approval of the Action. The Action and the Certificate
of Amendment will become effective when we file the Certificate of Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. The
Certificate of Amendment will not be filed and the Action will not become effective until a date that is at least 20 days after the enclosed
Information Statement is first mailed or otherwise delivered to our Stockholders.
This
Information Statement is being mailed on or about October [●], 2022, to the Stockholders on the close of business on the Record
Date.
PLEASE
NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT A NOTICE OF A MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS AND NO
STOCKHOLDERS
MEETING WILL BE HELD TO CONSIDER THE MATTERS DESCRIBED HEREIN.
WE
ARE NOT ASKING YOU FOR A PROXY AND YOU ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SEND US A PROXY.
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/s/
James Nathanielsz |
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James
Nathanielsz |
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Chief
Executive Officer |
Propanc
Biopharma, Inc.
6
Butler Street, Camberwell
VIC,
3124 Australia
INFORMATION
STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(c)
OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
PLEASE
NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT A NOTICE OF A MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS AND NO STOCKHOLDERS MEETING WILL BE HELD TO CONSIDER THE MATTERS DESCRIBED
HEREIN. WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU FOR A PROXY AND YOU ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SEND US A PROXY.
GENERAL
INFORMATION
This
Information Statement is being mailed on or about October [●], 2022, to the holders of record (the “Stockholders”)
at the close of business on September 21, 2022 (the “Record Date”) of shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per
share (the “Common Stock”), and shares of preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Preferred Stock”),
of Propanc Biopharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our”),
in connection with the approval and adoption of the Certificate of Amendment for the Increase in Authorized Shares (as defined below)
by the written consent by unanimous vote of our Board of Directors (“Board”) and a majority stockholder holding 677,177,717
votes representing 50.44% of the outstanding voting power of the Company (the “Majority Stockholder”).
Actions
by Written Consent
The
following action were approved by the written consent of the Board and the Majority Stockholder in lieu of a special meeting on September
21, 2022:
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Approval
of a Certificate of Amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation effecting an increase in our authorized shares of Common Stock
from 3,000,000,000 to 10,000,000,000 (the “Increase in Authorized Shares”). |
The
Increase in Authorized Shares will become effective upon the acceptance for record of the Certificate of Amendment to our Certificate
of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware which will occur no earlier than 20 calendar days after this Information
Statement is first mailed to our Stockholders.
Required
Vote
The
Common Stock and the Preferred Stock are the only classes of outstanding voting stock of the Company. As of September 21, 2022, there
were 677,177,717 shares of Common Stock outstanding. On September 21, 2022, the following holders of shares of the Common Stock
and shares of the Preferred Stock, representing 50.44% of the outstanding voting power of the Company, executed the written consent
of the Majority Stockholder approving the Increase in Authorized Shares pursuant to a Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of
Incorporation:
Shareholder
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Class
of Shares Held | |
No.
of Shares | | |
No.
of Votes | | |
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of
Outstanding Votes | |
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North
Horizon Pty Ltd.(1) | |
Common
Stock | |
| 5,928,004 | | |
| 5,928,004 | | |
| 0.44 | % |
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James
Nathanielsz | |
Series
B Preferred Stock(2) | |
| 1 | | |
| 677,177,717 | | |
| 50.00 | % |
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| 683,105,721 | | |
| 50.44 | % |
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North
Horizon Pty Ltd. is a Nathanielsz Family Trust. Mr. James Nathanielsz, the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and
a director of the Company has voting and investment power over these shares. |
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Each
holder of outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock is entitled to vote on all matters submitted or required to be submitted
to a vote of our stockholders, and each share of Series B Preferred Stock has the voting power equivalent to the number of votes
equal to the total number of shares of our Common Stock outstanding as of the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled
to vote on such matters. |
Section
228 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”) provides that the written consent of the holders
of outstanding shares of voting capital stock, having not less than the minimum number of votes which would be necessary to authorize
or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, may be substituted for a special
meeting of stockholders to approve the Increase in Authorized Shares. In order to eliminate the costs involved in holding a special meeting
of stockholders, the Board voted to utilize the written consent of the holders of a majority of our outstanding voting securities. The
Board does not intend to solicit any proxies or consents from any other stockholder in connection with this action.
Interest
of Certain Persons in Matters to be Acted Upon.
Except
as disclosed elsewhere in this Information Statement, none of the following persons has any substantial interest, direct or indirect,
by security holdings or otherwise in any matter to be acted upon:
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Any
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stockholdings of our directors and officers are listed below in the section entitled “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial
Owners and Management.” No director has advised us that he intends to oppose the Amendment.
Stockholders
Entitled to Receive Notice of Action by Written Consent
This
Information Statement is being distributed pursuant to the requirements of Section 14(c) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the “Exchange Act”) to the Company’s stockholders of record on the Record Date. This Information Statement also constitutes
notice under Section 228 of the DGCL that the Increase in Authorized Shares was approved by the written consent of the Majority Stockholder.
This Information Statement is being mailed on or about October [●], 2022, to our stockholders of record on the Record Date who
did not execute the written consent of the Majority Stockholder and is being delivered to inform the stockholders of the Increase in
Authorized Shares described herein before it takes effect in accordance with Rule 14c-2 of the Exchange Act.
Only
holders of record of our Common Stock and Preferred Stock at the close of business on the Record Date are entitled to notice of the action
taken by written consent.
Effective
Date of Action by Written Consent
Pursuant
to Rule 14c-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act, the earliest date that the corporate actions being taken pursuant to the written consent
of the Majority Stockholder can become effective is 20 days after the first mailing or other delivery of this Information Statement.
After the foregoing 20-day period, we plan to file the Certificate of Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware
for the Increase in Authorized Shares, in which the filing will result in the Action becoming effective. We recommend that you read this
Information Statement in its entirety for a full description of the action approved by the Majority Stockholder.
Dissenters’
Rights of Appraisal
No
dissenter’s rights are afforded to our stockholders under Delaware law as a result of the adoption of the Certificate of Amendment.
Costs
of the Information Statement
We
are mailing this Information Statement and will bear the costs associated therewith. We are not making any solicitations. We will request
brokerage houses, nominees, custodians, fiduciaries and other like parties to forward this Information Statement to the beneficial owners
of our Common Stock and Preferred Stock held of record by them, and will reimburse such persons for their reasonable charges and expenses
in connection therewith.
ACTION
ONE: APPROVAL OF THE CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT TO THE
CERTIFICATE
OF INCORPORATION TO EFFECTUATE AN INCREASE IN AUTHORIZED SHARES
OF
OUR COMMON STOCK FROM 3,000,000,000 TO 10,000,000,000
Our
Board and the Majority Stockholder approved an amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to increase the number of authorized
shares of our Common Stock from 3,000,000,000 to 10,000,000,000 shares. The increase in authorized shares was also approved by the stockholders
pursuant to the Majority Stockholder Consent.
Purpose
and Effect of the Authorized Stock Amendment
The
Company is currently authorized to issue an aggregate of 3,000,000,000 shares of Common Stock. As of the Record Date, there were outstanding
677,177,717 shares of Common Stock.
The
number of shares outstanding does not include a significant number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of convertible
debt. The agreements under which many of such securities were issued require the Company to have sufficient shares available to accommodate
all of the possible issuances of shares of Common Stock upon conversion or exercise of such securities.
The
increase in the number of authorized shares of Common Stock is also necessary to provide flexibility to issue shares for general corporate
purposes that may be identified in the future including, but not limited to, raising additional equity capital through the issuance of
shares of Common Stock, preferred stock or debt or equity securities convertible or exercisable into shares of Common Stock, or in the
case of Common Stock, adopting additional employee benefit plans and funding the acquisition of other companies. No additional action
or authorization by stockholders would be necessary prior to the issuance of such additional shares, unless required by applicable law
or the rules of any stock exchange or national securities association trading system on which our Common Stock is then listed or quoted.
Examples of circumstances in which further stockholder authorization generally would be required for issuance of such additional shares
include (a) transactions that would result in a change of control of the Company, and (b) adoption of, increases in shares available
under, or material changes to equity compensation plans.
The
additional authorized shares would become part of the existing class of Common Stock, and the Certificate of Amendment would not affect
the terms of the outstanding Common Stock or the rights of the holders of the Common Stock. The Company’s stockholders do not have
preemptive rights with respect to our Common Stock. Should the Board elect to issue additional shares of Common Stock, existing stockholders
would not have any preferential rights to purchase such shares. Therefore, additional issuances of Common Stock could have a dilutive
effect on the earnings per share, voting power and shareholdings of current stockholders.
The
Certificate of Amendment will be in substantially the form attached to this Information Statement as Exhibit A and will become effective
upon the acceptance for record of the Certificate of Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, which will occur
no earlier than 20 calendar days after this Information Statement is first mailed to our Stockholders who did not execute the written
consent of the Majority Stockholder.
SECURITY
OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The
following table sets forth information regarding beneficial ownership of our capital stock by:
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each
person, or group of affiliated persons, known by us to beneficially own more than 5% of our common stock; |
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each
of our directors; |
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our
sole Named Executive Officer; and |
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all
of our current executive officers and directors as a group. |
The
following table is based upon information supplied by to us by our officers, directors and certain principal stockholders. We have determined
beneficial ownership in accordance with the rules of the SEC. These rules generally attribute beneficial ownership of securities to persons
who possess sole or shared voting power or investment power with respect to those securities. In addition, the rules include shares of
common stock that the person has the right to acquire beneficial ownership within 60 days. These shares are deemed to be outstanding
and beneficially owned by the person holding those options for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of that person, but
they are not treated as outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person. Unless otherwise indicated,
the persons or entities identified in this table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares shown as beneficially
owned by them, subject to applicable community property laws.
Except
as otherwise noted below, the address for each person or entity listed in the table is c/o Propanc Biopharma, Inc., 302, 6 Butler Street,
Camberwell, VIC, 3124 Australia.
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Common Stock Beneficially Owned | | |
Series A Preferred Stock Beneficially Owned | | |
Series B Preferred Stock Beneficially Owned | |
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner | |
Number of Shares Beneficially Owned | | |
Percentage of Class(1) | | |
Number of Shares Beneficially Owned | | |
Percentage of Class(2) | | |
Number of Shares Beneficially Owned | | |
Percentage of Class (2) | |
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North Horizon Pty Ltd.(3) | |
| 5,928,004 | | |
| 0.88 | % | |
| 500,000 | | |
| 100 | % | |
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James Nathanielsz | |
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Dr. Julian Kenyon | |
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| 0.51 | % | |
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Josef Zelinger | |
| 2,800,005 | | |
| 0.41 | % | |
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All directors and executive officers, as a group (3 persons) | |
| 12,148,014 | | |
| 1.80 | % | |
| 500,000 | | |
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Sylvia Nathanielsz (4) | |
| 2,800,000 | | |
| 0.41 | % | |
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Applicable percentages are based on 677,177,717 shares of our common stock outstanding as of September 21, 2022.
(2)
Applicable percentages are based on 500,000 shares of our Series A Preferred Stock and one share of our Series B Preferred Stock outstanding
as of September 21, 2022, except where the person or entity has the right to receive shares within the next 60 days, which would increase
the number of shares owned by such person or entity and the number of shares outstanding.
(3)
North Horizon Pty Ltd. is a Nathanielsz Family Trust. Mr. Nathanielsz, the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Active Chairman
and a director of the Company, has voting and investment power over these shares.
(4)
Sylvia Nathanielsz
is the wife of James Nathanielsz.
DISSENTERS’
RIGHTS OFAPPRAISAL
Neither
the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation nor Bylaws nor the DGCL provide for dissenters’ rights of appraisal in connection
with the Action described herein.
HOW
THE INCREASE IN AUTHORIZED SHARES WILL BE ENACTED
The
Increase in Authorized Shares will be effected by the filing of a Certificate of Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware. The Certificate Amendment will be effective upon the date and time of effectiveness of such filing, which is no earlier than
20 calendar days after this Information Statement is first mailed to our Stockholders who did not execute the written consent of the
Majority Stockholder. The Increase in Authorized Shares will occur without any further action on the part of our stockholders.
STOCKHOLDERS
SHARING THE SAME LAST NAME AND ADDRESS
The
SEC has adopted rules that permit companies and brokers, banks and other nominees to satisfy the delivery requirements for proxy statements
and annual reports, with respect to two or more stockholders sharing the same address and who do not participate in electronic delivery
of proxy materials, by delivering a single copy of such documents addressed to those stockholders. This process, which is commonly referred
to as “householding,” potentially means extra convenience for stockholders and cost savings for companies.
Brokers,
banks and other nominees may be “householding” Company proxy materials. This means that only one copy of proxy materials
may have been sent to multiple stockholders in a household. If, at any time, you no longer wish to participate in householding and would
prefer to receive a separate proxy statement and annual report from the other stockholder(s) sharing your address, please: (i) notify
your broker, bank or other nominee, (ii) direct your written request to Chief Executive Officer, 302, 6 Butler Street, Camberwell, VIC,
3124 Australia, or (iii) contact our Chief Executive Officer at +61-03-9882-0780. The Company will undertake to deliver promptly, upon
any such oral or written request, a separate copy of the proxy materials to a stockholder at a shared address to which a single copy
of these documents was delivered. Stockholders who currently receive multiple copies of proxy materials at their address and would like
to request householding of their communications should notify their broker, bank or other nominee, or contact our Chief Executive Officer
at the above address or phone number.
WHERE
YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We
file annual, quarterly, and current reports and other information with the SEC. Our filings with the SEC are available to the public
on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Those filings are also available to the public on our corporate website at www.propanc.com.
The information we file with the SEC or contained on, or linked to through, our corporate website or any other website that we may maintain
is not part of this Information Statement. You may also read and copy, at the SEC’s prescribed rates, any document we file with
the SEC at the SEC’s Public Reference Room located at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. You can call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330
to obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room.
Statements
contained in this Information Statement concerning the provisions of any documents are necessarily summaries of those documents, and
each statement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the copy of the document filed with the SEC.
By
Order of the Board of Directors |
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/s/
James Nathanielsz |
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James
Nathanielsz |
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Chief
Executive Officer |
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October[●],
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EXHIBIT
A
CERTIFICATE
OF AMENDMENT TO
CERTIFICATE
OF INCORPORATION OF
PROPANC
BIOPHARMA, INC.
PROPANC
BIOPHARMA, INC., a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the
“Corporation”), does hereby certify that:
FIRST:
That resolutions were duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation by written consent on September 21, 2022, setting
forth a proposed amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended (the “Certificate of Incorporation”),
declaring said amendment to be advisable and recommended for approval by the stockholders of the Corporation. The resolution setting
forth the proposed amendment is as follows:
RESOLVED,
that the Certificate of Incorporation be amended by deleting Article 4 in its entirety and replacing it as follows:
“Article
4. A. Classes of Stock. The Corporation is authorized to issue two classes of shares to be designated as “Common Stock”
and “Preferred Stock,” respectively. The Corporation has the authority to issue 10,000,000,000 total shares of Common
Stock, $0.001 par value per share, and 1,500,005 total shares of Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share.
SECOND:
That in lieu of a meeting and vote of the stockholders, the Corporation’s stockholders holding a majority of the outstanding voting
power of the Corporation’s capital stock have given written consent approving this Certificate of Amendment in accordance with
Sections 228 and 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Amendment to be signed by its officer thereunto duly authorized this
___ day of ______________, 2022.
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PROPANC
BIOPHARMA, INC. |
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By: |
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Name: |
James
Nathanielsz |
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Title: |
Chief
Executive Officer |
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