UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K/A

(Amendment No. 1)

☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023

or

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from _______ to _______

Commission File Number: 001-00100 

THERAPEUTICSMD, INC. 

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)

561-961-1900

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☐ No ☒

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ☐ No ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☒

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

As of June 30, 2023, the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the market price at which the common equity was last sold was $34,439,072.

As of April 19, 2024, there were outstanding 11,532,443 shares of the registrant’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART III

Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

Directors

The following table sets forth certain information regarding the current directors of the Company.

Executive Officers

The following table sets forth certain information regarding our current executive officers:

Listed below are biographical descriptions of our current executive officers.

Marlan Walker has served as Chief Executive Officer of our company since December 2022. Previously he served as General Counsel of our company from March 2016. Mr. Walker previously also served as Chief Development Officer from April 2018 to December 2019 and as our Corporate and Intellectual Property Counsel from June 2013 until he became our General Counsel. Mr. Walker’s experience is focused in management of legal issues and risk in the life science industries across a variety of disciplines. His legal practice prior to his time at TherapeuticsMD included long-term portfolio strategy and management, patent preparation and prosecution, contract negotiation and drafting, life-cycle management, and Hatch-Waxman matters. After law school, he took a position at Greenberg Traurig, LLP in August 2005. In March of 2009, he moved to Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps. Mr. Walker accepted an in-house position as Intellectual Property Counsel for Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. in June 2011, which was acquired by Valeant Pharmaceutical International, Inc. in December 2012. In February 2013, Mr. Walker accepted a position at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, but chose to move in-house again in June 2013, when he accepted a position at our company. Mr. Walker graduated from Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law with his J.D. in 2004, and an LL.M. in Intellectual Property Law at The George Washington University Law School in 2005. He holds a Master’s Degree in Molecular Biology and a B.S. degree, both earned from Brigham Young University. 

Joseph Ziegler has served as Principal Financial and Accounting Officer of our company since August 2023 and has served as founder and chief executive officer of JZ Advisory Group, a consulting company largely focused on providing fractional CFO and outsourced accounting services to middle-market and entrepreneurial businesses, since January 2022. He previously served as the Chief Financial Officer of DAS Health, a private equity owned provider of IT Services to healthcare providers, from April 2021 to December 2021 and as the Chief Financial Officer of Encompass Onsite, a provider of end-to-end property solutions, from November 2018 to February 2021. Prior to joining Encompass, he held multiple roles as a CFO in the healthcare industry, including private equity backed specialty pharmacy Biomatrix and Novis Pharmaceuticals. Mr. Ziegler has been a director of Progressive Care Inc. since December 2021. He earned his B.S. in Finance and an M.B.A. from Florida Atlantic University.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Director Independence

Since October 9, 2017, our common stock has been listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market of the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, or Nasdaq, under the symbol “TXMD.” From April 23, 2013 to October 6, 2017, our common stock was listed on the NYSE American under the symbol “TXMD.” Under the rules of Nasdaq, independent directors must comprise a majority of a listed company’s board of directors.

Our Board of Directors has affirmatively determined, after considering all the relevant facts and circumstances, that each of Dr. Gail Naughton, and Messrs. Tommy G. Thompson, Cooper C. Collins and Justin Roberts is an independent director, as “independence” is defined under the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and the listing standards of Nasdaq, and does not have a relationship with us (either directly or as a partner, stockholder, or officer of an organization that has a relationship with us) that would interfere with their exercise of independent judgment in carrying out their responsibilities as directors. Accordingly, a majority of our directors are independent, as required under the applicable Nasdaq rules. There are no family relationships among any of our directors or officers.

Committee Charters, Corporate Governance, and Code of Ethics

Our Board of Directors has adopted charters for the Audit and Compensation Committees describing the authority and responsibilities delegated to each committee by our Board of Directors. Our Board of Directors has also adopted Corporate Governance Guidelines, a Code of Conduct and Ethics, and a Code of Ethics for the Chief Executive Officer and senior financial officers of our company. We post on our website, at www.therapeuticsmd.com, the charters of our Audit and Compensation Committees; our Corporate Governance Guidelines, Code of Conduct and Ethics, and Code of Ethics for the Chief Executive Officer and senior financial officers, and any amendments or waivers thereto; and any other corporate governance materials contemplated by the SEC or Nasdaq. These documents are also available in print to any stockholder requesting a copy in writing from our corporate secretary at our executive offices.

Executive Sessions

We regularly schedule executive sessions in which non-employee directors will meet without the presence or participation of management, with at least one of such sessions including only independent directors. Mr. Thompson, as the Chairman of our Board of Directors, chairs the executive sessions.

Board Committees

Our Board of Directors has an Audit Committee and a Compensation Committee, each consisting entirely of independent directors.

Given the relatively small size of our Board of Directors and the desire to involve the entire Board of Directors in nominating decisions, we have elected to no longer have a separate Nominating Committee. Since we do not have a Nominating Committee, our independent directors, who currently constitute all of the Board of Directors, determine the director nominees. Our Board of Directors may employ a variety of methods for identifying and evaluating director nominees. If vacancies are anticipated or arise, our Board of Directors considers various potential candidates who may come to our attention through current Board members, professional search firms, stockholders or other persons. These candidates may be evaluated by our Board of Directors at any time during the year.

In evaluating a director candidate, our Board of Directors will review their qualifications including capability, availability to serve, conflicts of interest, general understanding of business, understanding of our business and technology, educational and professional background, personal accomplishments and other relevant factors. Our Board of Directors has not established any specific qualification standards for director nominees, and we do not have a formal diversity policy relating to the identification and evaluation of nominees for director, although from time to time the Board of Directors may identify certain skills or attributes as being particularly desirable to help meet specific needs that have arisen. Our Board of Directors may also interview prospective nominees in person or by telephone. After completing this evaluation, the Board of Directors will determine the nominees. The Board has not adopted a formal process for considering director candidates who may be recommended by stockholders. However, our policy is to give due consideration to any and all such candidates.

Board’s Role in Risk Oversight

Risk is inherent in every business. As is the case in virtually all businesses, we face a number of risks, including operational, economic, financial, legal, regulatory, and competitive risks. Our management is responsible for the day-to-day management of the risks we face. Our Board of Directors, as a whole and through its committees, has responsibility for the oversight of risk management.

Our Board of Directors’ involvement in our business strategy and strategic plans plays a key role in its oversight of risk management, its assessment of management’s risk appetite, and its determination of the appropriate level of enterprise risk. Our Board of Directors receives updates at least quarterly from senior management and periodically from outside advisors regarding the various risks we face, including operational, cybersecurity and information technology, economic, financial, legal, regulatory, and competitive risks. Our Board of Directors also reviews the various risks we identify in our filings with the SEC as well as risks relating to various specific developments, such as debt and equity issuances.

The committees of our Board of Directors assist our Board of Directors in fulfilling its oversight role in certain areas of risks. The Audit Committee oversees the financial and reporting processes of our company and the audit of the financial statements of our company and provides assistance to our Board of Directors with respect to the oversight and integrity of the financial statements of our company, our company’s compliance with legal and regulatory matters, the independent auditor’s qualification and independence, and the performance of our independent auditor. The Audit Committee also receives reports regarding our compliance program and our cybersecurity and information technology programs. The Compensation Committee considers the risks that our compensation policies and practices may have in attracting, retaining, and motivating valued employees and endeavors to assure that it is not reasonably likely that our compensation plans and policies would create undue risk or have a material adverse effect on our company.

Board Diversity

We seek diversity in experience, viewpoint, education, skill, and other individual qualities and attributes to be represented on our Board of Directors. We believe directors should have various qualifications, including individual character and integrity; business experience and leadership ability; strategic planning skills, ability, and experience; requisite knowledge of our industry and finance, accounting, and legal matters; communications and interpersonal skills; and the ability and willingness to devote time to our company. We also believe the skill sets, backgrounds, and qualifications of our directors, taken as a whole, should provide a significant mix of diversity in personal and professional experience, background, viewpoints, perspectives, knowledge, and abilities. Nominees are not to be discriminated against on the basis of race, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, or any other basis prohibited by law. The assessment of directors is made in the context of the perceived needs of our Board of Directors from time to time.

All of our directors have held high-level positions in business or professional service firms and have experience in dealing with complex issues. We believe that all of our directors are individuals of high character and integrity, are able to work well with others, and have committed to devote sufficient time to the business and affairs of our company. In addition to these attributes, the description of each director’s background sets forth above indicates the specific experience, qualifications, and skills necessary to conclude that each individual should continue to serve as a director of our company.

The Board Diversity Matrix set forth below reports self-identified diversity statistics for our Board of Directors in the format required by Nasdaq’s rules.

Board Leadership Structure

We believe that effective board leadership structure depends on the experience, skills, and personal interaction among persons in leadership roles as well as the needs of our company at any point in time. We currently maintain separate roles between the Chief Executive Officer and the Chairman of the Board of Directors in recognition of the differences between the two responsibilities. Our Chief Executive Officer is responsible for setting our strategic direction and day-to-day leadership and performance of our company. The Chairman of the Board of Directors provides input to the Chief Executive Officer, sets the agenda for board meetings, and presides over meetings of the full Board of Directors as well as executive sessions of our Board of Directors. Our Board of Directors believes that our current leadership structure provides the most effective leadership model for our company, as it promotes balance between the Board of Directors’ independent authority to oversee our business and the Chief Executive Officer and his management team, which manage the business on a day-to-day basis.

Compensation Recovery Policy

In 2023, we adopted a policy on recoupment of incentive compensation, or clawback policy, which provides for recoupment of compensation in certain circumstances in the event of a restatement of our financial results, in accordance with the requirements of SEC rules and Nasdaq listing standards implementing the requirement of Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (the “Dodd-Frank Act”).

Anti-Hedging and Anti-Pledging Policy

In April 2020, the Board of Directors amended the Company’s Code of Conduct and Ethics to include a policy regarding hedging and pledging transactions. Pursuant to the policy, directors, officers, and employees are prohibited from: (1) directly or indirectly engaging in any hedging transactions with respect to any directly or indirectly owned securities of the company, which includes the purchase of any financial instrument (including puts, calls, equity swaps, forward contracts, collars, exchange funds or other derivative securities) on an exchange or in any other market in order to hedge or offset any decrease in the market value of such securities; (2) engaging in short sale transactions or forward sale transactions or any short-term or speculative transactions in the company’s securities or in other transactions in the company’s securities that may lead to inadvertent violations of insider trading laws; and (3) pledging securities of the company as collateral for a loan or otherwise using securities of the company to secure a debt, including through the use of traditional margin accounts with a broker.

Board and Committee Meetings

Our Board of Directors held a total of 23 meetings during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023. No director attended fewer than 75% of the aggregate of (i) the total number of meetings of our Board of Directors and (ii) the total number of meetings held by all committees of our Board of Directors on which such director was a member.

During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, the Audit Committee held 4 meetings and the Compensation Committee held 1 meeting.

Annual Meeting Attendance

We encourage our directors to attend each annual meeting of stockholders. All of our directors virtually attended the 2023 annual meeting of stockholders.

Communications with Directors

Stockholders may communicate with our Board of Directors or specific members of our Board of Directors, including our independent directors and the members of our various board committees, by submitting a letter addressed to our Board of Directors of TherapeuticsMD, Inc. at the address set forth in this annual report c/o any specified individual director or directors. Any such letters are forwarded to the indicated directors. In addition, at the request of the Board of Directors, communications that do not directly relate to our Board of Directors’ duties and responsibilities as directors will be excluded from distribution. Such excluded items include, among others, “spam,” advertisements, mass mailings, form letters, and email campaigns that involve unduly large numbers of similar communications; solicitations for goods, services, employment or contributions; and surveys. Additionally, communications that appear to be unduly hostile, intimidating, threatening, illegal or similarly inappropriate will also be screened for omission. Any excluded communication will be made available to any director upon his or her request.

Item 11. Executive Compensation

As a smaller reporting company, the rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission permit us to omit the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section and to report the compensation of our principal executive officer, each of our two other most highly compensated executive officers who were serving at the end of our last completed fiscal year, and up to two additional former executive officers for whom disclosure would have been provided but for the fact that the individual was not serving as an executive officer at the end of our last completed fiscal year (collectively, our NEOs).

For 2023, our NEOs were:

In connection with the Company’s transformation into a pharmaceutical royalty company, the termination of our executive management team (except for Mr. Marlan Walker, our former General Counsel and current Chief Executive Officer) and all other employees was completed by December 31, 2022. Subsequent to these departures, Mr. Donegan, the former interim chief financial officer of the Company, continued to serve as the Company’s Principal Financial and Accounting Officer pursuant to a consulting agreement until such time as Mr. Donegan transitioned his role to a third party provider. On August 17, 2023, Mr. Donegan resigned as Principal Financial and Accounting Officer and Mr. Ziegler succeeded Mr. Donegan as Principal Financial and Accounting Officer as of the date of Mr. Donegan’s resignation. As of December 31, 2023, we employed one full-time employee primarily engaged in an executive position. Severance obligations for terminated executive officers were paid in accordance with their employment agreements and separation agreements as previously disclosed.

Fiscal Year 2023 Summary Compensation Table

The following table lists the compensation of our NEOs for the years provided. The following information includes the dollar value of salaries, bonus awards, the number of awards granted, non-equity incentive plan compensation, and certain other compensation, if any.

Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End 2023

The following table sets forth information with respect to outstanding equity-based awards held by our NEOs at December 31, 2023.

Post-Employment Compensation

Pension Benefits

We do not offer any defined benefit pension plans for any of our employees. We have a 401(k) plan in which employees may participate.

Other Compensation

Mr. Walker is eligible to participate in our employee benefit plans, including medical and dental plans. Should we decide to hire other employees, these plans do not discriminate in favor of executive officers and would be available to any potential employee. It is generally our policy to not extend significant perquisites to executives that are not broadly available to our other employees. In designing these elements, we seek to provide an overall level of benefits that is competitive with that offered by similarly situated companies in the markets in which we operate based upon our general understanding of industry practice. These benefits are not considered in determining the compensation of our executive officers.

Employment Agreement

Marlan D. Walker has an amended and restated employment agreement, as amended (the “Walker Employment Agreement”), with the Company that commenced on December 18, 2018, and was amended twice effective October 15, 2021 and December 30, 2022. The Walker Employment Agreement provides that we will continue to employ Mr. Walker, and Mr. Walker will continue to serve the Company, unless sooner terminated pursuant to the terms of the Walker Employment Agreement.

The Walker Employment Agreement provides for: (i) a base salary of $428,000 per year until April 15, 2023; thereafter, a base salary of $500,000 per year and a lump-sum bonus payment of $20,909, which was paid in April 2023, (ii) an annual short-term incentive compensation of 50% of salary, at the discretion of our Board of Directors, and (iii) 70,000 RSUs which vested on June 30, 2023. Mr. Walker will receive employee benefits, vacation, and other perquisites as may be determined from time to time.

Conditions of termination call for (i) termination immediately upon death, (ii) termination upon a disability in which Mr. Walker is unable to perform his duties for more than six consecutive months, (iii) voluntary termination without good reason by Mr. Walker with prior notice, (iv) involuntary termination by our Company without good cause, (v) termination for good cause, and (vi) termination for good reason wherein Mr. Walker will have 90 days from the date of occurrence of a condition giving rise to good reason to provide a notice of termination of his employment with the Company, which will be effective 31 days after we receive notice and the criteria remains uncorrected.

Ziegler MSA

We entered into the Master Services Agreement with JZ Advisory that commenced on August 15, 2023, pursuant to which, among other things, JZ Advisory will serve as an independent consultant for the purpose of providing the Company with certain support services, including the services of Mr. Ziegler as the Company’s Principal Financial Officer.

The Company agreed to pay JZ Advisory $10,000 a month for the services provided under the Master Services Agreement during the third quarter of 2023, which monthly rate will continue until the parties negotiate a future retainer amount. Mr. Ziegler was also granted 7,500 restricted stock units, which vest on the earlier of one year from the date of grant or upon a change of control.

The Master Services Agreement will continue through the third anniversary of the Effective Date, unless earlier terminated (the “Term”). The Term will automatically be extended for successive one-year periods unless either party provides written notice of non-extension no less than thirty (30) days in advance. The Master Services Agreement may be terminated pursuant to its terms.

The Master Services Agreement contains certain covenants and agreements of the parties, including certain indemnification obligations of each party.

Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control

We have employment agreements with certain of our executive officers as described above. The arrangements reflected in these employment agreements are designed to encourage the officers’ full attention and dedication to our Company currently and, in the event of any proposed change in control, provide these officers with individual financial security. The employment agreements provide for specified payments and benefits by us to our executive officers only upon a qualifying termination of employment as described below.

Termination by Us Without Good Cause or by Executive with Good Reason - No Change in Control

Under the Walker Employment Agreement, for Mr. Walker, in the event of termination of the executive’s employment without “cause” (referred to as “good cause” in the Walker Employment Agreement) or resignation by the executive for “good reason” (as each term is defined in the Walker Employment Agreement), he would be entitled to, subject to his signing and not revoking a full and complete release of all claims against the Company and its affiliates, (i) the sum of his salary, payable on a biweekly basis ratably over eighteen (18) months, and one and one half times (1.5x) his target annual incentive compensation for the fiscal year in which such termination of employment occurs, (ii) a continuation of welfare benefits for a period of two years after such termination, (iii) COBRA benefits for a period of twenty-four (24) months following such termination, (iv) payment for any annual short-term incentive compensation earned for the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year of such termination, (v) unpaid accrued base salary and unused vacation pay through the termination date, and (vi) amounts accrued but unpaid at the time of termination. Furthermore, the above obligations of the Company are subject to the executive complying with a non-solicitation agreement of employees and customers, and a non-competition agreement.

Termination or Resignation in Connection with a Change in Control

In the event of termination of Mr. Walker’s employment without “good cause” or resignation by the executive for “good reason” in the 12 months following a change in control, Mr. Walker would have all the benefits and obligations for termination without a change in control, except that he would receive the sum of his salary and continuation of welfare benefits for 18 months and would receive 150% of his targeted annual bonus award.

Termination by Reason of Death or Disability

For Mr. Walker, in the event of termination of the executive’s employment by reason of his death or “disability” (as such term is defined in the Walker Employment Agreement), in addition to those payments and benefits provided to salaried employees generally, including amounts accrued but unpaid at the time of termination, he would be entitled to (i) pro-rated target annual incentive compensation for the fiscal year in which such termination of employment occurs, payable in a lump sum, subject to the executive’s signing and not revoking a full and complete release of all claims against the company and its affiliates in the event of a disability, (ii) immediate vesting of all outstanding equity awards that vest solely on the passage of time, (iii) accrued but unused vacation pay through the termination date, payable in a lump sum, and (iv) all other rights and benefits the executive is vested in, pursuant to other plans and programs of our company.

Termination by the Executive Without Good Reason

The table below reflects the amount of compensation to Marlan Walker, the only NEO currently employed by the Company, assuming termination of such executive’s employment without cause or for good reason or following a change in control of our company on December 31, 2023. Other than as set forth below, no amounts will be paid to our NEOs in the event of termination.

Marlan Walker

Nonqualified Defined Contribution and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation

We do not offer any nonqualified defined contribution plans or nonqualified deferred compensation plans for any of our NEOs.

Limitation of Directors’ Liability; Indemnification of Directors, Officers, Employees, and Agents

Our Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and bylaws, each as amended, provide that we may indemnify to the full extent of our power to do so, all directors, officers, employees, and/or agents. The effect of this provision in the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, is to eliminate the rights of our company and our stockholders, either directly or through stockholders’ derivative suits brought on behalf of our company, to recover monetary damages from a director for breach of the fiduciary duty of care as a director except in those instances described under Nevada law.

Insofar as indemnification by our company for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), may be permitted to officers and directors of our company pursuant to the foregoing provisions or otherwise, we are aware that in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.

DIRECTOR COMPENSATION

We compensate our non-employee directors with a combination of cash and equity. Our Board of Directors receives the following cash compensation for their service: each director receives an annual cash retainer of $57,500; the chairperson of the Board receives an additional $22,500 annual cash retainer; the chairperson of our Audit Committee receives an annual cash retainer of $30,000 and the other members of the Audit Committee receive an annual cash retainer of $15,000; the chairperson of the Compensation Committee receives an annual cash retainer of $20,000 and the other members of the Compensation Committee receive an annual cash retainer of $12,000; and the chairperson of each of our other committees receives an annual cash retainer of $12,500 and the other members receive an annual cash retainer of $7,500. We also reimburse our directors for reasonable expenses related to attendance at Board of Directors and committee meetings. In addition, each director received an annual award of 8,500 restricted stock units, with the exception of Mr. Roberts. All restricted stock units granted to our directors in 2023 represent a contingent right to receive one share of common stock and will vest on the one year anniversary of the date of grant. We do not pay our directors per meeting fees.

The following table and accompanying footnotes detail compensation paid to our directors for services rendered for the year ended December 31, 2023. Mr. Roberts is entitled to receive compensation in the same manner as our other non-employee directors, but he has elected not to receive any compensation for his service as a non-employee director at this time.

The stock awards listed above include 34,175, 5,000 and 5,000 restricted stock units that were vested but not settled as of December 31, 2023, for each of Mr. Thompson, Mr. Collins and Dr. Naughton, respectively.

Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS, DIRECTORS, AND OFFICERS

The following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of our common stock as of April 19, 2024, by the following:

Beneficial ownership is determined according to the rules of the SEC and generally means that a person has beneficial ownership of a security if he, she, or it possesses sole or shared voting or investment power of that security, including options and warrants that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of April 19, 2024. Shares issuable pursuant to stock options, warrants, and convertible securities are deemed outstanding for computing the percentage of the person holding such options, warrants, or convertible securities but are not deemed outstanding for computing the percentage of any other person. Except as indicated by the footnotes below, we believe, based on the information furnished to us, that the persons named in the table below have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of common stock shown that they beneficially own, subject to community property laws where applicable. The information does not necessarily indicate beneficial ownership for any other purpose.

Unless otherwise indicated, the address of each beneficial owner listed in the table below is c/o TherapeuticsMD, Inc., 951 Yamato Road, Suite 220, Boca Raton, Florida 33431.

EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION

As of December 31, 2023, the following table shows the number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options under equity compensation plans approved by our stockholders, which plans do not provide for the issuance of warrants or other rights.

Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence

Policy Relating to Related Party Transactions

We have a policy that we will not enter into any material transaction in which a director or officer has a direct or indirect financial interest unless the transaction is determined by our Board of Directors to be fair to us or is approved by a majority of our disinterested directors or by our stockholders, as provided for under Nevada law. Generally, our Board of Directors as a whole, other than an affected director, if applicable, determines whether a director or officer has a direct or indirect (i.e., any) financial interest in a transaction deemed material based upon our Code of Conduct and Ethics and Nevada law. From time to time, our Audit Committee, in accordance with its charter, will also review potential conflict of interest transactions involving members of our Board of Directors and our executive officers. The policy with respect to such transactions is provided in our company’s Code of Conduct and Ethics.

Related Party Transactions

Other than compensation arrangements, we describe below transactions and series of similar transactions, since January 1, 2022, to which we were a party or will be a party, in which:

Compensation arrangements for our directors and NEOs are described elsewhere in this annual report.

Agreements with Rubric Capital Management LP

On August 23, 2022, we appointed Mr. Justin Roberts as a director to fill a newly created vacancy on the Board of Directors. As a director of the Company, Mr. Roberts is entitled to receive compensation in the same manner as our other non-employee directors, but he has elected not to receive any compensation for his service as a non-employee director at this time. Mr. Roberts currently serves as a Partner of Rubric. On July 29, 2022, September 30, 2022, October 28, 2022 and May 1, 2023, we entered into subscription agreements with Rubric. On December 30, 2022, and in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Designation, the Company redeemed all 29,000 outstanding shares of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock from Rubric at a purchase price of $1,333 per share. The Company also paid certain affiliates of Rubric approximately $3.0 million as a make-whole payment pursuant to the subscription agreements previously entered into between the Company and Rubric. On June 29, 2023, we issued and sold 312,525 shares of Common Stock to Rubric at a price per share equal to $3.6797 pursuant to the subscription agreement and received gross proceeds of $1.15 million before expenses. On November 15, 2023, Rubric drew down an additional 877,192 shares of Common Stock at a price per share equal to $2.2761. We received gross proceeds of $2.0 million from the drawdown before expenses.

Independence

See Item 10 - Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance above for a discussion on director independence.

Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services

Aggregate fees billed to our company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 by Berkowitz Pollack Brant, Advisors + CPAs and Grant Thornton were as follows:

Audit fees consist of fees associated with the annual audit, the reviews of our annual and quarterly reports, and other filings with the SEC as well as comfort letters and consents. Audit-Related Fees consist of fees for the audit of the financial statements of our former subsidiary vitaCare Prescription Services, Inc. Tax fees included the preparation of our tax returns and other related services. All Other Fees consist of fees associated with consulting and advisory services.

Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures

The charter of our Audit Committee provides that the duties and responsibilities of our Audit Committee include the pre-approval, or adopting procedures for pre-approval, of all audit, audit-related, tax, and other services permitted by law or applicable SEC regulations (including fee and cost ranges) to be performed by our independent auditor. Any pre-approved services that will involve fees or costs exceeding pre-approved levels will also require specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee. Unless otherwise specified by the Audit Committee in pre-approving a service, the pre-approval will be effective for the 12-month period following pre-approval. The Audit Committee will not approve any non-audit services prohibited by applicable SEC regulations or any services in connection with a transaction initially recommended by the independent auditor, the purpose of which may be tax avoidance and the tax treatment of which may not be supported by the Internal Revenue Code and related regulations.

To the extent deemed appropriate, the Audit Committee may delegate pre-approval authority to the Chairperson of the Audit Committee or any one or more other members of the Audit Committee provided that any member of the Audit Committee who has exercised any such delegation must report any such pre-approval decision to the Audit Committee at its next scheduled meeting. The Audit Committee will not delegate to management the pre-approval of services to be performed by the independent auditor.

Our Audit Committee requires that our independent auditor, in conjunction with our Chief Financial Officer, be responsible for seeking pre-approval for providing services to us and that any request for pre-approval must inform the Audit Committee about each service to be provided and must provide detail as to the particular service to be provided.

All of the services provided by our independent registered public accounting firm described above were approved by our Audit Committee pursuant to our Audit Committee’s pre-approval policies.

PART IV

Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

(1) All financial statements are omitted for the reason that they are not required, or the information is otherwise supplied in Item 8. “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” in the Original Form 10-K.

(2) No financial statement schedules are included because such schedules are not applicable, are not required, or because required information is included in the consolidated financial statements or notes thereto contained in the Original Form 10-K.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on April 29, 2024.

THERAPEUTICSMD, INC.

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