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FILED AS OF DATE:		20231101
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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MEI Pharma, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001262104
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		IRS NUMBER:				510407811
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-41827
		FILM NUMBER:		231368996

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		11455 EL CAMINO REAL
		STREET 2:		SUITE 250
		CITY:			SAN DIEGO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92130
		BUSINESS PHONE:		858-369-7100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		11455 EL CAMINO REAL
		STREET 2:		SUITE 250
		CITY:			SAN DIEGO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92130

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MARSHALL EDWARDS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20030902
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On November&nbsp;1, 2023, MEI Pharma, Inc. issued a press release. A copy of the press release is set forth
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>MEI Pharma Enters into Agreement with Anson Funds and Cable Car Capital </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><I>Commits to Capital Return of Up to $3.15 per Share </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><I>Adds Three New Directors and Forms Capital Allocation Committee of the Board </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SAN DIEGO, TORONTO and SAN FRANCISCO &#150; November</B><B></B><B>&nbsp;1, 2023 &#150;</B> MEI Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: MEIP) (the &#147;Company&#148;) and
Anson Funds and Cable Car Capital (&#147;Anson and Cable Car&#148;) today announced that they have entered into a cooperation agreement. Key terms of the agreement include: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"><B>Capital Return to Stockholders: </B>The Company intends to promptly pay a dividend in the amount of $1.75 per
share of common stock to all stockholders. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Additionally, a second return of capital of approximately $9.33&nbsp;million
in the aggregate will be authorized by the Board if either (i)&nbsp;at least 17 patients in Cohort 1 of the Company&#146;s ongoing <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">ME-344</FONT> phase 1b study have disease progression prior to week 16 of treatment
(a threshold consistent with the bar set forth in the phase 1b clinical trial protocol needed to continue the study by enrolling Cohort 2 of the phase 1b study), or (ii)&nbsp;at least six months after the date of the cooperation agreement, and prior
to the initiation of Cohort 2 of the phase 1b study, the Company&#146;s Board determines not to proceed with Cohort 2. This second return of capital may take the form of a dividend or tender offer, will be subject to the proper exercise by the Board
of its fiduciary duties under applicable law and is subject to modification to the extent necessary to comply with appliable requirements under Delaware law. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"><B>Stockholder Designees Added to the Board: </B>The Company has appointed two directors designated by Anson and
Cable Car: Mr.&nbsp;James Flynn and Mr.&nbsp;Taheer Datoo. Additionally, Mr.&nbsp;Steven Wood, as mutually agreed upon by the Company and Anson and Cable Car, has been appointed as an additional MEI stockholder representative designated by the
Board. These appointments are effective immediately and the new directors will be nominated for election by the Company in connection with the upcoming fiscal 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (&#147;2024 Annual Meeting&#148;), to serve for a
three-year term if elected. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Current MEI directors Daniel P. Gold, Ph.D., Tamar D. Howson and Sujay R. Kango have
resigned from the Board concurrently with the execution of the cooperation agreement and will not seek reelection at the 2024 Annual Meeting. Assuming all directors nominated by the Board are elected at the 2024 Annual Meeting, the Board will
continue to comprise eight directors, six of whom will be independent pursuant to the applicable stock exchange listing standards. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"><B>Formation of a Capital Allocation Committee: </B>MEI&#146;s Board has formed a Capital Allocation Committee,
comprising five directors including the three new directors. The Capital Allocation Committee will advise the full Board on the Company&#146;s strategic allocation of capital to support (i)&nbsp;the development of its drug candidate programs and
(ii)&nbsp;other value creation or preservation measures, with a view toward maximizing stockholder value. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Additionally, as part of the
cooperation agreement, Anson and Cable Car have agreed to withdraw their consent solicitation and will vote for the Company&#146;s slate of director nominees in connection with the 2024 Annual Meeting and the fiscal 2025 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders. Anson and Cable Car will also abide by customary standstill provisions. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Today&#146;s announcement reflects our ongoing engagement with our stockholders, and we are pleased to
reach an agreement that we believe is in the best interest of all stockholders,&#148; said David M. Urso, president and chief executive officer of MEI Pharma. &#147;This agreement enables MEI to support stockholder value by returning capital via a
near-term cash dividend, with the potential for additional capital return, while allowing us to devote resources to advance our two promising programs, voruciclib and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">ME-344,</FONT> through key upcoming data readouts
&#150; and avoid the costs associated with a consent solicitation and proxy contest. With important near-term data expected during the first half of 2024, we remain focused on executing our development programs and the potential to deliver
differentiated and improved therapeutic options to cancer patients.&#148; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;We believe that MEI has the opportunity to create value for stockholders
by advancing its programs and judiciously returning capital to stockholders &#150; and the agreement we reached today is a positive step forward for MEI stockholders,&#148; said Moez Kassam of Anson Funds and Jacob
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Ma-Weaver</FONT> of Cable Car. &#147;We are pleased to reach this constructive resolution that we believe will add important perspectives to the Board and ensure the Company is best positioned to maximize value for
stockholders.&#148; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The complete agreement will be included as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K,</FONT> which
will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (&#147;SEC&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>About MEI Pharma </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MEI Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: MEIP) is a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company committed to developing novel and differentiated cancer therapies. We build our
pipeline by acquiring promising cancer agents and creating value in programs through development, strategic <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">partnerships,&nbsp;out-licensing&nbsp;and</FONT> commercialization, as appropriate. Our approach to oncology
drug development is to evaluate our drug candidates in combinations <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">with&nbsp;standard-of-care&nbsp;therapies</FONT></FONT> to overcome known resistance mechanisms and address clear
medical needs to provide improved patient benefit. The drug candidate pipeline includes voruciclib, an oral cyclin-dependent kinase 9 (&#147;CDK9&#148;) inhibitor, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">and&nbsp;ME-344,&nbsp;an</FONT> intravenous small
molecule mitochondrial inhibitor targeting the oxidative phosphorylation pathway. For more information, please visit <U>www.meipharma.com</U>. Follow us on X (formerly Twitter) @MEI_Pharma and on LinkedIn. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>About Anson </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Anson Funds is a privately held alternative
asset manager with $1.6B in assets. The firm was founded in 2007 with offices in Toronto and Dallas. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>About Cable Car </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Cable Car Capital LLC is a registered investment adviser based in San Francisco and the general partner of Funicular Funds, LP, an investment partnership. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Important Information and Where to Find It: </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This statement is neither a solicitation of a proxy nor a substitute for any proxy statement or other filings that may be made with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;). Nonetheless, the Company, its directors and/or its director nominees and certain of its executive officers and employees may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of&nbsp;proxies from the Company&#146;s
stockholders in connection with the fiscal year 2024 Annual Meeting. The Company plans to file with the SEC a proxy statement in connection with the solicitation of such proxies. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">STOCKHOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE FISCAL 2024 PROXY STATEMENT (INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO) AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS THAT THE
COMPANY WILL FILE WITH THE SEC WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Additional information regarding the identity
of these potential participants and their direct or indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will be set forth in the fiscal year 2024 Proxy Statement and other materials to be filed with the SEC in connection with the fiscal year 2024
Annual Meeting. Such information can also be found in the Company&#146;s definitive proxy statement for the fiscal year 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, filed with the SEC on October&nbsp;27, 2022, the Company&#146;s Annual Report on <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;10-K&nbsp;for</FONT> the fiscal year ended June&nbsp;30, 2023, filed with the SEC on September&nbsp;26, 2023, and in the Company&#146;s Current Reports on
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;8-K&nbsp;filed</FONT> with the SEC from time to time. To the extent holdings of the Company&#146;s securities have changed since the amounts shown in the definitive proxy statement for the fiscal year 2023
Annual Meeting of Stockholders, such changes have been or will be reflected on Initial Statements of Beneficial Ownership on Form 3 or Statements of Change in Ownership on Form 4 filed with the SEC. Updated information regarding the identities of
potential participants and their direct or indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, in the Company will be set forth in the fiscal year 2024 Proxy Statement and other relevant documents to be filed with the SEC, if and when they become
available. Stockholders will be able to obtain, free of charge, copies of the fiscal year 2024 Proxy Statement (including any amendments or supplements thereto) and any other documents filed by the Company with the SEC in connection with the fiscal
year 2024 Annual Meeting at the SEC&#146;s website (<U>www.sec.gov</U>) or the Company&#146;s investor website at <U>https://www.meipharma.com/investors</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Forward-Looking Statements </U></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Certain information
contained in this press release that are not historical in nature are &#147;forward-looking statements&#148; within the meaning of the &#147;safe harbor&#148; provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 including, without
limitation, statements regarding: the potential, safety, efficacy, and regulatory and clinical progress of our product candidates, including the anticipated timing for initiation of clinical trials and release of clinical trial data and our
expectations surrounding potential regulatory submissions, approvals and timing thereof, our business strategy and plans; the sufficiency of our cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments to fund our operations; and our ability to fund the
second capital return described above. You should be aware that our actual results could differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements, which are based on management&#146;s current expectations and are subject to a number
of risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to our failure to successfully commercialize our product candidates; the availability or appropriateness of utilizing the FDA&#146;s accelerated approval pathway for our product candidates;
final data from <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">our&nbsp;pre-clinical&nbsp;studies</FONT> and completed clinical trials may differ materially from reported interim data from ongoing studies and trials; costs and delays in the development and/ or
FDA approval, or the failure to obtain such approval, of our product candidates; uncertainties or differences in interpretation in clinical trial results; uncertainty regarding the impact of rising inflation and the increase in interest rates as a
result; potential economic downturn; activist investors; our inability to maintain or enter into, and the risks resulting from, our dependence upon collaboration or contractual arrangements necessary for the development, manufacture,
commercialization, marketing, sales and distribution of any products; </I></P>
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competitive factors; our inability to protect our patents or proprietary rights and obtain necessary rights to third party patents and intellectual property to operate our business; our inability
to operate our business without infringing the patents and proprietary rights of others; general economic conditions; the failure of any products to gain market acceptance; our inability to obtain any additional required financing; technological
changes; government regulation; changes in industry practice; <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">and&nbsp;one-time&nbsp;events.</FONT> We do not intend to update any of these factors or to publicly announce the results of any revisions to these
forward-looking statements. Under U.S. law, a new drug cannot be marketed until it has been investigated in clinical studies and approved by the FDA as being safe and effective for the intended use. </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Contacts </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">David A. Walsey </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">858-369-7104</FONT></FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">investor@meipharma.com </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dan Katcher / Aaron Palash </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">212-355-4449</FONT></FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">MEIP-jf@joelefrank.com</FONT> </P>
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