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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-24-001516
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DFAN14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240103
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240103

SUBJECT COMPANY:	

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AIM ImmunoTech Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000946644
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS (NO DIAGNOSTIC SUBSTANCES) [2836]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	03 Life Sciences
		IRS NUMBER:				520845822
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			FL
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DFAN14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-27072
		FILM NUMBER:		24506873

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2117 SW HIGHWAY 484
		CITY:			OCALA
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			32801
		BUSINESS PHONE:		352-448-7797

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2117 SW HIGHWAY 484
		CITY:			OCALA
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			32801

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	HEMISPHERX BIOPHARMA INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19950614

FILED BY:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			KELLNER TED D
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001187524
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DFAN14A
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SCHEDULE 14A
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(Rule&nbsp;14a-101)</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section&nbsp;14(a) of the </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Amendment No.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Filed by the
Registrant&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Filed by a Party other than the Registrant&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9746; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Check the appropriate box: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Preliminary Proxy Statement </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">permitted&nbsp;by&nbsp;Rule&nbsp;14a-6(e)(2))</FONT> </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Definitive Proxy Statement </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Definitive Additional Materials </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Soliciting <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Material&nbsp;Under&nbsp;Rule&nbsp;14a-12</FONT>
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>AIM IMMUNOTECH INC. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>TED D. KELLNER </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>TODD
DEUTSCH </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ROBERT L. CHIOINI </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name of Persons(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if Other Than the Registrant) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box): </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">No fee required </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Fee paid previously with preliminary materials </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Fee computed on table in exhibit required by Item 25(b) per <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Exchange&nbsp;Act&nbsp;Rules&nbsp;14a-6(i)(1)&nbsp;and&nbsp;0-11</FONT></FONT> </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ted D. Kellner, Todd Deutsch and Robert L. Chioini (the &#147;Kellner Group&#148;) have filed a definitive
proxy statement and accompanying<B>&nbsp;GOLD</B>&nbsp;proxy card with the Securities and Exchange Commission (&#147;SEC&#148;) to be used to solicit votes for their election to the Board of Directors of AIM Immunotech Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the &#147;Company&#148; or &#147;AIM&#148;), at the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders currently scheduled to be reconvened on January&nbsp;5, 2024 (the &#147;Annual Meeting&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On January&nbsp;3, 2024, the Kellner Group issued the press release that appears below: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Kellner Seeking Expedited Appeal of Delaware Court Finding that Nomination Notice was Properly Denied </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Court Found that Several AIM Advance Notice Bylaws Are Invalid </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">January&nbsp;3, 2024: Ted D. Kellner, Todd Deutsch and Robert L. Chioini (collectively, the &#147;Kellner Group&#148;) today issue the following statement in
connection with their efforts to bring accountability to the entrenched, incumbent Board of Directors (the &#147;Board&#148;) of AIM Immunotech Inc. (NYSE American: AIM) and create value for stockholders. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On December&nbsp;28, 2023, the Delaware Court of Chancery ruled in Mr.&nbsp;Kellner&#146;s favor that four separate advance notice bylaw provisions adopted by
the AIM Board in March 2023 are invalid. The invalidated provisions relate to the substantive topics of arrangements and understandings, prior relationships among the nominating stockholder or associated persons and nominees, ownership and other
economic interests and known support. According to the Court, &#147;<I>these provisions seem designed to thwart an approaching proxy contest, entrench the incumbents, and remove any possibility of a contested election</I>.&#148; (emphasis added) The
Court only addressed six directly challenged provisions and found four of those to be invalid, but noted that certain offending language appeared in numerous other provisions throughout the advance notice bylaws. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We believe this ruling is consistent with our view that the clear purpose of AIM&#146;s advance notice bylaw amendments was to provide pretext to deny any
nomination, no matter the disclosure provided, and it was inevitable that any nomination attempt would be denied. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">However, despite this ruling, the Court
went on to find that Mr.&nbsp;Kellner&#146;s notice of nominations did not comply with certain remaining advance notice provisions that were not invalidated (or, in one case, a predecessor provision that the Court revived). <B>The Kellner Group
disagrees with the Court&#146;s opinion on this finding as to numerous matters of fact and law and Mr.</B><B></B><B>&nbsp;Kellner is seeking an expedited appeal and to enjoin the Annual Meeting pending such appeal. </B> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As one of AIM&#146;s largest stockholders, Mr.&nbsp;Kellner is pursuing this appeal to bring accountability to a Board that is committed to entrenching itself
at all costs. We continue to believe that for AIM to have any chance of success, significant change in the Board is urgently needed. It is clear to us that stockholders have no faith in the incumbent Board&#146;s abilities or motivations. It is also
very clear to us that if the Board allowed a meaningful director election, stockholders would overwhelmingly vote for change. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Following the Delaware
Court&#146;s decision, AIM announced that it will disregard the Kellner Group&#146;s nominations and that any proxies voted in favor of the Kellner Group nominees will not be recognized or tabulated at the Annual Meeting. If the Annual Meeting is
not enjoined and goes forward as currently scheduled before the appeal is resolved, any stockholder that previously delivered a gold proxy card to the Kellner Group, and wishes to be represented at the Annual Meeting, should consult AIM&#146;s proxy
materials for information. Although stockholders would not be able to vote for the Kellner Group nominees at the Annual Meeting, stockholders would retain the ability to &#147;withhold&#148; their votes for the incumbent directors. Even if the
Annual Meeting is not enjoined and goes forward as currently scheduled, Mr.&nbsp;Kellner intends to pursue his appeal and seek relief to allow for a stockholder vote on the Kellner Group nominees. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Contact: </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Okapi Partners LLC </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1212 Avenue of the Americas, 17th
Floor, </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New York, New York 10036 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Stockholders may call <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">toll-free:&nbsp;(844)&nbsp;343-2623</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Banks and brokers
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">call:&nbsp;(212)&nbsp;297-0720</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Email: info@okapipartners.com </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Important Information and Participants in the Solicitation </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Kellner Group has filed a definitive proxy statement and associated<B>&nbsp;GOLD</B><B></B>&nbsp;proxy card with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(&#147;SEC&#148;) to be used to solicit votes for the election of its slate of highly-qualified director nominees at the upcoming annual meeting of stockholders of AIM. Details regarding the Kellner Group nominees are included in its proxy
statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">THE KELLNER GROUP STRONGLY ADVISES ALL STOCKHOLDERS OF AIM TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND OTHER PROXY MATERIALS AS 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">Information regarding the identity of participants in the Kellner Group&#146;s solicitation, and their
direct or indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, is set forth in the Kellner Group&#146;s proxy statement. Stockholders can obtain a copy of the proxy statement, and any amendments or supplements thereto and other documents filed by
the Kellner Group with the SEC for no charge at the SEC&#146;s website at www.sec.gov. Copies will also be available at no charge at the following website: https://www.okapivote.com/AIM. Investors can also contact Okapi Partners LLC at the telephone
number or email address set for the above. </P>
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