January 9, 2017

Shareholder forces out Bioptix board members

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BOULDER — A spat between management of Boulder-based Bioptix Inc. (Nasdaq: BIOP) and a Florida shareholder has forced the resignation of three members of the company’s board of directors.

Gail Schoettler (former Colorado lieutenant governor), Susan Evans and David Welch resigned from the company’s board as of Jan. 6, 2017, after biotech investor and Bioptix shareholder Barry Honig commenced legal action in Colorado state court to force a special meeting to remove the directors.

“The members of the Board of the Company have engaged in discussions with principal shareholders of the Company subsequent to the commencement…

Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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