Richmond Brothers and Mark H. Ravich Urge Rockwell Medical Shareholders to Support Much-Needed Change

Rockwell’s Board Desperately Needs a Change Agent

Rockwell Has Stagnated

• Rockwell’s recent Q1 earnings report was once again devoid of substantive updates and showed poor results, with a loss of $4.7 million, or $0.09 per share.
• Reacting to Rockwell’s earnings report, Morgan Stanley analyst Andrew S. Berens noted that “We continue to see the lack of complete transparency and failure to execute on key value drivers as a significant concern keeping us [underweight] RMTI shares.”
• Rockwell’s promising iron replacement and Vitamin D drugs are still not close to being monetized – with no meaningful sales – after years of delays.

Shareholders Have Suffered

• Rockwell’s share price is down 52.5% over the past three years and the Company has underperformed the NASDAQ Biotechnology Index (NBI) by a staggering 315% over the past 10 years.1
• Rockwell’s failed execution and inability to successfully communicate with investors has kept its stock price low.

Management is Opaque and Tone-Deaf

• While Rockwell’s management has repeatedly expressed optimism, all we’ve seen is failure and constantly-shifting timelines for important initiatives.
• It’s great that Rob Chioini thinks that “Calcitriol manufacture is progressing nicely,” but we certainly don’t think over three years of delays warrant that sort of chipper optimism.

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1 Calculated as of February 20, 2017, the day prior to Richmond Brothers’ public involvement at Rockwell.

Mark H. Ravich Is the Right Choice for the Board

Ravich Has what it Takes and Will Bring the Outsider Perspective that Is Sorely Needed

• Mark has decades of real Board experience.

• Mark was CEO of a NASDAQ-listed company for seven years.
• Mark serves on the Governance (Chairman) and Audit Committees of the Orchids Paper Products Company (NYSEMKT:TIS) Board.
• Mark is also a Director Dilon Technologies Inc. and MR Instruments, Inc. two medical device companies.
• Mark was not hand-picked by Rob and therefore will not be bullied by management.

• Mark will ask the right questions and hold management accountable.
• Mark will push for key governance improvements, including:

Ravich will Push for True Oversight of Management

• Split the Chairman and CEO roles; conduct frequent reviews of CEO.
• Create meaningful goals for a performance-based compensation plan.
• End entrenchment by eliminating three-year staggered board terms.

• Mark will push management to develop a detailed multiyear business plan and clearly communicate it to shareholders.

Ravich Is Personally Invested in Rockwell and Is Aligned with Shareholders

• Mark has a personal stake in Rockwell that was not given to him.
• No incumbent independent director has purchased a single Rockwell share.
• Mark has consistently pushed for management to be more transparent with shareholders.

Tell Rockwell It’s Time to Rein in Excessive Executive Compensation

Rockwell’s Executives – Especially Robert Chioini – Have Gained While Shareholders Have Lost

• If this proxy contest boils down to one thing, it’s this: non-performance should not be rewarded.
• Chairman and CEO Robert Chioini’s pay of $8MM+ and $7MM+ equaled 5.49 and 4.61 times the median of Rockwell’s peers in 2014 and 2015, respectively.2
• Rob got a more than $800k bonus in 2016 (95% out of 100% of pay potential) for accomplishing basically nothing.

Tell Rockwell You Are Outraged at the Continued Lack of Regard for Shareholders’ Concerns

• It’s time that shareholders make their voices heard and put an end to this gravy train.
• Recall that the Company had the gall to propose an extremely generous 2017 equity compensation plan that would have significantly diluted shareholders – and only pared it back after we called them out publicly.
• Electing Mark H. Ravich to the Rockwell Board will ensure that you have a voice pushing the Board to rein in excessive executive compensation.

Show Rockwell that You Will not Accept Meaningless Performance Standards

• Rockwell’s performance tests for 2017 equity grants all but ensure that awards vest over time.
• These tests require the meeting of only one of the following during any time frame:

• Reported net sales in any four consecutive quarters of $100 million or greater.
• Market capitalization greater than $600 million for 10 consecutive days.
• One year following the date CMS assigns transitional add on reimbursement pricing for Triferic.

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2 According to ISS reports from Rockwell’s past two annual meetings.