SCHEDULE 14A
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INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT
SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
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The Female Health Company
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THE FEMALE HEALTH COMPANY
875 North Michigan Avenue
Suite 3660
Chicago, Illinois 60611
312.280.1119 * FAX 312.280.9360
www.femalehealth.com
March 9, 1999
Dear Shareholder of The Female Health Company:
You have recently received a proxy statement in connection with the upcoming
annual meeting of the shareholders of The Female Health Company. The proxy
statement asks you to vote For the election of the directors of the company
specified therein, to ratify the appointment of the company's auditors for the
current fiscal year and to approve an amendment to the company's Amended
Restated Articles of Incorporation to increase the company's authorized stock.
This letter amends that proxy statement.
In the proxy statement, we indicated that we anticipated that proxies would be
solicited only by mail, except that solicitation personally or by telephone may
also be made by our regular employees, who would receive no additional
compensation for their services in connection with the solicitation. Because
we believe that it is imperative that the company's Amended and Restated
Articles of Incorporation be amended to increase the company's authorized stock
so that sufficient shares are available for sale by the company under its
equity line agreement, we have now also decided to hire Georgeson & Company
Inc. ("Georgeson") to solicit proxies from brokers, banks and other
institutional holders and from beneficial owners and individual holders of
record. For their services, we have agreed to pay Georgeson $7,000 plus $5.00
per completed call by Georgeson to individual stockholders and beneficial
owners and have agreed to reimburse Georgeson for certain other expenses.
We again urge you to read the proxy statement carefully and urge you to vote
For the proposals set forth therein.
Very truly yours,
/s/ O.B. Parrish
O. B. Parrish, Chairman of the Board
and Chief Executive Officer<PAGE>
