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AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO PROXY STATEMENT DATED OCTOBER 11, 2016
FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON
DECEMBER 1, 2016
This Amendment No. 1 amends the Definitive Proxy Statement dated October 11, 2016 (the Proxy Statement) being delivered in connection with the 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Myriad Genetics, Inc. (the 2016 Annual Meeting) to be held at 9:00 a.m. MST on Thursday, December 1, 2016, at our offices at 320 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Amendment No. 1 corrects certain information contained in the Proxy Statement.
We incorrectly disclosed the number of shares of our common stock outstanding and entitled to vote as of the record date in the section of our Proxy Statement entitled Important Information about the Annual Meeting and VotingWho Can Vote?
The correct number of shares of our common stock outstanding and entitled to vote as of the record date is 68,406,939 (versus 68,777,570 as originally reported).
We incorrectly disclosed the percentage of shares beneficially owned by all current executive officers and directors as a group in the section of our Proxy Statement entitled Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management.
The correct percentage of shares beneficially owned by all current executive officers and directors as a group as of September 1, 2016 is 6.3% (versus 6.2% as originally reported).
This Amendment No. 1 is first being made available electronically in the Financial Reporting/SEC Filings section of the Investors section of our website www.myriad.com on or about October 21, 2016, and should be read together with the Proxy Statement as it corrects certain information contained in the Proxy Statement. Except as specifically provided for in this Amendment No. 1, all other information contained in the Proxy Statement remains unchanged.