ProMIS' shareholders show overwhelming support
for all resolutions
TORONTO and CAMBRIDGE, MA, July 24,
2019 /CNW/ - ProMIS Neurosciences, Inc. (TSX: PMN) (OTCQB:
ARFXF), a biotechnology company focused on the discovery and
development of antibody therapeutics targeting toxic oligomers
implicated in the development of neurodegenerative
diseases, today announced the voting results of the
Corporation's annual meeting of shareholders held on June 27, 2019 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (the "Meeting").
ProMIS is pleased to announce that all of the resolutions
announced in the Management Proxy Circular and placed before the
Meeting were overwhelmingly approved by the shareholders. The total
number of common shares represented by shareholders present in
person or by proxy at the Meeting was 50,109,185, representing
19.52% of the Corporation's outstanding common shares. A total of
49,540,510 common shares were represented by proxy and 568,675
common shares were represented by shareholders present in
person.
"This year's Annual Meeting marks the fourth anniversary of
ProMIS Neurosciences," stated Eugene
Williams, ProMIS Executive Chairman. "On behalf of the Board
of Directors and the ProMIS management team I would like to
sincerely thank our shareholders for their on-going support and
look forward to continued progress developing antibody therapeutics
selectively targeting toxic misfolded proteins that are root causes
of neurodegenerative diseases."
In particular, the following are the voting results for the
50,109,185 common shares that were voted in person or by proxy at
the Meeting.
The following directors were elected, with each nominee
receiving more than 75% of the votes cast:
DIRECTOR
|
FOR
|
WITHHELD
|
Neil Cashman,
M.D.
|
49,675,239
|
433,946
|
Elliot Goldstein,
M.D.
|
38,018,421
|
12,090,764
|
Patrick D.
Kirwin
|
47,814,776
|
2,294,409
|
Johannes
Roth
|
38,007,276
|
12,101,909
|
Eugene
Williams
|
47,788,996
|
2,320,189
|
William
Wyman
|
38,031,496
|
12,077,689
|
Richard J. Gregory,
PH.D.
|
47,783,776
|
2,325,409
|
Anthony Giovinazzo,
C.Dir., A.C.C.
|
38,011,496
|
12,097,689
|
PricewaterhouseCoopers, Chartered Professional Accountants, were
appointed auditor of the Company. Shares voted in person and
by proxies received represented 50,106,285 votes FOR and 2,900
votes WITHHELD.
Shareholders approved the ordinary resolution to ratify, confirm
and approve the Shareholders Rights Plan (the "SRP") for
continuation; Shares voted in person and by proxies received
represented 47,407,315 votes FOR and 2,701,870 votes AGAINST.
The voting results report from the Meeting is available at:
www.sedar.com
About ProMIS Neurosciences
ProMIS Neurosciences, Inc. is a development stage biotechnology
company focused on discovering and developing antibody therapeutics
selectively targeting toxic oligomers implicated in the development
and progression of neurodegenerative diseases, in particular
Alzheimer's disease (AD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and
Parkinson's disease (PD). The Company's proprietary target
discovery platform is based on the use of two complementary
thermodynamic, computational discovery engines - ProMIS and
Collective Coordinates - to predict novel targets known as Disease
Specific Epitopes on the molecular surface of misfolded proteins.
Using this unique precision approach, the Company is developing
novel antibody therapeutics for AD, ALS and PD. ProMIS is
headquartered in Toronto, Ontario,
with offices in Cambridge,
Massachusetts. ProMIS is listed on the Toronto Stock
Exchange under the symbol PMN, and on the OTCQB Venture Market
under the symbol ARFXF.
To learn more, visit us at www.promisneurosciences.com, follow
us on Twitter and LinkedIn and listen to the podcast, Saving
Minds, at iTunes or Spotify.
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