Annual General Meeting of Kuros Biosciences approves all resolutions
May 08, 2023 at 11:20 am EDT
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Annual General Meeting of Kuros Biosciences approves all resolutions
08-May-2023 / 17:18 CET/CEST
Release of an ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR
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Schlieren (Zurich), Switzerland, May 8, 2023 – Kuros Biosciences (SIX:KURN), a leader in next generation bone graft technologies, held its Annual General Meeting today.
The Annual General Meeting approved the Annual Report, the Annual Financial Statements, and the Consolidated Financial Statements for the year 2022 and took note of the Reports of the Auditors. Shareholders granted discharge to the Board and the persons entrusted with the Management, voted in favor of the proposed appropriation of the Annual Results and approved the compensation for the members of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee. Clemens van Blitterswijk was re-elected as Chairman and Joost de Bruijn, Scott P. Bruder and Oliver Walker were re-elected as members of the Board. Leanna Caron did not stand for re-election. Oliver Walker was re-elected and Clemens van Blitterswijk was elected as members of the Compensation Committee. The law firm Keller AG, Zurich, was re-elected as independent Proxy. PricewaterhouseCoopers were elected for another one-year term as Kuros' auditor.
The Annual General Meeting further approved with the required 2/3 majority the adjustment to the articles of association regarding the increase of the Conditional Share Capital for Bonds or Similar Debt Instruments, and the increase of the Conditional Share Capital for Employees, Persons of Comparable Positions and Board Members. In addition, the Annual General Meeting approved all of the proposed changes to the articles of association reflecting the revised Swiss corporate law which entered into force on January 1, 2023.
The Annual General Meeting took place at JED Events, Zürcherstrasse 39E, 8952 Schlieren (Zurich). 16'259'485 shares or 44.47% of a total of 36,561,378 shares were represented.
For further information, please contact:
Kuros Biosciences AG
Daniel Geiger
Chief Financial Officer
Tel +41 44 733 47 41 daniel.geiger@kurosbio.com
LifeSci Advisors
Sandya von der Weid
Investors
+41 78 680 0538 svonderweid@lifesciadvisors.com
About Kuros Biosciences AG
Kuros Biosciences is a fast-growing leader in the development of spinal fusion biologics that ease the burden of back pain. With locations in the United States, Switzerland and the Netherlands, the company is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. The company’s first commercial product, MagnetOs, is a unique synthetic bone graft that has already been used successfully across three continents and in over 10,000 spinal fusion surgeries. The next candidate in the Kuros pipeline is Fibrin-PTH – the first drug-biologic combination for interbody spinal fusions, currently undergoing a Phase 2 clinical trial in the U.S. For more information on the company, its products and pipeline, visit kurosbio.com.
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Kuros Biosciences AG is a Switzerland-based biotechnology company engaged in the discovery, development and commercialization of biopharmaceutical products known as Immunodrugs. Immunodrugs are therapeutic vaccines intended for treating and preventing common chronic diseases, such as hypertension, nicotine addiction, allergic diseases, asthma, malignant melanoma and Alzheimer's disease. They are designed to instruct the patient's immune system to produce desired therapeutic antibody or T cell responses that modulate chronic disease processes. The Company has built a pipeline of different Immunodrug candidates, of which five are in clinical development. Its Immunodrug candidates are developed both in-house and together with Novartis, Pfizer and Pfizer Animal Health, among others. The Company has two subsidiaries: a wholly-owned Proteome Therapeutics GmbH and minority owned BioSupport AG.