MADRID, Spain and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oryzon Genomics S.A., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on epigenetics for the development of therapies for diseases with significant unmet medical needs, today announced the results of voting at the Extraordinary General Shareholders' Meeting held today in Madrid. A total of 24,030,812 of the Company's issued and outstanding ordinary shares (representing 36.5312% of the share capital) were at the Meeting, either in person or represented by proxy.
The Company's shareholders approved all of the resolutions listed below, proposed by the Board of Directors at the Company's Extraordinary General Meeting, with favorable votes ranging from 94% to 97%.
Appointment and re-election of directors.
Re-election of Mr. Carlos Buesa as executive director.
Re-election of Mr. Manuel López-Figueroa as independent director.
Appointment of Mr. Konstantinos Alataris as independent director.
Appointment of Mr. Luis Sánchez Quintana as independent director.
Appointment of Ms. Montserrat Vendrell as independent director.
Appointment of Mr. Pierre Beaurang as independent director.
Approval of the issuance of convertible bonds, excluding the pre-emptive subscription right, under the investment agreement entered into with Nice & Green, S.A., on November 20, 2023.
Authorization to the Board of Directors to increase the share capital under the terms of Article 297.1.b) of the Spanish Companies Act. Delegation for the exclusion of pre-emptive subscription rights in accordance with the provisions of Article 506 of the Spanish Companies Act.
Delegation to the Board of Directors of the power to issue fixed income securities, preferred participations or instruments of a similar nature (including promissory notes or warrants) convertible and/or exchangeable into shares of the Company. Establishment of criteria for the determination of the bases and modalities of the conversion and/or exchange and attribution to the Board of Directors of the powers to increase the capital by the necessary amount, as well as to exclude the preemptive subscription rights of the shareholders and holders of convertible securities.
Authorization to the Board of Directors for the acquisition of own shares, directly or, as the case may be, through companies dependent on the Company.
Delegation of powers for the formalization, correction, registration, interpretation, development and execution of the resolutions adopted by the General Shareholders' Meeting.
The complete details of the resolutions that have been approved in their entirety and the results of the votes by separate items will be available on the Company's website in the near future.
About Oryzon Founded in 2000 in Barcelona, Spain, Oryzon (ISIN Code: ES0167733015) is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company and the European leader in epigenetics, with a strong focus on personalized medicine in CNS disorders and oncology. Oryzon’s team is composed of highly qualified professionals from the pharma industry located in Barcelona, Boston, and San Diego. Oryzon has an advanced clinical portfolio with two LSD1 inhibitors, vafidemstat in CNS (Phase III-ready) and iadademstat in oncology (Phase II). The company has other pipeline assets directed against other epigenetic targets like HDAC-6 where a clinical candidate ORY-4001, has been nominated for its possible development in CMT and ALS. In addition, Oryzon has a strong platform for biomarker identification and target validation for a variety of malignant and neurological diseases. For more information, visit www.oryzon.com
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