Aptorum Group Limited Announces Results of 2021 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
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Aptorum Group Limited (NASDAQ:APM, PARIS:APM) ("Aptorum Group" or "Aptorum"), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on novel technologies including the targeting of oncological diseases, announced the results of its 2021 annual general meeting of shareholders, which was held on December 2, 2021, in Hong Kong.
At the annual general meeting, the required number of shareholders of the Company:
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Re-elected all of the Company's current directors, namely Mr. Ian Huen, Mr. Darren Lui, Dr. Clark Cheng, Mr. Charles Bathurst, Dr. Mirko Scherer, Professor Justin Wu and Professor Douglas Arner as directors of the Company until the Company's next annual general meeting of shareholders or until their respective successors are duly appointed and qualified;
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Approved, ratified and confirmed the re-appointment of Marcum Bernstein & Pinchuk LLP as the Company's independent auditors for the year ending December 31, 2021 and authorized the Board of Directors to fix the remuneration of the auditors; and
- Approved, as a special resolution, an amendment to Article 49.1 and Article 49.2 of the Company's Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, which removes the requirement that the record date not be earlier than the date of notice of a shareholder meeting and instead, permits Aptorum's board of directors more flexibility to set record date deem suitable, in accordance with the laws of Cayman Islands and those of the NASDAQ Global Market.
About Aptorum Group
Aptorum Group Limited (NASDAQ:APM, PARIS:APM) is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery, development and commercialization of therapeutic assets to treat diseases with unmet medical needs, particularly in oncology (including orphan oncology indications) and infectious diseases. The pipeline of Aptorum is also enriched through (i) the establishment of drug discovery platforms that enable the discovery of new therapeutics assets through, e.g. systematic screening of existing approved drug molecules, and microbiome-based research platform for treatments of metabolic diseases; and (ii) the co-development of a novel molecular-based rapid pathogen identification and detection diagnostics technology with Accelerate Technologies Pte Ltd, commercialization arm of the Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research.
For more information about Aptorum Group, please visit www.aptorumgroup.com.
Disclaimer and Forward-Looking Statements
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This announcement is not a prospectus within the meaning of the Regulation (EU) n°2017/1129 of 14 June 2017 as amended by Regulations Delegated (EU) n°2019/980 of 14 March 2019 and n°2019/979 of 14 March 2019.
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