Addex Shareholders Approve All Board Proposals at 2010 AGM

Addex Shareholders Approve All Board Proposals at 2010 AGM

 

Geneva, Switzerland, 30 April 2010 - Allosteric modulation company Addex Pharmaceuticals Ltd (SIX:ADXN) announced that its shareholders approved all the proposals of the board of directors at its 2010 annual general meeting (AGM) yesterday.

Shareholders of Addex Pharmaceuticals Ltd approved:

• The re-election of Vincent Mutel, Andrew Galazka and Beat E. Lüthi for a three year terms.


Shareholders of Addex Pharmaceuticals Ltd also approved:

• The 2009 annual report, the 2009 annual financial statements and the 2009 consolidated financial statements.
• The appropriation of the results, namely, that Addex Pharmaceuticals would carry forward the accumulated loss of CHF 57,872,740 for the business year 2009 in full; and release CHF 3,116 from share premium to the treasury share reserve.
• granting full discharge to the members of the board of directors and the executive management for their activities during the business year 2009.
• the re-election of PricewaterhouseCoopers SA, Geneva, as the auditors for the 2010 business year.


Shareholders of Addex Pharmaceuticals Ltd also approved the following amendments to the Articles of Association:

• creation and issue of 891 registered bons de jouissance (Genussscheine) within the meaning of article 657 of the Swiss Code of Obligations to be granted to employees and/or directors of the Company or Group companies, and the related changes to the Articles of Association.
• an amendment to the new Article 3c (formerly Article 3b) such that conditional share capital may be used to cover shares issued pursuant to the exercise of subscription rights of the holders of bons de jouissance.
• an amendment to Article 29 such that, although there will be an English translation, the official version of the Articles of Association is in French


Addex Pharmaceuticals (www.addexpharma.comdiscovers and develops allosteric modulators for human health and is focused on validated therapeutic targets for diseases of the central nervous system, metabolic disorders and inflammation. Subject to the completion of Phase I testing and regulatory approvals, Phase II clinical trials are expected to start in 2010 in four indications for two lead products: ADX48621, an mGluR5 negative allosteric modulator (NAM), in dystonia and Parkinson’s disease levodopa-induced dyskinesia (PD-LID); and ADX71149, an mGluR2 positive allosteric modulator (PAM), in schizophrenia and anxiety. A third product, ADX71943, GABA-B receptor PAM with potential for chronic pain, is scheduled to enter Phase I testing around the end of 2010. In addition, Merck & Co., Inc. has licensed rights to two preclinical products: mGluR4 PAM for Parkinson's disease and mGluR5 PAM for schizophrenia. Additional preclinical discovery stage programs include: mGluR2 NAM, GLP1R PAM, IL1R1 NAM and TNFR1 NAM. Roche Venture Fund and SR-One, corporate venture arm of GlaxoSmithKline, are investors in Addex.

Chris Maggos
Investor Relations & Communications
Addex Pharmaceuticals
+41 22 884 15 11
chris.maggos(at)addexpharma.com

Disclaimer: The foregoing release may contain forward-looking statements that can be identified by terminology such as "not approvable", "continue", "believes", "believe", "will", "remained open to exploring", "would", "could", or similar expressions, or by express or implied discussions regarding Addex Pharmaceuticals Ltd, its business, the potential approval of its products by regulatory authorities, or regarding potential future revenues from such products. Such forward-looking statements reflect the current views of Addex Pharmaceuticals Ltd regarding future events, future economic performance or prospects, and, by their very nature, involve inherent risks and uncertainties, both general and specific, whether known or unknown, and/or any other factor that may materially differ from the plans, objectives, expectations, estimates and intentions expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements. Such may in particular cause actual results with allosteric modulators of mGluR2, mGluR4, mGluR5, mGluR7 or other therapeutic targets to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such statements. There can be no guarantee that allosteric modulators of mGluR2, mGluR4, mGluR5, mGluR7 will be approved for sale in any market or by any regulatory authority. Nor can there be any guarantee that allosteric modulators of mGluR2, mGluR4, mGluR5, mGluR7 or other therapeutic targets will achieve any particular levels of revenue (if any) in the future. In particular, management's expectations regarding  allosteric modulators of mGluR2, mGluR4, mGluR5, mGluR7 or other therapeutic targets could be affected by, among other things, unexpected actions by our partners, unexpected regulatory actions or delays or government regulation generally; unexpected clinical trial results, including unexpected new clinical data and unexpected additional analysis of existing clinical data; competition in general; government, industry and general public pricing pressures; the company's ability to obtain or maintain patent or other proprietary intellectual property protection. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those anticipated, believed, estimated or expected. Addex Pharmaceuticals Ltd is providing the information in this press release as of this date and does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this press release as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required by applicable laws.

2010.04.30