Macrocure Announces Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
09 Dezember 2015 - 3:26PM
Macrocure Ltd. (NASDAQ:MCUR), a clinical-stage biotechnology
company, today announced that it will hold its Annual General
Meeting of Shareholders on Wednesday, January 13, 2016, at 3:00
p.m., Israel time (8:00 a.m. EST). The record date for shareholders
entitled to vote at the annual meeting is Monday, December 14,
2015.
The agenda items for the annual meeting
will consist of (i) the proposed re-election of each current member
of Macrocure's board of directors for an additional one year term
(other than the statutory external directors, who serve a
three-year term pursuant to the Israeli Companies Law), and (ii)
ratification of the re-appointment of Somekh Chaikin, Certified
Public Accountants (Isr.), a member firm of KPMG International, as
the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for
2015 and the additional period until the next annual meeting. The
second agenda item for the meeting— ratification of the appointment
of Somekh Chaikin— has been approved by the audit committee of the
Company's Board of Directors and by the Board, and is being brought
before the shareholders for approval pursuant to requirements under
the Israeli Companies Law.
At the annual meeting, the Company will
also discuss its financial statements for the year ended December
31, 2014.
We are currently not aware of any other
matters that will come before the meeting. If any other matters are
presented properly at the meeting, the persons designated as
proxies intend to vote upon such matters in accordance with their
best judgment.
The Board of Directors of the
Company unanimously recommends that the Company's shareholders vote
in favor of each of the proposals.
Further Details Concerning the
Annual General Shareholders Meeting
The presence, in person or by proxy, of
two or more shareholders possessing at least twenty-five percent
(25%) of the Company's voting power will constitute a quorum at the
annual meeting. In the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes of the
scheduled time for the meeting, the meeting will be adjourned for
one week and will be held on Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at the
same time and place, unless otherwise determined by the Chairman of
the meeting. At such adjourned meeting, the presence of at least
two shareholders in person or by proxy (regardless of the voting
power possessed by their shares) will constitute a quorum.
Additional Information and Where
to Find It
In connection with the meeting, Macrocure
will make available to its shareholders of record a proxy statement
describing the time and place, and other logistical information
related to the meeting, and the proposals to be voted upon at the
meeting, along with a proxy card enabling them to submit their
votes on those proposals. Macrocure will also be furnishing copies
of the proxy statement and proxy card to the SEC in a Report of
Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K, which may be obtained for free
from the SEC's website at www.sec.gov and will be available on the
Company's website at http://investor.macrocure.com. The full text
of the proposed resolutions, together with the form of proxy card,
for the meeting, may also be viewed beginning on Wednesday,
December 16, 2015, at the registered office of the Company, 25
Hasivim Street, Petach Tikva, Israel, from Sunday to Thursday
(excluding holidays), 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Israel time). Our
telephone number at our registered office is
+972-3-923-5556.
Shareholders who are unable to attend the
meeting in person will be requested to complete, date and sign a
form of proxy and return it promptly in the pre-addressed envelope
that will be provided, so as to be received not later than 11:59 PM
EST on January 12, 2016. No postage will be required if it is
mailed in the United States to our United States transfer agent,
Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company. Shareholders who
attend the meeting in person may revoke their proxies and vote
their ordinary shares at the meeting.
If your ordinary shares in the Company
are held in "street name" (meaning held through a bank, broker or
other nominee), you will be able to either direct the record holder
of your shares on how to vote your shares (including via
www.proxyvote.com) or obtain a legal proxy from the record holder
to enable you to participate in and to vote your shares at the
meeting (or to appoint a proxy to do so).
Joint holders of ordinary shares in the
Company should take note that, pursuant to Macrocure's articles of
association, the vote of the senior of joint holders of any share
who tenders a vote, whether in person or by proxy, will be accepted
to the exclusion of the vote(s) of the other holder(s) of the
share, and for this purpose seniority will be determined by the
order of registration of the joint holders in the register of
shareholders.
About Macrocure Ltd.
Macrocure Ltd. is a clinical-stage
biotechnology company that until recently was focused on developing
a novel therapeutic platform to address chronic and hard-to-heal
wounds. For more information, please visit www.Macrocure.com.
Cautionary Note Regarding
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes
forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the
U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Section 21E of the US
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the safe harbor
provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not
historical facts, such as statements regarding assumptions and
results related to financial results forecasts, commercial results,
clinical trials and regulatory authorizations. Forward-looking
statements are based on Macrocure's current knowledge and its
present beliefs and expectations regarding possible future events
and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Actual
results and the timing of events could differ materially from those
anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of
several factors including, but not limited to, unexpected results
of clinical trials, delays or denial in regulatory approval process
or additional competition in the market. The forward-looking
statements made herein speak only as of the date of this release
and Macrocure undertakes no obligation to update publicly such
forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or
circumstances, except as otherwise required by law.
For Investors: Shai
Lankry Macrocure Ltd. Shai@macrocure.com 972-3-7631409
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