Kinarus Therapeutics Holding AG
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MEDIA RELEASE Basel, Switzerland, 1 March 2024: Kinarus Therapeutics Holding AG (SIX:KNRS) ("Kinarus Holding", "KNRS" or the "Company"), a SIX Swiss Exchange listed therapeutic drug development company announced today that at the Extraordinary General Meeting of Kinarus Holding held on Friday, 1 March 2024, the shareholders of Kinarus Holding have approved with sweeping majorities all resolutions relating to the envisaged Business Combination with Curatis AG, a Basel-Landschaft incorporated medicine distribution and drug development company predominantly focused on orphan/ultra-orphan diseases and specialty care diseases ("Curatis"). Closing of the Transaction is expected to occur at the end of April 2024. In addition to Kinarus Holding shareholder approval, completion of the proposed Business Combination is subject to satisfaction of certain other conditions. About Kinarus Therapeutics Holding AG Kinarus AG in Liquidation (www.kinarus.com) was founded in 2017 by experienced pharmaceutical executives in Basel, Switzerland. The Kinarus Group consists of the SIX Swiss Exchange listed Kinarus Therapeutics Holding AG and the operating fully owned subsidiary Kinarus AG in Liquidation. Both Kinarus Therapeutics Holding AG and Kinarus AG in Liquidation have filed for bankruptcy in September 2023 after a financing agreement with a Chinese investment company in May 2023 has not led to the agreed payments. Kinarus AG in Liquidation possesses the exclusive worldwide license to pamapimod, covering all indications, and has patented KIN001, its novel mechanism in combination with pioglitazone. For more information, please visit the company's website at www.kinarus.com. Investor Relations Contact: YUMA Capital Disclaimer THIS DOCUMENT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A PROSPECTUS WITHIN THE MEANING OF SWISS FINANCIAL SERVICES ACT ("FINSA"), NOR A PROSPECTUS UNDER ANY OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS AND SHOULD NOT BE TREATED AS OFFERING MATERIALS OF ANY SORT AND IS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY. THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS IN SUMMARY FORM AND MUST BE CONSIDERED IN CONJUCTION WITH AND SUBJECT TO THE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE INFORMATION OF KINARUS THERAPEUTICS HOLDING AG. THIS DOCUMENT IS BEING FURNISHED TO YOU SOLELY FOR YOUR INFORMATION AND MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED, REDISTRIBUTED OR MADE AVAILABLE IN WHOLE OR IN PART TO ANY OTHER PERSON OR ANY PURPOSE, WITHOUT THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF KINARUS THERAPEUTICS HOLDING. This document contains certain forward-looking statements. Other written materials, as well as other written and oral statements made to the public, may also contain forward-looking statements. 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Kinarus Therapeutics Holding AG shall not be responsible for, or for investigating, any matter which is the subject of any statement, representation, warranty or covenant of Kinarus Therapeutics Holding AG contained in any other agreement or document relating to a transaction (including the contemplated Combination Transaction with Curatis AG announced with a media release on 29 January 2024, the "Transaction"), or for the execution, legality, effectiveness, adequacy, genuineness, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence thereof. This document is not for distribution, directly or indirectly in or into the United States (as defined in Regulation S under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("US Securities Act")). This document is not an offer to sell securities, or the solicitation of any offer to buy securities, nor shall there be any offer of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer or sale would be unlawful. The securities mentioned in this document have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or exemption from registration under the US Securities Act. There will be no public offer of the securities in the United States or in any other jurisdiction. The securities in connection with this Transaction may not be offered to the public in any jurisdiction in circumstances which would require Curatis AG or Kinarus Therapeutics Holding AG to prepare or register any prospectus or offering document relating to the securities in connection with the Transaction in such jurisdiction. End of Media Release |
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