Breda, the Netherlands – argenx (Euronext & Nasdaq: ARGX), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a deep pipeline of differentiated antibody-based therapies for the treatment of severe autoimmune diseases and cancer, today announced that the proposed resolutions presented at our Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders were duly passed at the meeting, which was held today at 11:00 a.m. CET.
The approved resolutions relate to:
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the amendment of the articles of association of the company to increase the authorized share capital from EUR 4,500,000 to EUR 9,000,000;
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various amendments to the company’s stock option plan;
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the authorization to the board of directors to grant stock options under the stock option plan up to a maximum of 4% of the outstanding capital as of the date of the general meeting for a period of 18 months after the date of the general meeting.
The results of the votes will be posted shortly on our website.
All documents relating to the shareholders’ meeting can be consulted on our website: www.argenx.com
About argenx
argenx is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a deep pipeline of differentiated antibody-based therapies for the treatment of severe auto-immune diseases and cancer. The company is focused on developing product candidates with the potential to be either first-in-class against novel targets or best-in-class against known, but complex, targets in order to treat diseases with a significant unmet medical need. argenx’s ability to execute on this focus is enabled by its suite of differentiated technologies. The SIMPLE AntibodyTM Platform, based on the powerful llama immune system, allows argenx to exploit novel and complex targets, and its three complementary Fc engineering technologies are designed to expand the therapeutic index of its product candidates.
www.argenx.com
For further information, please contact:
Joke Comijn, Director Corporate Communications & Investor Relations (EU)
+32 (0)477 77 29 44
+32 (0)9 310 34 19
info@argenx.com
Beth DelGiacco, Vice President, Investor Relations (US)
+1 518 424 4980
bdelgiacco@argenx.com
Forward-looking Statements
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