DiagnoCure announces results of its Annual and General Meeting of shareholders
QUEBEC CITY, April 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ - DiagnoCure Inc. (TSX: CUR) (OTCQX: DGCRF) (the "Corporation") today announced that its shareholders have approved all resolutions presented to them in the Management Proxy Circular dated March 5, 2015 and put forth for vote during the shareholders meeting held today in Montreal.
Shareholders re-elected Dr. Yves Fradet, Dr. Louise Proulx, Mr. Andrew Sheldon, Dr. Jacques Simoneau, and Dr. Vincent R. Zurawski as directors of the Corporation.
This year, 57.85% of the shares were voted and the results for the nominees as directors are as follows:
| Nominees |
Shares For |
For (%) |
Shares |
Withheld (%) |
Non-votes |
| Yves Fradet |
20,334,619 |
93.34 |
1,449,871 |
6.66 |
3,113,479 |
| Louise Proulx |
20,336,619 |
93.35 |
1,447,871 |
6.65 |
3,113,479 |
| Andrew J. Sheldon |
20,336,119 |
93.35 |
1,448,371 |
6.65 |
3,113,479 |
| Jacques Simoneau |
20,396,619 |
93.62 |
1,387,871 |
6.38 |
3,113,479 |
| Vincent R. Zurawski |
21,631,619 |
99.30 |
152,871 |
0.70 |
3,113,479 |
Shareholders also reappointed Ernst & Young as auditor of the Corporation and the result is as follows:
| Shares For |
For (%) |
Shares |
Withheld (%) |
Non-vote |
|
| Auditor appointment |
24,860,855 |
99.85 |
37,114 |
0.15 |
0 |
The presentation given by Dr. Yves Fradet and Mr. Richard Bordeleau after completion of the formal business portion of the meeting today is available on DiagnoCure's website at www.diagnocure.com through a link on the Investors page; Presentations.
"The Board of directors greatly appreciates the strong support of our shareholders, which was manifested in this vote and which will be of great value as we proceed with the ongoing discussions to improve royalties from PCA3, to out-license our assets and pursue potential strategic merger activities", stated Dr. Yves Fradet, Chairman of the Board and President and Chief Medical Officer of the Corporation.
About DiagnoCure
DiagnoCure (TSX: CUR; OTCQX: DGCRF) is a life sciences corporation that develops and provides molecular and genomic tests to support effective clinical decisions enabling personalized medicine in oncology. Previstage® GCC and the Corporation new multimarker prostate cancer test are currently available for licensing. The Corporation has granted a worldwide exclusive license on the diagnostic applications of PCA3 for the development and commercialization of a prostate cancer test which is now commercialized in Europe under CE mark and approved for commercialization in Canada and the United States. For more information, please visit www.diagnocure.com.
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SOURCE DiagnoCure inc.
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