Molecular Partners Announces All Board Proposals Approved at the Annual General Meeting

ZURICH-SCHLIEREN, Switzerland and CONCORD, Mass., April 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Molecular Partners AG (SIX: MOLN; NASDAQ: MOLN), a clinical-stage biotech company developing a new class of custom-built protein drugs known as DARPin therapeutics, today announced that all motions proposed by the Board of Directors at the Annual General meeting were approved by the shareholders of the Company by a wide majority.

The Molecular Partners shareholders confirmed the approval of the annual review, the IFRS consolidated financial statements and the annual statements for the financial year 2023. They also fully approved the consultative vote on the compensation report and the proposal to carry forward the net loss for 2023 of CHF 56,285,222, thereby bringing the loss carried forward position from CHF 92,511,521 to CHF 148,796,743.

The Board of Directors and the members of the management board were granted discharge for the financial year 2023. Additionally, the shareholders approved amendments to the articles of incorporation regarding capital range and conditional share capital for employee participation.

The shareholders voted to re-elect all members of Molecular Partners’ Board of Directors for a term of office of one year. William “Bill” Burns was re-elected Chairman of the Board and re-appointed as the chairperson of the Board’s Nomination and Compensation Committee. Steven Holtzman and Michael Vasconcelles, M.D., were also re-elected to the Nomination and Compensation Committee. KPMG AG Zurich was re-elected as the Group’s statutory auditors for the financial year 2024 and Anwaltskanzlei Keller AG, Zurich, was elected as the independent proxy for a term of office until the 2025 Annual General Meeting.

The Annual General Meeting also approved all binding motions regarding compensation for both the Board of Directors and the Management Board.

About Molecular Partners AG 
Molecular Partners AG (SIX: MOLN, NASDAQ: MOLN) is a clinical-stage biotech company pioneering the design and development of DARPin therapeutics for medical challenges other drug modalities cannot readily address. The Company has programs in various stages of pre-clinical and clinical development, with oncology as its main focus. Molecular Partners leverages the advantages of DARPins to provide unique solutions to patients through its proprietary programs as well as through partnerships with leading pharmaceutical companies. Molecular Partners was founded in 2004 and has offices in both Zurich, Switzerland and Concord, MA, USA. For more information, visit www.molecularpartners.com and find us on LinkedIn and Twitter / X @MolecularPrtnrs

For further details, please contact:
Seth Lewis, SVP Investor Relations & Strategy
Concord, Massachusetts, U.S.
[email protected]
Tel: +1 781 420 2361

Laura Jeanbart, PhD, Head of Portfolio Management & Communications 
Zurich-Schlieren, Switzerland
[email protected]
Tel: +41 44 575 19 35

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