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International Penta has not fully disclosed the nature of its Helix share position
International Penta has not fully disclosed the nature of its Helix share position.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nAURORA, ON, Jan. 16 /CNW/ - Helix BioPharma Corp. (TSX: HBP / Frankfurt:\nWKN 918864 )\n\n\nHelix's attorneys in Europe were informed yesterday that all the Helix\nshares owned by International Penta are in the process of being sold by an\ninternational bank under a judicial order in Switzerland. The dissident proxy\ncircular discloses that International Penta holds 2,035,698 Helix shares.\n\n\nBlocks of International Penta's holdings have been sold into the\nmarketplace over approximately the past 2 years, in order to make up for a\ndebt International Penta owes. Furthermore, the bank is ordered to sell the\nbalance of International Penta's holdings.\n\n\nIn addition, Mr. Janssen, as disclosed in the dissident proxy circular\nowns no Helix common shares personally.\n\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n VOTE YOUR YELLOW HELIX PROXY NOW\n\n DO NOT VOTE A BLUE PROXY\n -----------\n\n IF YOU HAVE ALREADY VOTED A BLUE PROXY, YOU CAN REVOKE IT BY SENDING IN\n A YELLOW HELIX PROXY NOW\n ---\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAlso see Helix's response to the dissident proxy circular dated January\n10, 2007, filed at www.sedar.com and at www.helixbiopharma.com.\n\n\nHelix recommends that all shareholders vote only their YELLOW Helix proxy\nFOR the private placement and FOR the election of Jerome F. McElroy, Donald H.\nSegal, Kenneth A. Cawkell, Conor Gunne, Richard Rossman, Jack Kay and Gordon\nM. Lickrish.\n\n\nMAKE YOUR VOTE COUNT. PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND RETURN YOUR YELLOW PROXY BY\nJANUARY 19, 2007 AT 10:00 AM TORONTO TIME (EST) FOR YOUR VOTE TO COUNT.\n\n\nA copy of Helix BioPharma's current Annual Report and Management\nInformation Circular for the January 23, 2007 meeting can be found on SEDAR at\nwww.sedar.com, and at Helix's website at www.helixbiopharma.com. Requests for\na hard copy of the Annual Report or Management Information Circular can also\nbe made to Georgeson.\n\n\n Georgeson\n\n North American Toll Free Number: 1-866-288-9745\n Outside North America Collect: +1-416-642-7018\n\n (x) Toll Free - European: 00800 1020 1010\n European Collect: +44 (0) 117 378 5993\n\n (x) Australia; Austria; Belgium; Denmark; Finland; France; Germany;\nHong Kong; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Netherlands; New Zealand; Norway;\n Spain; Sweden; Swit...