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ISS Recommends Helix Shareholders Vote "FOR" Management's Slate of Directors and Private Placement
ISS Recommends Helix Shareholders Vote "FOR" Management's Slate of Directors and Private Placement.
About this update from Helix Biopharma Corp.
[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nAURORA, ON, Jan. 11 /CNW/ - Helix BioPharma Corp. (TSX: HBP / Frankfurt:\nWKN 918864)\n\n\nInstitutional Shareholder Services (\"ISS\") has recommended that\nshareholders use management's YELLOW proxy form to vote their shares at\nHelix's Annual General and Special Meeting on January 23, 2007 in favour of\nmanagement's slate of directors and for the resolution approving the issuance\nof shares in a private placement. ISS recommends that shareholders DO NOT VOTE\nthe blue dissident proxy.\n\n\nISS is widely recognized as the world's leading provider of proxy voting\nand corporate governance solutions to the institutional marketplace. Its\nanalyses and recommendations are relied upon by 1,712 institutional investment\nfirms, mutual funds and fiduciaries worldwide.\n\n\nISS spoke to both Management and the dissident before recommending that\nshareholders vote for the Management nominees. Any shareholder seeking the\nadvice of a knowledgeable and independent third party should consider the ISS\nrecommendation.\n\n\nISS has also recommended that shareholders vote in favour of the private\nplacement and has noted in their analysis that the private placement is in the\nordinary course of business and in compliance with TSX rules.\n\n\nHelix's board of directors and management are extremely pleased that ISS\nrecommends that shareholders vote for Management's nominees on the YELLOW\nproxy form.\n\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------\n DISCARD ANY BLUE PROXIES AND VOTING FORMS sent by the dissident\n -------\n IF YOU HAVE ALREADY VOTED A BLUE PROXY FORM, CHANGE YOUR VOTE NOW\n\n PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND RETURN YOUR YELLOW proxy as soon as possible\n ------\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nFor more information and assistance in completing your YELLOW proxy form,\n\n\nplease call Georgeson, Helix's proxy solicitor:\n\n\nNorth American toll free number 1-866-288-9745\n\n\nEuropean(x) toll free number 00800-1020-1010\n\n\nCollect calls outside North America can be made at +1-416-642-7018 or\n\n\n+44(0)117-378-5993\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 ...