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Oculis Publishes Results of 2024 Annual General Meeting and Announces Appointments to its Board of Directors and Scientific Advisory Board
ZUG, Switzerland, May 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Shareholders approved all agenda items and proposals of the Board of DirectorsRobert K. Warner, M.B.A. and
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[{"type":"text","content":"ZUG, Switzerland, May 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Shareholders approved all agenda items and proposals of the Board of DirectorsRobert K. Warner, M.B.A. and Arshad M. Khanani, M.D., M.A., FASRS elected as members of the Board of DirectorsBaruch D. Kuppermann, M.D., Ph.D. and Frank G. Holz, M.D., Ph.D. appointed as members of the Scientific Advisory BoardOculis established a CHF 50 million flexible loan facility with funds and accounts managed by BlackRock Oculis Holding AG (Nasdaq: OCS; XICE: OCS) (“Oculis” or the “Company”), a global biopharmaceutical company purposefully driven to save sight and improve eye care, today announced the results from its 2024 Annual General Meeting held on May 29, 2024 at Ochsen-Zug, Kolinplatz 11, CH-6300 Zug, Switzerland, at 3:30 p.m. CEST, including election of new members to its Board of Directors, as well as the recent appointment of two new members to its Scientific Advisory Board (SAB), and the establishment of a loan facility of up to CHF 50 million. Annual General Meeting The Company’s shareholders approved all agenda items, including the election of new members to its Board of Directors. The shareholders approved the 2023 Annual Report including the 2023 Annual (Statutory) Financial Statements and the 2023 Consolidated Financial Statements. The shareholders acknowledged that the Company made a loss of CHF 41,396,417.34 with respect to the financial year ended December 31, 2023, and resolved that the balance sheet loss shall be carried forward to the new accounts. The Members of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee were granted discharge for their activities in 2023. Anthony Rosenberg was re-elected as member and chairperson of the Board of Directors. Christina Ackermann, Lionel Carnot, Martijn Kleijwegt, Geraldine O’Keeffe and Riad Sherif were re-elected as members of the Board of Directors. Robert K. Warner and Arshad M. Khanani were elected as members of the Board of Directors. Christina Ackermann and Lionel Carnot were re-elected and Robert K. Warner was elected as members of the Compensation Committee. PricewaterhouseCoopers SA (Pully) was re-elected as Statutory Auditors. PST Legal AG (Zug) was elected as Independent Proxy. The shareholders approved the compensation for the non-executive members of the Board of Directors: Total maximum amount of fixed (non-performance-...