Changes to the Board of Directors
May 23 2022 - 2:52AM
Changes to the Board of Directors
Orphazyme A/S in
restructuringCompany announcement No.
27/2022 www.orphazyme.comCompany Registration No. 32266355
Copenhagen, Denmark, May 23, 2022
– Orphazyme A/S in restructuring (ORPHA.CO; ORPH)
(“Orphazyme” or the “Company”), a late-stage biopharmaceutical
company, has previously announced its entry into an agreement with
KemPharm Denmark A/S to sell substantially all of its assets and
business activities (please see company announcement no. 24/2022)
and submission of the restructuring proposal to the Danish Maritime
and Commercial High Court (the “Court”) and the Company’s known
creditors (please see company announcement no. 26/2022).
Orphazyme today announces that Stephanie Okey,
Carrolee Barlow and Martin Bonde will step down from their
positions as members of the Board of Directors as of May 23, 2022
with the view to reduce the number of members of the Board of
Directors to three members, as Orphazyme will no longer have any
ongoing operational business activities once the restructuring
proposal is adopted by the creditors and affirmed by the Court and
the transaction with KemPharm Denmark A/S is completed on or around
June 1, 2022.
“I would like to thank Stephanie Okey, Carrolee
Barlow and Martin Bonde for their many contributions to Orphazyme
and we wish them all the best for the future,” said Chairman of the
Board of Directors, Georges Gemayel.
Until the upcoming Annual General Meeting
expected to be held on June 29, 2022, the Board of Directors will
consist of Georges Gemayel, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Bo
Jesper Hansen, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors, and
Andrew Mercieca.
Additionally, the Company’s board committees
will continue with the three board members for the Audit Committee
and the Remuneration Committee, with Andrew Mercieca as chairman of
the Audit Committee and Bo Jesper Hansen as chairman of the
Remuneration Committee, and with two board members for the
Nomination Committee, with Bo Jesper Hansen as chairman of the
Nomination Committee. The Science Committee will be
discontinued.
For the Annual General Meeting of Orphazyme
expected to be held on June 29, 2022, it is the intention of the
Board of Directors to propose re-election of the current Deputy
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Bo Jesper Hansen, election of
the current CEO and CFO, Anders Fink Vadsholt, as a new member of
the Board of Directors, and election of the Company’s current
restructuring administrator, John Sommer Schmidt, as a new member
of the Board of Directors.
The current Chairman of the Board of Directors,
Georges Gemayel, and member of the Board of Directors, Andrew
Mercieca, will not be seeking re-election at the upcoming Annual
General Meeting.
For additional information, please
contact
Orphazyme A/S in
restructuring
Anders Vadsholt, Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer: +45 2898 9055
John Sommer Schmidt, Restructuring Administrator:
+45 8620 7500
About
OrphazymeOrphazyme is a late-stage
biopharmaceutical company developing arimoclomol for Niemann-Pick
disease type C (NPC). Orphazyme is headquartered in Denmark.
Orphazyme’s shares are listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen (ORPHA).
About
arimoclomolArimoclomol is an investigational drug
candidate that amplifies the production of heat shock proteins
(HSPs). HSPs can rescue defective misfolded proteins and improve
the function of lysosomes. Arimoclomol is administered orally, and
has now been studied in 10 Phase 1, four Phase 2, and three pivotal
Phase 2/3 trials. Arimoclomol has received Orphan Drug Designation
(ODD) for NPC in the US and EU. Arimoclomol has received Fast-Track
Designation (FTD), Breakthrough Therapy Designation (BTD), and Rare
Pediatric Disease Designation (RPDD) from the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) for NPC. On June 17, 2021, Orphazyme received
a Complete Response Letter from the FDA regarding its New Drug
Application for arimoclomol for the treatment of NPC. The company
has requested a type B-meeting to be held early Q3 2022.
Forward-looking statement This
company announcement may contain certain forward-looking statements
under the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and
otherwise, including forward-looking statements about the Company’s
restructuring process, the Company’s sale of substantially all of
its assets and business activities to KemPharm Denmark A/S and the
Company’s annual general meeting and timing thereof. Although
the Company believes its expectations are based on reasonable
assumptions, all statements other than statements of historical
fact included in this company announcement about future events are
subject to (i) change without notice and (ii) factors beyond the
Company’s control, including pursuant to regulatory or judicial
intervention. Except as required by law, the Company assumes no
obligation to update these forward-looking statements publicly, or
to update the reasons actual results could differ materially from
those anticipated in the forward-looking statements, even if new
information becomes available in the future.
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