Can-Fite Announces 2014 Annual General Meeting
PETACH TIKVA, Israel, May 30, 2014 -- Can-Fite BioPharma Ltd. (NYSE MKT: CANF) (TASE:CFBI), a biotechnology company with a pipeline of proprietary small molecule drugs that address inflammatory and cancer diseases, today announced that its 2014 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders will be held on Monday, July 7, 2014 at 10.00 a.m. (Israel time) at the offices of the Company, 10 Bareket Street, Petach Tikva, Israel. The record date for shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting is close of business on June 2, 2014.
The agenda of the meeting is as follows:
| 1. | To re-elect Pnina Fishman, Ilan Cohen, Abraham Sartani and Guy Regev to the Company’s board of directors, each for a term expiring at the Company’s next annual general meeting of shareholders. |
| 2. | To re-elect Gil Oren as one of the Company’s external directors for an additional three-year term ending July 9, 2017. |
| 3. | To approve the grant of options to purchase ordinary shares to Gil Oren. |
| 4. | To approve the re-appointment of Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer, registered public accounting firm, a member firm of Ernst & Young Global, as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2014 and until the Company’s next annual general meeting of shareholders, and to authorize the Company’s board of directors and/or its audit committee to fix such accounting firm’s annual compensation. |
| 5. | To discuss the auditor’s report and audited financial statements for the Company for the year ended December 31, 2013 and to transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting. |
Additional Information and Where to Find It
In connection with the meeting, the Company will make available to its shareholders of record a proxy statement describing the various matters to be voted upon at the meeting, along with a proxy card enabling them to indicate their vote on each matter. The Company will also furnish copies of the proxy statement and proxy card to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Form 6-K, which may be obtained for free from the SEC's website at www.sec.gov and in the “Investor Information” portion of the Company’s website at www.canfite.com.
About Can-Fite BioPharma Ltd.
Can-Fite BioPharma Ltd. (NYSE MKT: CANF) (TASE: CFBI) is an advanced clinical stage drug development company with a platform technology that is designed to address multi-billion dollar markets in the treatment of cancer and inflammatory diseases. The Company’s CF101 is in Phase II/III trials for the treatment of psoriasis and the Company is preparing for a Phase III CF101 trial for rheumatoid arthritis. Can-Fite’s liver cancer drug CF102 is commencing Phase II trials and has been granted Orphan Drug Designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. CF102 has also shown proof of concept to potentially treat other cancers including colon, prostate, and melanoma. These drugs have an excellent safety profile with experience in over 1,200 patients in clinical studies to date. For more information please visit: www.can-fite.com
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain forward-looking statements, about Can-Fite's expectations, beliefs or intentions regarding, among other things, its product development efforts, business, financial condition, results of operations, strategies or prospects. In addition, from time to time, Can-Fite or its representatives have made or may make forward-looking statements, orally or in writing. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking words such as "believe," "expect," "intend," "plan," "may," "should" or "anticipate" or their negatives or other variations of these words or other comparable words or by the fact that these statements do not relate strictly to historical or current matters. These forward-looking statements may be included in, but are not limited to, various filings made by Can-Fite with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, press releases or oral statements made by or with the approval of one of Can-Fite's authorized executive officers. Forward-looking statements relate to anticipated or expected events, activities, trends or results as of the date they are made. Because forward-looking statements relate to matters that have not yet occurred, these statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause Can-Fite's actual results to differ materially from any future results expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Many factors could cause Can-Fite's actual activities or results to differ materially from the activities and results anticipated in such forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, the factors summarized in Can-Fite's filings with the SEC and in its periodic filings with the TASE. In addition, Can-Fite operates in an industry sector where securities values are highly volatile and may be influenced by economic and other factors beyond its control. Can-Fite does not undertake any obligation to publicly update these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Contact
Can-Fite BioPharma
Motti Farbstein
info@canfite.com
+972-3-9241114