23 Jul 2020 17:02
Results of General Meeting
London, 23rd July 2020
Silence Therapeutics plc, AIM:SLN ("Silence" or "the Company") a leader in the discovery, delivery, and development of novel RNA therapeutics for the treatment of serious diseases with unmet medical need, announces that at its General Meeting held today, Thursday, 23rd July 2020, all resolutions set out in the notice of meeting were duly passed on a poll.
The votes were as follows:
Resolution | Votes for | % | Votes against | % | Votes total | % of ISC voted | Votes withheld |
1 - Restatement of long term incentive plans (ordinary resolution) | 38,168,851 | 98.0 | 772,001 | 2.0 | 38,940,852 | 47.0 | 4,276,757 |
2 - Approval of US Employee Sub-Plan (ordinary resolution) | 38,185,627 | 98.1 | 755,225 | 1.9 | 38,940,852 | 47.0 | 4,276,757 |
3 - Approval of new articles of association (special resolution) | 38,940,642 | 100 | 210 | 0 | 38,940,852 | 47.0 | 4,276,757 |
The number of the Company's ordinary shares in issue as at the date of the meeting was 82,826,259 ordinary shares of 5p each.
A vote withheld is not a vote in law and has not been counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes for and against the resolutions.
Enquiries:
Silence Therapeutics plc Iain Ross, Executive Chairman Dr Rob Quinn, Chief Financial Officer
| Tel: +44 (0)20 3457 6900 |
Investec Bank plc (Nominated Adviser and Broker) Daniel Adams/Gary Clarence
| Tel: +44 (0) 20 7597 5970 |
European IR Consilium Strategic Communications Mary-Jane Elliott/Chris Welsh/Angela Gray silencetherapeutics@consilium-comms.com
| Tel: +44 (0) 20 3709 5700 |
US IR Westwicke Partners Peter Vozzo peter.vozzo@westwicke.com
| Tel: +1 (443) 213-0505 |
Notes to Editors
About Silence Therapeutics plc
Silence Therapeutics is developing a new generation of medicines by harnessing the body's natural mechanism of RNA interference, or RNAi, within its cells. Its proprietary technology can selectively inhibit any gene in the genome, specifically silencing the production of disease-associated proteins. Silence's proprietary RNA chemistries and delivery systems are designed to improve the stability of molecules and enhance effective delivery to target cells, providing a powerful modular technology well suited to tackle life-threatening diseases. The Company has secured high value research and collaboration agreements with AstraZeneca, Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals and Takeda. For more information, please visit: https://www.silence-therapeutics.com/