SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS CEDEX, FRANCE--(Marketwire - May 18, 2012) -
ALERT
NicOx's Ordinary Shareholder Meeting
May 18, 2012. Sophia Antipolis, France. www.nicox.com
NicOx S.A. (EURONEXT: COX) (PARIS: COX) has convened an ordinary
shareholder
meeting on second call on the same agenda on Wednesday June 6, 2012 at
2:00 pm
CET at the Palais de la Méditerranée - 13 promenade des Anglais
- 06000 Nice -
France.
The documents mentioned in articles L.225-115, R. 225-81 and R. 225-83
of the
French Code de commerce, including a proxy voting form, are sent to
shareholders
upon written request. These documents will also be made
available to
shareholders at the headquarters and on the website of the
Company
(www.nicox.com).
NicOx (Bloomberg: COX:FP, Reuters: NCOX.PA) is building an international
late-stage development and commercial Ophthalmology Company
based around
therapeutics, diagnostics and devices. As of March 2012, NicOx holds an
11.8%
stake in the UK-based ophthalmology company Altacor, with an option to
acquire
the remaining shares, as the first step of a transformation into a
late-stage
development and commercial ophthalmic Company.
NicOx is also developing an internal portfolio of New Molecular Entities
(NMEs)
through the application of its proprietary nitric oxide-donating R&D
platform.
The Company's pipeline includes several nitric oxide-donating NMEs
for the
potential treatment of ophthalmological, inflammatory and
cardio-metabolic
diseases, which are in development internally and with partners, who
include
Bausch + Lomb, Merck (known as MSD outside the United States and
Canada) and
Ferrer.
NicOx S.A. is headquartered in France and is listed on Euronext
Paris
(Compartment C: Small Caps).
Risks factors which are likely to have a material effect on NicOx's
business are
presented in the 4th chapter of the « Document de
référence, rapport financier
annuel et rapport de gestion 2010 » filed with the French
Autorité des Marchés
Financiers (AMF) on February 29, 2012 and available on NicOx's
website
(www.nicox.com) and on the AMF's website (www.amf-france.org).
NicOx's Ordinary Shareholder Meeting on June 6, 2012:
http://hugin.info/143509/R/1613226/513706.pdf
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