CAPNIA, Inc. Provides Corporate Update And Reports First Quarter 2017 Financial Results

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., May 11, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Capnia, Inc. (NASDAQ:CAPN), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics for the treatment of rare diseases, today provided a corporate update following its recent annual meeting and announced financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2017.

At Capnia’s annual meeting, held on May 8, 2017, shareholders approved all of the proposed proxy initiatives, including the Company’s name change to Soleno Therapeutics, Inc., the re-election of Ernest Mario, Anish Bhatnagar, Stuart Collinson, and William Harris as Class III directors and, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, approval to conduct a reverse stock split, if needed. Separately, Capnia was recently granted a 180-day extension by NASDAQ to regain compliance with the exchange’s minimum bid price rule.
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