ProMIS Neurosciences Announces Results of Annual Meeting of Shareholders

TORONTO and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ProMIS Neurosciences, Inc. (TSX: PMN) (OTCQB: ARFXF), a biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of antibody therapeutics targeting toxic oligomers implicated in the development of neurodegenerative diseases, today announced the voting results of the Corporation's annual meeting of shareholders held on June 30, 2021 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (the "Meeting").

ProMIS Neurosciences is pleased to announce that all resolutions described in the Management Proxy Circular and placed before the Meeting were overwhelmingly approved by the shareholders. The total number of common shares represented by shareholders present by proxy at the meeting was 104,999,925, representing 34.32% of the Corporation's outstanding common shares.

"This year’s Annual Meeting marks the sixth anniversary of ProMIS Neurosciences," stated Eugene Williams, ProMIS Executive Chairman. "On behalf of the Board of Directors and the ProMIS management team I would like to sincerely thank our shareholders for their on-going support. We look forward to continued progress applying our unique technology platform to the development of disease-modifying antibody therapies, diagnostics and potential vaccines for neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s, ALS and Parkinson’s disease."

In particular, the following are the voting results for the 103,137,426 common shares that were voted in person or by proxy at the Meeting.

1.   The following directors were elected, with each nominee receiving a minimum majority of 75% of the votes cast:

2.   PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants, were appointed auditor of the Company and the Board authorized to fix the auditor’s remuneration. Shares voted in person and by proxies received represented 103,279,732 votes FOR and 1,720,193 votes WITHHELD.

3.   The ordinary resolution to authorize the Corporation to grant options pursuant to the Corporation’s 20% rolling Stock Option Plan until June 30, 2024 was passed by a majority vote of the disinterested shareholders of the Corporation. Shares voted in person and by proxies received represented 27,706,467 votes FOR and 17,043,875 votes AGAINST. The above vote tally on this resolution is of votes of the disinterested shareholders only because votes representing 29,345,598 Common Shares of Insiders were excluded from the vote tally.

About ProMIS Neurosciences Inc.

ProMIS Neurosciences, Inc. is a development stage biotechnology company focused on discovering and developing antibody therapeutics selectively targeting toxic oligomers implicated in the development and progression of neurodegenerative diseases, in particular Alzheimer’s disease (AD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and Parkinson’s disease (PD). The Company’s proprietary target discovery engine is based on the use of two complementary techniques. The Company applies its thermodynamic, computational discovery platform -ProMIS™ and Collective Coordinates - to predict novel targets known as Disease Specific Epitopes on the molecular surface of misfolded proteins. Using this unique approach, the Company is developing novel antibody therapeutics for AD, ALS and PD. ProMIS is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, with offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ProMIS is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol PMN, and on the OTCQB Venture Market under the symbol ARFXF.

For further information about ProMIS Neurosciences, please consult the Company’s website at: www.promisneurosciences.com

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