Bionomics Reminds Shareholders to Cast their Vote for Re-Domiciliation from Australia to the United States

ADELAIDE, Australia, and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bionomics Limited (Nasdaq: BNOX) (Bionomics or Company), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel, first-in-class, allosteric ion channel modulators to treat patients suffering from serious central nervous system (CNS) disorders with high unmet medical need, is reminding Shareholders to cast their vote in favor of the Scheme Implementation Agreement to re-domicile Bionomics from Australia to the U.S.

“The re-domiciliation of Bionomics through the Scheme is key for our ability to execute our strategic vision and set the Company for success. I’d like to highlight that voting in favor of the Scheme was determined to be in the best interests of Bionomics Shareholders unanimously by the Board of Directors and an independent expert,” said Spyros Papapetropoulos, M.D., Ph.D., President and CEO of Bionomics. “I would like to thank each of the Shareholders that have already cast their vote and encourage those who haven’t yet to do so well in advance of the Proxy cut-off date of 10:00 am New York time on December 3, 2024 for holders of American Depositary Shares and 8:30 am Sydney time on December 10, 2024 for holders of ordinary shares.”

Bionomics Shareholders should carefully read the Scheme Booklet in its entirety before deciding on how to vote on the Scheme. The Scheme Meeting will be held at 8:30 am Sydney time on Thursday 12 December 2024 / 4:30 pm New York time on Wednesday 11 December 2024 via Bionomics’ online meeting platform at https://meetnow.global/MCKR7AV.

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About Bionomics Limited
Bionomics (NASDAQ: BNOX) is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel, potential first-in-class, allosteric ion channel modulators to treat patients suffering from serious central nervous system (CNS) disorders with high unmet medical need. Bionomics is advancing its lead drug candidate, BNC210, an oral, proprietary, selective negative allosteric modulator of the α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, for the acute treatment of social anxiety disorder (SAD) and chronic treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Beyond BNC210, Bionomics has a strategic partnership with Merck & Co., Inc. (known as MSD outside the United States and Canada) with two drugs in early-stage clinical trials for the treatment of cognitive deficits in Alzheimer’s disease and other CNS conditions. Bionomics’ pipeline also includes preclinical assets that target Kv3.1/3.2 and Nav1.7/1.8 ion channels being developed for CNS conditions of high unmet need. www.bionomics.com.au

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