Company Name: Bionomics
Announcement Date: 01/09/2016
Announcement Category: Other, Team Update
Announcement Content:
Bionomics Appoints Alan Fisher Non-Executive Director
Trevor Tappenden to retire from Board
Bionomics Limited (ASX:BNO, OTCQX:BNOEF), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the
discovery and development of innovative therapeutics for the treatment of diseases of the central
nervous system (CNS) and cancer, has appointed Mr Alan Fisher to the Board as Non-Executive
Director.
Mr Fisher spent 24 years at world-leading accounting firm Coopers & Lybrand including as Lead
Advisory Partner Corporate Finance where he headed and grew the Melbourne Corporate Finance
Division. Following this tenure Mr Fisher developed his own business as a corporate adviser and for
the past 19 years has specialized in M&A, business turnarounds and capital raising for small cap
companies.
Mr Fisherâs appointment will strengthen the Board in finance and strategy. He also has deep
experience in audit and risk management.
Mr Fisher, a Chartered Accountant, is currently a Non-Executive Chairman for Centrepoint Alliance
Limited, Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee of IDT Australia Limited,
and Non-Executive Chairman of Australian Renewable Fuels Limited. He is also currently the
Managing Director of Melbourne-based DMC Corporate.
Current Non-Executive Director Mr Trevor Tappenden has decided, having served on the Board for
10 years, not to stand for re-election and will retire at the Companyâs Annual General Meeting (AGM)
in November.
These changes follow the June appointments of Mr David Wilson, the Executive Chairman and CEO
of a specialist London-based global life sciences corporate advisory firm and Mr Peter Turner with his
experience as a senior international executive with a long history in the life sciences industry in Board
and management roles with CSL Limited.
Incoming Chairman Dr Errol De Souza said, âMr Fisher has strong business acumen and his financial
technical base makes him ideally suited to joining the Bionomics Board. A pragmatic financial expert,
his experience will benefit the company and I am delighted to welcome someone of his calibre and
experience.â
âI also record my thanks on behalf of all in the Company and the Board for Trevor Tappendenâs
contributions as a Director and Chairman of the Audit and Risk Management Committee.â
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Australia
Monsoon Communications
Rudi Michelson
+613 9620 3333
[email protected]
US
Stern IR, Inc.
Beth Del Giacco
+1 212 362 1200
[email protected]
About Bionomics Limited
Bionomics (ASX: BNO) is a global, clinical stage biopharmaceutical company leveraging its proprietary platform
technologies to discover and develop a deep pipeline of best in class, novel drug candidates focused on the treatment of
serious central nervous system disorders and on the treatment of cancer. Bionomicsâ lead drug candidate BNC210,
currently in Phase 2 for the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder and for post-traumatic stress disorder, is a novel,
proprietary negative allosteric modulator of the alpha-7 (α7) nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. The Company is also
developing BNC101, its lead humanized monoclonal antibody targeting a key receptor on cancer stem cells that is
overexpressed in metastatic colorectal cancer, metastatic pancreatic cancer and many other solid tumours; BNC101
entered clinical trials in the first quarter of 2016. Bionomics has strategic partnerships with Merck & Co., Inc (known as MSD
outside the United States and Canada) in pain and cognition.
www.bionomics.com.au
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This announcement contains "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of the United Statesâ Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any statements contained in this announcement that relate to prospective events or
developments, including, without limitation, statements made regarding Bionomicsâ drug candidates (including BNC210 and
BNC101), its licensing agreements with Merck & Co. and any milestone or royalty payments thereunder, drug discovery
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trials, risks related to our available funds or existing funding arrangements, our failure to introduce new drug candidates or
platform technologies or obtain regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, regulatory changes, inability to protect our
intellectual property, risks related to our international operations, our inability to integrate acquired businesses and
technologies into our existing business and to our competitive advantage, as well as other factors. Results of studies
performed on our drug candidates and competitorsâ drugs and drug candidates may vary from those reported when tested
in different settings.
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are quoted, we disclaim any intention or obligation to update any forward-looking statements as a result of developments
occurring after the date of this announcement.
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About Bionomics:
Bionomics is an Adelaide-based biopharmaceutical company dedicated to making better treatments for cancer, central nervous system disorders such as anxiety, depression and Alzheimer's Disease. We are in a strong growth phase with our world-class portfolio of promising drug candidates from early to advanced stages of clinical development. At the core of our business is strategic partnering. We partner with large pharmaceutical companies to get our drugs through the later stages of development and into the market as rapidly as possible.
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