Directorate Changes and Notice of Results

RNS Number : 1851P

Advanced Oncotherapy PLC

08 June 2020

 

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8 June 2020

ADVANCED ONCOTHERAPY PLC

("Advanced Oncotherapy" or the "Company")

Directorate Changes

Notice of results

Advanced Oncotherapy (AIM: AVO), the developer of next-generation proton therapy systems for cancer treatment, today announces the following changes to its Board of Directors.

Mr Gabriel Urwitz, Mr Peter Sjöstrand, Mr Chunlin "Allen" Han,  and Dr Yuelong Huang (all Non-Executive Directors of the Company), will step down from the Board and not seek re-election at the Company's upcoming Annual General Meeting ("AGM") which is expected to be held in July 2020. Once these Board changes become effective in July 2020, the Board will decrease from 12 members to eight members and will comprise of three executive directors and five non-executive directors.

The audited results for the year ended 31 December 2019 are expected to be announced on or around 29 June 2020. The annual report and accounts will be published shortly thereafter and posted to shareholders together with the notice of AGM.

Dr Mike Sinclair, Executive Chairman of Advanced Oncotherapy, commented:

"On behalf of the Board, I would like to thank Gabriel, Peter, Allen and Yuelong for their strategic counsel and insight to Advanced Oncotherapy over the years. As valued Board members, they have helped Advanced Oncotherapy to progress to a leading position as a technology disruptor in proton therapy, and we wish them all the best in their future endeavours."

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Advanced Oncotherapy plc	www.avoplc.com
Dr. Michael Sinclair, Executive Chairman	Tel: [phone]
Nicolas Serandour, CEO
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Notes for Editors

About Advanced Oncotherapy Plc www.avoplc.com

Advanced Oncotherapy, a UK headquartered company with offices in London, Geneva, The Netherlands and in the USA, is a provider of particle therapy with protons that harnesses the best in modern technology. Advanced Oncotherapy's team "ADAM," based in Geneva, focuses on the development of a proprietary proton accelerator called, Linac Image Guided Hadron Technology (LIGHT). LIGHT's compact configuration delivers proton beams in a way that facilitates greater precision and electronic control.

Advanced Oncotherapy will offer healthcare providers affordable systems that will enable them to treat cancer with innovative technology as well as expected lower treatment-related side effects.

Advanced Oncotherapy continually monitors the market for any emerging improvements in delivering proton therapy and actively seeks working relationships with providers of these innovative technologies. Through these relationships, the Company will remain the prime provider of an innovative and cost-effective system for particle therapy with protons.

 

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