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Aptorum Group Limited Announces Results of 2021 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders

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Aptorum Group Limited (Nasdaq: APM) announced results from its 2021 annual general meeting held on December 2, 2021, in Hong Kong. Shareholders re-elected all current directors and approved the re-appointment of Marcum Bernstein & Pinchuk LLP as independent auditors for 2021. Additionally, an amendment was made to the Articles of Association, allowing the board greater flexibility in setting record dates for shareholder meetings. The company focuses on developing therapies for oncological and infectious diseases, leveraging drug discovery platforms and partnerships for innovation.

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  • All current directors re-elected for another term.
  • Independent auditors re-appointed for 2021, ensuring financial oversight.
  • Amendment to the Articles of Association provides greater flexibility in governance.
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NEW YORK & LONDON & PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Regulatory News:

Aptorum Group Limited (Nasdaq: APM, Euronext Paris: APM) (“Aptorum Group” or “Aptorum”), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on novel technologies including the targeting of oncological diseases, announced the results of its 2021 annual general meeting of shareholders, which was held on December 2, 2021, in Hong Kong.

At the annual general meeting, the required number of shareholders of the Company:

  1. Re-elected all of the Company’s current directors, namely Mr. Ian Huen, Mr. Darren Lui, Dr. Clark Cheng, Mr. Charles Bathurst, Dr. Mirko Scherer, Professor Justin Wu and Professor Douglas Arner as directors of the Company until the Company’s next annual general meeting of shareholders or until their respective successors are duly appointed and qualified;
  2. Approved, ratified and confirmed the re-appointment of Marcum Bernstein & Pinchuk LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for the year ending December 31, 2021 and authorized the Board of Directors to fix the remuneration of the auditors; and
  3. Approved, as a special resolution, an amendment to Article 49.1 and Article 49.2 of the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, which removes the requirement that the record date not be earlier than the date of notice of a shareholder meeting and instead, permits Aptorum’s board of directors more flexibility to set record date deem suitable, in accordance with the laws of Cayman Islands and those of the NASDAQ Global Market.

About Aptorum Group

Aptorum Group Limited (Nasdaq: APM, Euronext Paris: APM) is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery, development and commercialization of therapeutic assets to treat diseases with unmet medical needs, particularly in oncology (including orphan oncology indications) and infectious diseases. The pipeline of Aptorum is also enriched through (i) the establishment of drug discovery platforms that enable the discovery of new therapeutics assets through, e.g. systematic screening of existing approved drug molecules, and microbiome-based research platform for treatments of metabolic diseases; and (ii) the co-development of a novel molecular-based rapid pathogen identification and detection diagnostics technology with Accelerate Technologies Pte Ltd, commercialization arm of the Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research.

For more information about Aptorum Group, please visit www.aptorumgroup.com.

Disclaimer and Forward-Looking Statements

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of offers to buy any securities of Aptorum Group.

This press release includes statements concerning Aptorum Group Limited and its future expectations, plans and prospects that constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. For this purpose, any statements contained herein that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “may,” “should,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “could,” “intends,” “target,” “projects,” “contemplates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” or “continue,” or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions. Aptorum Group has based these forward-looking statements, which include statements regarding projected timelines for application submissions and trials, largely on its current expectations and projections about future events and trends that it believes may affect its business, financial condition and results of operations. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions including, without limitation, risks related to its announced management and organizational changes, the continued service and availability of key personnel, its ability to expand its product assortments by offering additional products for additional consumer segments, development results, the company’s anticipated growth strategies, anticipated trends and challenges in its business, and its expectations regarding, and the stability of, its supply chain, and the risks more fully described in Aptorum Group’s Form 20-F and other filings that Aptorum Group may make with the SEC in the future, as well as the prospectus that received the French Autorité des Marchés Financiers visa n°20-352 on 16 July 2020. As a result, the projections included in such forward-looking statements are subject to change and actual results may differ materially from those described herein. Aptorum Group assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this press release as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

This announcement is not a prospectus within the meaning of the Regulation (EU) n°2017/1129 of 14 June 2017 as amended by Regulations Delegated (EU) n°2019/980 of 14 March 2019 and n°2019/979 of 14 March 2019.

This press release is provided “as is” without any representation or warranty of any kind.

Aptorum Group Limited

Investor Relations Department

investor.relations@aptorumgroup.com

+44 20 80929299



Redchip – Financial Communications United States

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Dave Gentry

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Actifin – Financial Communications Europe

Investor relations

Ghislaine Gasparetto

ggasparetto@actifin.fr

+33 1 56 88 11 22

Source: Aptorum Group Limited

FAQ

What were the results of Aptorum Group's 2021 annual general meeting?

At Aptorum Group's annual general meeting held on December 2, 2021, shareholders re-elected all current directors and approved the re-appointment of Marcum Bernstein & Pinchuk LLP as auditors.

What changes were made to Aptorum Group's Articles of Association?

Aptorum Group amended Articles 49.1 and 49.2 to allow the board more flexibility in setting record dates for shareholder meetings.

Who are the directors of Aptorum Group?

The re-elected directors of Aptorum Group include Ian Huen, Darren Lui, Clark Cheng, Charles Bathurst, Mirko Scherer, Justin Wu, and Douglas Arner.

What is Aptorum Group's focus in biopharmaceuticals?

Aptorum Group specializes in developing therapies for unmet medical needs, particularly in oncology and infectious diseases.

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