UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 or 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of June, 2020
Commission File Number: 001-38452
MEREO BIOPHARMA GROUP PLC
(Translation of registrants name into English)
4th Floor, One Cavendish Place,
London, W1G 0QF, United Kingdom
(Address of principal executive office)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
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99.1 | Press release dated June 9, 2020 |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Date: June 9, 2020
MEREO BIOPHARMA GROUP PLC | ||
By: | /s/ Charles Sermon | |
Name: | Charles Sermon | |
Title: | General Counsel |
Exhibit 99.1
Publication of Circular and Notice of General Meeting
London and Redwood City, Calif., June 9, 2020 Mereo BioPharma Group plc (NASDAQ: MREO, AIM: MPH) announces that, further to the announcement regarding the completed Private Placement of $70 million (£56 million) (the Fundraising) made on June 4, 2020, it has today published a circular (the Circular) in connection with the Fundraising.
The Circular contains a notice convening a General Meeting of the Company, at which certain resolutions in connection with the Fundraising will be put to shareholders. The meeting will be held at the 4th Floor, One Cavendish Place, London W1G 0QF, United Kingdom on 30 June 2020 at 11.00 a.m. (London time). In accordance with the UK Governments COVID-19 measures, ordinary shareholders are not expected to be allowed to attend the General Meeting in person, shareholders are therefore encouraged to submit their proxy vote electronically.
The Circular and the Notice of General Meeting will also be available for viewing on Mereos website at https://www.mereobiopharma.com/ngm .
Terms used in this announcement shall have the same meaning as those used in the Circular.
About Mereo BioPharma
Mereo BioPharma is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative therapeutics that aim to improve outcomes for patients with oncology and rare diseases. Mereos strategy is to selectively acquire product candidates for oncology and rare diseases that have already received significant investment from pharmaceutical and large biotechnology companies and that have substantial preclinical, clinical and manufacturing data packages. Mereos lead oncology product candidate, etigilimab, an anti-TIGIT, has completed a Phase 1a and Phase 1b for a range of solid tumor types and the second product candidate, navicixizumab, for ovarian cancer has been licensed to Oncologie Inc. for up to $300M in milestone payments. Mereos lead rare disease product candidate, setrusumab, has completed a Phase 2b dose-ranging study in adults with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) and a pivotal Phase 3 study design in paediatrics has been agreed with the FDA and EMA. Mereos second lead product candidate, alvelestat, is being investigated in a Phase 2 proof-of-concept clinical trial in patients with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD). Mereo plans to form a strategic partnership for setrusumab prior to initiation of the paediatric pivotal study. Following successful completion of Phase 2, Mereo is seeking partnerships for its two additional clinical-stage product candidates; acumapimod for the treatment of acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD), leflutrozole for the treatment of infertility and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (HH) in obese men.
Additional Information
The person responsible for arranging the release of this information on behalf of the Company is Charles Sermon, General Counsel.
Mereo BioPharma Contacts:
Mereo | +44 (0)333 023 7300 | |
Denise Scots-Knight, Chief Executive Officer |
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Cantor Fitzgerald Europe (Nominated Adviser and Broker to Mereo) | +44 (0)20 7894 7000 | |
Phil Davies |
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Will Goode |
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Burns McClellan (US Public Relations Adviser to Mereo) | +01 (0) 212 213 0006 | |
Lisa Burns |
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Steve Klass |
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FTI Consulting (UK Public Relations Adviser to Mereo) | +44 (0)20 3727 1000 | |
Simon Conway |
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Ciara Martin |
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Investors | investors@mereobiopharma.com |
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