Director appointed; $50,000 loan; stock options; escrow transfer Immune Network Research Ltd IMM Shares issued 19,970,452 May 19 close $0.15 Wed 20 May 98 News Release Mr. Victor Jones reports Dal Brynelson has been appointed to the board of directors, following a decision to expand the board to six members. Mr. Brynelson has many years of financing and corporate experience. The company and its partner, Immpheron, Inc., are in the second month of a six month second phase study of its proprietary monoclonal antibody 1F7 in SHIV infected macaque monkeys as a model of HIV disease which is evaluating the effectiveness of mAb 1F7 as an adjuvant or therapeutic for human infection related the Aids virus. The company has arranged to borrow $50,000 for corporate operations while it reviews financing alternatives to expand the study and acquire related biotechnology projects. The shareholder loan accrues interest at 12 per cent per year and principal and interest must be converted on the earlier of five years, or as regulations permit, into shares of the company at 15 cents. The board of directors has granted Mr. Brynelson a stock option on 125,000 shares and has amended existing options to each of five directors to 250,000 shares and to the corporate secretary to 60,000 shares. The terms for all options are amended to five years at an exercise price of 15 cents. Agreement has been reached between several holders of escrow shares to transfer some 2.2 million escrow shares among them to Mr. Brynelson. |