PharmAthene Listing Compliance Plan Accepted by the NYSE Amex
ANNAPOLIS, Md., Oct. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PharmAthene, Inc. (NYSE Amex: PIP), a biodefense company developing medical countermeasures against biological and chemical threats, announced today that based on information provided by PharmAthene in its compliance plan, and discussions with Exchange staff, the NYSE Amex LLC (NYSE Amex) has determined that the Company made a reasonable demonstration of its ability to regain compliance with the NYSE Amex listing requirements and granted PharmAthene an extension until January 26, 2012 to demonstrate its compliance.
Eric I. Richman, PharmAthene's interim Chief Executive Officer, noted, "We are extremely pleased by this decision and optimistic in our ability to satisfy the continued listing standards of the NYSE Amex by the end of the extension period. PharmAthene will be able to continue its listing during this time, subject to periodic reporting regarding progress under the compliance plan and review by the NYSE Amex staff."
On July 26, 2010 the Company had received a letter from the NYSE Amex, stating that it is not in compliance with the continued listing standards specified in Sections 1003(a)(i), (ii) and (iii) of the NYSE Amex Company Guide, because it had stockholders' equity of less than $2.0 million, $4.0 million and $6.0 million and losses from continuing operations and/or net losses in two of its three most recent fiscal years, three of its four most recent fiscal years and its five most recent fiscal years, respectively. PharmAthene submitted a compliance plan on August 25, 2010, addressing how it intends to regain compliance with Sections 1003(a)(i), (ii) and (iii) of the Company Guide by January 26, 2012.
Statement on Cautionary Factors
Except for the historical information presented herein, matters discussed may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such statements. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements preceded by, followed by, or that include the words "potential"; "believe"; "anticipate"; "intend"; "plan"; "expect"; "estimate"; "could"; "may"; "should"; "will"; "project"; "potential"; or similar statements are forward-looking statements. PharmAthene disclaims any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements other than as required by law. Risks and uncertainties include risk associated with the reliability of the results of the studies relating to human safety and possible adverse effects resulting from the administration of the Company's product candidates, unexpected funding delays and/or reductions or elimination of U.S. government funding for one or more of the Company's development programs, the award of government contracts to our competitors, unforeseen safety issues, challenges related to the development, scale-up, technology transfer, and/or process validation of manufacturing processes for our product candidates, unexpected determinations that these product candidates prove not to be effective and/or capable of being marketed as products, challenges related to the implementation of our NYSE Amex compliance plan, as well as risks detailed from time to time in PharmAthene's Forms 10-K and 10-Q under the caption "Risk Factors" and in its other reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). In particular, there can be no assurance that PharmAthene will satisfy the NYSE Amex continuing listing standards by January 26, 2012, or that during the compliance period the Exchange will not deem PharmAthene's progress toward compliance inadequate. In either case, the NYSE Amex may immediately initiate delisting proceedings.
Copies of PharmAthene's public disclosure filings are available from its investor relations department and our website under the investor relations tab at www.PharmAthene.com.
SOURCE PharmAthene, Inc.
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