UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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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 October, 2009
Commission File Number ________________
Novogen Limited
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
140 Wicks Road, North Ryde, NSW, Australia
(Address of principal executive office)
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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.
Novogen Limited
(Registrant)
/s/ Ron Erratt
Ronald Lea Erratt
Company Secretary
Date 30 October, 2009
30 October 2009
The Manager Companies
Australian Securities Exchange
20 Bridge Street
SYDNEY NSW 2000
Dear Sir
Novogen Annual Meeting
1. | Highlights of Meeting |
Highlights of content presented at the Novogen Annual Meeting today covered its principal areas of pharmaceutical development in treating diseases - particularly cancer and wound healing - and included:
· | Novogen continues with its business strategy of seeking out-licensing as its technology progresses to later stages of development; |
· | the Novogen Group is targeting two different pathways to overcome cancer: one which dismantles the survival signalling mechanism of cancer cells (phenoxodiol and triphendiol); and the other which inhibits the cancer growth mechanism (NV-128); |
· | the possibility of these mechanisms working together has considerable scientific and commercial potential; |
· | results are expected in 2010 from the Phase III trial of phenoxodiol on ovarian cancer patients; |
· | triphendiol progresses to further Phase I trials; |
· | NV-128 is advancing through preclinical testing; |
· | Glyc-101 is finalising a Phase IIa clinical trial in the US for wound healing; |
· | Novogen now owns 114 patents, with 20 added in FY09 |
· | at September, 2009, Novogen Group cash reserves were $27 million. |
2. | Results of Meeting |
In accordance with Listing Rule 3.12.2 and 251 AA of the Corporations Act, details of Annual Meeting resolutions and proxies received in respect of each resolution are set out in the tables below.
Novogen Directors note that, while a non-binding resolution to adopt the Remuneration Report was also defeated, remuneration for the Board and executives was reduced 20 per cent in February, 2009.
Resolution details are as follows:
Resolution 2 | TO ADOPT REMUNERATION REPORT FOR YEAR END 30 JUNE, 2009 | |||
The motion was not carried as an ordinary resolution on a poll the details of which are: | ||||
For | Against | Abstain | ||
9,525,010 | 40,181,591 | 508,972 | ||
Resolution 3 | TO RE-ELECT MR PHILIP A JOHNSON AS A DIRECTOR | |||
The motion was carried as an ordinary resolution on a poll the details of which are: | ||||
For | Against | Abstain | ||
46,855,632 | 2,985,850 | 374,091 | ||
Resolution 4 | TO RE-ELECT PROF PAUL J NESTEL AO AS A DIRECTOR | |||
The motion was carried as an ordinary resolution on a poll the details of which are: | ||||
For | Against | Abstain | ||
29,559,241 | 20,224,991 | 431,341 | ||
Resolution 5 | TO RE-ELECT MR WILLIAM D RUECKERT AS A DIRECTOR | |||
The motion was carried as an ordinary resolution on a poll the details of which are: | ||||
For | Against | Abstain | ||
49,408,031 | 441,701 | 365,841 | ||
Resolution 6 | The resolution was withdrawn at the Annual General Meeting. | |||
Yours faithfully
/s/ Ron Erratt
Ron Erratt
Company Secretary