Exhibit 99.2
FORM51-102F3
MATERIAL CHANGE REPORT
Item 1: | Name and Address of Company |
Zymeworks Inc. (“Zymeworks” or the “Company”)
1385 West 8th Avenue, Suite 540
Vancouver, BC, Canada
V6H 3V9
Item 2: | Date of Material Change |
September 16, 2019
A news release announcing the material change was disseminated through the facilities of Business Wire on September 17, 2019 and a copy was filed on the Company’s profile at www.sedar.com.
Item 4: | Summary of Material Change |
On September 17, 2019, Zymeworks announced that Lota Zoth has been appointed as its Chair of the Board of Directors, following Nick Bedford’s retirement from his functions as Chair and Board member.
Zymeworks has also made a strategic decision to voluntarily delist its common shares from the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”) in Canada, which is currently anticipated to occur on or around October 1, 2019.
Item 5: | Full Description of Material Change |
5.1 Full Description of Material Change
On September 17, 2019, Zymeworks announced that Lota Zoth has been appointed as its Chair of the Board of Directors. Ms. Zoth succeeds Nick Bedford, who has retired from his functions as Chair and Board member. Mr. Bedford served as Board Chair since September 2004.
Ms. Zoth served as Chief Financial Officer of MedImmune prior to the acquisition by AstraZeneca in 2007, and currently serves on the boards of several biopharmaceutical companies, including Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc., NewLink Genetics Corporation, and Spark Therapeutics, Inc. Ms. Zoth also served as Chair of the Board of Directors of Aeras, a biopharmaceutical product development partner funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Zymeworks has also made a strategic decision to voluntarily delist its common shares from the TSX in Canada, which is currently anticipated to occur on or around October 1, 2019. Zymeworks’ shares will continue to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) under the symbol “ZYME” and Canadian shareholders can continue to trade their shares on the NYSE.