ADHEREX ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF ANNUAL AND SPECIAL MEETING

May 30, 2014

Research Triangle Park, NC — (Marketwire) – May 30, 2014 – Adherex Technologies Inc. (TSX:AHX, OTC: ADHXF) today announced that the nominees listed in the management proxy circular dated April 28,2014 (the “Circular”) for the Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders were elected as directors of the Company at the Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders held in Durham, North Carolina on May 28, 2014 (the “Meeting”).  Detailed results of the vote for the election of the slate of directors are set out below:


Name of Nominee


Votes For


% Votes For


Votes Withheld


% Votes Withheld

Dr. Khalid Islam

15,307,719

99.90%

14,735

0.10%

Mr. Adrian Haigh

15,307,719

99.90%

14,735

0.10%

Mr. Chris A. Rallis

15,307,719

99.90%

14,735

0.10%

Mr. Rostislav Raykov

15,307,719

99.90%

14,735

0.10%

Mr. Steven D. Skolsky

15,307,719

99.90%

14,735

0.10%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Each of the other matters put to the shareholders of the Company at the Meeting, including the offer to exchange the Company’s outstanding 2010 warrants and 2011 warrants, the Company’s name change and the consolidation of the Company’s shares (which are each described in the Circular), were passed by the requisite number of shareholder votes.  It is expected that the Company’s shareholders and holders of 2010 warrants and 2011 warrants will receive the applicable documentation over the coming weeks in connection with the foregoing changes.  Shareholders and such warrant holders should not destroy any share certificate(s) or warrant(s) and should not submit any share certificate(s) or warrant(s) until requested to do so.

For further information, please contact:

Rosty Raykov
Chief Executive Officer
Adherex Technologies Inc.
T: (919) 636-5144