OpGen Provides Further Update on Shareholder Proxy Voting in Relation to the Business Combination with Curetis

Shareholder proxy vote achieves quorum with 99% support for the transaction

Final step in OpGen / Curetis business combination achieved pending results of Special Meeting

GAITHERSBURG, Md., March 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OpGen, Inc. (Nasdaq: OPGN, “OpGen”), a precision medicine company harnessing the power of molecular diagnostics and informatics to help combat infectious disease, announced today an update on shareholder proxy voting in relation to the business combination with Curetis. As of March 23, 2020, a quorum has been achieved for the Company’s upcoming Special Meeting of Shareholders to be held on March 30, 2020 at which shareholders will vote on the approval of the business combination transaction. Of those OpGen shareholders who have voted on the business combination proposal, more than 99% have voted in support of the transaction.

Evan Jones, Chairman & CEO of OpGen stated, “We are pleased to announce that we have achieved the quorum threshold for the shareholder vote to approve the planned business combination with Curetis. With approximately 99% of the votes in favor of the transaction, we believe we are on track to receive formal approval of the transaction at the upcoming Special Meeting on March 30. We are grateful to our many shareholders who took the time to vote on this important matter.”

Mr. Jones continued, “As previously announced, on March 10, 2020, Curetis N.V. shareholders voted to approve the transaction, making the approval of OpGen’s shareholders the last major hurdle to closing the planned business combination.”

OpGen initially convened a Special Meeting of shareholders to approve the business combination transaction on March 10, 2020. Because a quorum was not represented at the Special Meeting, shareholders voted to adjourn the meeting in order to allow additional time for shareholders to vote on the proposal. Accordingly, the Special Meeting was adjourned to 10:00 a.m., local time, on Monday, March 30, 2020, at the offices of Ballard Spahr LLP, 1909 K Street, NW, 12th Floor, Washington DC. OpGen’s shareholders as of the record date of January 24, 2020 will continue to be entitled to vote at the Special Meeting on March 30, 2020.