July 18 (Reuters) - Neoleukin Therapeutics Inc :
* NEUROGENE AND NEOLEUKIN ANNOUNCE DEFINITIVE MERGER AGREEMENT
* NEOLEUKIN THERAPEUTICS INC - COMBINED COMPANY IS EXPECTED TO HAVE A CASH BALANCE OF APPROXIMATELY $200 MILLION AT CLOSE
* NEOLEUKIN THERAPEUTICS INC - CASH EXPECTED TO FUND COMBINED COMPANY INTO 2H:26
* NEOLEUKIN THERAPEUTICS INC - PROPOSED MERGER TO CREATE NASDAQ-LISTED BIOTECH CO
* NEOLEUKIN THERAPEUTICS - COMBINED CO IS EXPECTED TO OPERATE UNDER NAME NEUROGENE INC. AND TRADE ON NASDAQ CAPITAL MARKET UNDER TICKER SYMBOL "NGNE"
* NEOLEUKIN THERAPEUTICS INC - COMBINED COMPANY WILL BE LED BY RACHEL MCMINN, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF NEUROGEN
* NEOLEUKIN THERAPEUTICS INC - PRE-MERGER NEOLEUKIN STOCKHOLDERS ARE EXPECTED TO OWN APPROXIMATELY 16% OF COMBINED COMPANY
* NEOLEUKIN THERAPEUTICS INC - PRE-MERGER NEUROGENE STOCKHOLDERS ARE EXPECTED TO OWN ABOUT 84% OF COMBINED COMPANY
* NEOLEUKIN THERAPEUTICS INC - UPON CLOSING OF PROPOSED TRANSACTION, NEOLEUKIN THERAPEUTICS, INC., WILL BE RENAMED NEUROGENE INC
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