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WILEX AG / Key word(s): Financing 06-Feb-2017 / 10:48 CET/CEST Disclosure of an inside information acc. to Article 17 MAR, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Inside information according to Article 17 MAR WILEX AG Secures Financing Commitment from Its Main Shareholder dievini Munich, Germany, 06 February 2017 - WILEX AG (ISIN DE000A11QVV0 / WL6 / FSE) today announced that it had secured a further financing commitment from its main shareholder dievini Hopp BioTech holding GmbH & Co. KG, Walldorf, Germany (dievini). dievini will provide the company up to EUR 10 million. The detailed form of the financing will be decided by the management and supervisory boards of WILEX AG as well as dievini at a later date. With this additional commitment, the company's cash reach is secured until the end of the second quarter of 2018. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information and Explanation of the Issuer to this News: About WILEX WILEX AG is a biopharmaceutical company based in Munich, Germany, that serves as a parent and holding company. The Company's research and development work is conducted by its subsidiary Heidelberg Pharma GmbH in Ladenburg. Heidelberg Pharma is the first company to develop the toxin Amanitin into cancer therapies using its proprietary Antibody Targeted Amanitin Conjugate (ATAC) technology and to advance the biological mode of action of the toxin as a novel therapeutic principle. This proprietary technology platform is being applied to develop the company's own therapeutic ATACs as well as in third-party collaborations to create a variety of ATAC candidates. The proprietary lead candidate is a BCMA ATAC for multiple myeloma. WILEX's clinical assets MESUPRON(R) and REDECTANE(R) have been partnered, while RENCAREX(R) is available for out-licensing and further development. WILEX is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange: ISIN DE000A11QVV0 / WKN A11QVV / Symbol WL6. More information is available at http://www.wilex.com/.Contact IR/PRÂsupport WILEX AG MC Services AG Sylvia Wimmer Katja Arnold (CIRO) Corporate Communications Managing Director & Partner Tel.: +49 (0)89-41 31 38-29 Tel.: +49 (0)89-210 228-40 Email: investors[at]wilex.com Mobile: +49 (0)160 9360 3022 Grillparzerstr. 18, 81675 Munich Email: katja.arnold[at]mc-services.euThis communication contains certain forward-looking statements relating to the Company's business, which can be identified by the use of forward- looking terminology such as 'estimates', 'believes', 'expects', 'may', 'will' 'should' 'future', 'potential' or similar expressions or by a general discussion of the Company's strategy, plans or intentions. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause our actual results of operations, financial condition, performance, or achievements, or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Given these uncertainties, prospective investors and partners are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. We disclaim any obligation to update any such forward-looking statements to reflect future events or developments. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 06-Feb-2017 CET/CEST The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Archive at www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: WILEX AG Grillparzerstr. 18 81675 München Germany Phone: +49 (0)89 41 31 38 - 0 Fax: +49 (0)89 41 31 38 - 99 E-mail: info@wilex.com Internet: www.wilex.com ISIN: DE000A11QVV0 WKN: A11QVV Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange End of Announcement DGAP News Service