ESSA Pharma Inc. Provides Update on its Application to the Supreme Court of British Columbia for Approval of an Interim Order and Cash Distribution to Shareholders

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. and VANCOUVER, BC, July 23, 2025 /CNW/ -- ESSA Pharma Inc. ("ESSA," or the "Company") (NASDAQ:EPIX) today announced that, in connection with its previously announced business combination agreement with XenoTherapeutics, Inc. ("Xeno"), a non-profit biotechnology company, under which Xeno will acquire (the "Transaction") all of the issued and outstanding common shares of ESSA (the "Common Shares"), the Company intends to apply to the Supreme Court of British Columbia (the "Court") on August 5, 2025 for (i) an interim order authorizing the holding of a special meeting to consider and approve the Transaction (the "Interim Order") and (ii) for an order authorizing the Company to make an initial cash distribution to its shareholders prior to the closing of the Transaction (the "Distribution Order" and together with the Interim Order, the "Orders").