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Oncolytics Biotech Inc. Announces Director Election Results
from its Annual Meeting of Shareholders
CALGARY, June 9, 2015 /CNW/ - Oncolytics Biotech Inc. (TSX:
ONC, NASDAQ: ONCY) announced today that all nominees listed in the management information circular dated May 6, 2015 were elected
as directors at its 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, held on Monday June 8th, 2015. On a vote by ballot, the following
10 nominees proposed by management were elected as Directors of Oncolytics to serve until the Company`s next Annual Meeting of
Shareholders or until their successors are elected or appointed, with shares represented at the meeting voting in favour of individual
nominees as follows:
| Director | For | % | Withheld | % |
| Matthew Coffey | 13,334,040 | 89.58 | 1,551,809 | 10.42 |
| Jim Dinning | 12,169,071 | 81.75 | 2,716,778 | 18.25 |
| Linda Hohol | 10,424,480 | 70.03 | 4,461,369 | 29.97 |
| Angela Holtham | 13,360,196 | 89.75 | 1,525,653 | 10.25 |
| J. Mark Lievonen | 12,502,399 | 83.99 | 2,383,450 | 16.01 |
| Wayne Pisano | 13,346,179 | 89.66 | 1,539,670 | 10.34 |
| William G. Rice | 13,313,412 | 89.44 | 1,572,437 | 10.56 |
| Robert Schultz | 9,836,910 | 66.08 | 5,048,939 | 33.92 |
| Bernd R. Seizinger | 13,308,037 | 89.40 | 1,577,812 | 10.60 |
| Bradley Thompson | 12,982,192 | 87.21 | 1,903,657 | 12.79 |
About Oncolytics Biotech Inc.
Oncolytics is a Calgary-based biotechnology company focused on the development of oncolytic viruses as potential cancer therapeutics.
Oncolytics' clinical program includes a variety of human trials including a Phase III trial in head and neck cancers using REOLYSIN ,
its proprietary formulation of the human reovirus. For further information about Oncolytics, please visit: www.oncolyticsbiotech.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements,
within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements, including the
Company's belief as to the potential of REOLYSIN as a cancer therapeutic; the Company's expectations as to the success of its research
and development programs in 2015 and beyond, the Company's planned operations, the value of the additional patents and intellectual
property; the Company's expectations related to the applications of the patented technology; the Company's expectations as to adequacy
of its existing capital resources; the design, timing, success of planned clinical trial programs; and other statements related
to anticipated developments in the Company's business and technologies involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which
could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties
include, among others, the availability of funds and resources to pursue research and development projects, the efficacy of REOLYSIN
as a cancer treatment, the success and timely completion of clinical studies and trials, the Company's ability to successfully
commercialize REOLYSIN, uncertainties related to the research and development of pharmaceuticals, uncertainties related to the
regulatory process and general changes to the economic environment. Investors should consult the Company's quarterly and annual
filings with the Canadian and U.S. securities commissions for additional information on risks and uncertainties relating to the
forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned against placing undue reliance on forward-looking statements. The Company does
not undertake to update these forward-looking statements, except as required by applicable laws.
SOURCE Oncolytics Biotech Inc.
For further information: TMX Equicom, Nick Hurst, 300 5th
Ave. SW, 10th Floor, Calgary, Alberta T2P 3C4, Tel: 403.218.2835, Fax: 403.218.2830, nhurst@tmxequicom.com; TMX Equicom, Michael
Moore, San Diego, CA, Tel: 858.886.7813, mmoore@tmxequicom.com; Dian Griesel, Inc., Susan Forman, 335 West 38th Street, 3rd Floor,
New York, NY 10018, Tel: 212.825.3210, Fax: 212.825.3229, sforman@dgicomm.com
CO: Oncolytics Biotech Inc.
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