EANS-Adhoc: Intercell AG / Intercell announces new management structure: Thomas Lingelbach appointed new CEO; new Supervisory Board members proposed

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05.05.2011

Vienna (Austria), May 5, 2011 - Today Intercell AG (VSE: ICLL) announced that
the company´s Supervisory Board has appointed Thomas Lingelbach as new Chief
Executive Officer (CEO) for Intercell, effective May 10, 2011.

At the same time, Gerd Zettlmeissl, current CEO, will resign to pursue other
personal and professional interests. Under his excellent leadership, Intercell
received international approval for the novel Japanese Encephalitis vaccine,
IXIARO®/JESPECT®, formed major strategic alliances with leading pharmaceutical
companies and vaccine non-profit organizations, successfully completed several
financing steps, was elected as `Technology Pioneer´ at the World Economic Forum
in 2009 and received the European Biotechnica Award in 2006.

The company will propose to the next General Assembly the election of two new
members of the Supervisory Board, Alexander von Gabain, and Thomas Szucs, both
of whom have extended experience in the field of vaccines and pharmaceutical
development. One current member of the Supervisory Board, David Ebsworth,
intends to resign due to the demands on his time required by recent increased
executive responsibilities he is taking on in Switzerland as CEO of Galenica AG.

Michel Gréco, Chairperson of the Supervisory Board comments that "The
Supervisory Board appreciates very much that Thomas Lingelbach will take over
the CEO position. His impressive experience in the industry and at Intercell
uniquely qualifies him for his new role to adapt the strategy for the company´s
future. We want to express our sincere thanks to Gerd Zettlmeissl for his
leadership, vision and many years of hard work to grow Intercell into a leader
in vaccine biotechnology and wish him all the best for his future. I also
welcome the possibility of working with the proposed incoming very experienced
Supervisory Board colleagues, and I would like to thank David Ebsworth for his
productive contributions during his years on the Board."

Thomas Lingelbach has more than twenty years of experience in the pharma and
vaccines industry, having held a variety of leading positions of increasing
international responsibility at Hoechst AG, Chiron Vaccines, and Novartis
Vaccines and Diagnostics, before joining Intercell in 2006 as Chief Operating
Officer. His experience ranges broadly and deeply in the areas of Industrial
Operations, Product Development, and Commercial Operations. At Intercell,
Thomas Lingelbach has been inter alia chiefly responsible for the manufacturing
and March 2009 licensure in the U.S. and Europe of the company´s first product,
a vaccine to prevent Japanese Encephalitis.

Thomas Lingelbach stated: "I will be delighted to work as the new CEO with the
experienced Management Board of Intercell, Staph Bakali, who joined the
Management Board last year as Chief Business Officer, and Reinhard Kandera,
Chief Financial Officer. Together with our talented senior executives we will
strive to maximize the value of the company based on its strong foundation of
human and technological capital. Intercell is in the heart of a rapidly
changing field of the biotech and pharmaceutical business, and I welcome the
responsibility for adapting Intercell to its future challenges."
Gerd Zettlmeissl commented: "After an excellent experience with Intercell over
ten years, I am happy to hand over the leadership of Intercell to a highly
experienced Management Board team led by Thomas Lingelbach which ideally
combines all capabilities to lead Intercell into its next stage of development."

By proposing two new members, Alexander von Gabain and Thomas Szucs, for
election by the shareholders to the Supervisory Board, the company intends to
diversify the Board´s pharmaceutical competence.
Alexander von Gabain is already known to many of Intercell´s shareholders as one
of the company´s founders and as a former Intercell CEO who brought the company
public. As former Chief Scientific Officer he leveraged Intercell´s technology
platforms and scientific reputation. In his academic career, Alexander von
Gabain has also served as Chairman of the Department of Microbiology and
Genetics at the University of Vienna and as Professor at the Karolinska
Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, and at both organizations, he is still an
appointed Professor. Recently, it was announced that he will be the next
Chairperson of the Board of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology
(EIT).

Thomas Szucs is an MD, MBA, MPH, and LLM, board certified in Preventive Medicine
as well as Pharmaceutical Medicine, and has held various positions in industry,
hospital management, and consulting before joining academia. He is Professor
and Director of the European Center of Pharmaceutical Medicine of the University
of Basel. In addition, he is Chairman of BB Biotech, and Chairman of the
largest Swiss health insurer, Helsana AG. His principal interest is healthcare
policy and economics as well as drugs/vaccines development.

More complete information about each of these proposed candidates for membership
on Intercell´s Supervisory Board will be available prior to the annual
shareholders´ meeting.
The announcement about the change of the CEO is occurring in advance of the
planned handover to maintain the company´s commitment to timely disclosure of
information in compliance with relevant Austrian requirements and as a means of
facilitating a smooth transition of responsibilities. In this context, Gerd
Zettlmeissl and Thomas Lingelbach will co-chair the company´s next quarterly
call on May 10.

Further inquiry note:
Intercell AG
Nina Waibel
Corporate Communications
Tel. +43 1 20620-1222
[email protected]
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issuer:      Intercell AG
             Campus Vienna Biocenter  3
             A-1030 Wien 
phone:       +43 1 20620-0
FAX:         +43 1 20620-800
mail:        [email protected] 
WWW:         www.intercell.com
sector:      Biotechnology
ISIN:        AT0000612601
indexes:     ATX Prime, ATX

stockmarkets: official market: Wien
language: English

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