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Immunocore appoints Travi s Coy, previously a Non-Executive Director, as its EVP, Chief Financial Officer and Head of Corporate Development ( OXFORDSHIRE, England & CONSHOHOCKEN, Penn. & GAITHERSBURG, Md., US , 02 January 2025) Immunocore Holdings plc (Nasdaq: IMCR) ("Immunocore" or the "Company") , a commercial-stage biotechnology company pioneering and delivering transformative immunomodulating medicines to radically improve outcomes for patients with cancer, infectious diseases and autoimmune diseases, today announces that Travis Coy has been appointed as Executive Vice President (EVP), Chief Financial Officer and Head of Corporate Development, effective January 1, 2025. He will become an Executive Officer, transitioning from his role of Non-Executive Director that he assumed in September 2019. Travis brings with him over 20 years of experience working at Eli Lilly and Company, where his most recent role was Vice President, Head of Transactions and M&A, Corporate Business Development. Prior to this role, Travis held a variety of roles, at Eli Lilly, of increasing responsibility across finance and business development, including leading business development for oncology and cardiometabolic diseases, financial leadership of the oncology business unit, Director of Investor Relations, and Director of Corporate Finance and Investment Banking. He started his career as a chemist in Lilly's research laboratories. Travis holds an MBA from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and a BS in Chemistry from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. "I am delighted to welcome Travis to the Executive team," said Bahija Jallal, Chief Executive Officer of Immunocore . "Having served as a Non-Executive Director for 5 years, his deep knowledge of our company and science will be invaluable in his new role as we continue delivering on our mission to transform outcomes for patients." "I want to thank Travis for his service on the Board of Immunocore, and in particular his leadership on the Audit Committee," said Professor Sir John Bell, Chairman of the Board of Immunocore. "I look forward to continuing working with him in his CFO role." "I am excited to transition from my position as a Board member of Immunocore to now lead the Finance and Corporate Development functions," said Travis Coy, Immunocore's new Chief Financial Officer . "I look forward to partnering with the other members of the Executive team to deliver transformative medicines to patients with cancer, infectious diseases and autoimmune diseases with our differentiated platform and strong financial base." Page 1 of 3 About Immunocore Immunocore is a commercial-stage biotechnology company pioneering the development of a novel class of TCR bispecific immunotherapies called ImmTAX - Immune mobilizing monoclonal TCRs Against X disease - designed to treat a broad range of diseases, including cancer, autoimmune diseases and infectious diseases. Leveraging its proprietary, flexible, off-the-shelf ImmTAX platform, Immunocore is developing a deep pipeline in multiple therapeutic areas, including nine active clinical and pre-clinical programs in oncology, infectious diseases, and autoimmune diseases. The Company's most advanced oncology TCR therapeutic, KIMMTRAK, has been approved for the treatment of HLA-A*02:01-positive adult patients with unresectable or metastatic uveal melanoma in the United States, European Union, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom. Forward Looking Statements This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as "may", "will", "believe", "expect", "plan", "anticipate" and similar expressions (as well as other words or expressions referencing future events or circumstances) are intended to identify forward-looking statements. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included in this press release are forward-loo