Jerini AG Reaches Agreement to Sell JPT Peptide Technologies GmbH to TheraCode GmbH

Berlin, May 1, 2009 – Jerini AG has reached an agreement to sell its wholly-owned subsidiary, JPT Peptide Technologies GmbH to TheraCode GmbH, Mainz, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BioNTech AG, Mainz. Under the terms of the agreement, TheraCode GmbH will pay Jerini AG a purchase price of approximately € 5 million in cash. The sale of JPT Peptide Technologies GmbH to TheraCode GmbH is a further achievement in the implementation of Jerini AG’s strategic decision published on October 10, 2008 to divest all non-strategic businesses and to focus on the core business Firazyr.

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