Actelion announces changes to its executive team upon completion of the transaction with Johnson & Johnson

Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd / Actelion announces changes to its executive team upon completion of the transaction with Johnson & Johnson . Verarbeitet und übermittelt durch Nasdaq Corporate Solutions. Für den Inhalt der Mitteilung ist der Emittent verantwortlich. Source: Globenewswire

ALLSCHWIL/BASEL, SWITZERLAND - 14 June 2017 - Actelion Ltd (SIX: ATLN) today announced changes to its executive team that will take effect upon the settlement of the public tender offer by Johnson & Johnson's Swiss subsidiary, Janssen Holding GmbH, for all publicly held shares of Actelion which is expected to occur on 16 June 2017 (Settlement).

As previously announced, Jane Griffiths will assume the position as Actelion's Global Head and Otto Schwarz will retire from his position as Chief Operating Officer upon Settlement. Jean-Paul Clozel, CEO, André C. Muller, CFO, and Guy Braunstein, Head of Global Clinical Development, will leave Actelion's executive committee, which will be dissolved as of Settlement, and move to Idorsia Ltd on 16 June 2017. Jane Griffiths will be supported in her top executive role at Actelion by a newly formed leadership team. Nicholas Franco, who has been the Chief Business Development Officer, will be a member of this leadership team going forward.

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NOTES TO EDITORS

Actelion Ltd.
Actelion Ltd. is a leading biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of innovative drugs for diseases with significant unmet medical needs.

Actelion is a leader in the field of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Our portfolio of PAH treatments covers the spectrum of disease, from WHO Functional Class (FC) II through to FC IV, with oral, inhaled and intravenous medications. Although not available in all countries, Actelion has treatments approved by health authorities for a number of specialist diseases including Type 1 Gaucher disease, Niemann-Pick type C disease, Digital Ulcers in patients suffering from systemic sclerosis, and mycosis fungoides in patients with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma.

Founded in late 1997, with now over 2,600 dedicated professionals covering all key markets around the world including the US, Japan, China, Russia and Mexico, Actelion has its corporate headquarters in Allschwil / Basel, Switzerland.

Actelion shares are traded on the SIX Swiss Exchange (ticker symbol: ATLN). All trademarks are legally protected.

For further information please contact:

Andrew C. Weiss
Senior Vice President, Head of Investor Relations & Corporate Communications
Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Gewerbestrasse 16, CH-4123 Allschwil
+41 61 565 62 62
www.actelion.com

The above information contains certain "forward-looking statements", relating to the company's business, which can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "estimates", "believes", "expects", "may", "are expected to", "will", "will continue", "should", "would be", "seeks", "pending" or "anticipates" or similar expressions, or by discussions of strategy, plans or intentions. Such statements include descriptions of the company's investment and research and development programs and anticipated expenditures in connection therewith, descriptions of new products expected to be introduced by the company and anticipated customer demand for such products and products in the company's existing portfolio. Such statements reflect the current views of the company with respect to future events and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Many factors could cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the company to be materially different from any future results, performances or achievements that may be expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein as anticipated, believed, estimated or expected.

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Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Gewerbestrasse 16 Allschwil Schweiz

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