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CREATIVITY.
IT’S IN OUR DNA.
A revolution in the field of biotechnology,
Cellectis technology is one of the few
available means of intervening in any
living cell in any predetermined position.
PRESENTATION OF CELLECTIS
Cellectis is a biotech company specialising in an From its foundation until 2005, Cellectis generated
innovative approach to genome engineering: income through sub-licensing agreements based
rational genome engineering. This revolutionary on the Institut Pasteur portfolio of patents for
technology has enabled Cellectis to open up new technology protecting homologous recombination
possibilities for astute, precise genome engineer- and natural meganucleases, to which the Institut
ing, making it possible to rewrite the genetic code Pasteur has acquired exclusive rights. During this
of any living organism. period, Cellectis developed its revolutionary tech-
nology, making it possible to modify the specificity
Cellectis has constructed its proprietary technology of meganucleases for natural genomic targets.
on the basis of Institut Pasteur patent licences. This In 2006, this new MRS proprietary technology
new DNA reprogramming system, the Mega- enabled the Company to adopt a product-driven
nuclease Recombination System or MRS, makes it business model, with the capacity to generate
possible to ”cut & paste” DNA. It involves the ar- innovative products. Cellectis MRS technology
tificial induction of the natural DNA repair system has already been the subject of a first agreement
present in cells. It has been patented and can be with an agricultural biotech company (Bayer
used on any living organism. Biosciences) and should give rise to more than five
commercial agreements with international groups
A world leader in the design and manufacture of in the agricultural biotech field by 2008. In 2006,
the MRS, Cellectis is continuing to invest and to the Cellectis product portfolio included 10 mega-
innovate, to perpetuate its technological advance. nucleases, including six designed for therapeutic
Cellectis sells its MRS to industry, in which it is purposes and one for research purposes (IGR). The
used in three highly commercial fields: Company intends to increase its annual production
capacity from 8 to 20 MRS per year by 2008, with
1. Human health (genetic and viral diseases, the objective of having 40 MRS actively in use by
transplantation and cell therapy) 2010.
2. Agronomy (plant improvement – seeds and Cellectis has already entered into 45 agreements
biomass) worldwide with pharmaceutical companies (inclu-
ding AstraZeneca, Merck & Co., Wyeth and Shire
3. Biotechnology (improvement of recombinant Pharmaceuticals), agrochemical groups (including
protein production and quality, bio-drugs) Bayer, Limagrain Biogemma, DuPont and BASF)
and biotech companies (including Genentech,
Cellectis actively distributes its technology to the Celonic, Regeneron and Lexicon Genetics).
leading academic laboratories for use as a research
tool, and this system is rapidly becoming a world- Cellectis’ considerable Research & Development
wide technological standard. efforts are supported by a sustained policy of
academic and technological partnerships with the
CNRS, INSERM, CNIO (Centro Nacional de Inves-
tigaciones Oncologicas, Spain), and the European
Molecular Biology Laboratory in Germany.
2006 Change in Cellectis’ economic model, moving from the sale of technology sublicences granted as
exclusive licences by the Institut Pasteur, to the sale of products derived from our own proprietary
technology.
June 2006 Signing of first significant contract with Bayer Biosciences, in the domain of agronomy.
July 2006 Signing of a licence swap agreement concerning homologous recombination, with Lexicon Genetics Inc.
(US), a world leader in this field.
October 2006 Arrival of Marc Le Bozec, founder and former CEO of BioProtéine Technologies, as Financial Manager.
November 2006 Production of 8 MRS, including five for therapeutic purposes, over a period of 12 months.
January, March and Publication of three articles in renowned international journals including:
November 2006
January 2006: Publication in the Journal of Molecular Biology of an article concerning the large-scale
production of specifically modified meganucleases (validating the Company’s commercial potential).
March 2006: Publication in the Journal of Gene Medicine of an article on the first known
attempt at meganuclease genomic surgery in vivo (in animals).
November 2006 Preparation of a stock exchange flotation procedure to obtain further funds to consolidate the
Company’s growth and increase its market presence.
Q3 2006 Confirmation of Cellectis’ capacity to deliver a product within a relatively stable deadline, based
on an identified target DNA (9 months on average).
2006 First full production year for specifically modified meganucleases (MRS based on Cellectis technology).
2006 Filing of three further patents and issue of a new patent title for the Company.
February 2007 Success of its initial public offering on the Alternext market of Euronext Paris. Cellectis raised
24.4 million euros (prior to deduction of bank commissions and legal & administration fees associated
with the offering).
2006 was an eventful and decisive year in the life of Cellectis, marked by our entry into a significant
and thrilling development phase – the first full year of production of a series of 8 meganucleases with
new DNA target specificities and preparation for our subsequent IPO on the Alternext market of Euro-
next (completed in 2007).
In 2006, Cellectis changed up a gear in its business model by moving from technology licensing toward
sales of self-made products, with our proprietary product platform generating Meganuclease Recombi-
nation Systems (MRSs) to unprecedented timelines.
Dr. André Choulika We also made significant progress in (i) our novel approach to ”genome surgery“ for treating viral
CEO and genetic diseases and (ii) the MRS production process. These unique products for ultraprecise DNA
reprogramming are capable not only of improving drug discovery & manufacturing processes and
boosting varietal improvement programs for plants of agricultural or horticultural importance but are
also revolutionizing approaches to molecular medicine.
I am proud to say that we have achieved our first objective – the production of meganucleases with
new specificities for targeting genes of interest in our three strategic markets: human healthcare,
agriculture and biotechnology. Over the summer of 2006, we signed our first custom meganuclease
production contract in the agricultural sector (with Bayer BioScience). In October 2006, we delivered
our first therapeutic candidate (an MRS enabling correction of a mutation responsible for xeroderma
pigmentosum, a type of skin cancer) to our academic partner, the CNRS government research lab at
the renowned Gustave Roussy Institute. During the same period, we signed a cross-licensing agree-
ment in the field of homologous recombination with a major US player in this field, Lexicon Genetics
Inc. We equally initiated the production of 5 novel, therapeutically-focused MRSs, designed to address
several forms of monogenic severe immune deficiencies as well as broader applications in allogenic
transplantation, anemia and hepatitis. Other MRSs have been designed as biotechnological reagents
for enabling industrial or academic research centers to accelerate their drug and target discovery and
development processes. We have also created products which help rationalize or accelerate industrial
manufacturing timelines for biotherapeutics.
We have invested significant resources in order to create a solid portfolio of innovative and diversified
products, generated by a platform which constitutes a true technological breakthrough in the biotech
industry.
We have seized a world-leading position in the discovery and manufacture of meganucleases with
modified specificities, and our cutting-edge results are regularly published in international peer-reviewed
journals, such as the Journal of Molecular Biology and Nucleic Acid Research. These articles testify to
the quality of our highly innovative research. We have solved complex biological problems – giving us a
significant competitive advantage, supported by an aggressive patent policy.
Our priority markets – the pharmaceutical, biotech and agricultural industries – are increasingly oriented
towards the exploitation of discoveries generated through molecular biology, biochemistry, and geno-
mics. Hence, we integrate perfectly into this value chain and provide it with additional depth. In fact, our
molecules are able to act on (and thus correct) the genetic information itself, for a variety of therapeutic
or industrial purposes. We offer these industries a rational way of exploiting genomic data from biological
systems, in order to extract and make use of the information needed to develop tomorrow’s drugs and
bioproducts. Furthermore, our products enhance and rationalize the manufacturing processes for tomor-
row’s biotherapeutics, biofuels, biofibers and other natural extracts.
Over the last 7 years, we have heavily invested to make Cellectis the world leader in genome engineering
and meganucleases with tailor-made specificities. We are continuing to broaden our self-owned patent
portfolio and expand the intellectual property exclusively licensed to us by Institut Pasteur.
We regularly invite critical appraisal and comment from our Scientific Advisory Board – composed of
world-renowned, independent experts in our field of activity and who act as guarantors of our scientific
excellence.
Thus, 2006 was truly a year of exciting change for Cellectis, as the company triggered a new phase of
its business model based on sales of self-made products. 2006 was also the year during which we laid
the foundations for our future development and robust & enduring value creation for our shareholders.
I am convinced that 2007 will see us confirming our ability to translate our innovations into a variety of
breakthrough products. Thanks to the support of our shareholders and the commitment of our people,
I have great confidence in the pursuit of our efforts to confirm and strengthen our position as leaders in
rational genome engineering in what is a highly competitive biotechnology market. We shall also rein-
force our visibility and impact thanks to demonstrated proofs-of-concept for Cellectis technologies. Our
products will constitute the cornerstones of tomorrow’s biotechnology and will deliver improved quality
of life to millions of individuals – by respecting what makes them individuals, in fact!
I wish to thank you for your ongoing support and confidence in Cellectis.
André Choulika,
Chief Executive Officer
DNA is the blueprint for all the functions of living organisms. The first attempts at DNA modification,
aiming to reprogramme cells, were initiated in the 1970s and fostered the biotechnological revolution.
However, the major applications of this work are still based on the random insertion of DNA sequences
in the genomes of living organisms. This is the case for gene therapy and the production of therapeutic
proteins, such as insulin (the first biotechnological drug, approved in 1982), growth hormone and
erythropoietin (EPO), the best-selling therapeutic wordwide, accounting for over 10 billion dollars of
sales in 2005 (source: Arthur D. Little).
The random insertion of genetic material is currently the main obstacle to the development of gene
therapy, as it may entail a certain number of deleterious consequences. The entire human genome has
been sequences and has been available since 2000. This important milestone in scientific progress has led
to an acceleration in the decoding of many other genomes. As a result, huge amounts of data are now
available to researchers, concerning the genetic programmes of diverse species and the underlying basis
of many diseases. However, access to this information, for its correction or exploitation, remains very
limited.
Cellectis is the first company in the world to commercialise a technology for in vivo intervention in the
genomes of various species. For the first time, thanks to Cellectis technology, a defective gene can be
corrected in situ, without damaging the rest of the genome or adding foreign genes.
The foundation of the Company was based on the following idea: we will only be able to exploit what is
encoded by the genome of living organisms once we know exactly how to reprogramme the DNA in a
rational and precise manner. Cellectis has designed an artificial system, based on induction of the natural
DNA repair system, making it possible to “cut & paste” genetic material in any specifically selected gene.
Cellectis invested seven years in the transition from the design stage to the commercialisation of its
products and development of its platform based on proprietary technology: a new type of
“molecular scissors” – meganucleases – capable of very specifically recognising, fixing and cutting
DNA. The Company designs and manufactures meganuclease recombination systems (MRS),
which associate the “molecular scissors” with a DNA matrix. The MRS can be used to modify and
correct DNA sequences in vivo, in a precise and reliable manner, without the need to add foreign
genes. An MRS consists of a protein, the meganuclease, which reliably recognises and cuts the target
DNA sequence, and a repair matrix containing the information to be inserted at the cleavage site, to
modify the gene in the desired manner.
Agronomy (seed market estimated at 30 billion dollars in 2005 – source: Vilmorin, July 2006)
In this field, few traditional approaches meet the need for improvements in agronomic traits and for
rapid, rational and safe intervention. MRS applications can increase productivity, limit environmental
impact and improve the biomass and qualitative nutritional qualities of seeds. The specificity of MRS
makes it possible to control the end product and reduces the time required to develop improved seeds.
This system also has the advantage of avoiding the insertion of foreign DNA (the SAGE – Sans
Adjonction de Gène Etranger, without the addition of a foreign gene – system). It can also replace a
given allele of a given gene in the plant by a different allele from the same plant and remove traits
considered undesirable by certain consumers.
PRODUCT PORTFOLIO
On October 1 2006, the Company held the rights to 20 families of patents, corresponding to 27 patents
already granted (26 belonging to the Institut Pasteur) and 69 under examination (38 filed by the Institut
Pasteur and 31 by the Company), in France and abroad. In 2006, Cellectis obtained one patent in its own
right and filed three new patent applications.
The Company has decided to protect its technology, products, know-how and data (the accumulation
of genomic sequence data for many organisms has continued since the genomic revolution in the 1990s
when the human genome sequencing programme began) not only by patents, but also through
the conclusion of confidentiality agreements with its employees, consultants, certain subcontractors, its
partners and licensees.
Within the next three to five Cellectis is following a clear, defined strategy to achieve this goal. We are focusing our efforts on our
years, Cellectis intends to become field of excellence: the design and manufacture of genomic programming systems. This will enable the
the world leader in genome Company to implement its strategy as follows:
engineering and the worldwide
reference in genomic surgery. • The signature of commercial agreements in its three priority fields of application: health, biotechnology
and agronomy.
• The active distribution of its technology as a research tool for leading academic and industrial
laboratories.
• The consolidation of privileged partnerships in health and agronomy concluded with certain key
accounts.
• The perpetuation of its competitive position by the ongoing expansion of its patent portfolio
and continuing technological advance through its know-how.
To date, the income of the Company has been derived from the sale of sublicences for technologies
stemming from its historical partnership with the Institut Pasteur (40% of royalties owed to the Institut
Pasteur). Since 2006, Cellectis has entered a new stage of its economic development and now genera-
tes income by the sale of products based on its own technology (3% of royalties owed to the Institut
Pasteur).
The funds that the Company intends to raise in 2007 will be used:
• To increase current production capacity to the level of 20 MRS per year by 2008.
• To intensify its research and development efforts concerning meganuclease engineering, homologous
recombination and the MRS manufacturing process.
Each MRS concerns a single application, relating to a given gene in a given organism. Indeed, the mega-
nuclease “scissors” cut at a unique DNA sequence, existing only at the desired site in the given organism.
The meganuclease cannot cut at other sites and is therefore of no use for other applications.
Meganucleases are manufactured in two stages: meganuclease manufacture and MRS manufacture
(meganuclease recombination system). This entire process takes about nine months and requires several
highly qualified individuals and complex robotic equipment in specialised laboratories. At the end of this
process, Cellectis has an MRS that modifies the identified target genome for a customer (tailor-made
product) or for the general market (on-shelf product or therapeutic product).
There are many thousands of potential targets in human or animal genetic diseases, viruses, genes
involved in transplant rejection, plant genes for the production of ”green“ fuel or biofibres, chromosome
positions in mammal cells for the production of biotechnological drugs, and so on. Cellectis’ strategy is to
invest its efforts in targets with a very high commercial potential (on-shelf products and therapeutic pro-
ducts), and to satisfy requests from current and future customers to manufacture products in the scope of
the value chain of high-potential markets.
Cellectis’ first products were released during the third quarter of 2006 and their commercialisation was
based principally on the existing customer portfolio. A first contract was signed in spring 2006 with Bayer
Biosciences, an agrobiotech company (tailor-made product). Several other contracts of the same type
are being negotiated, five to seven of which should be signed in 2007, principally in the agronomic and
biotechnology fields (bioproduction).
For therapeutic products – Cellectis identifies an interesting target and develops an MRS up to the vali-
dation stage, with the possible intervention of third parties (academic partners, service providers, research
companies under contract, etc.). Once validated, the product is offered, under exclusive licence, to a
pharmaceutical group or a biotechnology company, which can then continue clinical trials in humans to
obtain an authorisation for market release.
For tools – Cellectis identifies an interesting target and develops an MRS up to the validation stage, with
the possible intervention of third parties (academic partners, service providers, research companies under
contract, etc.). It then sells the manufactured product (kit), non-exclusively, to various customers (on-
shelf product).
For tailor-made products – the customer defines its specific needs and Cellectis develops a tailor-made
MRS for its exclusive use. This type of contract involves advance financing by the customer, before the
delivery of the MRS (tailor-made product). Cellectis is paid based on the profit generated by the MRS in
the product value chain developed by the customer.
André Choulika (aged 42), PhD, founder of the Department of the Harvard Medical School.
company. Dr. Choulika is one of the pioneers in Subsequently, at the Molecular Medicine depart-
the field of meganuclease analysis and applications ment of Boston Children’s Hospital, he developed
for complex genome modification. He obtained the first approaches to the use of meganucleases
his PhD in molecular virology from the Pierre and in human therapy. He also trained at the HEC
Marie Curie University - Paris VI, before moving (Challenge +).
on to a postdoctoral position in the Genetics
Dr. André Choulika
CEO
David Sourdive (aged 40), PhD, and cofounder of immunological memory. Before founding the
the company. After completing his PhD in Company, he directed the Biotechnology Labo-
molecular virology at the Institut Pasteur, Dr. Sour- ratory at the Centre d’études du Bouchet / DGA
dive joined one of the leading laboratories in the (Ministry of Defence) between 1998 and 1999.
field of anti-viral immunology, at the University He also trained at the prestigious Ecole Polytechni-
of Emory (Atlanta, USA), where he worked on que and the HEC (Challenge +).
Marc Le Bozec (aged 37). Until September 2006, as founder and CEO of BioProtein Technologies
Marc Le Bozec was Operations Manager with (France), a company dedicated to the production
Alfact Innovation (Paris, France). He has over ten of recombinant proteins in the milk of transgenic
years’ experience in biotechnologies as both a animals. He holds an HEC degree.
consultant (Arthur D. Little, Paris office), and then
Marc Le Bozec
CFO
Frédéric Pâques (aged 40), PhD, joined the PhD from University Paris XI in 1994 before under-
Company in October 2001 as Research and Deve- taking postdoctoral studies at Brandeis University
lopment Manager. Frédéric Pâques is a world- (Waltham, MA, United States of America),
renowned expert in the field of DNA recombina- where he led major projects on DNA recombination
tion mechanisms. A former student at the Ecole in yeast. On his return to France, he took up
Normale Supérieure (Ulm), he obtained his a position as a researcher at the CNRS.
Scientific Committee Chairman of the Board of Directors: Christian Institut Pasteur (2000–2005), and then became
Pr. François Jacob Policard (aged 58) holds a PhD in biochemistry. Vice Chairman of the Israeli virtual biotechnology
(Honorary Chairman) After founding and developing various biotech- company incubator, EAGER BIO. In early 2002, he
Rodney J. Rothstein nology companies in France and the United States also cofounded the joint-venture company Biotech
(Chairman) (1972–1983), he worked for Sanofi Synthelabo Développement Conseils, of which he is still a
Bernard Dujon (1983–1999), becoming a member of the Execu- shareholder.
James E. Haber tive Committee in 1988. He served as Valorisa-
Luis Serrano tion and Industrial Partnerships Manager at the
Denis Pompon
Frederick W. Alt Martin Bitsch (aged 62), permanent representative firstly as director of the Scandinavian zone, then
of Kaminvest Holding, administrator, MD, for- as supervisor in Russia, Belarus and the Ukraine.
Finance Committee mer intern of hospitals in Denmark and Sweden. Between 1998 and 2004, he was an independent
Raffy Kazandjian After ten years of medical practice, he joined the investment advisor for Bankinvest Venture, a fund
(Chairman) pharmaceutical industry by becoming Director of specialising in French biotech companies. He is also
Thomas Tscherning Clinical Investigations with Roche for Scandina- a former permanent representative of Bankinvest
Marc Mortureux via and then for America and Europe and finally, on the Company’s Board of Directors.
Marc Le Bozec the world. In 1996, he joined the IBAH group,
Thierry Laugel (aged 40), permanent representa- a reference investor in more than ten companies in
tive on the AGF Private Equity Board of Directors, Europe and the United States and was a member
holds a doctorate in Pharmacy, a PhD in pharma- of the Boards of Directors of most of these compa-
cology and an MBA from INSEAD. He joined AGF nies. Before becoming involved in venture capital
Private Equity in 2006. From 1998 to 2006, he was management, Thierry Laugel held managerial
Managing Director of PharmaVent Partners, after positions in pharmaceutical (Fournier Japan) and
working as a health investment manager with CDC biotech (Flamel Technologies) companies.
Entreprises Innovation. During these years, he was
Thomas Tscherning (aged 39), a permanent re- from the University of Copenhagen, which awar-
presentative of Bankinvest, joined the BankInvest ded him first prize for his thesis on neuroimmuno-
Group (Denmark) health and biotechnology team logy. He also worked as a postdoctoral research at
in 1997. As a former clinical investigator, Thomas the Karolinska Institute (Sweden), and has written
Tscherning has solid experience in the clinical more than 20 scientific articles and a monograph
stages of therapy development. He holds an MD on venture capital financing.
Marc Mortureux is the permanent representative of manager, before becoming a manager at the Com-
the Institut Pasteur (censor): a former Ecole Polytech- pagnie Générale de Géophysique, a private company
nique student and engineer in the Mines Inspecto- in the oil sector. He then joined the Laboratoire
rate, he has both public and private experience. He National de Métrologie et d’Essais (LNE), which he
began his career as a civil servant, spending ten years directed for six years. Marc Mortureux joined
in regional industrial and research management in the Institut Pasteur on December 1, 2005 as Deputy
Ile-de-France, then at the Ministry of Industry. He Chief Executive Officer in charge of resources.
then spent four years as a research and development
Assets
Amounts expressed in euros
Amortis. &
Gross Net Net Net
provisions
Purchase of goods 0 0 0
Inventories deviation 0 0 0
Puchase of raw material 614,294 582,654 533,275
Raw material inventories deviation (37,324) (24,274) (70,132)
Other external expenses 2,356,070 1,673,204 1,158,835
Tax 197,128 103,512 30,742
Employee benefit & compensation 1,763,736 1,695,739 1,444,034
Social charges 409,106 422,551 443,267
Depreciation
on fixed assets 405,549 394,862 344,026
on current assets 0 0 0
for liabilities and charges 28,165 40,376 2,175
Other expenses 463,385 2,508,327 401,578
Total operating expenses (Subtotal II) 6,200,109 7,396,952 4,287,800
R.1. Operating income (I-II) (3,717,379) (1,245,891) (3,209,740)
Financial depreciation 95 49 0
Interests & related charges 63,658 38,383 1,618
Negative exchange deviation 2,998 520 982
Total financial expenses (Subtotal IV) 66,751 38,953 2,600
R.2. Financial income (III-IV) 108,669 21,003 95,438
Odyssee
Venture
8%
LCF Founders,
Rothschild Personnel &
8% Managers
25%
AGF Private
Equity
15%
Institut
Pasteur
7%
Kaminvest
16%
BankInvest
21%
Operations
Net Loss (3,395,858)
Depreciation & provision deviation 433,760
Intangible depreciation deviation 405,549
Tangible depreciation deviation 28,165
Financial depreciation deviation 95
Subsidies
Gain / Loss on assets assignment
Changes in working capital 671,299
Net cash generated from / (used in) operating activities (2,290,799)
Investment
Intangible investment deviation (155,500)
Tangible investment deviation (479,200)
Financial investment deviation
Net cash used in investing activities (634,700)
Equity
Capital increase
Share premium
Bonds to be reimbursed in shares 82,394
Financial debts / Refundable advances 200,000
Loans & financial debts repayment (35,611)
Net cash generated from financing activities 246,783
Net increase / (decrease) in cash & cash equivalents (2,678,716)
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