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Immuron Ltd Investor Presentation 2019

May 16, 2019

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FORGING COMMERCIAL & CLINICAL PATHWAYS

TARGETING INFECTIOUS DISEASES WITH ORAL IMMUNOTHERAPIES – MAY 2019

GARY S. JACOB, Ph.D. CEO

NASDAQ: IMRN ASX: IMC

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SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT

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Certain statements made in this presentation are forward-looking statements and are based on Immuron’s current expectations, estimates and projections. Words such as “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” “guidance” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements.

Immuron believes the statements are based on reasonable are Although forward-looking assumptions, they subject to certain risks and uncertainties, some of which are beyond Immuron’s control, including those risks or uncertainties inherent in the process of both developing and commercializing technology. As a result, actual results could materially differ from those expressed or forecasted in the forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements made in this presentation relate only to events as of the date on which the statements are made. Immuron will not undertake any obligation to release publicly any revisions or updates to these forward-looking statements to reflect events, circumstances or unanticipated events occurring after the date of this presentation except as required by law or by any appropriate regulatory authority.

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MANAGEMENT

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  • Chief Executive Officer of Immuron Limited since November 16, 2018.

  • Over 30 years of experience in pharmaceutical and biotechnology - including R&D, operations, business development and capital financing.

  • Co-founder and founding CEO of Synergy Pharmaceuticals.

  • Co-inventor of TRULANCE® (plecanatide), an FDA approved drug to treat chronic GI disorders.

  • Raised over USD $500 million of capital in the public markets to support Synergy from founding to approval of TRULANCE® in 2017.

  • Ph.D. in Biochemistry; University of Wisconsin-Madison and BS in Chemistry from the University of Missouri.

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  • Former Acting CEO of Immuron Ltd. Over twenty years’ experience in pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.

  • Former Chief Operating Officer of TransBio Ltd. Responsible for strategic identification, development and maintenance of global commercial partnerships, along with development, management and IP portfolio, R&D and technology transfer.

  • Leadership roles in business development, project management, IP portfolio management, R&D, senior management.

  • Consultant to academic institutes, private and publicly listed companies and government departments specializing in development and commercialization strategies.

  • PhD in medicine from the University of Melbourne.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS – CHAIRMAN &

EXECUTIVE VICE CHAIRMAN

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COMPANY HIGHLIGHTS

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We are a commercial and clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focusing on infectious diseases with oral immunoglobulin-based therapies.

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Validated Technology Platform – with One Registered Asset, Travelan® Generating Revenue

IMM-124E & IMM-529, in Clinical Development for Treatment of Liver Disease and C. difficile Infections

Plan for Accelerated R egulatory Path to Approval for IMM124E (Travelan®) as Drug to Prevent Travelers’ Diarrhea in USA

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PLATFORM OVERVIEW: ORAL IMMUNOGLOBULINS

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Toxin
Neutralization
+
Oral
Isolation of
Development Antimicrobial Clearance of
hyperimmune
of Highly
therapeutics targeted gut
antibody-rich
Specific without pathogens
bovine
Vaccines
drawbacks of
colostrum
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US DOD R&D COLLABORATION AGREEMENTS

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Collaboration on Development of a Shigella-Specific Therapeutic

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  • Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS) – June 2016

  • Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC) – August 2016

  • Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) – June 2016

  • Travelan® binds 180 pathogenic strains of bacteria from infected personnel deployed in Bhutan, Cambodia, Nepal and Thailand

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DEVELOPMENT PIPELINE: TWO-PRONGED PLAN

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DEVELOPMENT STAGE DEVELOPMENT STAGE DEVELOPMENT STAGE DEVELOPMENT STAGE DEVELOPMENT STAGE HIGHLIGHTS
PRE-CLINICAL PHASE 1 PHASE 2 PHASE 3 MARKET
ANTI-INFLAMMATORY PROGRAMS
Travelan® Commercial product - Australia
Commercial product - Canada
Health Canada NPN 80046016 (2015)
TGA ARTG Aust L106709 (2004)
Commercial product - USA
Dietary supplement (2015)
IMM-124E (Travelan®)
PLAN TO DEVELOP AS DRUG TO
PREVENT TRAVELERS’ DIARRHEA
IN USA
IMM-529
TO PREVENT RECURRENCE IN
C. DIFFICILE PATIENTS

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BACKGROUND OF TRAVELAN®: PLAN TO EXPAND USE

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COMMERCIAL PRODUCT

DRUG CANDIDATE IMM-124E

Marketed in Australia, USA and Canada

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Plan to develop IMM-124E as an approved drug to prevent Travelers’ Diarrhea

Status with FDA: IND 14,933*

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*IMM-124E for treatment of NASH

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WHAT IS TRAVELERS’ DIARRHEA?

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  • Caused by consuming food or water infected with pathogens. Three or more unformed stools in 24 hours.

  • .

  • Bacterial pathogens are the predominant risk[1]

  • Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) are the :

  • predominant pathogens[2,3]

42% in Latin America

28% in Asia

  • Up to 70% of travelers suffer from travelers’ diarrhea[4] .

  • 1 – Steffen, R. 2017 Epidemiology of travelers’ diarrhea. Journal of Travel Medicine 24(1)

  • 2 – Leder, K. 2015 Advising Travellers about Management of Travelers’ Diarrhea. Australian Family

  • Physician, vol 44 No. 1-2 Jan. Feb 2015

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  • 3 – Castelli et. al., Epidemiology of Travelers’ Diarrhea, J. Travel Medicine 2001; 8 (Suppl2) S26-S30

  • 4 – CDC Yellow Book 2018, Chapter 2 Travelers’ Diarrhea.

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TRAVELAN® COMMERCIAL PROFILE: INCREASING SALES ADDRESSING LARGE MARKETS

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Immuron Sales

2019 Global market - US $630M Expected to reach US $890M by 2024 at 7% CAGR[1]

  1. https://www.marketwatch.com/press-release/at-71-cagrtravelers-diarrhea-therapeutics-market-size-to-reach-usd890-million-by-2024-2019-05-08

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$3,000,000
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$2.01M
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$1.38M
$1,500,000
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ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE: OPPORTUNITY FOR TRAVELAN®

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: International Society of Travel Medicine, 2017 guidelines for treating Travelers’ Diarrhea included[1]

  • Antibiotics should NOT be used routinely, except patients at high risk of complications

  • Rifaximin recommended when antibiotic prophylaxis is indicated

  • Fluoroquinolones not recommended for prophylaxis[2]

  • Insufficient evidence to recommend prebiotics or probiotics

The opportunity: Travelan®, the alternative to antibiotic treatment of TD

1 Riddle et al. 2017. Guidelines for the prevention and treatment of travellers’ diarrhea: a graded expert panel report. Journal of Travel Medicine 24(1).

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2 Tribble, D. 2017 Resistant pathogens as causes of traveller’s diarrhea globally and impact(s) on treatment failure and recommendations. Journal of Travel Medicine 24(1)

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TRAVELAN® AS A DRUG TO PREVENT TRAVELERS’ DIARRHEA

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  • Travelan® evaluated in two randomised, double-blind, placeboControlled Human Infection Model challenge clinical trials

Oral challenge with O78 ETEC strain (H10407)

STUDY 1: 30 participants

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PLACEBO IMM-124E
400mg TID
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Diarrhea was defined as passage of two or more unformed stools during 48 hour period within 72 hours of the challenge

  • 90 healthy volunteers in Study 1 & 2

  • Published in Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

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RESULTS: Travelan® provided over 90% prophylactic efficacy against diarrhea due to infection by the major strain of E.coli that causes TD

Otto et al. 2011 Randomized Control Trials using a tablet formulation of hyperimmune bovine colostrum to prevent diarrhea caused by ETEC in volunteers. Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2011; 46: 862–868.

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RESULTS OF TRAVELAN® SHIGELLA CHALLENGE STUDY*

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3 x10 [9]
S. flexneri
“Travelan®” x 6 days No Treatment x 8 days
DAYS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
“Placebo” x 6 days
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Travelan® group
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Placebo control group
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= last day of S. flexneri consecutive +ve stool culture

*Collaboration with AFRIMS & WRAIR

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IMM-124E DRUG DEVELOPMENT PLAN

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Revamp Travelan® for FDA approval as drug to prevent Travelers’ Diarrhea in travelers to endemic areas:

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File IND with
Hold Pre-IND Single Double- Execute
Assimilate Data
Meeting to Blind & Placebo Prevention Trial
to Support
Discuss Merits of Controlled Trial and File
Literature-Based
505(b)(2) for Prevention of Registration
FDA Submission
Application Travelers’ Package
Diarrhea
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US SALES FORECAST FOR TRAVELAN®: IF APPROVED AS DRUG TO PREVENT TD

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MARKET POTENTIAL FOR TRAVELAN® SALES:

USD >$100 MILLION

Market potential figure derived from:

2014 figures of US citizens traveling to high risk destinations for TD (44.3 million)[1] and obtaining pretravel advice (22.2 million)[2] . Sources of pre-travel advice include primary care provider, travel medicine specialist, company doctors, pharmacist, and travel agencies[2] . Our forecast utilizes a very conservative estimate for % of US citizens purchasing Travelan® after seeking pre-travel advice.

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  1. U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, National Travel and Tourism Office. U.S. Citizen Traffic to Overseas Regions, Canada & Mexico 2014. Monthly Statistics, U.S.Outbound Travel by World Regions. 2014. Available at: http://travel.trade.gov/view/m-2014-O-001/index.html. Accessed June 26, 2015.

  2. Mathyas Wang , MD , Thomas D. Szucs , MD, MBA, MPH, LLM , and Robert Steffen , MD. Economic Aspects of Travelers ’ Diarrhea. Journal of Travel Medicine, Volume

  3. 15, Issue 2, 2008, 110–118

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COMPETITOR MARKET ANALYSIS – ANTI-DIARRHEAL DRUGS

Drug Indication Dosing Ave cost – 2
week trip
Revenue USD Millions (Year)
FDA APPROVED DRUG TREATMENTS FOR DIARRHEA
PEPTO BISMOL (BSS) Relief for heartburn, nausea, indigestion, upset
stomach and diarrhea.
2 tabs QID $20.971 82.6 (2013)2
IMMODIUM Decrease the frequency of diarrhea in TD,
gastroenteritis, inflammatory bowel disease, and
short bowel syndrome.
2 tabs (2 mg) $17.331
(48 caplets)
82.5 (2013)2
CIPROFLOXACIN
(FLUOROQUINOLINE)
Bacterial infections. 500 mg $44.523 40.8 (2015)3
RIFAXIMIN Treatment of Travellers’ Diarrhea. 3 caps (200 mg)
TID
$6574
PRESENTLY, THERE IS NO FDA APPROVED DRUG TO PREVENT TRAVELERS’ DIARRHEA
TRAVELAN® Dietary Supplement. 3 caps (200 mg)
TID
$30 – 30
caplets
0.77 (2018)5
  1. Amazon.com

  2. Top 10 OTC brands for digestives by revenue in the USA in 2013

  3. Almalki et. al., Utilization, spending & price trends for quinolones in the US, Pharmacoecon Open 2017 Jun: 1(2): 123-131

  4. Drugs.com Xifaxan (rifaximin) price guide. Cost of Xifaxan oral tablet 200 mg ~$657 for 30 tablets

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  1. US Sales for Travelan – FY2018

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NEUTRALIZING CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE , WHILE SPARING THE MICROBIOME

IMM-529

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CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE MARKET OPPORTUNITY

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Clostridium difficile ( C. difficile ) is a bacterium that causes diarrhea and more serious intestinal conditions such as colitis

  • Therapeutic market expected to grow from USD $630 million in 2016 to over $1.7 billion by 2026 – CAGR 15%[1]

  • Leading cause of gastroenteritis-associated mortality in U.S.[2]

  • Approx. 44,500 patients[3] died in 2014 from C. difficile infections (U.S.)

  • Potential orphan disease (7 years market exclusivity and premium pricing)

  • https//www.globaldata.com/global-clostridium-difficle-infections-marketapproach-1-7-billion-2026/ www.globaldata.com/globalostridium-

  • Jagai, et.al., BMC Gastroenterology, 2014:14:211 Trends in gastroenteritisassociated mortality in the USA.

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  1. K. Desai, BMC Infect. Dis., 2016,16:303

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THE UNMET NEED

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  • Current standard of care for C. difficile includes vancomycin, metronidazole & fidaxomicin

  • Therapies plagued by significant CDI recurrences ( 1st relapse: 25%; 2nd: 40%; 3rd: 60%) underscoring need for new treatments

  • Growing resistance to vancomycin treatment

  • Some treatments are administered intravenously rather than via the gut where C. difficile resides

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  • *Isobel Ramsay, Nicholas Brown and David Enoch. Recent Progress for the Effective Prevention and Treatment of Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection. Infectious Diseases: Research and Treatment Volume 11: 1–4 (2018). DOI: 10.1177/1178633718758023

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IMM-529 TARGETS

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Ingestion of spores

Germination of spores Colonisation by vegetative cells

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Due to unique character of C. difficile bacterium, it is difficult to reduce its recurrence with antibiotics.

Toxin B production

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Infection

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THE C. DIFFICILE PREVENTION OF RECURRENT CDI MOUSE MODEL*

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C57BL/6mice 6–7 weeks

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C. difficile challenge
(10 [3] spores)
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Administration of water or IMM-529 +8

Antibiotics in drinkingwater to induce susceptibility to C. difficile

Monitor:

Vancomycin treatment ceases

  • Weight loss

  • Physiological appearance

Administration of vancomycin alone or vancomycin + IMM-529 12 hour post infection

  • Activity

  • Diarrhoea

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*Collaboration with Prof. Dena Lyras, Monash University, Australia

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IMM-529 ANIMAL MODEL STUDY

Relapse Study

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All studies statistically significant

Demonstrated ~80% survival rate (7/9) vs. ~10% survival rate in control group (1/9)

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IMM-529 DRUG DEVELOPMENT PLAN

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Develop clinical protocol for FDA approval as drug to prevent recurrent Clostridium difficle Infection:

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File IND with
Hold pre-IND
Develop clinical plan for placebo
meeting to Execute
registration controlled trial
discuss clinical recurrence
strategy for FDA for prevention of
protocol and prevention trial
submission disease
strategy
recurrence
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COMMERCIAL & PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PIPELINE

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PROGRAM INDICATIONS DEVELOPMENT STAGE DEVELOPMENT STAGE DEVELOPMENT STAGE DEVELOPMENT STAGE DEVELOPMENT STAGE PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
PRE-CLINICAL PHASE 1 PHASE 2 PHASE 3 MARKET
ANTI-INFLAMMATORY PROGRAMS
Travelan®
Travelan®
Travelan®
Travelan®
(IMM-124E)
Travelan®
(IMM-124E)
Travelers’ Diarrhea
Travelers’ Diarrhea
Travelers’ Diarrhea
NASH
Commercial product Australia
Commercial product Canada
Commercial product USA
Plan for FDA submission
Top Line Results Reported March 2018
Dietary supplement (2015)
Health Canada NPN 80046016 (2015)
TGA ARTG Aust L106709 (2004)
IMM-124E
IMM-124E
ASH
Pediatric NAFLD
NIH Funded VCU
Topline results expected 2H 2019
NIH Funded; Emory University
Topline results expected 1Q 2020
IMM-529
WRAIR
C. Difficile
Shigella
Developing to prevent recurrence in C.
difficile patients
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

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IMM-124E: FATTY-LIVER PORTFOLIO

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Two ongoing NIH funded Phase 2 Programs currently underway: ASH and Pediatric NAFLD

ASH

  • NIH funded; sponsored by Virginia Commonwealth University

  • Lead Principal Investigator: Arun Sanyal; Former President of AASLD (American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases) and current Chair of the Liver Study Section at the NIH (National Institute of Health)

  • Fully recruited: 56 patients

  • Endpoints: Clinical Safety; Serum endotoxin (LPS) levels

  • Timing: topline results expected in 2H2019

PEDIATRIC NAFLD

  • NIH funded; sponsored by Emory University

  • Lead Principal Investigator: Miriam Vos;

  • Current enrollment: 23/40 patients

  • Endpoint: ALT; 3 months treatment

  • Timing: topline results in 1H 2020

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KEY MILESTONES EXPECTED TO DRIVE VALUE

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2H 1H 2H 1H 2019 2020 2020 2021 • Pre-IND Meeting to • Initiate Phase 3 • Phase 3 IMM• File Discuss IMM-124E Clinical Trial on 124E TD 505(b)(2) NDA Literature-Based IMM-124E TD Clinical Data for IMM-124E 505(b)(2) prevention study Available TD prevention study • • • IMM-124E ASH Pre-IND Meeting Initiate U.S. Clinical Trial Top Line on IMM-529 C. Phase 2 trial Results difficile program on IMM-529 to Results from US Army trials expected treat recurrent • Pediatric NAFLD 2019/2020 CDI Top Line Results

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COMPANY CAPITALIZATION

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Immuron Limited Ordinary Shares ADSs
Shares 128,565,106 366,265
Options [1] 44,823,800 N/A
Warrants [2]
N/A 694,000
Total 173,388,906 1,060,265
1. Options - Exercise price range: AUD $0.300 to $1.944 (Expiring from
28 May 2019 to 15 March 2023)
Information prepared as
2. Exercise price of AUD $10.00 per ADS (1 ADS represents 40 ordinary
at 1 May 2019
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1. Options - Exercise price range: AUD $0.300 to $1.944 (Expiring from 28 May 2019 to 15 March 2023)

2. Exercise price of AUD $10.00 per ADS (1 ADS represents 40 ordinary shares*) [Expiring 13 June 2022]

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