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Immunotherapies

against cancer

23-24 June 2020

Spring MidCap Event

Corporate presentation

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This presentation contains forward-looking statements, which are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties,which could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. There can be no guarantee that (i) theresults of pre-clinical work and prior clinical trials will be predictive of the results of the clinical trials currentlyunder way, (ii) regulatory authorities will agree with the Company’s further development plans for its therapies, or(iii) the Company will find development and commercialization partners for its therapies in a timely manner and onsatisfactory terms and conditions, if at all. The occurrence of any of these risks could have a significant negativeoutcome for the Company’s activities, perspectives, financial situation, results and development.

For a discussion of risks and uncertainties which could cause the Company's actual results, financial condition,performance or achievements to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, please refer to theRisk Factors (“Facteurs de Risques”) section of the Universal Registration Document, available on the AMF website(http://www.amf-france.org) or on Transgene’s website (www.transgene.fr). Forward-looking statements speakonly as of the date on which they are made and Transgene undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future.

Disclaimer

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Transgene |Company overview

• Clinical trials active in Europe and in the US

• Integrated R&D manufacturing unit (GMP)

• 200 registered patents, 100 pending patents

• Collaborations with

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Virus-based immunotherapies against solid tumors

Strasbourg (HQ)

Lyon

• 150 employees

• Listed on the Paris stock exchange

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Transgene | Virus-based immunotherapeutics4 clinical-stage products and 2 novel platforms

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Multifunctional oncolytic viruses

HPV16therapeutic vaccine

Therapeutic Vaccines Oncolytic Viruses

✓ Large transgene capabilities

✓ Good safety profile

✓ Stimulate innate and adaptive immune response

TG4001 TG6002

Individualized therapeutic vaccines

Chemotherapy production

in the tumor

TG4050 BT-001

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Strong R&D and clinical activity

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€35.3 millionCash available as at March 30, 2020(excluding €20 million credit line available)

Collaboration agreement with AstraZenecaBT-001: CTA submitted - entering clinic in 2H 2020

Two clinical trials with TG4050 active in Europe + USACollaboration with NEC – In-house GMP manufacturing unit

New Generations

Finance

TG4001First efficacy results of the trial presented @ESMO 2019 –All patients enrolled for first Ph. 2 readout

Clinical Results

TG6002IV route - Last dose levels currently evaluatedIHA route - First patient dosed in Feb. 2020

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Covid-19 | Limited impact on the Company

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Readouts for key clinical trials remain on track

Cash burn for 2020 around €25 million(financial visibility until 2022)

Poster presentationsat virtual AACR Session II on June 22-24, 2020

Business continuity• Progress of strategic research

projects (labs) and manufacturing of myvac® batches

• Home office

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• TG4050: First Phase 1 trials readout• TG6002 CRC – IHA route: First Phase 1 data (to be confirmed in September 2020)

• BT-001: First clinical trial approval and launch of the first-in-human trial• myvac® and Invir.IO™: Scientific presentations• Invir.IO™:

- Collaboration with AstraZeneca: Delivery of OVs – Possible option exercise- Select proprietary preclinical candidate and submit clinical trial application

• TG4001 HPV+ cancers: First Phase 2 readout • myvac® and Invir.IO™: Scientific presentations (incl. Virtual AACR Session II)

Objectives for the coming 12 monthsPortfolio to deliver significant news flow

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2Q 2020

2H 2020

1H 2021

• TG6002 CRC - IV route: First Phase 1 clinical readoutEnd 2Q/early 3Q2020

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in HPV16-Positive Cancers

Promising Phase 1b Results with TG4001, in combination with avelumab

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TG4001 | Therapeutic vaccine targeting HPV-positive cancers

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❶ Targeted response against tumor cells carrying the HPV16 E6 & E7 antigens*

❷ Stimulate the infection-clearing activity of the immune system*

Designed to boost the patient’s immune system against the tumor

Transgenes

• HPV16 E6&7 antigens

• Human IL2

Optimized virus

• Attenuated MVA

Strong rationale for testing TG4001 in advanced stage HPV-positive cancers➔ High unmet medical need ➔ Target population: ~ 25,000 patients/year (EU28 + USA)

SC injection

❸ Good combination candidate thanks to established safety profile

* Harper et al., The efficacy and safety of Tipapkinogen Sovacivec therapeutic HPV vaccine in cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grades 2 and 3: Randomized controlled phase II trial with 2.5 years of follow-up, Gynecologic Oncology, April 2019

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Promising Phase 1b efficacy data presented @ESMO 2019

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RECIST 1.1 evaluation:Partial response: 3Stable disease: 3

Best change in tumor size Individual patient data

• 1 to 3 prior systemic chemo lines

• 100% with distant metastases

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✓ 3 patients with durable responses out of the 6 patients treated with the Phase 2 dose

✓ Very challenging population (PFS < 4 months) – 100% distant metastases

✓ Phase 1b data further confirm safety and biological activity of the combination regimen

TG4001 + Avelumab in HPV16+ cancers - Key takeaways

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Phase 2 ongoing – First readout planned for June 2020

First PoC efficacy data for the combination of a MVA-based therapeutic vaccine with an immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI)

Selected publications

• Randomized Phase 2 trial demonstrates safety, immunogenicity and viral clearance in CIN 2/3 patients of single agent TG4001

Harper et al., The efficacy and safety of Tipapkinogen Sovacivectherapeutic HPV vaccine in cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grades 2 and 3: Randomized controlled phase II trial with 2.5 years of follow-up, Gynecologic Oncology, April 2019

• Phase 1b trial in combination with ICI demonstrates safety, immunogenicity and antitumor efficacy

Le Tourneau et al., Phase Ib/II trial of TG4001 (Tipapkinogenesovacivec), a therapeutic HPV-vaccine, and Avelumab in patients with recurrent/metastatic HPV16 positive cancers, ESMO 2019, Sept. 2019

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► Creating individualized immunotherapies based on our molecular virology expertise

► First product TG4050 in two ongoing clinical trials

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TG4050 | Individualized immunotherapy already in the clinic Targets the patient’s own neoantigens

NEC: a partner committed to develop AI in the IO field

• NEC brings state-of the-art AI technologies to generate individualized immunotherapies

MVA-based immunotherapy

• MVA vector: safe and immunogenic- Expected to induce broader and stronger T cell response- Prime/boost patient’s immune system to overcome the

immunosuppressive environment

• Based on the patient’s own cancer mutations; neoantigens are more immunogenic

• Secured workflow thanks to blockchain technology integration

• In-house GMP manufacturing

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TG4050 | Process for individualized neoantigen vaccination Combines bioengineering and digital transformation

PatientSelection

of 30 neoantigensNext generation

sequencingVaccine generation and manufacturing

Gene sequencingData processing,

Artificial intelligence

Gene editing,Manufacturing

Routine tumor biopsy

Treatment administration

Data demonstrating high accuracy of AI-based neoantigen prediction presented at virtual AACR Session II

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1 to 5% of tumor mutations are immunogenic - particularly difficult to identify

Remarkable specificity of our AI approach compared to the industry standard

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Expected to translate in enhanced activity in patients

Our neoantigen prediction tool was run on highly mutated tumors, thus generating a massive amount of mutations to analyze• 86+% of top ranked peptides identified by NEC/Transgene

were immunogenic • Our prediction system was also able to identify

immunogenic peptides that were not recognized by netMHCpan 4.0, the literature standard

Source: Mallone et al., “Performance of neoantigen prediction for the design of TG4050, a patient specific neoantigen cancer vaccine”, AACR, June 2020

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Endpoints• Primary: safety and immunogenicity

TG4050 | Proof-of-concept Phase 1 ongoing

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Ovarian cancer after surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy

Protocol• Patients receive TG4050 monotherapy after complete

response to platinum-based chemotherapy

Study• Single arm, open label Phase 1 trial

(NCT: 03839524)• Sites in the USA and in France• 13 patients

Lead investigator: Matthew S. Block, MD, PhD Mayo Clinic (Rochester)

First patients enrolled in January 2020

First readout in 1H 2021

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First patients enrolled in January 2020

First readout in 1H 2021

TG4050 | Proof-of-concept Phase 1 ongoing

Endpoints• Primary: safety and immunogenicity

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HPV negative head and neck cancers after surgery and adjuvant therapy

Protocol• Patients receive either TG4050 monotherapy after

completion of the adjuvant therapy or in combination with SoC at the time of recurrence

Study• Randomized two-arm, open label Phase 1 trial

(NCT: 04183166)• Sites in France and in the UK• 30 patients

This trial builds upon a long-termresearch collaboration betweenTransgene and the University ofSouthampton. I believe such perso-nalized vaccine approaches are thenext paradigm in cancer care.

Lead investigator: Pr. Christian Ottensmeier, University of Southampton

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Our next generation multifunctionaloncolytic virus (OV) platform

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TG6002

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Invir.IO®| Optimized OVs (VVCop TK-RR-) tumor attacked on multiple fronts

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Superior oncolysis✓ Direct lysis of infected cells ✓ More specific replication in tumor cells

Increased and durable immune response✓ Induction of immunogenic cell death✓ Engagement of innate and adaptive anti-tumor immunity

High capacity and efficient immuno-modulating payloads delivery✓ Targeted delivery of anti-tumor modalities ✓ Synergistic with other MOAs (e.g. targeted CT or immune

modulation of TME)

Many routes to reach the tumor

(i.e. IV, IT)

Delaunnay et al., 2018

Foloppe et al., 2019

Fend et al., 2017

Kleinpeter et al., 2016

Marchand et al., 2018

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TG6002 | First multifunctional OV in the clinic

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❶ Excellent oncolytic properties

❷ Production of chemotherapy (5-FU) in the tumor with FCU1 gene

Expected increased efficacy without CT-associated side effects

FCU1 gene

• Unique and proprietary

• Oral 5-FC conversion into 5-FU

• Preclinical results confirm potency

Optimized virus

• Optimized and patented VVCop TK-RR- OVChinese rights sold to Tasly Biopharmaceuticals (July 2018)

Two ongoing Phase 1/2a clinical trials

Evaluating TG6002 in colorectal cancer patients

(IV and IHA administration)

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TG6002 | Two Phase 1/2a trials in 5-FU sensitive GI indications Two novel administration routes - IV and IHA

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Protocol• Up to 75 patients

Regimen• TG6002 IHA + oral 5-FC• Additional cycles until disease progression

Principal investigator• Dr. Adel Samson, MB ChB PhD, St. James’ University

Hospital (Leeds, UK)• IND granted in the UK

First patient dosed in February 2020Enrolment has been paused; update on expected data in September 2020

Colorectal cancer patients with unresectable liver metastases (CRLM) – IHA route

Protocol• Phase 1 part (dose escalation): up to 24 patients • Phase 2a part (efficacy) in CRC: 35 patients

Regimen• TG6002 IV + oral 5-FC• Additional cycles until disease progression

Principal investigator• Prof Cassier, centre Léon Bérard (Lyon, France)• INDs granted in Belgium, Spain, France

Continued dose escalation First clinical readout late 2Q/early 3Q 2020

Gastro-intestinal adenocarcinoma with liver metastasis (colon cancer) - IV route

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Collaboration and license option agreement with AstraZeneca Invir.IO® platform validation

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5 novel oncolytic immunotherapies will be developed, integrating:

• Transgene Invir.IO® based oncolytic viruses (improved VVCOPTK-RR- proprietary viral vector)

• Potent therapeutic payloads to be encoded in the OV

Conduct of the project:

• Transgene designs the OVs and conduct in vitro preclinical development

• AstraZeneca leads in vivo preclinical development

Transgene has received $10 million at signing (2019)

Possible option exercise in 2H 2020

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B T-001 | BT-001 expresses GM-CSF and anti-CTLA4 mAb

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BT-001

• Collaboration with BioInvent : Transgene’s Invir.IO® OV + BioInvent’s full length human recombinant Treg depleting anti-CTLA4 mAb

Transgene’s VVCOP TK-RR- can express mAbs in the tumor

Kleinpeter et al., 2016

BioInvent’s anti-CTLA4 Abs promotes depletion of intratumoral Treg cells

Vargas F. et al., 2018

Combination of ICI and oncolytic VV treatments are additive

Marchand et al., 2018

• Clinical trial application filed in 1Q 2020

• Trial expected to start before end of 2020

Strong antitumor activity in several immunocompetent mice models

Higher concentration and prolonged activity of the anti-CTLA4 antibody vs. IV mAb administration

Expected improved tolerability owing to lower systemic antibody exposure in peripheral non-tumor compartments

Outstanding preclinical data

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B T-001 | Outstanding preclinical data for BT-001

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mBT-001 (1 % of full dose) increases activity of anti-PD1 mAb

mBT-001 has strong anti-tumoral activity

(70+% cure rate)

Source: Marchand et al., “BT-001, an oncolytic Vaccinia virus armed with a Treg-depletion-optimized recombinant human anti-CTLA4 antibody and GM-CSF to target the tumor microenvironment”, AACR, June 2020

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Strong clinical activity in 2020

Outlook

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Current pipeline

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Product IndicationPartner Preclinical Clinical Phase

Phase 1 Phase 2 Next step

THERAPEUTIC VACCINES

TG4001 Reccurent HPV positive cancer

TG4050Ovarian cancer

Head & neck cancers

ONCOLYTIC VIRUSES

TG6002Colorectal cancer – IV Route

Colorectal cancer – IHA Route

BT-001 Solid tumors

Proprietary OVs Solid tumors

5 OVs Confidential targets

+ avelumab (ICI)*

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First Phase 2 readoutin 2Q 2020

Trial initiation 2H 2020

Candidate selectionCTA filing 2H 2020

1st trials readouts in 1H 2021

First data 2Q/3Q 2020

Potential option exercise

1H 2022 – TBC

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Our priorities for 2020/2021

TG4001 and TG6002• Progress our clinical development to deliver readouts

• Start clinical trial on BT-001 in 2H 2020• Select second clinical candidate, based on our unique VV backbone• Deliver all OVs to AstraZeneca – Potential option exercise

• TG4050 - progress two clinical trials and establish first clinical PoC

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