ImmuCell Board of Directors Amends Its Common Stock Rights

PORTLAND, ME --(Marketwired - April 15, 2015) - ImmuCell Corporation ( NASDAQ : ICCC ) today announced that its Board of Directors has voted to amend its Common Stock Rights Plan (Rights Plan). 

The Rights Plan was first implemented in 1995 and has been amended and extended several times since then. The details of the Rights Plan are set forth in a Rights Agreement between the Company and American Stock Transfer & Trust Co., as Rights Agent.

One provision in the Rights Plan, commonly known as a "dead hand provision", prevented a new group of directors elected following the emergence of an Acquiring Person (an owner of more than 20% of ImmuCell's stock) from controlling the Rights Plan by maintaining exclusive authority over the Rights Plan with the pre-existing directors. Subsequent to the adoption of the Rights Plan, such provisions have come to be viewed with disfavor by the Delaware courts.

On April 14, 2015, ImmuCell's Board of Directors voted to authorize its management in consultation with legal counsel, to take all necessary and appropriate action to remove the Dead Hand Provision from the Rights Plan.

"We simply feel that the most efficient use of our time and resources is to make this amendment to the Rights Plan to prevent a debate about its merits from distracting us from our most pressing business and strategic initiatives," commented Michael F. Brigham, President and CEO. 

About ImmuCell ImmuCell Corporation's ( NASDAQ : ICCC ) purpose is to create scientifically-proven and practical products that improve animal health and productivity in the dairy and beef industries. ImmuCell has developed products that provide significant, immediate immunity to newborn dairy and beef cattle. The Company has also developed products that address mastitis, the most significant cause of economic loss to the dairy industry. Press releases and other information about the Company are available at our website, ( http://www.immucell.com ).

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