(b) On April 6, 2020, Ronald C. Renaud, Jr. notified Chimerix, Inc. (the “Company”) that he did not intend to stand for re-election to the Company’s Board of Directors upon the expiration of his term as a Class I director at the Company’s 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Mr. Renaud’s decision was driven by the need to devote additional time to his role as Chief Executive Officer and a director of Translate Bio, Inc. (“Translate”) and other professional obligations, and was not due to any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practices.

About Chimerix, Inc. (NASDAQ:CMRX)

Chimerix, Inc. (Chimerix) is a biopharmaceutical company. The Company is focused on discovering, developing and commercializing oral antivirals. The Company, based on its lipid conjugate technology, has developed its lead compound, brincidofovir (BCV, CMX001), which is in Phase III clinical development. In addition, the Company has an active discovery program focusing on viral targets for which limited or no therapies are available. Brincidofovir is an investigational oral nucleotide analog that has shown spectrum antiviral activity against over five families of double-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid (dsDNA) viruses that affect humans. CMX157, is its second clinical-stage nucleotide analog, uses the same lipid technology as brincidofovir to deliver high intracellular concentrations of the potent antiviral drug, tenofovir. Tenofovir is marketed under the brand name Viread. The Company has discovered, developed and selected a clinical candidate, CMX669, for BK virus and cytomegalovirus.