Result of AGM

Horizon Discovery Group plc

("Horizon" or "the Company" or "the Group")

Result of AGM

Cambridge, UK, 18 June 2018: Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE: HZD), a global leader in gene editing and gene modulation technologies, today announces that at its Annual General Meeting held today at 12.00 p.m. at the Company's offices, all resolutions were duly passed.

ENDS

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Horizon Discovery Group plc

Ian Gilham, Executive Chairman

Terry Pizzie, Chief Executive Officer

Richard Vellacott, Chief Financial Officer

Tel: +44 (0) 1223 655 580

Consilium Strategic Communications (Financial Media and Investor Relations)

Mary-Jane Elliott / Matthew Neal / Melissa Gardiner

Tel: +44 (0) 20 3709 5701

Email: [email protected]

Numis Securities Limited (Broker and NOMAD)

Michael Meade / Freddie Barnfield

Tel: +44 (0) 207 260 1000

About Horizon Discovery Group plc www.horizondiscovery.com

Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE: HZD) ("Horizon") is a world leader in gene editing and gene modulation technologies. Horizon delivers inspired cell solutions using its translational genomics platform, a highly precise and flexible suite of DNA editing (rAAV, ZFN, CRISPR and Transposon) and modulation (RNAi, cDNA and ORF) tools for research and clinical applications that advance human health. Horizon's platforms and capabilities enable researchers to alter almost any gene or modulate its function in human or mammalian cell lines.

Horizon offers an extensive range of catalogue products and related research services to support a greater understanding of the function of genes across all species and the genetic drivers of human disease and the development of personalized molecular, cell and gene therapies. These have been adopted by over 10,000 academic, drug discovery, drug manufacturing and clinical diagnostics customers around the globe, as well as in the Company's own R&D pipeline.

Horizon is headquartered in Cambridge, UK, and is listed on the London Stock Exchange's AIM market under the ticker "HZD".