Paris (France), 4 June 2018 – Ipsen (Euronext: IPN; ADR: IPSEY), announces today that it has appointed an investment services provider to purchase 250,000 Ipsen SA shares, or about 0.30% of the share capital, over a period of at least 3 months. The shares purchased under this agreement will be mainly allocated to cover its free share allocation plans and its new employee share ownership plan.

This program is made pursuant to the authorization granted by the Combined Shareholder’s meeting held on May 30, 2018.