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Acambis PLC
08 April 2003





Annual Report and Form 20-F and Notice of AGM posted

Cambridge, UK and Cambridge, Massachusetts - 8 April 2003 - Acambis plc ("
Acambis" or "the Company") (LSE: ACM, NASDAQ: ACAM) announces that its Annual
Report and Form 20-F for the year ended 31 December 2002 has been posted to
shareholders and is available from the Company Secretary, Acambis plc,
Peterhouse Technology Park, 100 Fulbourn Road, Cambridge CB1 9PT.



Posted with the Annual Report and Form 20-F is a notice convening the 2003
Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of the Company to be held at 10.00 am on 13 May
2003 at the offices of Weil, Gotshal & Manges, One South Place, London EC2M 2WG,
and a proxy form relating to the AGM.



In addition to the normal resolutions proposed at the AGM, there will be
resolutions to:

i)  amend some of the terms of Acambis' share option plans;

ii) introduce a new US employee stock purchase plan; and

iii) authorise the re-purchase of up to 10% of the Company's issued share
     capital.



Copies of the Annual Report and Form 20-F, the Notice of Annual General Meeting
and the proxy form have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority, and will
shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document
Viewing Facility, which is situated at Financial Services Authority, 25 The
North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS (telephone number: +44 (0) 20 7676
1000).



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Enquiries:



Acambis plc

Elizabeth Brown, Company Secretary                   Tel: +44 (0) 1223 275 300

Lyndsay Wright, Director of Communications





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