On April 17, 2018, PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQGS:PTCT) (“PTC” or the “Company”), in its capacity as a nominal defendant, entered into a Stipulation of Settlement (the “Stipulation”) in the above-captioned shareholder derivative action -- in which three derivative actions were consolidated -- filed derivatively on behalf of PTC, in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (the “Court”) against certain current and former directors and officers of the Company and against the Company as a nominal defendant (the “Derivative Action”). The Stipulation also satisfies a shareholder demand made by Company stockholder Maria Lorca pursuant to 8 Del. C. § 220 to inspect certain books and records of PTC (the “Shareholder Demand,” and together with the Derivative Action, the “Derivative Matters”). The Stipulation and the settlement contemplated therein (the “Settlement”), subject to the approval of the Court, is intended by the Settling Parties¹ to fully, finally, and forever compromise, resolve, discharge, and settle the Released Claims and to result in the complete dismissal of the Derivative Action with prejudice and the satisfaction of the Shareholder Demand, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Stipulation. The proposed Settlement requires the Company to adopt certain additional corporate governance measures and procedures, as outlined in Exhibit A to the Stipulation, and provides that Defendants agree to pay, or cause to be paid, a Fee and Expense Award to Plaintiffs’ Counsel of five hundred ten thousand dollars ($510,000.00) and Service Awards to each of four Plaintiffs of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00) to be paid from the Fee and Expense Award, subject to Court approval.

This notice is a summary only and does not describe all of the details of the Stipulation. For full details of the matters discussed in this summary, please see the full Stipulation posted on the Company’s website, www.ptcbio.com, contact Plaintiffs’ Counsel at the address listed below, or inspect the full Stipulation filed with the Clerk of the Court.

Summary

On May 9, 2018, the Court entered an order preliminarily approving the Stipulation and the Settlement contemplated therein, and providing for notice to be posted via press release and also, along with the Stipulation, on the Company’s website, (the “Preliminary Approval Order”). The Preliminary Approval Order further provides that the Court will hold a hearing (the “Settlement Hearing”) on July 27, 2018 at 2:30 p.m. before the Honorable Kevin McNulty in Courtroom PO 04 of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, Martin Luther King Building & U.S. Courthouse, 50 Walnut Street, Newark, NJ 07101, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23.1, to among other things: (i) determine whether the proposed Settlement is fair, reasonable and adequate and in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders; (ii) consider any objections to the Settlement submitted in accordance with the Notice; (iii) determine whether a Judgment substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D to the Stipulation should be entered dismissing all claims in the Derivative Action with prejudice, satisfying the Shareholder Demand, and releasing the Released Claims against the Released Persons; (iv) consider the agreed-to Fee and Expense Award to Plaintiffs’ Counsel of attorneys’ fees and the reimbursement of expenses; (v) consider the Service Awards to Plaintiffs and the Shareholder, which will be funded from the Fee and Expense Award; and (vi) consider any other matters that may properly be brought before the Court in connection with the Settlement.

Any PTC Shareholder who wishes to object to the fairness, reasonableness, or adequacy of the Settlement as set forth in the attached Stipulation, or to the proposed award of attorneys’ fees and expenses, may file an objection. An objector must no later than twenty-one (21) days prior to the Settlement Hearing: (1) file with the Clerk of the Court and serve upon the below listed counsel a written objection to the Settlement setting forth: (a) the nature of the objection; (b) proof of ownership of PTC common stock through the date of the Settlement Hearing, including the number of shares of PTC common stock held and the date of purchase; (c) any and all documentation or evidence in support of such objection; and (d) the identities of any cases, by name, court, and docket number, in which the stockholder or his, her, or its attorney has objected to a settlement in the last three years; and (2) if a Current PTC Stockholder intends to appear and requests to be heard at the Settlement Hearing, such Stockholder must, in addition to the requirements of (1) above, file with the Clerk of the Court and serve on the below counsel: (a) a written notice of such Stockholder’s intention to appear at the Settlement Hearing; (b) a statement that indicates the basis for such appearance; (c) the identities of any witnesses the Stockholder intends to call at the Settlement Hearing and a statement as to the subjects of their testimony; and (d) any and all evidence that would be presented at the Settlement Hearing. Any objector who does not timely file and serve a notice of intention to appear in accordance with this paragraph shall not be permitted to appear at the Settlement Hearing, except for good cause shown.

The objector must file such objections and supporting documentation with the Clerk of the Court, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, Martin Luther King Building & U.S. Courthouse, 50 Walnut Street, Newark, NJ 07101, not later than twenty-one (21) days prior to the Settlement Hearing, and, by the same date, copies of all such papers must also be received by each of the following persons:

Counsel for Plaintiffs:
Timothy W. Brown, Esq.
THE BROWN LAW FIRM, P.C.
240 Townsend Square
Oyster Bay, NY 11771

Counsel for Defendants:
Deborah S. Birnbach, Esq.
GOODWIN PROCTER LLP
100 Northern Avenue
Boston, MA 02210

An objector may file an objection on his, her or its own or through an attorney hired at his, her or its own expense. If an objector hires an attorney to represent him, her or it for the purposes of making such objection pursuant to this paragraph, the attorney must effect service of a notice of appearance on the counsel listed above and file such notice with the Court no later than twenty-one (21) days before the Settlement Hearing. Any PTC shareholder who does not timely file and serve a written objection complying with the terms of this paragraph shall be deemed to have waived, and shall be foreclosed from raising, any objection to the Settlement, and any untimely objection shall be barred. Any submissions by the Settling Parties in opposition or response to objections shall be filed with the Court no later than seven (7) days before the Settlement Hearing.

Any objector who files and serves a timely, written objection in accordance with the instructions above and herein, may appear at the Settlement Hearing either in person or through counsel retained at the objector’s expense. Objectors need not attend the Settlement Hearing, however, in order to have their objections considered by the Court.

If you are a current holder of PTC common stock and do not take steps to appear in this action and object to the proposed Settlement, you will be bound by the Judgment of the Court and will forever be barred from raising an objection to such settlement in this or any other action or proceeding, and from pursuing any of the Released Claims.

If you held PTC common stock as of April 17, 2018 and continue to hold such stock, you may have certain rights in connection with the proposed Settlement. You may obtain further information by contacting counsel for Plaintiffs at: Timothy W. Brown, Esq., The Brown Law Firm, P.C., 240 Townsend Square, Oyster Bay, NY 11771, Telephone: (516) 922-5427, Email: tbrown@thebrownlawfirm.net.

¹ All capitalized terms used in this notice, unless otherwise defined herein, are defined as set forth in the Stipulation.

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The Rosen Law Firm, P.A.
Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs
Laurence Rosen, Esq.
Phillip Kim, Esq.
Zachary Halper, Esq.
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New York, NY 10016
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