ICON plc to Present at 38th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference and Issue Financial Guidance for Full Year 2020

ICON plc, (NASDAQ: ICLR) a global provider of drug and device development and commercialisation services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device and government and public health organisations, today announced that Dr. Steve Cutler, CEO and Mr. Brendan Brennan, CFO of ICON plc, will present at 38th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, January 14, 2020. The presentation will be webcast live from 10.30am PST. ICON's financial guidance for the year ended December 31, 2020 will be released by press release on Tuesday, January 14, 2020 prior to the presentation and will be discussed during the presentation.

A link to the live webcast will be available via the Investor section of our website under "Events".

About ICON plc

ICON plc is a global provider of outsourced drug and device development and commercialisation services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device and government and public health organisations. The company specialises in the strategic development, management and analysis of programs that support clinical development - from compound selection to Phase I-IV clinical studies. With headquarters in Dublin, Ireland, ICON operates from 99 locations in 40 countries and had approximately 14,600 employees as at September 30, 2019. Further information is available at www.iconplc.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements. These statements are based on management's current expectations and information currently available, including current economic and industry conditions. These statements are not guarantees of future performance or actual results, and actual results, developments and business decisions may differ from those stated in this press release. The forward-looking statements are subject to future events, risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in the statements, including, but not limited to, the ability to enter into new contracts, maintain client relationships, manage the opening of new offices and offering of new services, the integration of new business mergers and acquisitions, as well as economic and global market conditions and other risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in SEC reports filed by ICON, all of which are difficult to predict and some of which are beyond our control. For these reasons, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements when making investment decisions. The word "expected" and variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are only as of the date they are made and we do not undertake any obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statement, either as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. More information about the risks and uncertainties relating to these forward-looking statements may be found in SEC reports filed by ICON, including its Form 20-F, F-1, S-8 and F-3, which are available on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov.

Source: ICON plc

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