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SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Levi & Korsinsky, LLP Notifies Investors of an Investigation Regarding Whether the Sale of AveXis, Inc. to Novartis for $218 Per Share is Fair to Shareholders

PAY | April 9, 2018

SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Levi & Korsinsky, LLP Notifies Investors of an Investigation Regarding Whether the Sale of AveXis, Inc. to Novartis for $218 Per Share is Fair to Shareholders

The following statement is being issued by Levi & Korsinsky, LLP:

To: All Persons or Entities who purchased AveXis, Inc. (“AveXis” or the “Company”) (NASDAQGS:AVXS) stock prior to April 9, 2018 .

You are hereby notified that Levi & Korsinsky, LLP has commenced an investigation into the fairness of the sale of AveXis to Novartis (NYSE:NVS) for $218 per share. The transaction has a total approximate value of $8.7 billion. To learn more about the action and your rights, go to:

http://www.zlk.com/mna/avexis

or contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. either via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500, toll-free: (877) 363-5972. There is no cost or obligation to you.

The investigation concerns whether the Board of AveXis breached their fiduciary duties to stockholders by failing to adequately shop the Company before agreeing to enter into this transaction, and whether Novartis is underpaying for AveXis shares, thus unlawfully harming Connecticut Water shareholders.

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