Exhibit 99.1

Cellectis to Present at the 35th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on Monday, January 9, 2017 at 8:00am PT

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--January 3, 2017--Regulatory News:

Cellectis (Paris:ALCLS) (NASDAQ:CLLS) (Alternext: ALCLS; Nasdaq: CLLS), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing immunotherapies based on gene edited CAR T-cells (UCART), today announced that Dr. André Choulika, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cellectis, will present at the 35^th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on Monday, January 9, 2017 at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time in the Elizabethan A/B room. The conference will be held from January 9 to 12, 2017 at the Westin St. Francis in San Francisco.

To access the live webcast of Cellectis’ presentation and subsequent breakout session, please visit http://www.cellectis.com/en/events. A replay of the webcast will be available on Cellectis’ website for 90 days.

About Cellectis

Cellectis is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing immunotherapies based on gene edited CAR T-cells (UCART). The company’s mission is to develop a new generation of cancer therapies based on engineered T-cells. Cellectis capitalizes on its 17 years of expertise in genome engineering - based on its flagship TALEN^® products and meganucleases and pioneering electroporation PulseAgile technology - to create a new generation of immunotherapies. CAR technologies are designed to target surface antigens expressed on cells. Using its life-science-focused, pioneering genome-engineering technologies, Cellectis’ goal is to create innovative products in multiple fields and with various target markets. Cellectis is listed on the Nasdaq market (ticker: CLLS) and on the NYSE Alternext market (ticker: ALCLS). To find out more about us, visit our website: www.cellectis.com

Talking about gene editing? We do it. TALEN^® is a registered trademark owned by the Cellectis Group.

Disclaimer

This press release and the information contained herein do not constitute an offer to sell or subscribe, or a solicitation of an offer to buy or subscribe, for shares in Cellectis in any country. This press release contains forward-looking statements that relate to the Company’s objectives based on the current expectations and assumptions of the Company’s management only and involve risk and uncertainties that could cause the Company to fail to achieve the objectives expressed by the forward-looking statements above.

CONTACT:
For further information, please contact:
Media contacts:
Jennifer Moore, 917-580-1088
VP of Communications
media@cellectis.com
or
Caitlin Kasunich, 212-896-1241
KCSA Strategic Communications
ckasunich@kcsa.com
or
IR contact:
Simon Harnest, 646-385-9008
VP of Corporate Strategy and Finance
simon.harnest@cellectis.com