# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001809122
**File Stem:** 0001104659-23-009251
**Filing Date:** 2023-2
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**Document Hash:** e751608269b0ea434e83e51838c618c2
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001104659-23-009251.hdr.sgml**: 20230201

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001104659-23-009251

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 6-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 3

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20230201

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230201

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230201

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** CureVac N.V.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001809122
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** P7
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 6-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-39446
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23576858

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** PAUL-EHRLICH-STRABE 15 TUBINGEN
- **CITY:** BADEN-WURTTEMBERG
- **STATE:** 2M
- **ZIP:** 72076
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 49 7071 9883 0

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** PAUL-EHRLICH-STRABE 15 TUBINGEN
- **CITY:** BADEN-WURTTEMBERG
- **STATE:** 2M
- **ZIP:** 72076

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** CureVac B.V.
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20200410

**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, D.C. 20549**

**FORM 6-K**

**REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER**

**PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF THE** 

**SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934**

For the month of February 2023

**Commission File Number: 001-39446**

**CureVac N.V.**

(*Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter*)

**Friedrich-Miescher-Strasse 15, 72076**

**Tübingen, Germany**

**+49 7071 9883 0**

*(Address of principal executive office)*

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

Form 20-F ⌧ Form 40-F ◻

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):

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Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):

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On February 1, 2023, CureVac N.V. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing that Myriam Mendila has taken up her role as the Company's Chief Development Officer.

The information included in this Form 6-K (including Exhibit 99.1, but excluding the statements of the Company's Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Development Officer contained in Exhibit 99.1 hereto) is hereby incorporated by reference into the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-259613).

**SIGNATURES**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

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| CUREVAC N.V. | CUREVAC N.V. |
| By: | /s/ Franz-Werner Haas, LLD, LLM |
|  | *Chief Executive Officer* |

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Date: February 1, 2023

EXHIBIT INDEX

<u>EXHIBIT NO.</u> <u>DESCRIPTION</u> <br> [99.1](tm235136d1_ex99-1.htm) [CureVac N.V. Press Release dated February 1, 2023.](tm235136d1_ex99-1.htm)

## Exhibit 99.1

**Exhibit 99.1**

![](tm235136d1_ex99-1img01.jpg)

**CureVac Welcomes Myriam Mendila as New Chief Development Officer**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Dr. Mendila joins CureVac as Chief Development Officer with more than 20
years of global industry experience

**TÜBINGEN, Germany/ BOSTON, USA – February 1, 2023** – CureVac N.V. (Nasdaq: CVAC), a global biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of transformative medicines based on messenger ribonucleic acid ("mRNA"), today announced that Myriam Mendila has taken up her role as CureVac's Chief Development Officer, as previously announced.

"Myriam's extensive expertise in product development in the global pharmaceutical industry, particularly the past several years in oncology, will be a significant asset to CureVac as we continue to advance our mRNA product pipeline. On behalf of the entire team, I would like to offer Myriam a very warm welcome as a new member of CureVac's management," said Franz-Werner Haas, Chief Executive Offer at CureVac. "I would also like to extend my wholehearted thanks to Ulrike Gnad-Vogt for stepping in as Interim Chief Development Officer during the past eight months."

"I'm truly excited to join CureVac at this important inflection point of the company," said Dr. Mendila. "The latest data update from the COVID-19 and flu programs demonstrates the potential of CureVac's broad technology platform to help fighting the most pressing health challenges and supports its competitive position as a key player in the mRNA field. I'm looking forward to working with the CureVac team to build on these data, not only in infectious diseases but across CureVac's therapeutic areas."

Myriam Mendila, MD, has more than 20 years of global experience in product development, medical affairs, pharmacovigilance and healthcare compliance as well as global product strategy, including commercial strategy at Roche, Genentech and Novartis. Over the last 5 years, she has held the position of Chief Medical Officer Oncology and Global Head of Oncology Medical Affairs at Novartis, being responsible for the Medical Affairs strategy and related activities across the overall oncology portfolio at Novartis. Myriam earned her medical degree and subsequently doctoral degree from the Medical University of Hannover, Germany.

**About CureVac**

CureVac (Nasdaq: CVAC) is a global biopharmaceutical company in the field of messenger RNA (mRNA) technology, with more than 20 years of expertise in developing, optimizing, and manufacturing this versatile biological molecule for medical purposes. The principle of CureVac's proprietary technology is the use of optimized mRNA as a data carrier to instruct the human body to produce its own proteins capable of fighting a broad range of diseases. In July 2020, CureVac entered in a collaboration with GSK to jointly develop new products in prophylactic vaccines for infectious diseases based on CureVac's second-generation mRNA technology. This collaboration was later extended to the development of second-generation COVID-19 vaccine candidates, and modified mRNA vaccine technologies. Based on its proprietary technology, CureVac has built a deep clinical pipeline across the areas of prophylactic vaccines, cancer therapies, antibody therapies, and the treatment of rare diseases. CureVac N.V. has its headquarters in Tübingen, Germany, and has more than 1,000 employees across its sites in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland and the U.S. Further information can be found at <u>www.curevac.com</u>.

**CureVac Investor Relations Contact**

Dr. Sarah Fakih, Vice President Corporate Communications and Investor Relations

CureVac, Tübingen, Germany

T: +49 7071 9883-1298

M: +49 160 90 496949

sarah.fakih@curevac.com

**CureVac Media Contact**

Bettina Jödicke-Braas, Manager Communications

CureVac, Tübingen, Germany

T: +49 7071 9883-1087

bettina.joedicke-braas@curevac.com

**Forward-Looking Statements CureVac**

This press release contains statements that constitute "forward looking statements" as that term is defined in the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements that express the opinions, expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions or projections of CureVac N.V. and/or its wholly owned subsidiaries CureVac SE, CureVac Manufacturing GmbH, CureVac Inc., CureVac Swiss AG, CureVac Corporate Services GmbH, CureVac RNA Printer GmbH, CureVac Belgium SA and CureVac Netherlands B.V. (the "company") regarding future events or future results, in contrast with statements that reflect historical facts. Examples include discussion of the potential efficacy of the company's vaccine and treatment candidates and the company's strategies, financing plans, growth opportunities and market growth. In some cases, you can identify such forward-looking statements by terminology such as "anticipate," "intend," "believe," "estimate," "plan," "seek," "project," or "expect," "may," "will," "would," "could," "potential," "intend," or "should," the negative of these terms or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are based on management's current beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to the company. However, these forward-looking statements are not a guarantee of the company's performance, and you should not place undue reliance on such statements. Forward-looking statements are subject to many risks, uncertainties and other variable circumstances, including negative worldwide economic conditions and ongoing instability and volatility in the worldwide financial markets, ability to obtain funding, ability to conduct current and future preclinical studies and clinical trials, the timing, expense and uncertainty of regulatory approval, reliance on third parties and collaboration partners, ability to commercialize products, ability to manufacture any products, possible changes in current and proposed legislation, regulations and governmental policies, pressures from increasing competition and consolidation in the company's industry, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the company's business and results of operations, ability to manage growth, reliance on key personnel, reliance on intellectual property protection, ability to provide for patient safety, and fluctuations of operating results due to the effect of exchange rates or other factors. Such risks and uncertainties may cause the statements to be inaccurate and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements. Many of these risks are outside of the company's control and could cause its actual results to differ materially from those it thought would occur. The forward-looking statements included in this press release are made only as of the date hereof. The company does not undertake, and specifically declines, any obligation to update any such statements or to publicly announce the results of any revisions to any such statements to reflect future events or developments, except as required by law.

For further information, please reference the company's reports and documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). You may get these documents by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at <u>www.sec.gov</u>.