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  <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Expires:&nbsp;August&nbsp;31, 2003</DIV></TD>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM 144</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES<BR>
  PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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      <TD><I>Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly with a market maker</I></TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>INTERMUNE, INC.</B>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">1 (<I>d</I>) ADDRESS OF ISSUER
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      <TD valign="top" colspan="8"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3280 Bayshore Boulevard, Brisbane, CA 94005</DIV></TD>
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      <TD align="right" valign="top"><B>415</B></TD>
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      <TD nowrap valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">2 <I>(a) </I>NAME OF PERSON FOR</DIV></TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top"><I>(B)IRS IDENT. NO..</I>
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      <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;WHOSE ACCOUNT<BR> &nbsp;THE
  SECURITIES ARE <BR> &nbsp;TO BE SOLD</TD>
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      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;TO ISSUER<BR><B>Officer</B></TD>
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      <TD colspan="7" valign="top" align="left">3280 Bayshore Boulevard, Brisbane, CA&nbsp;94005</TD>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><I>INSTRUCTION: The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.</I>
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      <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Securities are to be Offered or Each Market Maker</B></TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><I>(See instr. 3(f))</I></TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B><I>(See instr. 3(c))</I></B></TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">(MO. DAY YR.)</TD>
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      <TD  valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>Charles Schwab &#038; Co., Inc.<BR>
  101 Montgomery Street<BR>
  San Francisco, CA 94104</B></DIV></TD>
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      <TD align="right"><B>17,449.64</B></TD>
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      <TD align="right"><B>46,069,424</B></TD>
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      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>Charles Schwab &#038; Co., Inc.<BR>
  101 Montgomery Street<BR>
  San Francisco, CA 94104</B></DIV></TD>
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      <TD align="right"><B>$</B></TD>
      <TD align="right"><B>11,036,16</B></TD>
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      <TD align="right"><B>46,069,424</B></TD>
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      <TD align="right"><B>05/15/09</B></TD>
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      <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
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      <TD>Issuer&#146;s S.E.C. file number, if any</TD>
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  <TR>
      <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(d)</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Issuer&#146;s address, including zip code</TD>
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  <TR>
      <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(e)</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Issuer&#146;s telephone number, including area code</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR>
      <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">2.&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR>
      <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD>Such person&#146;s I.R.S. identification number, if such person is an entity</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR>
      <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Such person&#146;s relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10% stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR>
      <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(d)</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Such person&#146;s address, including zip code</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR>
      <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">3.&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Title of the class of securities to be sold</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR>
      <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be sold</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR>
      <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face amount)</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR>
      <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(d)</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10&nbsp;days prior to the filing of this notice</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR>
      <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(e)</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most recent report or statement published by the issuer</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR>
      <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(f)</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR>
      <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(g)</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold</TD>
  </TR>
  
  </TABLE>
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">SEC 1147 (10-00)
  </DIV>
  
  
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><!-- Folio --><!-- /Folio -->
  </DIV>
  
  
  
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>TABLE I &#151; SECURITIES TO BE SOLD</B>
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold<br>
  and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration
  therefor:</I></DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="center">
  <TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
  <!-- Begin Table Head -->
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD width="7%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="7%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="7%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="7%">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD width="7%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="7%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="7%">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="center">Title of</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center">Date you</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center">Name of Person from Whom Acquired</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center">Amount of</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center">Date of</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">the Class</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"> Acquired</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Nature of Acquisition Transaction</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><I>(If gift, also give date donor acquired)</I></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Securities Acquired</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Payment</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Nature of Payment</TD>
  </TR>
  
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  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>COMMON</B>
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>05/15/07</B>
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top" nowrap><B>Same Day sale of Stock Award</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>(1)</B></SUP>
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>INTERMUNE, INC.</B>
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>1,459</B><B>(1)</B>
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>05/13/09</B>
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>CASH</B></TD>
  </TR>
  <tr><td colspan="13">&nbsp;</td></tr>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>COMMON</B>
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>05/13/08</B>
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><B>Same Day sale of Stock Award</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>(1)</B></SUP>
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>INTERMUNE, INC.</B>
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>958</B><B>(1)</B>
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>05/15/09</B>
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>CASH</B></TD>
  </TR>
  <!-- End Table Body -->
  </TABLE>
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>INSTRUCTIONS:</B>
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
  <TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
  
  <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">1.</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at the time of
  purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration
  consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state
  when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR>
      <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">2.</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>If within two years after the acquisition of the securities
  the person for whose account they are to be sold had any
  short positions, put or other option to dispose of securities
  referred to in paragraph (d)(3) of Rule&nbsp;144, furnish full
  information with respect thereto.</TD>
  </TR>
  
  </TABLE>
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>TABLE II &#151; SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS</B>
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3&nbsp;months
  by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.</I></DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="center">
  <TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
  <!-- Begin Table Head -->
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD width="16%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="16%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="16%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="16%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="16%">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center">Amount of</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Name and Address of Seller</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title of Securities Sold</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date of Sale</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Securities Sold</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Gross Proceeds</TD>
  </TR>
  
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  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <!-- End Table Body -->
  </TABLE>
  </DIV>
  
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>
  (1)&nbsp; The reporting person sold the noted securities in connection with the vesting
   of 1,459 shares on 5/13/09 (which represents a portion of the previously reported
  equity incentive grant made on 5/13/2008) and 958 shares on 5/15/09 (which represents
  a portion of the previously reported equity incentive grant made on 5/15/2007) in
   order to pay income taxes due in connection with the vesting of such shares.
   The sale of these shares were made pursuant to a written trading plan entered
  into in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
   which was previously disclosed by InterMune in reports on Forms 8-K filed on
   March 13, 2009, June 18, 2008 and September 7, 2007.</B>
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="center">
  <TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
  <!-- Begin Table Head -->
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD width="45%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="45%">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="left"><B>INSTRUCTIONS:</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="left"><B>ATTENTION:</B></TD>
  </TR>
  
  <!-- End Table Head -->
  <!-- Begin Table Body -->
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">See the definition of &#147;person&#148; in paragraph (a)&nbsp;of Rule&nbsp;144. Information is to be given not only as to
  the person for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included
  in that definition. In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are
  required by paragraph (e)&nbsp;of Rule&nbsp;144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice.
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><I>The person for
  whose account the
  securities to which
  this notice relates
  are to be sold
  hereby represents
  by signing this
  notice that he does
  not know any
  material adverse
  information in
  regard to the
  current and
  prospective
  operations of the
  Issuer of the
  securities to be
  sold which has not
  been publicly
  disclosed.</I></TD>
  </TR>
  <!-- End Table Body -->
  </TABLE>
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="center">
  <TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
  <!-- Begin Table Head -->
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <!-- End Table Head -->
  <!-- Begin Table Body -->
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">May&nbsp;15, 2009
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Robin J. Steele</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 1px">
      <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">DATE OF NOTICE
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">(SIGNATURE)</TD>
  </TR>
  <!-- End Table Body -->
  </TABLE>
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 9pt; margin-top: 12pt"><I>The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed.<BR>
  Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.</I>
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)</B>
  
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">SEC 1147 (10-00)</DIV>
  
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text: e144
  OMB APPROVAL
  OMB Number: 3235-0101
  Expires: August 31, 2003
  Estimated
  average burden
  hours per response ... 2.0
  SEC USE ONLY
  DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO.
  CUSIP NUMBER
  WORK LOCATION
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM 144
  NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
  PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  ATTENTION:
  Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly with a market maker
  (c)
  S.E.C. FILE NO.
  INTERMUNE, INC.
  94-3296648
  0-29801
  1 (
  d
  ) ADDRESS OF ISSUER
  CITY
  STATE
  ZIP CODE
  (e)
  TELEPHONE NO.
  AREA CODE
  NUMBER
  3280 Bayshore Boulevard, Brisbane, CA 94005
  415
  466-2200
  2
  (a)
  NAME OF PERSON FOR
  (B)IRS IDENT. NO..
  (c)
  RELATIONSHIP
  (d)
  ADDRESS STREET
  CITY
  STATE
  ZIP CODE
  WHOSE ACCOUNT
  THE
  SECURITIES ARE
  TO BE SOLD
  TO ISSUER
  Officer
  3280 Bayshore Boulevard, Brisbane, CA 94005
  Robin
  Steele
  INSTRUCTION: The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.
  3
  (a)
  (b)
  SEC USE ONLY
  (c)
  (d)
  (e)
  (f)
  (g)
  Title of the
  Number of Shares
  Aggregate
  Number of Shares
  Approximate
  Name of Each
  Class of
  Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the
  or Other Units
  Market
  or Other Units
  Date of Sale
  Securities
  Securities
  Securities are to be Offered or Each Market Maker
  Broker-Dealer
  To Be Sold
  Value
  Outstanding
  (See instr. 3(f))
  Exchange
  To Be Sold
  who is Acquiring the Securities
  File Number
  (See instr. 3(c))
  (See instr. 3(d))
  (See instr. 3(e))
  (MO. DAY YR.)
  (See instr. 3(g))
  COMMON STOCK
  Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
  101 Montgomery Street
  San Francisco, CA 94104
  1,459
  (1)
  $
  17,449.64
  46,069,424
  05/13/09
  NASDAQ
  COMMON STOCK
  Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
  101 Montgomery Street
  San Francisco, CA 94104
  958
  (1)
  $
  11,036,16
  46,069,424
  05/15/09
  NASDAQ
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  1.
  (a)
  Name of issuer
  (b)
  Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number
  (c)
  Issuer's S.E.C. file number, if any
  (d)
  Issuer's address, including zip code
  (e)
  Issuer's telephone number, including area code
  2.
  (a)
  Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold
  (b)
  Such person's I.R.S. identification number, if such person is an entity
  (c)
  Such person's relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10% stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)
  (d)
  Such person's address, including zip code
  3.
  (a)
  Title of the class of securities to be sold
  (b)
  Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be sold
  (c)
  Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face amount)
  (d)
  Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice
  (e)
  Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most recent report or statement published by the issuer
  (f)
  Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold
  (g)
  Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold
  SEC 1147 (10-00)
  TABLE I — SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
  Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold
  and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration
  therefor:
  Title of
  Date you
  Name of Person from Whom Acquired
  Amount of
  Date of
  the Class
  Acquired
  Nature of Acquisition Transaction
  (If gift, also give date donor acquired)
  Securities Acquired
  Payment
  Nature of Payment
  COMMON
  05/15/07
  Same Day sale of Stock Award
  (1)
  INTERMUNE, INC.
  1,459
  (1)
  05/13/09
  CASH
  COMMON
  05/13/08
  Same Day sale of Stock Award
  (1)
  INTERMUNE, INC.
  958
  (1)
  05/15/09
  CASH
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  1.
  If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at the time of
  purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration
  consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state
  when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.
  2.
  If within two years after the acquisition of the securities
  the person for whose account they are to be sold had any
  short positions, put or other option to dispose of securities
  referred to in paragraph (d)(3) of Rule 144, furnish full
  information with respect thereto.
  TABLE II — SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
  Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months
  by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.
  Amount of
  Name and Address of Seller
  Title of Securities Sold
  Date of Sale
  Securities Sold
  Gross Proceeds
  (1)  The reporting person sold the noted securities in connection with the vesting
   of 1,459 shares on 5/13/09 (which represents a portion of the previously reported
  equity incentive grant made on 5/13/2008) and 958 shares on 5/15/09 (which represents
  a portion of the previously reported equity incentive grant made on 5/15/2007) in
   order to pay income taxes due in connection with the vesting of such shares.
   The sale of these shares were made pursuant to a written trading plan entered
  into in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
   which was previously disclosed by InterMune in reports on Forms 8-K filed on
   March 13, 2009, June 18, 2008 and September 7, 2007.
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  ATTENTION:
  See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to be given not only as to
  the person for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included
  in that definition. In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are
  required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice.
  The person for
  whose account the
  securities to which
  this notice relates
  are to be sold
  hereby represents
  by signing this
  notice that he does
  not know any
  material adverse
  information in
  regard to the
  current and
  prospective
  operations of the
  Issuer of the
  securities to be
  sold which has not
  been publicly
  disclosed.
  May 15, 2009
  /s/ Robin J. Steele
  DATE OF NOTICE
  (SIGNATURE)
  The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed.
  Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.
  ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)
  SEC 1147 (10-00)