LIXTE Biotechnology Announces Pricing of $3.5 Million Registered Direct Offering and Concurrent Private Placement Priced At-the-Market under Nasdaq Rules

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[{"type":"text","content":"PASADENA, CA, July 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LIXTE Biotechnology Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: LIXT and LIXTW) (“LIXTE” or the “Company”) today announced it has entered into a securities purchase agreement with a single health-care focused, institutional investor for the purchase and sale of 583,334 shares of common stock (or common stock equivalents in lieu thereof) in a registered direct offering and common warrants to purchase up to 583,334 shares of common stock in a concurrent private placement (together with the registered direct offering, the “Offering”) at a purchase price of $6.00 per common share, priced “at-the-market” under Nasdaq rules. The common warrants issued pursuant to the concurrent private placement will have an exercise price of $6.00 per share, will be exercisable immediately upon issuance and will expire 5 years from issuance. The closing of the Offering is expected to occur on or about July 20, 2023, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. The gross proceeds from the offering are expected to be approximately $3,500,000, excluding any proceeds that may be received upon the exercise of the warrants and before deducting placement agent fees and other offering expenses payable by the Company. A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners is acting as sole placement agent for the Offering. The common stock and common stock equivalents in lieu thereof will be issued in a registered direct offering pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-252430) previously filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and declared effective by the SEC on February 5, 2021. The common warrants will be issued in a concurrent private placement. A prospectus supplement describing the terms of the proposed registered direct offering will be filed with the SEC and once filed, will be available on the SEC’s website located at http://www.sec.gov. Electronic copies of the prospectus supplement may be obtained, when available, from A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners, 590 Madison Avenue, 28th Floor, New York, New York 10022, or by telephone at (212) 624-2060, or by email at [email protected]. The private placement of the common warrants will be made in reliance on an exemption from registration under Se...

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