Full Press Release Details
Announces Existing Investors Support the Company
Through a $2 Million
Private Placement Financing
BOSTON and LONDON, January 2, 2024 (GLOBE
NEWSWIRE) -- Akari Therapeutics, Plc (Nasdaq: AKTX), a late-stage biotechnology company developing advanced therapies for autoimmune and
inflammatory diseases, today announced that it closed a private placement financing with existing investors, Akari Chairman Dr. Ray
Prudo and Director Samir R. Patel, M.D., on December 29, 2023, resulting in gross proceeds of approximately $2 million.
In connection with the financing, Akari issued
947,868 unregistered American Depository Shares ("ADSs"), each representing 2,000 of the company's ordinary shares,
at a purchase price of $2.11 per ADS.
Paulson Investment Company, LLC acted as the
exclusive placement agent for this financing.
The ADSs described above were offered and
sold in a private placement under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act") and Regulation
D promulgated thereunder and have not been registered under the Act or state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United
States absent registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission or an applicable exemption from such registration requirements.
This press release shall not constitute an
offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities described herein. There shall not be any offer, solicitation
of an offer to buy, or sale of securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offering, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful
prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
About Akari Therapeutics
Akari Therapeutics, plc (Nasdaq: AKTX) is a biotechnology company developing
advanced therapies for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. Akari's lead asset, investigational nomacopan, is a bispecific recombinant
inhibitor of complement C5 activation and leukotriene B4 (LTB4) activity. Akari's pipeline includes a Phase 3 clinical trial program
investigating nomacopan for severe pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant-related thrombotic microangiopathy (HSCT-TMA). Akari has
been granted Orphan Drug, Fast Track and Rare Pediatric Disease designations from the FDA for nomacopan for the treatment of pediatric
HSCT-TMA and orphan drug designation from the European Commission for treatment in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Akari's
pipeline also includes a clinical program developing nomacopan for adult HSCT-TMA and pre-clinical research of long-acting PAS-nomacopan
in geographic atrophy (GA). For more information about Akari, please visit akaritx.com.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release constitute "forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements reflect
our current views about our plans, intentions, expectations, strategies, and prospects, which are based on the information currently available
to us and on assumptions we have made. Although we believe that our plans, intentions, expectations, strategies, and prospects as reflected
in or suggested by those forward-looking statements are reasonable, we can give no assurance that the plans, intentions, expectations,
or strategies will be attained or achieved. Furthermore, actual results may differ materially from those described in the forward-looking
statements and will be affected by a variety of risks and factors that are beyond our control. Such risks and uncertainties for our company
include, but are not limited to: needs for additional capital to fund our operations, our ability to continue as a going concern; uncertainties
of cash flows and inability to meet working capital needs; an inability or delay in obtaining required regulatory approvals for nomacopan
and any other product candidates, which may result in unexpected cost expenditures; our ability to obtain orphan drug designation in additional
indications; risks inherent in drug development in general; uncertainties in obtaining successful clinical results for nomacopan and any
other product candidates and unexpected costs that may result there; difficulties enrolling patients in our clinical trials; failure to
realize any value of nomacopan and any other product candidates developed and being developed in light of inherent risks and difficulties
involved in successfully bringing product candidates to market; inability to develop new product candidates and support existing product
candidates; the approval by the FDA and EMA and any other similar foreign regulatory authorities of other competing or superior products
brought to market; risks resulting from unforeseen side effects; risk that the market for nomacopan may not be as large as expected risks
associated with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic; inability to obtain, maintain and enforce patents and other intellectual property
rights or the unexpected costs associated with such enforcement or litigation; inability to obtain and maintain commercial manufacturing
arrangements with third party manufacturers or establish commercial scale manufacturing capabilities; the inability to timely source adequate
supply of our active pharmaceutical ingredients from third party manufacturers on whom the company depends; unexpected cost increases
and pricing pressures and risks and other risk factors detailed in our public filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,
including our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the SEC. Except as otherwise noted, these forward-looking
statements speak only as of the date of this press release and we undertake no obligation to update or revise any of these statements
to reflect events or circumstances occurring after this press release. We caution investors not to place considerable reliance on the
forward-looking statements contained in this press release.
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