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CYCLACEL PHARMACEUTICALS ANNOUNCES PROPOSED
PUBLIC OFFERING OF COMMON STOCK
Berkeley Heights, NJ, April 3, 2014 - Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals,
Inc. (NASDAQ: CYCC, NASDAQ: CYCCP; Cyclacel or the Company) today announced that it intends to offer, subject to market and other
conditions, shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from this
offering for funding the continued development of its most advanced product candidate, sapacitabine, in a randomized study of patients
with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), and general corporate purposes. All of the shares in this offering are to be sold by Cyclacel.
There can be no assurance as to whether or when the offering may be completed, or as to the actual size or terms of the offering.
Laidlaw & Company (UK) Ltd. is the sole
book-running manager for the offering.
A shelf registration statement and accompanying
base prospectus on Form S-3 relating to the securities was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and is effective.
A preliminary prospectus supplement and related prospectus relating to the offering will be filed with the SEC and will be available
on the SEC's web site at http://www.sec.gov. Electronic copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and related prospectus
relating to the offering, when available, may be obtained from the offices of Laidlaw & Company (UK) Ltd., 546 Fifth Avenue,
5th Floor, New York, NY, 10036, telephone: 212-953-4900.
This press release shall not constitute an
offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any jurisdiction
in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws
of any such jurisdiction.
About Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Cyclacel is a biopharmaceutical company
developing oral therapies that target the various phases of cell cycle control for the treatment of cancer and other serious
diseases. Sapacitabine, Cyclacel's most advanced product candidate, is the subject of SEAMLESS, a Phase 3 trial being
conducted under an SPA with the FDA as front-line treatment for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in the elderly, and other
studies for myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and solid tumors including breast, lung,
ovarian and pancreatic cancer and in particular those carrying gBRCA mutations. Cyclacel's strategy is to build a
diversified biopharmaceutical business focused in hematology and oncology based on a development pipeline of novel drug
candidates. Please visit www.cyclacel.com for additional information.
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Forward-looking Statements
This news release contains certain
forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to be materially different
from historical results or from any future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such
forward-looking statements include statements regarding, among other things, the efficacy, safety and intended utilization of
Cyclacel's product candidates, the conduct and results of future clinical trials, plans regarding regulatory filings, future
research and clinical trials and plans regarding partnering activities. Factors that may cause actual results to differ
materially include the risk that product candidates that appeared promising in early research and clinical trials do not
demonstrate safety and/or efficacy in larger-scale or later clinical trials, trials may have difficulty enrolling, Cyclacel
may not obtain approval to market its product candidates, the risks associated with reliance on outside financing to meet
capital requirements, and the risks associated with reliance on collaborative partners for further clinical trials,
development and commercialization of product candidates. You are urged to consider statements that include the words
"may," "will," "would," "could," "should,"
"believes," "estimates," "projects," "potential," "expects,"
"plans," "anticipates," "intends," "continues," "forecast,"
"designed," "goal," or the negative of those words or other comparable words to be uncertain and
forward-looking. For a further list and description of the risks and uncertainties the Company faces, please refer to our
most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and other periodic and other filings we file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and are available at www.sec.gov. Such forward-looking statements are current only as of the date they are made,
and we assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events
Contacts for Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Company: Paul McBarron, (908) 517-7330, pmcbarron@cyclacel.com
Investor Relations: Russo Partners LLC, Robert
Flamm, (212) 845-4226, robert.flamm@russopartnersllc.com
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