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Biotechnology Announces Pricing of $3.5 Million Registered Direct Offering and Concurrent Private Placement Priced At-the-Market under
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.
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.
Global Partners is acting as sole placement agent for the Offering.
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 prospectus@allianceg.com.
private placement of the common warrants will be made in reliance on an exemption from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities
Act and/or Regulation D thereunder. Accordingly, the securities issued in the concurrent private placement may not be offered or sold
in the United States except pursuant to an effective registration statement or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements
of the Securities Act and such applicable state securities laws.
press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities
in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under
the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
LIXTE Biotechnology Holdings, Inc.
Biotechnology Holdings, Inc. is a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on new targets for cancer drug development and developing
and commercializing cancer therapies. LIXTE has achieved a breakthrough demonstrating that its first-in-class lead clinical PP2A inhibitor,
LB-100, is well-tolerated in cancer patients at doses associated with anti-cancer activity. Based on extensive published preclinical
data (see www.lixte.com), LB-100 has the potential to significantly improve outcomes for patients undergoing various chemotherapies or
immunotherapies. LIXTE's new approach has no known competitors and is covered by a comprehensive patent portfolio. Initial proof-of-concept
clinical trials are in progress.
announcement contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, and Section
21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. For example, statements regarding the Company's financial position, business strategy
and the closing of the Offering are all forward-looking statements. These statements are generally accompanied by words such as "intend,"
anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "potential(ly)," "continue," "forecast,"
"predict," "plan," "may," "will," "could," "would," "should,"
"expect" or the negative of such terms or other comparable terminology. The Company believes that the assumptions and expectations
reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, based on information available to it on the date hereof, but the Company
cannot provide assurances that these assumptions and expectations will prove to have been correct or that the Company will take any action
that the Company may presently be planning. However, these forward-looking statements are inherently subject to known and unknown risks
and uncertainties. Actual results or experience may differ materially from those expected or anticipated in the forward-looking statements.
Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, regulatory policies, available cash resources,
research results, competition from other similar businesses, and market and general economic factors. This discussion should be read
in conjunction with the Company's filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission at http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml.
more information about LIXTE, contact:
General Phone: (631) 830-7092
Investor Phone: (888) 289-5533
Inc. Investor Relations
Roger Pondel: (310) 279-5965
Laurie Berman: (310) 279-5962