NanoViricides Announces Pricing of ~$2 Million Registered Direct Offering SHELTON, CT Friday

NanoViricides Announces Pricing of ~$2 Million Registered Direct

SHELTON, CT Friday, May 15, 2026

NanoViricides, Inc. (NYSE American:NNVC) ("NanoViricides"

or the "Company"), a clinical stage, leading global pioneer in the development of broad-spectrum antivirals based on host-mimetic

nanomedicine technology that viruses and their variants cannot escape, today announced it has entered into a securities purchase agreement

with a single fundamental institutional investor for the purchase and sale of 1,333,334 million common shares (or pre-funded warrants

in lieu thereof), together with accompanying warrants to purchase 1,333,334 common shares for gross proceeds of approximately US$2 million

in a registered direct offering (the "Offering"). The common shares are being sold in combination with an accompanying full

warrant (with each whole warrant being exercisable into one common share of the Company). Each whole warrant has an exercise price of

US$1.75 per share and will expire three years from the date of issuance.

D. Boral Capital LLC is acting as the exclusive placement agent for

The closing of the Offering is expected to occur on or about May 18,

2026, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. The Company expects to receive aggregate gross proceeds of ~$2 million

from the Offering, before deducting placement agent fees and other related expenses.

The common shares (or pre-funded warrants in lieu thereof) are being

offered by the Company pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333- 271706), which was

declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on May 22, 2023.

A prospectus supplement describing the terms of the proposed registered

direct offering will be filed with the SEC. Once filed, it will be available on the SEC's website at https://www.sec.gov. A copy

of the prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained, when available, from D. Boral

Capital LLC, 590 Madison Avenue, 39th Floor, New York, NY 10022, or by telephone at (212) 404-7002, or by email at dbccapitalmarkets@dboralcapital.com.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation

of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of 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.

NanoViricides, Inc., is a publicly traded company (NYSE American: NNVC)

(the "Company"), and a clinical stage, leading global pioneer in the development of broad-spectrum antivirals based on host-mimetic

nanomedicine technology that viruses and their variants cannot escape. Its clinical stage, broad-spectrum, antiviral drug NV-387 has been

granted an "Orphan Drug Designation" (ODD) by the US FDA Office of Orphan Products Development (OOPD). This could provide 7

years market exclusivity, tax credits for clinical trial costs, and fee exemptions upon approval. NV-387 is a revolutionary antiviral

that we believe will be the drug offered at "first visit" when the patient presents to a doctor with any respiratory viral illness.

NV-387 was also found to be highly effective in lethal animal infection models of Influenza, RSV, Coronaviruses, Monkeypox, Smallpox,

Forward-Looking Statements

Statements made in this press release include forward-looking statements

within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking

statements can be identified by the use of words such as "may," "will," "plan," "should," "expect,"

"anticipate," "estimate," "continue," or comparable terminology. Such forward-looking statements are inherently

subject to certain risks, trends, and uncertainties, many of which the Company cannot predict with accuracy and some of which the Company

might not even anticipate and involve factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or suggested. These

risks include, but are not limited to, the ability to complete the offering on the terms described or at all, the ability to satisfy customary

closing conditions, market conditions, regulatory developments affecting the digital asset and stablecoin industries, and other risks

described in the Company's filings with the SEC. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements

and are advised to consider the factors listed above together with the additional factors under the heading "Risk Factors" in

the Company's Annual Reports on Form 20-F, as may be supplemented or amended by the Company's Reports of a Foreign Private Issuer on Form

6-K. The Company assumes no obligation to update or supplement forward-looking statements that become untrue because of subsequent events,

new information, or otherwise.

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