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GALENA BIOPHARMA ENTERS INTO EXCHANGE AGREEMENTS
WITH WARRANT HOLDERS
Agreement Simplifies Company s Balance Sheet and Provides Future
Financing Flexibility
Oswego, Oregon, December 6, 2011 Galena Biopharma (NASDAQ: GALE), a biotechnology company
focused on developing innovative, targeted oncology treatments that address major unmet medical
needs to advance cancer care, today announced it has entered into separate exchange agreements with
several institutional holders of its outstanding warrants to
surrender for cancellation of some of
the warrants having ratchet price-based anti-dilution protection features in exchange for shares
of Company common stock.
Under the separate agreements, the warrant holders collectively have agreed to exchange warrants to
purchase a total of 5,930,000 shares of the Company s common
stock for an aggregate of 4,151,000 shares of
Company common stock, representing an exchange ratio of approximately 1.43 warrant shares for each share of our
common stock to be received by the warrant holders. The initial closing is expected to take place
on or about December 6, 2011, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
are extremely pleased to have reached agreement with the holders of a
substantial portion of
our warrants, as we believe this transaction will significantly simplify and improve Galena s
balance sheet, provide flexibility relative to future financing transactions, and allow management
to focus on building shareholder value through our progress in clinical trials and addressing
important unmet medical needs for patients, said Mark J. Ahn, PhD, President and CEO.
About Galena Biopharma
Galena Biopharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: GALE) is a Portland, Oregon-based biopharmaceutical company that
develops innovative, targeted oncology treatments that address major unmet medical needs to advance
cancer care. For more information please visit us at www.galenabiopharma.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements about
the possible benefits of the warrant exchange, as well as statements about expectations, plans and
prospects of the development of Galena s new product candidates. These forward-looking statements
are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including the risks that the
anticipated benefits of the warrant exchange are not achieved, as well as the risks, uncertainties
and assumptions relating to the development of Galena s new product candidates, including those
identified under Risk Factors in Galena s most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K and
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and in other filings Galena periodically makes with the SEC. Actual
results may differ materially from those contemplated by these forward-looking statements. Galena
does not undertake to update any of these forward-looking statements to reflect a change in its
views or events or circumstances that occur after the date of this presentation.
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