On September 24, 2015 CTI BioPharma Corp. (NASDAQ and MTA: CTIC) reported that it has entered into an agreement with institutional investors to purchase 10 million shares of the Company’s common stock in a registered direct offering conducted without an underwriter or placement agent for gross proceeds to the Company of approximately $15.7 million at a purchase price per share of $1.57 (the "Offering"), equal to the consolidated closing bid price on The NASDAQ Global MarketSM on September 23, 2015 (Press release, CTI BioPharma, SEP 24, 2015, View Source;p=RssLanding&cat=news&id=2090328 [SID:1234507541]). The net proceeds from the Offering, after deducting estimated offering expenses, will be approximately $15.1 million.

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CTI BioPharma plans to use the net proceeds from the Offering to support the continued clinical development of its lead product candidate, pacritinib, as a potential new treatment for patients with myelofibrosis, and additional research into new indications outside of myelofibrosis, and for general corporate purposes. The Offering is expected to close on or about September 29, 2015.

The shares of common stock are being offered by CTI BioPharma pursuant to a shelf registration statement previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), which the SEC declared effective on December 8, 2014. A prospectus supplement related to the Offering will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC’s website located at View Source Alternatively, CTI BioPharma will arrange to send you the prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus upon request to CTI BioPharma Investor Relations by calling (206) 272-4345 or writing [email protected].

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy shares of common stock, nor shall there be any sale of common stock in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction. The shares of common stock will not be offered, sold or distributed, directly or indirectly, in Italy in an offer to the public of financial products under the meaning of Article 1, paragraph 1, letter t) of Legislative Decree No. 58 of February 24, 1998, as amended (the "Financial Services Act"), unless an express exemption from compliance with the restrictions on offers to the public, including, without limitation, as provided under Article 100 of the Financial Services Act and Article 34-ter of CONSOB Regulation No. 11971 of May 14, 1999, as amended, applies.