LIXTE Biotechnology Announces Pricing of $3.5 Million Registered Direct Offering and Concurrent Private Placement Priced At-the-Market under Nasdaq Rules

On July 20, 2023 LIXTE Biotechnology Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: LIXT and LIXTW) ("LIXTE" or the "Company") reported 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 (Press release, Lixte Biotechnology, JUL 20, 2023, View Source [SID1234633333]). 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.

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The 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.

A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners is acting as sole placement agent for the Offering.

The 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 View Source 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 [email protected].

The 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.

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 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.