Cytori Announces $6.7 Million in Expected Gross Proceeds from Recently Expired Rights Offering

SAN DIEGO, July 24, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cytori Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:CYTX) announced today that its previously announced rights offering (“the Rights Offering”) expired on July 20, 2018 and such rights are no longer exercisable. Cytori accepted all valid subscriptions that were presented and estimates that the Rights Offering will result in approximately $6.7 million in gross proceeds. The results of the Rights Offering and Cytori’s estimates regarding the aggregate gross proceeds of the Rights Offering to be received by Cytori are subject to finalization and verification by Cytori and its subscription agent.

Cytori expects the closing of the Rights Offering will occur on or about July 25, 2018 subject to satisfaction or waiver of all conditions to closing. Upon the closing, the subscription agent will distribute, by way of direct registration in book­-entry form or through the facilities of DTC, as applicable, shares of its Series C Convertible Preferred Stock and warrants to holders of rights who have validly exercised their rights and paid the subscription price in full. No physical stock or warrant certificates will be issued to such holders.

Each right entitled the holder to purchase one unit, at a subscription price of $1,000 per unit, consisting of one share of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock with a stated value of $1,000 (and immediately convertible into common stock at a conversion price of $0.7986 per share, which is equal to 85% of the lowest daily volume weighted average price for Cytori’s common stock, as reported at the close of trading by Nasdaq, during the five trading days prior to the expiration of the Rights Offering (including the expiration date)) and 1,050 warrants. Each warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of common stock at an exercise price of $0.7986, from the date of issuance through its expiration 30 months from the date of issuance.

Cytori engaged Maxim Group LLC as dealer-manager in the Rights Offering. Questions about the Rights Offering or requests for copies of the final prospectus may be directed to Maxim Group LLC at 405 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10174, Attention Syndicate Department, or via email at or telephone at (212) 895-3745.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor will there be any sale of these securities in any state or other 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.

Cautionary Note Relating to Forward-Looking Statements

This release contains forward-looking statements which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Statements contained in this release, other than statements of historical fact, constitute "forward-looking statements." The words "expects," "believes," "potential," "possibly," "estimates," "may," "could" and "intends," as well as similar expressions, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements do not constitute guarantees of future performance. Investors are cautioned that statements which are not strictly historical statements, including, without limitation, statements regarding the completion, timing and size of the Rights Offering, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results and financial position to differ materially. Some of these risks include the ability to satisfy all closing conditions for the Rights Offering, the receipt of the subscription price from investors, our financial condition (including cash runway, our ability to access additional capital to fund our business, and our expectation that we will continue to incur losses at least in the near-term); clinical and regulatory uncertainties (including conduct and results of our clinical trials and investigator-initiated clinical trials using our technology, and challenges in obtaining and maintaining regulatory clearances and approvals for our products); market acceptance of our technologies, including introduction of superior technologies into our anticipated markets; our ability to compete with larger, better financed competitors; dependence on third-party clinical investigators, suppliers and manufacturers; our ability to commercialize and sell products; our compliance with laws, rules and regulations applicable to our business; our ability to attract and retain skilled personnel; our volatile stock price; and our ability to protect and expand our intellectual property rights; and other risks and uncertainties described under the “Risk Factors” in our Securities and Exchange Commission Filings. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date made. We assume no obligation or undertaking to update or revise any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any changes in our expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based. You should, however, review additional disclosures we make in our registration statement on Form S-1 for the Rights Offering, as well as our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K.

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