Citius Pharmaceuticals Announces Closing of $76.5 Million Registered Direct Offering Priced At-the-Market under Nasdaq Rules

 Source:  Citius Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 4/19/2021

Citius Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: CTXR) ("Citius" or the "Company"), a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing critical care drug products, today announced that it has closed its previously announced sale of an aggregate of 50,830,566 shares of its common stock and accompanying warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 25,415,283 shares of its common stock, at a purchase price of $1.505 per share and accompanying warrant in a registered direct offering priced at-the-market under Nasdaq rules.

H.C. Wainwright & Co. acted as the exclusive placement agent for the offering.

The warrants have an exercise price of $1.70 per share, are immediately exercisable, and will expire five years from the issue date.

The aggregate gross proceeds to the Company from the offering are approximately $76.5 million, before deducting the placement agent fees and other offering expenses payable by the Company. Citius currently intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, including pre-clinical and clinical development of our product candidates and working capital and capital expenditures.

The securities described above were offered pursuant to a "shelf" registration statement (File No. 333-248748) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and declared effective on September 25, 2020, and an additional registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-253179) filed on February 16, 2021 pursuant to Rule 462(b), which became effective automatically upon filing. The offering was made only by means of a prospectus, including a prospectus supplement, forming a part of the effective registration statement. A final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to the securities that were offered has been filed with the SEC and is available at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Electronic copies of the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to the securities in the offering may also be obtained by contacting H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC at 430 Park Avenue, 3^rd Floor, New York, NY 10022, by calling (646) 975-6996 or emailing placements@hcwco.com.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities described herein, 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 the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

About Citius Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Citius is a late-stage specialty pharmaceutical company dedicated to the development and commercialization of critical care products, with a focus on anti-infectives and cancer care. For more information, please visit www.citiuspharma.com.