On July 21, 2015 CytRx Corporation (Nasdaq: CYTR), a biopharmaceutical research and development company specializing in oncology, reported the pricing of its previously announced underwritten public offering (Press release, CytRx, JUL 21, 2015, View Source;p=RssLanding&cat=news&id=2069484 [SID:1234506553]).

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CytRx is offering 9,100,000 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $2.75 per share for gross proceeds of approximately $25.0 million, prior to deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by CytRx.

CytRx intends to use the net proceeds of the offering to fund clinical trials of its drug candidate aldoxorubicin and its drug discovery activities and for general corporate purposes, which may include pre-commercialization activities relating to aldoxorubicin, working capital, capital expenditures, research and development and other commercial expenditures. CytRx has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,365,000 shares of common stock. The offering is expected to close on or about July 24, 2015, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

Jefferies LLC is the sole book-running manager for the offering. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., Aegis Capital Corp., FBR Capital Markets & Co., and H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC are acting as co-lead managers for the offering.

CytRx is offering the shares described above pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3, including a base prospectus, which was previously filed with and has been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The securities may be offered only by means of a prospectus. A preliminary prospectus supplement related to the offering was filed with the SEC on July 20, 2015 and a final prospectus supplement related to the offering will be filed with the SEC today. Copies of the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, when available, may be obtained from Jefferies LLC, Equity Syndicate Prospectus Department, 520 Madison Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10022, by email at [email protected] or by phone at 877-547-6340 or by accessing the SEC’s website at View Source

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities of CytRx Corporation, 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.