Kitov Closes $6.0 Million Public Offering

TEL-AVIV, March 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kitov Pharma Ltd. (“Kitov”) (NASDAQ/TASE: KTOV), a clinical-stage company advancing first-in-class therapies to overcome tumor immune evasion and drug resistance, today announced the closing of its previously announced public offering of 20,000,000 units at a price to the public of $0.30 per unit, for gross proceeds of $6.0 million, before deducting placement agent fees and other offering expenses payable by Kitov. Each unit contains one American Depositary Shares (“ADS”) (or ADS equivalent) and one warrant to purchase one ADS. Each ADS represents one ordinary share, no par value, of Kitov. The ADSs (or ADS equivalents) and warrants included in the units were purchased together in the offering, but were issued separately and are immediately separable. The warrants have an exercise price of $0.325 per ADS and will be exercisable at any time after the date of issuance and will expire five years from the date of issuance.

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

Kitov intends to use the net proceeds of this offering to fund the development of its oncology drug candidates, acquisition of new assets and for general working capital purposes.

The offering was made under an effective registration statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-235729) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and declared effective on March 11, 2020.  The offering was made only by means of a prospectus forming part of the effective registration statement. The final terms of the offering are disclosed in a final prospectus filed with the SEC and made available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Electronic copies of the final prospectus relating to the offering may also be obtained by contacting H.C. Wainwright & Co., 430 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10022, by telephone at [phone] or by email at [e-mail].

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a 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 the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

About Kitov

Kitov Pharma (Kitov Pharma Ltd.; NASDAQ/TASE: KTOV) is a clinical-stage company focusing on advancing first-in-class therapies to overcome tumor immune evasion and drug resistance, to create successful long-lasting treatments for people with cancer. Kitov’s oncology pipeline includes NT-219 and CM-24. NT-219 is a small molecule targeting the novel cancer drug resistance pathways IRS1/2 and STAT3. Kitov is currently advancing NT-219 in combination with cetuximab as a third-line or second-line treatment option for the treatment of recurrent and metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of head & neck cancer (SCCHN), as well as a single agent monotherapy treatment in patients with advanced solid tumors. CM-24 is a monoclonal antibody blocking CEACAM1, a novel immune checkpoint that supports tumor immune evasion and survival through multiple pathways. Kitov intends to advance CM-24 as a combination therapy with anti-PD1 checkpoint inhibitors for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Kitov has entered into a clinical collaboration agreement with Bristol Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) for the planned Phase 1/2 clinical trials to evaluate the combination of CM-24 with the PD-1 inhibitor nivolumab (Opdivo). Kitov is also the owner of Consensi, a fixed-dose combination of celecoxib and amlodipine besylate, for the simultaneous treatment of osteoarthritis pain and hypertension which was approved by the FDA for marketing in the U.S and is expected to be launched in the U.S. during 2020 by its partner Coeptis Pharmaceuticals. Kitov has also partnered to commercialize Consensi in China and South Korea. The company is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.