Press Release Details

BASKING RIDGE, N.J. (March 14, 2019) – Caladrius Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CLBS) (“Caladrius” or the “Company”), a late-stage therapeutics development biopharmaceutical company committed to the development of innovative products focusing on select cardiovascular indications that have the potential to restore the health of people with chronic illnesses, announces that it has entered into a purchase agreement (“Purchase Agreement”) and a registration rights agreement with Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC (“LPC”), pursuant to which the Company has the right to sell to LPC shares of the Company’s common stock having an aggregate value of up to $26 million, subject to certain limitations and conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement, over the 36-month term of the Purchase Agreement.

As consideration for entering into the Purchase Agreement, the Company will issue to LPC 181,510 shares of common stock. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, LPC will purchase 250,000 shares of common stock, at a price of $4.00 per share, for a total gross purchase price of $1.0 million.

Under the terms and conditions of the Purchase Agreement, Caladrius has the right, in its sole discretion, to sell shares of common stock to LPC and LPC is obligated to purchase the common stock at times and amounts as set forth in the Purchase Agreement. The purchase price of any future shares will be based on the prevailing market prices of Caladrius’s shares around the time of each sale.  The shares of common stock subject to the Purchase Agreement were registered pursuant to the Company’s effective shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-226319) and the related base prospectus included therein, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement that will be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any 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 other jurisdiction.

About Caladrius Biosciences

Caladrius is a late-stage therapeutics development biopharmaceutical company committed to the development of innovative products that have the potential to restore the health of people with chronic illnesses. Our leadership team collectively has decades of biopharmaceutical development experience and world-recognized scientific achievement in the fields of cardiovascular and autoimmune disease, among other areas. The Company’s goal is to build a broad portfolio of novel and versatile products that address important unmet medical needs. Our current product candidates include three developmental treatments for cardiovascular diseases based on our CD34 cell therapy platform: CLBS12, recipient of SAKIGAKE designation, in Phase 2 testing in Japan and eligible for early conditional approval for the treatment of critical limb ischemia; CLBS14-CMD, in Phase 2 testing for the treatment of coronary microvascular dysfunction; and CLBS14-NORDA (formerly CLBS14-RfA) in late-stage development for no option refractory disabling angina for which it has received RMAT designation. For more information on the company, please visit www.caladrius.com.

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Contact:
Investors:
Caladrius Biosciences, Inc.
John Menditto
Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications
Phone:  +1-908-842-0084
Email: jmenditto@caladrius.com

Source: Caladrius Biosciences, Inc.