Institutional investors offer 50 million for Spectrum Pharmaceuticals

Sep 23 2009

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NasdaqGM:SPPI), a commercial-stage biotechnology company with a focus primarily in oncology, today announced that it has received $50 million from existing institutional investors in a previously announced registered direct offering. Spectrum received net proceeds of approximately $47.5 million after deducting placement agent fees and other offering expenses.

All of the securities were offered pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement. Proceeds from the transaction will be used for general corporate purposes.

After the offering, the company has 48,707,303 shares issued and outstanding.

A shelf registration statement relating to the shares of common stock and warrants issued in the offering (and the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants) has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and has been declared effective. A prospectus supplement relating to the offering was filed with the SEC. Copies of the prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus may be obtained directly from the Company by contacting Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 157 Technology Drive, Irvine, California 92618. This announcement is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy any of our shares of common stock or warrants. No offer, solicitation or sale will be made in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale is unlawful.

Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, a subsidiary of Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group, Inc., (Nasdaq: RODM), acted as the exclusive placement agent for the transaction.