Carmell Announces Closing of Previously Announced PIPE Investment from Existing and New Investors to Support Commercial Build-out

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Carmell Corporation (Nasdaq: CTCX), a bio-aesthetics company focused on skin and hair health (“Carmell”, the “Company”, “we”, “our”, or “us”), today announced the closing of its previously announced private placement with new and existing investors pursuant to a securities purchase agreement, dated December 23, 2024, for the issuance and sale of 8,065,210 shares of its common stock and an equal number of five-year warrants both priced at $0.23 per share, in a private placement for aggregate gross proceeds of $1.85 million before deducting offering expenses and fees (the “Private Placement”). The Private Placement was priced at a slight premium to the CTCX closing price on December 23, 2024.

Shares issued in the Private Placement are eligible to be sold after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has declared the resale registration statement effective. Carmell is to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause this registration statement to become effective within 60 days of the closing or, in the event of a full review by the SEC, 120 days of the closing.

The warrants, if exercised for cash following the Stockholder Approval (as defined in the securities purchase agreement), will result in up to $1.85 million additional gross proceeds to Carmell.

Said Mr. Rajiv Shukla, Chairman of Carmell, “The proceeds of this Private Placement, along with the recently announced definitive agreement to acquire Elevai Skincare, strongly position Carmell for the year ahead. We will systematically build shareholder value through the commercialization of our revolutionary bio-aesthetic portfolio, product development, and strategic transactions.”

The warrants may be exercised on the trading day immediately following the Stockholder Approval Date (as defined in the securities purchase agreement) and any time thereafter until the fifth anniversary of the warrant issue date to purchase up to an aggregate of 8,065,210 shares of CTCX common stock at an exercise price of $0.23 per share.

Brookline Capital Markets, a division of Arcadia Securities, LLC, served as the exclusive placement agent for the Private Placement.

About Carmell
Carmell is a bio-aesthetics company that utilizes the Carmell Secretome™ to support skin and hair health. The Carmell Secretome™ consists of a potent cocktail of growth factors and proteins extracted from allogeneic human platelets sourced from U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved tissue banks. Over the past 7 years, the Company has extensively tested the technology underpinning the Carmell Secretome™. Additionally, the Company has developed a novel microemulsion formulation that enables delivery of lipophilic and hydrophilic ingredients without relying on the Foul Fourteen™, 14 potentially harmful excipients that other companies commonly use to impart texture, stability, and other desirable physicochemical attributes to cosmetic products. Carmell’s microemulsion formulations do not utilize mineral or vegetable oils and are designed to be non-comedogenic. The Company is also developing a line of men’s products and a line of topical haircare products. All products are tailored to meet the demanding technical requirements of professional care providers and discerning retail consumers. For more information, visit www.carmellcosmetics.com.

About Private Placement
The offer and sale of the shares of common stock sold in the Private Placement have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and other applicable securities laws. The Company has agreed to file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) registering the resale of the shares of its common stock sold in the Private Placement (the “Resale Registration Statement”). 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 registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

Forward-Looking Statements
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Contact:
Bryan Cassaday
bc@carmellcorp.com