NW Bio Announces Additional Funding

BETHESDA, Md., April 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Northwest Biotherapeutics (OTCQB: NWBO) (NW Bio), a biotechnology company developing DCVax® personalized immune therapies for solid tumor cancers, announced that its CEO, Linda Powers, increased her funding to the Company by $1 million, reaching a total of $5.4 million this year to date.    

On April 26, 2018, the Company and Ms. Powers entered into a note and loan agreement for an additional loan of $1.0 million by Ms. Powers to the Company on the same terms as her prior funding, as previously reported in March.  The Note is convertible into Series B Preferred Stock at $2.30 per share (with each share of Series B Preferred Stock convertible into ten shares of Common Stock at $0.23 per share), and Class D-2 Warrants exercisable for an equal number of shares of Common Stock at $0.30 per share, with warrants on half of the Note repayment amount due and issuable when the loan was provided, and warrants on half of the Note repayment amount due on a proportional basis in the event of conversion of some or all of the Note. The Note bears interest at a rate of 10% per annum, and is repayable upon 15 days' notice from the holder (and no later than five years from the date of the Note).  

About Northwest Biotherapeutics

Northwest Biotherapeutics is a biotechnology company focused on developing personalized immunotherapy products designed to treat cancers more effectively than current treatments, without toxicities of the kind associated with chemotherapies, and on a cost-effective basis, in both North America and Europe.  The Company has a broad platform technology for DCVax® dendritic cell-based vaccines.  The Company's lead program is a 331-patient Phase III trial in newly diagnosed Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM).  GBM is the most aggressive and lethal form of brain cancer, and is an "orphan disease."  The Company is also preparing for the Phase II portion of Phase I/II trials with DCVax-Direct for inoperable solid tumors.  It has completed the 40-patient Phase I portion of the trial.  The Company also previously conducted a Phase I/II trial with DCVax-L for metastatic ovarian cancer together with the University of Pennsylvania. 

Disclaimer

Statements made in this news release that are not historical facts, including statements concerning future treatment of patients using DCVax and future clinical trials, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Words such as "expect," "believe," "intend," "design," "plan," "continue," "may," "will," "anticipate," and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements.  Actual results may differ materially from those projected in any forward-looking statement.  Specifically, there are a number of important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated, such as risks related to the Company's ability to complete the trials on a timely basis, uncertainties about the clinical trials process, uncertainties about the timely performance of third parties, risks related to whether the Company's products will demonstrate safety and efficacy, risks related to the Company's ongoing ability to raise additional capital, and other risks included in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") filings.  Additional information on the foregoing risk factors and other factors, including Risk Factors, which could affect the Company's results, is included in its SEC filings.  Finally, there may be other factors not mentioned above or included in the Company's SEC filings that may cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in any forward-looking statement.  You should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements.  The Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events or developments, except as required by securities laws.

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