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Marshall Edwards, Inc. Raises $10,000,000 in Public Offering
| Source: Marshall Edwards, Inc.
WASHINGTON, DC and SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA--(Marketwire - July 30, 2008) - Marshall Edwards, Inc.
(NASDAQ : MSHL ) announced today that it entered into a Securities
Subscription Agreement with Novogen Limited and OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
pursuant to which Marshall Edwards has sold 2,908,295 and 1,700,000 shares
of common stock, par value $0.00000002 per share, to Novogen and
Oppenheimer, respectively, at a purchase price of $2.17 per share, the
consolidated closing bid price of the Marshall Edwards' common stock as
quoted by the Nasdaq Market Intelligence Desk at 4:00 PM EDT on July 28,
2008. The aggregate proceeds to Marshall Edwards from the sale of shares
of common stock will be $10,000,000 before expenses.
The shares are registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement. On July 30, 2008,
the Company filed a Prospectus Supplement to the Registration Statement
with the SEC covering the sale of the shares to Novogen and Oppenheimer
pursuant to the Securities Subscription Agreement.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, 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. The securities
may be offered only by means of a prospectus. Copies of the Prospectus
Supplement and the accompanying base Prospectus relating to the offering
may be obtained at the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov.
About Marshall Edwards, Inc.:
Marshall Edwards, Inc. is a specialist oncology company focused on the
clinical development of novel anti-cancer therapeutics. These derive from a
flavonoid technology platform, which has generated a number of novel
compounds characterized by broad ranging activity against a range of cancer
cell types with few side effects. The combination of anti-tumor cell
activity and low toxicity is believed to be a result of the ability of
these compounds to target an enzyme present in the cell membrane of cancer
cells, thereby inhibiting the production of pro-survival proteins within
the cell. Marshall Edwards, Inc. has licensed rights from Novogen Limited
(ASX : NRT ) (NASDAQ : NVGN ) to bring three oncology drugs -- phenoxodiol,
triphendiol and NV-143 -- to market globally. The Company's lead
investigational drug, phenoxodiol, is in a Phase III multinational multi-
centered clinical trial for patients with recurrent ovarian cancer. More
information on the trial can be found at http://www.OVATUREtrial.com.
Marshall Edwards, Inc. is majority owned by Novogen Limited (ASX : NRT )
(NASDAQ : NVGN ), an Australian biotechnology company that is specializing in
the development of therapeutics based on a flavonoid technology platform.
Novogen is developing a range of therapeutics across the fields of
oncology, cardiovascular disease and inflammatory diseases. More
information on phenoxodiol and on the Novogen group of companies can be
found at www.marshalledwardsinc.com and www.novogen.com.
Under U.S. law, a new drug cannot be marketed until it has been
investigated in clinical trials and approved by the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration ("FDA") as being safe and effective for the intended use.
Statements included in this press release that are not historical in nature
are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor"
provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You
should be aware that our actual results could differ materially from those
contained in the forward-looking statements, which are based on
management's current expectations and are subject to a number of risks and
uncertainties, including, but not limited to, our failure to successfully
commercialize our product candidates; costs and delays in the development
and/or FDA approval, or the failure to obtain such approval, of our product
candidates; uncertainties in clinical trial results; our inability to
maintain or enter into, and the risks resulting from our dependence upon,
collaboration or contractual arrangements necessary for the development,
manufacture, commercialization, marketing, sales and distribution of any
products; competitive factors; our inability to protect our patents or
proprietary rights and obtain necessary rights to third party patents and
intellectual property to operate our business; our inability to operate our
business without infringing the patents and proprietary rights of others;
general economic conditions; the failure of any products to gain market
acceptance; our inability to obtain any additional required financing;
technological changes; government regulation; changes in industry practice;
and one-time events. We do not intend to update any of these factors or to
publicly announce the results of any revisions to these forward-looking
statements.