Delcath Systems Inc (DCTH)

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Delcath Announces Exit from Convertible Note

NEW YORK, Dec. 29, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Delcath Systems, Inc. (OTCQB:DCTH), an interventional oncology company focused on the treatment of primary and metastatic liver cancers, announces on December 28, 2017, it entered into exchange agreements (collectively, “Exchange Agreements”), each by and between the Company and an investor from its June 2016 private placement of senior secured convertible notes (as further exchanged, the “Notes”) originally issued pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated June 6, 2016, by and among the Company and such investors. Pursuant to the Exchange Agreements, we (i) extinguished our remaining $3,027,408 in outstanding obligations under the Notes in full, (ii) obtained a release of restrictions on $2,046,897.66 in restricted cash held in our control accounts, (iii) issued to the investors shares (the “Shares”) of our common stock (or rights (“Rights”) to receive common stock to the extent such issuance of Shares would otherwise result in the beneficial ownership by any such investor of more than 4.9% or 9.9% of our issued and outstanding stock), as applicable, of an aggregate of 123,708,735 shares of our common stock (in each case, subject to trading restrictions set forth in leak out agreements the Company separately entered into with each investor (collectively, the “Leak-Out Agreements”)) and (iv) a cash payment to the investors of $829,830.54 from the restricted cash held in our control accounts. The number of shares of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock immediately following issuance of the initial Shares to the investors is 114,054,852.

The Rights may be exercised in whole or in part by an investor, without payment of additional consideration, at any time an investor would not beneficially own more than 4.9% or 9.9% (as set forth in the applicable Exchange Agreement) of the Company’s common stock (along with any shares of the Company’s common stock owned by any Attribution Parties) outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise. The Shares and Rights were issued in transactions exempt from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Shares and Rights were also issued in compliance with Section 3(a)(9) thereunder such that for Rule 144 purposes the holding period for the Shares and Rights and shares of Company common stock underlying the Rights may be tacked onto the holding period of the Notes.

The foregoing summaries of the terms of the Exchange Agreements and the Leak-Out Agreements do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by the terms of the Exchange Agreements and the Leak-Out Agreements attached to its Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 29, 2017, as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2, respectively, to the Current Report. Roth Capital Partners acted as financial advisor with respect to the transactions described herein.

About Delcath Systems

Delcath Systems, Inc. is an interventional oncology Company focused on the treatment of primary and metastatic liver cancers. Our investigational product – Melphalan Hydrochloride for Injection for use with the Delcath Hepatic Delivery System (Melphalan/HDS) – is designed to administer high-dose chemotherapy to the liver while controlling systemic exposure and associated side effects. We have commenced a global Phase 3 FOCUS clinical trial for Patients with Hepatic Dominant Ocular Melanoma (OM) and plan to initiate a Registration trial for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC). Melphalan/HDS has not been approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for sale in the U.S. In Europe, our system has been commercially available since 2012 under the trade name Delcath Hepatic CHEMOSAT® Delivery System for Melphalan (CHEMOSAT), where it has been used at major medical centers to treat a wide range of cancers of the liver.

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