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cjgaddy

07/15/17 3:53 PM

#303696 RE: cjgaddy #303667

7-14-17: Avid Scientists have developed “Antibody Discovery Platform” - applicable to Avid’s customer offerings and Peregrine’s drug dev. R&D side. Looks like good potential – SK calls it a “platform”, and it hit the 10-K. Most interesting (to me).

7-14-17/CEO Steve King: “Another part of our effort to attract new customers is to expand our service offerings. Our scientists have developed a state-of-the-art Antibody Discovery & Characterization Platform through which we can generate antibodies against virtually any target. These capabilities are meant to allow rapid screening for high affinity antibodies that are developable. These capabilities are a natural extension of the services we already offer through Avid and it represents an attractive way to bringing customers at a much earlier stage of development with the potential to move them quickly into process developments and cGMP manufacturing.”...
“The Antibody Discovery Platform discussed earlier [Avid] could also be instrumental on the R&D side of the business, allowing us to rapidly identify antibodies against already validated targets, as well as the potential to identify novel targets. As we think about diversifying our development pipeline to include lower risk, already validated targets, this new capability could help us to identify developable antibodies that could have short-term value, as the need for such antibodies is on the rise. And this approach fits very well into our core capabilities and experience in the development of monoclonal antibodies. You can expect to hear more about this new capability over the coming months on both sides of our business.” http://tinyurl.com/yb4wulvu

4-30-17 10-K pub. 7-14-17 pg.5:
Antibody Discovery Technology
Recently, our scientists have developed an Antibody Discovery & Characterization Platform through which we can generate antibodies against virtually any target. These capabilities are state-of-the-art and meant for rapid screening for high affinity antibodies as drug candidates. These capabilities are a natural extension of the services we already offer through Avid and it may represent a way to bring in customers at a much earlier stage of development with the potential to move them quickly into process development and cGMP manufacturing. Continuing to diversify our customer base is one of our key initiatives at Avid and we believe the antibody discovery capabilities will help attract new customers. The antibody discovery capabilities can also be used in our R&D business to rapidly identify antibodies against known targets as well as to identify novel targets. The antibody discovery platform is now fully functional and we are in the process of evaluating the technology through identifying several known targets and thus far, the results have looked promising. Once this process is completed, the technology platform will be marketed to potential customers as part of our CDMO service offerings.” http://tinyurl.com/ycxu4l5n

cjgaddy

07/17/17 10:35 AM

#304007 RE: cjgaddy #303667

PPHM’s 10K Notes re: Avid FY18 & Beyond (FY18 Guidance announced 7-14-17: $50-55mm - http://tinyurl.com/yb4wulvu )

From 4-30-17 10K iss. 7-14-17 - http://tinyurl.com/ycxu4l5n

Pg.2: “With respect to our CDMO business, FY17 was a record year for revenues, topping $57mm, a 30% revenue growth over FY16 FY. While we are pleased at the continued yr-over-yr revenue growth, we have also recently seen unanticipated decreases in mfg. demand from our largest customer [Halozyme] and a recent regulatory filing delay from our 2nd largest customer which will have some impact on our ability to grow the revenues from our CDMO business in FY18 and could impact our ability to achieve overall profitability by q/e July 31, 2018. However, we believe this to be temporary delay in revenue growth during FY18 and have recently secured 4 new customers and are continuing to focus on securing addl. customer business in order to better diversify our customer base. Our goal is to maintain profitability for Avid over the short term while positioning the business for long-term growth and attracting the resources necessary to continue to advance our promising research and development efforts.”

Pg.3: “FY18 Key Objectives - Our CDMO Business
* Expand our mfg. capacity through the installation & validation of two 2,000L single-use bioreactors in our Myford Facility to support the anticipated needs of a current customer
* Continue to diversify our customer base by securing addl. customers to support our future revenue growth beyond FY18.”

Pg.31: “We have been developing and mfg. biologics since 1993 in our Franklin biomfg. facility (the “Franklin Facility”) located at our current headquarters in Tustin and formed Avid in 2002 to offer these services to 3rd-party customers using. In March 2016, we expanded our mfg. capacity through the launch of our Myford biomfg. facility (“Myford Facility”), which doubled our mfg. capacity. The 42,000sf facility, which is our 2nd biomfg. facility, can accommodate single-use bioreactors up to the 2,000-liter mfg. scale. The Myford Facility was designed to accommodate a fully disposable biomfg. process for products in late stage clinical dev. to commercial. To date, Myford Facility has been utilized to complete a number of process validation runs for our 3rd-party customers, which may lead to future commercial production, and has supported the process validation of our internal product, bavituximab. The Myford Facility is located adjacent to our Franklin Facility. As we look to expand our CDMO business, in Feb. 2017, we leased an addl. 42,000sf of vacant warehouse space within the same building as our existing Myford Facility. The proximity of this space will allow us to utilize existing mfg. infrastructure that we believe should enhance our mfg. efficiencies and reduce the overall cost and timeframe to construct a 3rd biomfg. facility. Although we previously anticipated that the new mfg. facility would be constructed and ready for mfg. activities by mid-calendar year 2018, due to unanticipated changes in and/or timing of customer demand (as discussed above), we have decided to defer construction of this 3rd facility until demand from existing or potential new customers is expected to exceed the current mfg. capacity at our Franklin Facility & Myford Facility. Additionally, commencement of construction is also subject to our ability to raise sufficient addl. capital to support this expansion effort. As a result, we presently do not expect to commence construction of this 3rd facility prior to April 30, 2018.”

Pg33: “Excluding any future potential new business, we expect Avid revs for FY18 to slightly decline vs. FY17. Part of this decline is due to lower anticipated commitments from Halozyme (our largest customer) based on their most recent committed forecast (covering the 3 qtrs ending March 2018), which amount is expected to be partially offset by $10mm revenue that was expected to be recognized in FY17, but has been shifted to FY18 due to a delay in shipping product that was complete and ready for shipment as of fye 4-30-17.”

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AVID BIOSERVICES, Inc. (Peregrine's Mfg. Subsidiary): http://www.avidbio.com
7-14-17: PPHM's Revs & Burns By Qtr Table, FY'07/Q1 thru FY'17/Q4 (q/e 4-30-17): http://tinyurl.com/yb4wulvu (since 5-2006: Avid=$231.2mm, Total=$257.8mm, incl.Govt)
......Avid FY18 (fye 4-30-18) revs guidance: $50-55mm; committed backlog=$58mm. Recently Leased +42,000sf in same bldg. as MYFORD for future expansion."
7-14-17: Avid Scientists develop “Antibody Discovery & Characterization Platform” http://tinyurl.com/ycr3erft
...S.King: “through which we can generate antibodies against virtually any target. These capabilities are state-of-the-art and meant for rapid screening for high affinity antibodies as drug candidates.”
5-2017: Avid II (Myford) adds 2 MilliporeSigma Mobius 2,000L single-use bioreactors; total mfg. capacity now ">11,000L". http://tinyurl.com/ky7bmu4
5-10-17: Halozyme comments on Avid II(Myford) expansion in their 3-31-17/10Q pub. 5-9-17: http://tinyurl.com/mrl34uk
..."validation of the new facility is scheduled to end in Q2/2017… Once this new facility is approved, it will become the primary source for Roche of bulk rHuPH20.”

cjgaddy

07/17/17 12:04 PM

#304050 RE: cjgaddy #303667

Large Ownership now ~13.9mm shares, 31.0% of 45mm O/S. (Ronin/SW, E.Cap/Dart, Institutions)

7-14-17/13D: Group Ronin Trading/SWInvest (John Stafford III+Stephen White) acquires 8.8% stake (3,952,446sh.) in PPHM http://tinyurl.com/y7ezqvm9
...3,801,139 COMMON - 8.4% of 45,069,188 common O/S at 7-10-17 (total beneficial=3,952,446 if Pref. conv. x1.19 to Common, 8.8%)
...127,099 PREFERRED – 7.7% of 1,647,760 preferred O/S at 1-31-17
......As a Group, ie, “people that share the furtherance of a common objective/concerted action”; 13D’s are reserved for ACTIVE INVESTORS who may be “interested in agitating for some kind of a change at the company”.
...7-13-17: Ronin/SW-Invest Letter to Stockholders; PPHM Comments http://tinyurl.com/ybr8ycbp - Ronin nominates Gregory Sargen, Brian Scanlan, Saiid Zarrabian for election to PPHM's board at next ASM ~10-12-17.
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10-30-15: Kenneth Dart (Eastern Capital) acquires 9.6% stake (4,300,992sh.) in PPHM http://tinyurl.com/y95yskck
...3,777,183 COMMON - 8.4% of 45,069,188 common O/S at 7-10-17 (total beneficial=4,300,992 if Pref. conv. x1.19 to Common, 9.6%)
...440,000 PREFERRED - 26.7% of 1,647,760 preferred O/S at 1-31-17
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Plus, INSTITUTIONS a/o 3-31-17: 5,690,888sh. = 12.6% (of 45mm) http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/pphm/institutional-holdings
 
TOP5:
Kennedy Capital Mgt. 1,247,224 +164,952
Tappan Street Partners 914,304 +914,304
Vanguard Group 882,964 +267,438
Blackrock (Larry Fink, CEO) 855,455 +177,856
Renaissance Technologies 439,673 +6,259

cjgaddy

07/20/17 9:14 AM

#304566 RE: cjgaddy #303667

Known Upcoming Events, Large-Shareholders(31%), RONIN-PPHM HISTORY, updated 7-20-17 with a Ronin/SW “Letter to Employees of Peregrine”

KNOWN UPCOMING:
Jul25: Neo-Synth’s "Precision: Lung Cancer - World R&D Summit", Boston http://tinyurl.com/ydcxlkja
...12:00pm: Bruce Freimark (Res.Dir/PreClin-Oncol), “Overriding PS-Mediated Tumor Immune Suppression to Enhance Immune Checkpoint Therapies”

Jul27: Final Settlement Hearing for 2013 Shareholder Derivative CA Lawsuit vs. BOD http://tinyurl.com/y982h3rt

Aug15-16: CBI’s MES 2017 (Mfg. Execution Systems), Orlando http://tinyurl.com/ya4twmbj
...Aug16/8:45am: Mehron Mirian (SeniorMgr./QA Validation), "MES AUDIT DEEP DIVE Computerized System Audit"

Aug21-25/Avid Booth #403: CHI's 9th Annual BioProcessing Summit, Boston http://www.bioprocessingsummit.com

~Sep7: FY'18Q1 (qe 7-31-17) Financials & Conf. Call - http://ir.peregrineinc.com/events.cfm

Sep25-28/Avid Booth #918: Informa’s BPI’17: BioProcess Intl. Conf. & Exhibition, Boston https://lifesciences.knect365.com/bioprocessinternational

Oct2/NCI Scientist Gregoire Altan-Bonnet(MSKCC ties), AACR’s Tumor Immunotherapy Conf., Boston http://tinyurl.com/y74v76go
...“Long-Lived Disruption of Inflammation Stems from the Catch-and-Release of Cytokines Mediated by Surface Phosphatidylserine in Tumors

~Oct12: Peregrine's Annual Shareholder’s Meeting (2016 attendee reports: http://tinyurl.com/jx7ouay )

Dec11-15/Avid Booth #311: KNect365’s Antibody Eng. & Therapeutics Conf., SanDiego https://lifesciences.knect365.com/antibody-engineering-therapeutics

~Dec11: FY'18Q2 (qe 10-31-17) Financials & Conf. Call - http://ir.peregrineinc.com/events.cfm

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7-24-17: Large Ownership Summary(31%), RONIN Letters/PPHM Comments

Large Ownership now ~13.9mm shares, 31.0% of 45mm O/S. (Ronin+SW/Stafford+White, Eastern Cap./K.Dart, Institutions)

#1: 10-30-15: Kenneth Dart (Eastern Capital) acquires 9.6% stake (4,300,992sh.) in PPHM http://tinyurl.com/y95yskck
...3,777,183 COMMON – 8.4% of 45,069,188 common O/S at 7-10-17 (total beneficial=4,300,992 if Pref. conv. x1.19 to Common, 9.6%)
...440,000 PREFERRED – 26.7% of 1,647,760 preferred O/S at 1-31-17

#2: 7-14-17/13D: Group Ronin Trading/SWInvest (John Stafford III+Stephen White) acquires 8.8% stake (3,952,446sh.) in PPHM http://tinyurl.com/y7ezqvm9
...3,801,139 COMMON – 8.4% of 45,069,188 common O/S at 7-10-17 (total beneficial=3,952,446 if Pref. conv. x1.19 to Common, 8.8%)
...127,099 PREFERRED – 7.7% of 1,647,760 preferred O/S at 1-31-17
NOTE: ALL historical common #’s adjusted for the 1:7 R/S eff. 7-10-17.
 
RONIN/SW 13D SUMMARY:
13D TransDates COMMON-CHG PREF-CHG ENDING-COMMON ENDING-PREF.
3-2-17 1/20/17-3/1/17 +2,947,425 +51,364 2,947,425 51,364 http://tinyurl.com/jr42u23
3-10-17 3/2/17-3/9/17 +433,509 +25,661 3,380,934 77,025 http://tinyurl.com/ydxra96u
4-17-17 3/28/17-4/10/17 0 +23,334 3,380,934 100,359 http://tinyurl.com/lanjddc
5-19-17 5/1/17-5/17/17 0 +23,140 3,380,934 123,499 http://tinyurl.com/mgnn92x
6-20-17 3/10/17-6/16/17 +378,170 0 3,759,105 123,499 http://tinyurl.com/y76q5rqu
6-29-17 6/21/17 +7,143 0 3,766,248 123,499 http://tinyurl.com/y9sp8bfv
7-14-17 6/29/17-7/7/17 +34,891 +3,600 3,801,139 127,099 http://tinyurl.com/ybra4s69

SPLITOUT 13D GROUP into Ronin(John Stafford III) and SW-Partners(Stephen White):
Ronin Trading (Stafford) 3,173,391 115,299
SW-Partners (White) 627,748 11,800
See 13D Details Below.
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Plus, INSTITUTIONS a/o 3-31-17: 5,690,888sh. = 12.6% (of $5mm) http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/pphm/institutional-holdings
TOP5:
Kennedy Capital Mgt. 1,247,224 +164,952
Tappan Street Partners 914,304 +914,304
Vanguard Group 882,964 +267,438
Blackrock (Larry Fink, CEO) 855,455 +177,856
Renaissance Technologies 439,673 +6,259


RONIN/SW Letters to Shareholders/Employees & PPHM Responses: (newest first)

7-20-17: Ronin Trading and SWIM Issue Letter to Employees of Peregrine
- Elaborate on Strategic Vision & Intentions with Respect to Peregrine
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ronin-trading-and-sw-investment-management-issue-letter-to-employees-of-peregrine-pharmaceuticals-300491208.html
Dear Peregrine Employees:
Ronin Trading, LLC and SW Investment Mgt. LLC believe it is important that you understand a little more about us and what we are attempting to accomplish with our nominations of Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan, and Saiid Zarrabian for election to the Peregrine’s Board of Directors… As detailed in our 7-13-17 public letter to stockholders, we believe that the Company is suffering from mismanagement under the leadership of the incumbent Board that is comprised of egregiously compensated directors who lack relevant experience, possess an immaterial financial interest in the Company, and have histories of losses and questionable dealings outside of Peregrine. Rather than capitalize on the emergence of Peregrine's contract dev. & mfg. Business (“CMDO”), Avid Bioservices, the incumbents have elected to use Avid to support the unsuccessful development of bavituximab. We believe this is a mistake and that the Company and all of its stakeholders – stockholders, employees, and customers – would benefit from a focus on Avid. We want to invest more capital in Avid. We believe Peregrine should invest significantly more into Avid's people, capacity and technology – the only investments to date that have created value for Peregrine. Because of Avid's high return on capital, excellent competitive position and great regulatory track record, we believe that addl. investment will create even more value. Meanwhile, public & private market valuations for CDMOs remain very high, indicating the future return potential for businesses such as Avid. Avid should not be competing for capital with an unsuccessful drug dev. program; instead, it desperately needs a structure where it can invest for growth, free from the handicap of a mgt. team that forces it to prop up a failed clinical dev. business. Increased investment into Avid would also bring much-needed comfort to Avid's customers and the Company's other stakeholders. We appreciate how unsettling it is to see Peregrine's auditor raise substantial doubt as to the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. We are confident that these doubts would be alleviated by focusing on profitably growing Avid and not diverting resources to unrelated clinical dev. activities. We want to attract and retain the best employees for Avid. We genuinely appreciate that the value in CDMOs is as much (if not more) about the people as it is about the physical assets. We want Avid to attract and retain the best talent available, but that will only be possible with the following changes.
First, Peregrine needs a vastly improved culture, which begins with directors and mgt. who possess relevant experience, successful track records, and a true appreciation for Avid's business. Avid can no longer be treated as little more than a means to support extraneous pursuits. Employees deserve strong commitments from a knowledgeable, ethical mgt. team that is focused on growing Avid over the long-run. Second, incentive alignment is a critically important element to the success of any organization. As such, employees should be rewarded with better equity incentive compensation, and this compensation should reflect the work they do. This will only be possible if Peregrine immediately halts all clinical dev. work and reorganizes so that the price of Peregrine's stock is determined by the success of Avid rather than the struggles of clinical development. We are NOT unconditionally wedded to Peregrine's clinical dev. activities. While we acknowledge that there are always varying opinions on the prospects for any drug candidate, the evidence against bavituximab is clear. Despite hundreds of millions in R&D, this drug candidate has not produced any statistically significant results showing improvement in cancer survival rates, has no large partners and no identifiable quotes from key opinion leaders. No amount of "excitement" over data mining from Peregrine's current mgt. changes these facts. We want an independent & objective review of Peregrine's clinical dev. activities, and we believe our director candidates are highly qualified to undertake this review and run a monetization process. However, it is critically important to understand that regardless of anyone's opinion of Peregrine's clinical dev. assets, the Company has NO ability to underwrite any further R&D without simultaneously destroying the value of Avid. For this reason alone, Peregrine must immediately halt all clinical dev. R&D and cut the associated expenses.
We are NOT trying to sell the Company. We are not short-term investors looking to make a quick buck. In fact, when President & CEO Steven W. King previously privately acknowledged to us that the Company had considered selling all or a portion of Avid, we expressed our strong disapproval of any such transaction and belief that it would be contrary to the best interests of the Company and its stockholders. Instead, we insisted that the best option was to focus on taking a long-term view of Avid while managing Peregrine far more sensibly. We reminded Mr. King that a sale of Avid would require stockholder approval and cautioned against attempting to structure a transaction in a manner that would not require stockholder approval. We also explained to Mr. King that a spin-off transaction would be effectively impossible because of Peregrine's approx. $650mm tax-loss carryforward asset and the fact that Peregrine's clinical dev. has no ability to independently support its operations. We are NOT nominating ourselves to the Board. With the Company's 3 non-employee directors collectively earning over $10mm in total compensation since the start of FY2010 (not even including whatever they have received since April 30, 2016), we believe the incumbent directors are grossly overcompensated. We have no interest in receiving this exorbitant compensation at the expense of stockholders; rather, we want to profit with all other stockholders, which is why we are seeking the election of highly qualified, experienced, and reputable candidates who believe will be able to create value for all stockholders and bring stability to the Company for its employees and customers. We fully expect that director compensation will be appropriately adjusted downward once new independent directors capable of acting in stockholders' best interests are elected to the Board. We are NOT "activist" investors. We have not nominated our director candidates because it fulfills our investment strategy. Even 13D Monitor, a research service specializing in shareholder activism, recently noted that "Neither Ronin Capital nor SW Investment (the "Group") are activist investors…" when commenting on our involvement with the Company. Instead, we are simply stockholders who saw a great opportunity to grow Peregrine over the long-run, but realized that change was desperately needed to address the Company's troubling corporate governance practices & strategic miscues. We saw an excellent chance to create value for all stockholders and send a resounding message that poor corporate governance, mismanagement and anything less than the highest ethical standards will no longer be tolerated at Peregrine. We are here to provide a voice for frustrated stockholders and show that there is a light at the end of the tunnel for the Company's customers & employees. Facing the stark reality that their lengthy tenure of unjustifiably high compensation may be coming to an end, we caution the incumbent Board members against taking any action to further entrench themselves or otherwise to the detriment of the Company. Any attempts by the incumbents to delay the upcoming annual meeting, further enrich themselves, or engage in a material transaction without stockholder approval will not be tolerated. We encourage you to let Mr. King and the other members of the Board know that you feel the same way. We look forward to disrupting the culture of entrenchment and seeking the election of our highly-qualified indep. candidates, Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan and Saiid Zarrabian, at the upcoming 2017 annual meeting of stockholders.
Regards,
John S. Stafford III - RONIN TRADING, LLC
Stephen White - SW Investment Mgt. LLC
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CERTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PARTICIPANTS
Ronin Trading intends to file a preliminary proxy statement and an accompanying proxy card with the SEC to be used to solicit votes for the election of its slate of 3 highly qualified director nominees at the 2017 annual meeting of stockholders Peregrine.
RONIN STRONGLY ADVISES ALL STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND OTHER PROXY MATERIALS AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. SUCH PROXY MATERIALS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT http://www.sec.gov ...
The participants in the solicitation are Ronin Trading, John S. Stafford, III, SWIM Partners LP, SW Investment Mgt. LLC, Stephen White, Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan, and Saiid Zarrabian.
As of the date hereof, Ronin Trading directly beneficially owned 3,310,651 shares… Mr. White, as the Mgr. of SW Mgt., may be deemed to beneficially own the 641,795 shares… As of the date hereof, Messrs. Sargen, Scanlan, and Zarrabian did not beneficially own any securities of the Company.
Investor Contact: Stephen White, SW Investment Mgt. LLC, 312- 765-7033

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7-13-17: Ronin & SW-Invest Issue Letter to Stockholders of Peregrine Pharmaceuticals
* Believe Change is Desperately Needed to Peregrine's Board Given Current Strategy, Poor Corporate Governance, Apparent Misalignment of Interests with Stockholders, and Constant Dilution
* Announces Nomination of Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan, and Saiid Zarrabian for Election at Upcoming 2017 Annual Meeting
CHICAGO, July 13, 2017, PR Newswire:
Ronin Trading, LLC [John Stafford III] and SW Investment Mgt. LLC [Stephen White] (together with the other participants in their solicitation, "Ronin"), collectively the 2nd largest stockholder of Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: PPHM), with aggregate beneficial ownership of approx. 8.8% of the Company's outstanding shares of common stock, today issued a letter to Peregrine's stockholders.
In the letter, Ronin announced that it has formally nominated 3 independent, highly-qualified candidates, Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan, and Saiid Zarrabian, for election to the Company's Board of Directors at the Company's upcoming 2017 annual meeting of stockholders [~Oct. 12, 2017].
As explained in the letter, Ronin believes that there are opportunities to increase stockholder value; however, Ronin is concerned that stockholders will continue to suffer unless the Board is reconstituted with directors who will represent stockholders' best interests. The full text of the letter follows. . .
FULL LETTER w/Charts: http://tinyurl.com/y96wtrdb (PRNewswire)
7-13-17/Schd14A Proxy: http://tinyurl.com/y7tx3mv3 (14A)
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7-13-17: Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Issues Statement Regarding Ronin Trading & SW Investment Mgt.'s Letter to Stockholders
http://ir.peregrineinc.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1033161
TUSTIN, July 13, 2017: Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:PPHM) today confirmed that Ronin Trading, LLC and SW Investment Mgt. LLC (together, "Ronin/SWIM") submitted 3 candidates for election to the Peregrine Board of Directors at the Company's Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The Company issued the following statement on Ronin/SWIM's nomination of directors and its letter to the Peregrine stockholders:

"Peregrine welcomes the input of our stockholders and is committed to maintaining a highly qualified Board to lead the company forward. We respect the right of stockholders to nominate directors and our Board follows a defined process to evaluate any potential nominees. Our Nominating Committee will carefully evaluate Ronin/SWIM's nominees consistent with that process. Following the Committee's review, it will make a recommendation to the Board that is in the best interests of Peregrine and all of our stockholders. Stockholders need take no action at this time.

"We are actively engaged in an ongoing dialogue with our stockholders and welcome their constructive input on how we can further strengthen the company. We have engaged in various discussions with representatives of Ronin Trading and SW Investment Mgt. and welcome a constructive dialogue toward enhancing value.

"Peregrine's Board, which has a deep understanding of the Company's R&D and CDMO business lines, has been actively involved in setting and overseeing a strategy that has delivered meaningful growth over the past five years in our CDMO business and promising progress in our R&D efforts while substantially reducing R&D spend.

"Our Board is committed to maximizing value for all stockholders. Peregrine will continue to evaluate stockholder input, assess opportunities and make decisions to achieve this objective."
ABOUT PEREGRINE PHARMACEUTICALS (snip)
MEDIA CONTACTS: John Christiansen / Matt Reid, Sard Verbinnen & Co, (415) 618-8750 / (310) 201-2040 http://www.sardverb.com
INVESTOR CONTACTS: Stephanie Diaz, Vida Strategic Partners, (415) 675-7401

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7-14-17/13D(COMMON+PREFERRED): Ronin/SWPartners adds 34,891/Common + 3,600/Pref. Jun29-Jul7 http://tinyurl.com/ybra4s69
6-29-17: SWIM adds 14,286 Common @4.01
6-29-17: SW-Invest adds 7,143 Common @4.01
7-7-17: SWIM adds 8,974 Common @3.91
7-7-17: SW-Invest adds 4,486 Common @3.91
7-7-17: Ronin adds 3,600 Preferred @22.00
**NOTE 2nd 7-14-17 13D: http://tinyurl.com/y7tcoqja – documents the 7-12-17 letter from Ronin to PPHM nominating Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan, Saiid Zarrabian for election to PPHM’s BOD the upcoming ~10-12-17 ASM., as well as the 7-13-17 Ronin PR.
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7-13-17: Ronin/SW-Invest Letter to Stockholders; PPHM Comments http://tinyurl.com/ybr8ycbp

6-29-17/13D: Group Ronin/SWIM adds 7,143sh. on 6-21-17, bringing total Common to 3,766,248, 8.4% of Common O/S (45,069,188 at 7-10-17). http://tinyurl.com/y9sp8bfv (13D filed June29)
….See the 13D for the one purchase of 7,143sh. of COMMON by SWIM Partners (Stephen White) on 6-21-17 at $4.10. 13D triggering event: On 6-27-17, Mr. Stafford (sole, indirect beneficial owner) transferred all his 3,306,366sh./Common (which includes 132,975 shares of Common issuable upon conv. of 111,699/Preferred x8.333/7) from Ronin Capital LLC to Ronin Trading LLC.

6-20-17/13D(COMMON ONLY): Group Ronin/SWIM adds 378,170 (Mar10-June16), bringing total Common to 3,759,105, 8.8% of Common O/S(42,529,925 at 3-10-17). http://tinyurl.com/y76q5rqu (13D filed June20)
….See the 13D for the 23 purchases of 378,170sh. of COMMON by Ronin+SW 3-10-17 thru 6-17-17. (prices range from 3.57 – 4.97)

5-19-17/13D(PREFERRED ONLY): Group Ronin/SWIM adds 23,140 (May1-May17), bringing total Preferred to 123,499, 7.5% of Preferred O/S(1,647,760 at 1-31-17). http://tinyurl.com/mgnn92x (13D filed May19)
…...On May1, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 7,200 sh. Preferred @$22.51
…...On May15, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 4,740 sh. Preferred @$22.20
…...On May17, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 4,700 sh. Preferred @22.04
…...On May12, 2017, SW-InvestMgt pur. 700 sh. Preferred @$21.15
…...On May17, 2017, SW-InvestMgt pur. 1,120 sh. Preferred @$22.07
…...On May12, 2017, SWIM-Partners pur. 1,800 sh. Preferred @$22.15
…...On May17, 2017, SWIM-Partners pur. 2,880 sh. Preferred @$22.07
TOTAL OWNED 5-19-17: Ronin=111,699, SW-InvestMgt=3,120, SWIM-Partners=8,680 =>GROUP=123,499sh.

4-17-17/13D(PREFERRED ONLY): Ronin adds 23,334 (Mar28-Apr10), bringing total Group Preferred to 100,359, 6.1% of Preferred O/S(1,647,760 at 1-31-17).
http://tinyurl.com/lanjddc (13D filed Apr17)
…...On Mar28, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 1,807 sh. Preferred @$21.60
…...On Apr6, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 5,817 sh. Preferred @$22.16
…...On Apr7, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 10,510 sh. Preferred @22.06
…...On Apr10, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 5,200 sh. Preferred @$21.96
TOTAL OWNED 4-17-17: Ronin=95,059, SW-InvestMgt=1,300, SWIM-Partners=4,000 =>GROUP=100,359sh.

3-10-17/13D(COMMON+PREFERRED): Ronin adds ~3mm/Common & 25,661/Preferred Mar2-9. Group ownership now: 3,380,934/common and 77,025/preferred. http://tinyurl.com/ydxra96u

3-2-17/13D#1(COMMON+PREFERRED Combined): Ronin(John Stafford III) & SW-Partners/SWIM(Stephen White) accum. all of their common & preferred from 1/20/17 – 3/1/17. Group ownership now: 2,947,425/common and 51,364/preferred. http://tinyurl.com/jr42u23

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NOTES/13D: "Each share of Preferred Stock is convertible into a #shares of Common determined by dividing the liquidation preference of $25/sh. by the conv. price, currently $21.00/sh. (8.333/7=1.19048). The Group for purposes of 13D also holds 5% or more of the Common Stock of Peregrine as reported in its separate 13D filed on Mar. 2, 2017, amended Mar. 8, 2017.”
NOTES:
* 13D Group: “people that share the furtherance of a common objective/concerted action”.
* 13D’s are reserved for ACTIVE INVESTORS who may be “interested in agitating for some kind of a change at the company”.
* See John Stafford III/XENCOR BOD(18yrs service): http://tinyurl.com/hcmsv8p
* Ronin Capital LLC: http://www.ronin-capital.com https://www.linkedin.com/company/ronin-capital
* For calc’ing total stake (Common+Preferred), using curr. conv. rate of 8.333/7=~1.19 sh./Common per one share of Series E Convertible Preferred.

ALL SEC filings for PPHM: http://tinyurl.com/6d4jw8
Inst. Holdings (Nasdaq.com) - updated qtly, 45-days after each q/e cutoff: http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/pphm/institutional-holdings

cjgaddy

07/21/17 9:19 AM

#304875 RE: cjgaddy #303667

PPHM’s 10K Notes re: Avid FY18 & Beyond (FY18 Guidance announced 7-14-17: $50-55mm - http://tinyurl.com/yb4wulvu ). Also, see below for HALO’s comments about projected 2017/2018 Roche’s (reduced) demand for bulk rHuPH20 in their 3-31-17 10-Q filed 5-9-17...

From 4-30-17 10K iss. 7-14-17 - http://tinyurl.com/ycxu4l5n
Pg.2: “With respect to our CDMO business, FY17 was a record year for revenues, topping $57mm, a 30% growth over FY16. While we are pleased at the continued yr-over-yr revenue growth, we have also recently seen unanticipated decreases in mfg. demand from our largest customer [Halozyme] and a recent regulatory filing delay from our 2nd largest customer which will have some impact on our ability to grow the revenues from our CDMO business in FY18 and could impact our ability to achieve overall profitability by q/e July 31, 2018. However, we believe this to be temporary delay in revenue growth during FY18 and have recently secured 4 new customers and are continuing to focus on securing addl. customer business in order to better diversify our customer base. Our goal is to maintain profitability for Avid over the short term while positioning the business for long-term growth and attracting the resources necessary to continue to advance our promising research and development efforts.”

Pg.3: “FY18 Key Objectives - Our CDMO Business
* Expand our mfg. capacity through the installation & validation of two 2,000L single-use bioreactors in our Myford Facility to support the anticipated needs of a current customer
* Continue to diversify our customer base by securing addl. customers to support our future revenue growth beyond FY18.”

Pg.31: “We have been developing and mfg. biologics since 1993 in our Franklin biomfg. facility (the “Franklin Facility”) located at our current headquarters in Tustin and formed Avid in 2002 to offer these services to 3rd-party customers using. In March 2016, we expanded our mfg. capacity through the launch of our Myford biomfg. facility (“Myford Facility”), which doubled our mfg. capacity. The 42,000sf facility, which is our 2nd biomfg. facility, can accommodate single-use bioreactors up to the 2,000-liter mfg. scale. The Myford Facility was designed to accommodate a fully disposable biomfg. process for products in late stage clinical dev. to commercial. To date, Myford Facility has been utilized to complete a number of process validation runs for our 3rd-party customers, which may lead to future commercial production, and has supported the process validation of our internal product, bavituximab. The Myford Facility is located adjacent to our Franklin Facility. As we look to expand our CDMO business, in Feb. 2017, we leased an addl. 42,000sf of vacant warehouse space within the same building as our existing Myford Facility. The proximity of this space will allow us to utilize existing mfg. infrastructure that we believe should enhance our mfg. efficiencies and reduce the overall cost and timeframe to construct a 3rd biomfg. facility. Although we previously anticipated that the new mfg. facility would be constructed and ready for mfg. activities by mid-calendar year 2018, due to unanticipated changes in and/or timing of customer demand (as discussed above), we have decided to defer construction of this 3rd facility until demand from existing or potential new customers is expected to exceed the current mfg. capacity at our Franklin Facility & Myford Facility. Additionally, commencement of construction is also subject to our ability to raise sufficient addl. capital to support this expansion effort. As a result, we presently do not expect to commence construction of this 3rd facility prior to April 30, 2018.”

Pg33: “Excluding any future potential new business, we expect Avid revs for FY18 to slightly decline vs. FY17. Part of this decline is due to lower anticipated commitments from Halozyme (our largest customer) based on their most recent committed forecast (covering the 3 qtrs ending March 2018), which amount is expected to be partially offset by $10mm revenue that was expected to be recognized in FY17, but has been shifted to FY18 due to a delay in shipping product that was complete and ready for shipment as of fye 4-30-17.”

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HALO’s 3-31-17 10-Q filed 5-9-17: http://tinyurl.com/k6zb9uy (Halozyme)
Pg.41: "Product sales, net decreased in the 3mos ended 3-31-17 compared to the same period in 2016, due to a decrease in the sales of bulk rHuPH20 to Roche and a decrease in the sales of Hylenex. We expect that product sales of bulk rHuPH20 will fluctuate in future periods based on the needs of our collaborators. In 2016, we performed services for Roche to bring on-line a 2nd contract mfg. facility [Avid’s Myford] for bulk rHuPH20. Once this new [“Myford”] facility is approved, it will become the primary source for Roche of bulk rHuPH20. As a result, we anticipate Roche will deplete their existing inventory of rHuPH20 ahead of the transition to the new facility, which will result in lower bulk product sales during 2017 & 2018. We expect that future product sales of Hylenex to be flat or experience modest growth, although there may be periods with declining revenue as we experience competition for market share.”

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AVID BIOSERVICES, Inc. (Peregrine's Mfg. Subsidiary): http://www.avidbio.com
7-14-17: PPHM's Revs & Burns By Qtr Table, FY'07/Q1 thru FY'17/Q4 (q/e 4-30-17): http://tinyurl.com/yb4wulvu (since 5-2006: Avid=$231.2mm, Total=$257.8mm, incl.Govt)
......Avid FY18 (fye 4-30-18) revs guidance: $50-55mm; committed backlog=$58mm. Recently Leased +42,000sf in same bldg. as MYFORD for future expansion."
7-14-17: Avid Scientists develop “Antibody Discovery & Characterization Platform” http://tinyurl.com/ycr3erft
...S.King: “through which we can generate antibodies against virtually any target. These capabilities are state-of-the-art and meant for rapid screening for high affinity antibodies as drug candidates.”
5-2017: Avid II (Myford) adds 2 MilliporeSigma Mobius 2,000L single-use bioreactors; total mfg. capacity now ">11,000L". http://tinyurl.com/ky7bmu4
5-10-17: Halozyme comments on Avid II(Myford) expansion in their 3-31-17/10Q pub. 5-9-17: http://tinyurl.com/mrl34uk
..."validation of the new facility is scheduled to end in Q2/2017… Once this new facility is approved, it will become the primary source for Roche of bulk rHuPH20.”

cjgaddy

07/21/17 8:23 PM

#305065 RE: cjgaddy #303667

Known Upcoming Events, Large-Shareholders(34%), RONIN-PPHM HISTORY: updated 7-21-17 with PPHM CEO Steve King’s response letter to PPHM’s employees re: Ronin/John Stafford’s 7-20-17 “Letter to Employees of Peregrine”. Also note Tappan St. Partner’s 7-20-17 13G (Tappan adds +1,384,380sh. => now 2,298,684=5.1% Stake)...

KNOWN UPCOMING:
Jul25: Neo-Synth’s "Precision: Lung Cancer - World R&D Summit", Boston http://tinyurl.com/ydcxlkja
...12:00pm: Bruce Freimark (Res.Dir/PreClin-Oncol), “Overriding PS-Mediated Tumor Immune Suppression to Enhance Immune Checkpoint Therapies”

Jul27: Final Settlement Hearing for 2013 Shareholder Derivative CA Lawsuit vs. BOD http://tinyurl.com/y982h3rt

Aug15-16: CBI’s MES 2017 (Mfg. Execution Systems), Orlando http://tinyurl.com/ya4twmbj
...Aug16/8:45am: Mehron Mirian (SeniorMgr./QA Validation), "MES AUDIT DEEP DIVE Computerized System Audit"

Aug21-25/Avid Booth #403: CHI's 9th Annual BioProcessing Summit, Boston http://www.bioprocessingsummit.com

~Sep7: FY'18Q1 (qe 7-31-17) Financials & Conf. Call - http://ir.peregrineinc.com/events.cfm

Sep25-28/Avid Booth #918: Informa’s BPI’17: BioProcess Intl. Conf. & Exhibition, Boston https://lifesciences.knect365.com/bioprocessinternational

Oct2/NCI Scientist Gregoire Altan-Bonnet(MSKCC ties), AACR’s Tumor Immunotherapy Conf., Boston http://tinyurl.com/y74v76go
...“Long-Lived Disruption of Inflammation Stems from the Catch-and-Release of Cytokines Mediated by Surface Phosphatidylserine in Tumors

~Oct12: Peregrine's Annual Shareholder’s Meeting (2016 attendee reports: http://tinyurl.com/jx7ouay )

Dec11-15/Avid Booth #311: KNect365’s Antibody Eng. & Therapeutics Conf., SanDiego https://lifesciences.knect365.com/antibody-engineering-therapeutics

~Dec11: FY'18Q2 (qe 10-31-17) Financials & Conf. Call - http://ir.peregrineinc.com/events.cfm

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7-24-17: Large Ownership Summary(34%), RONIN Letters/PPHM Comments

Large Ownership now ~15.3mm shares, 34.0% of 45mm O/S. (Ronin+SW/Stafford+White, Eastern Cap./K.Dart, Institutions)

#1: 10-30-15: Kenneth Dart (Eastern Capital) acquires 9.6% stake (4,300,992sh.) in PPHM http://tinyurl.com/y95yskck
...3,777,183 COMMON – 8.4% of 45,069,188 common O/S at 7-10-17 (total beneficial=4,300,992 if Pref. conv. x1.19 to Common, 9.6%)
...440,000 PREFERRED – 26.7% of 1,647,760 preferred O/S at 1-31-17

#2: 7-14-17/13D: Group Ronin Trading/SWInvest (John Stafford III+Stephen White) acquires 8.8% stake (3,952,446sh.) in PPHM http://tinyurl.com/y7ezqvm9
...3,801,139 COMMON – 8.4% of 45,069,188 common O/S at 7-10-17 (total beneficial=3,952,446 if Pref. conv. x1.19 to Common, 8.8%)
...127,099 PREFERRED – 7.7% of 1,647,760 preferred O/S at 1-31-17
NOTE: ALL historical common #’s adjusted for the 1:7 R/S eff. 7-10-17.
 
RONIN/SW 13D SUMMARY:
13D TransDates COMMON-CHG PREF-CHG ENDING-COMMON ENDING-PREF.
3-2-17 1/20/17-3/1/17 +2,947,425 +51,364 2,947,425 51,364 http://tinyurl.com/jr42u23
3-10-17 3/2/17-3/9/17 +433,509 +25,661 3,380,934 77,025 http://tinyurl.com/ydxra96u
4-17-17 3/28/17-4/10/17 0 +23,334 3,380,934 100,359 http://tinyurl.com/lanjddc
5-19-17 5/1/17-5/17/17 0 +23,140 3,380,934 123,499 http://tinyurl.com/mgnn92x
6-20-17 3/10/17-6/16/17 +378,170 0 3,759,105 123,499 http://tinyurl.com/y76q5rqu
6-29-17 6/21/17 +7,143 0 3,766,248 123,499 http://tinyurl.com/y9sp8bfv
7-14-17 6/29/17-7/7/17 +34,891 +3,600 3,801,139 127,099 http://tinyurl.com/ybra4s69

SPLITOUT 13D GROUP into Ronin(John Stafford III) and SW-Partners(Stephen White):
Ronin Trading (Stafford) 3,173,391 115,299
SW-Partners (White) 627,748 11,800
See 13D Details Below.
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Plus, INSTITUTIONS a/o 3-31-17 (+ 7-20-17 Tappan/13G): 7,075,268sh. = 15.7% (of $45mm) http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/pphm/institutional-holdings
TOP5:
Kennedy Capital Mgt. 1,247,224 +164,952
Tappan Street Partners 914,304 +914,304
...Includes: **7-20-17 13G: Tappan adds +1,384,380, now 2,298,684=5.1% http://tinyurl.com/y94egwwk
Vanguard Group 882,964 +267,438
Blackrock (Larry Fink, CEO) 855,455 +177,856
Renaissance Technologies 439,673 +6,259


RONIN/SW Letters to Shareholders/Employees & PPHM Responses: (newest first)

7-20-17: Ronin Trading and SWIM Issue Letter to Employees of Peregrine
- Elaborate on Strategic Vision & Intentions with Respect to Peregrine
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ronin-trading-and-sw-investment-management-issue-letter-to-employees-of-peregrine-pharmaceuticals-300491208.html
SEC Form 14A: http://tinyurl.com/y8nohtz8
Dear Peregrine Employees:
Ronin Trading, LLC and SW Investment Mgt. LLC believe it is important that you understand a little more about us and what we are attempting to accomplish with our nominations of Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan, and Saiid Zarrabian for election to the Peregrine’s Board of Directors… As detailed in our 7-13-17 public letter to stockholders, we believe that the Company is suffering from mismanagement under the leadership of the incumbent Board that is comprised of egregiously compensated directors who lack relevant experience, possess an immaterial financial interest in the Company, and have histories of losses and questionable dealings outside of Peregrine. Rather than capitalize on the emergence of Peregrine's contract dev. & mfg. Business (“CMDO”), Avid Bioservices, the incumbents have elected to use Avid to support the unsuccessful development of bavituximab. We believe this is a mistake and that the Company and all of its stakeholders – stockholders, employees, and customers – would benefit from a focus on Avid. We want to invest more capital in Avid. We believe Peregrine should invest significantly more into Avid's people, capacity and technology – the only investments to date that have created value for Peregrine. Because of Avid's high return on capital, excellent competitive position and great regulatory track record, we believe that addl. investment will create even more value. Meanwhile, public & private market valuations for CDMOs remain very high, indicating the future return potential for businesses such as Avid. Avid should not be competing for capital with an unsuccessful drug dev. program; instead, it desperately needs a structure where it can invest for growth, free from the handicap of a mgt. team that forces it to prop up a failed clinical dev. business. Increased investment into Avid would also bring much-needed comfort to Avid's customers and the Company's other stakeholders. We appreciate how unsettling it is to see Peregrine's auditor raise substantial doubt as to the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. We are confident that these doubts would be alleviated by focusing on profitably growing Avid and not diverting resources to unrelated clinical dev. activities. We want to attract and retain the best employees for Avid. We genuinely appreciate that the value in CDMOs is as much (if not more) about the people as it is about the physical assets. We want Avid to attract and retain the best talent available, but that will only be possible with the following changes.
First, Peregrine needs a vastly improved culture, which begins with directors and mgt. who possess relevant experience, successful track records, and a true appreciation for Avid's business. Avid can no longer be treated as little more than a means to support extraneous pursuits. Employees deserve strong commitments from a knowledgeable, ethical mgt. team that is focused on growing Avid over the long-run. Second, incentive alignment is a critically important element to the success of any organization. As such, employees should be rewarded with better equity incentive compensation, and this compensation should reflect the work they do. This will only be possible if Peregrine immediately halts all clinical dev. work and reorganizes so that the price of Peregrine's stock is determined by the success of Avid rather than the struggles of clinical development. We are NOT unconditionally wedded to Peregrine's clinical dev. activities. While we acknowledge that there are always varying opinions on the prospects for any drug candidate, the evidence against bavituximab is clear. Despite hundreds of millions in R&D, this drug candidate has not produced any statistically significant results showing improvement in cancer survival rates, has no large partners and no identifiable quotes from key opinion leaders. No amount of "excitement" over data mining from Peregrine's current mgt. changes these facts. We want an independent & objective review of Peregrine's clinical dev. activities, and we believe our director candidates are highly qualified to undertake this review and run a monetization process. However, it is critically important to understand that regardless of anyone's opinion of Peregrine's clinical dev. assets, the Company has NO ability to underwrite any further R&D without simultaneously destroying the value of Avid. For this reason alone, Peregrine must immediately halt all clinical dev. R&D and cut the associated expenses.
We are NOT trying to sell the Company. We are not short-term investors looking to make a quick buck. In fact, when President & CEO Steven W. King previously privately acknowledged to us that the Company had considered selling all or a portion of Avid, we expressed our strong disapproval of any such transaction and belief that it would be contrary to the best interests of the Company and its stockholders. Instead, we insisted that the best option was to focus on taking a long-term view of Avid while managing Peregrine far more sensibly. We reminded Mr. King that a sale of Avid would require stockholder approval and cautioned against attempting to structure a transaction in a manner that would not require stockholder approval. We also explained to Mr. King that a spin-off transaction would be effectively impossible because of Peregrine's approx. $650mm tax-loss carryforward asset and the fact that Peregrine's clinical dev. has no ability to independently support its operations. We are NOT nominating ourselves to the Board. With the Company's 3 non-employee directors collectively earning over $10mm in total compensation since the start of FY2010 (not even including whatever they have received since April 30, 2016), we believe the incumbent directors are grossly overcompensated. We have no interest in receiving this exorbitant compensation at the expense of stockholders; rather, we want to profit with all other stockholders, which is why we are seeking the election of highly qualified, experienced, and reputable candidates who believe will be able to create value for all stockholders and bring stability to the Company for its employees and customers. We fully expect that director compensation will be appropriately adjusted downward once new independent directors capable of acting in stockholders' best interests are elected to the Board. We are NOT "activist" investors. We have not nominated our director candidates because it fulfills our investment strategy. Even 13D Monitor, a research service specializing in shareholder activism, recently noted that "Neither Ronin Capital nor SW Investment (the "Group") are activist investors…" when commenting on our involvement with the Company. Instead, we are simply stockholders who saw a great opportunity to grow Peregrine over the long-run, but realized that change was desperately needed to address the Company's troubling corporate governance practices & strategic miscues. We saw an excellent chance to create value for all stockholders and send a resounding message that poor corporate governance, mismanagement and anything less than the highest ethical standards will no longer be tolerated at Peregrine. We are here to provide a voice for frustrated stockholders and show that there is a light at the end of the tunnel for the Company's customers & employees. Facing the stark reality that their lengthy tenure of unjustifiably high compensation may be coming to an end, we caution the incumbent Board members against taking any action to further entrench themselves or otherwise to the detriment of the Company. Any attempts by the incumbents to delay the upcoming annual meeting, further enrich themselves, or engage in a material transaction without stockholder approval will not be tolerated. We encourage you to let Mr. King and the other members of the Board know that you feel the same way. We look forward to disrupting the culture of entrenchment and seeking the election of our highly-qualified indep. candidates, Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan and Saiid Zarrabian, at the upcoming 2017 annual meeting of stockholders.
Regards,
John S. Stafford III - RONIN TRADING, LLC
Stephen White - SW Investment Mgt. LLC
CERTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PARTICIPANTS:
Ronin Trading intends to file a preliminary proxy statement and an accompanying proxy card with the SEC to be used to solicit votes for the election of its slate of 3 highly qualified director nominees at the 2017 annual meeting of stockholders Peregrine.
RONIN STRONGLY ADVISES ALL STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND OTHER PROXY MATERIALS AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. SUCH PROXY MATERIALS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT http://www.sec.gov ...
The participants in the solicitation are Ronin Trading, John S. Stafford, III, SWIM Partners LP, SW Investment Mgt. LLC, Stephen White, Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan, and Saiid Zarrabian.
As of the date hereof, Ronin Trading directly beneficially owned 3,310,651 shares… Mr. White, as the Mgr. of SW Mgt., may be deemed to beneficially own the 641,795 shares [13D Group: 3,310,651 + 641,795 = 3,952,446, 8.8% of 45,069,188 O/S at 7-10-17]... As of the date hereof, Messrs. Sargen, Scanlan, and Zarrabian did not beneficially own any securities of the Company.
Investor Contact: Stephen White, SW Investment Mgt. LLC, 312- 765-7033
7-20-17 SEC Form 14A: http://tinyurl.com/y8nohtz8
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7-21-17: PPHM’s CEO Steve King’s Letter to Employees re: (Ronin) John Stafford’s 7-20-17 Letter
14A: http://ir.peregrineinc.com/secfiling.cfm?filingID=1683168-17-1828&CIK=704562
Team,
As you may have seen, yesterday two of our stockholders, Ronin Trading, LLC and SW Investment Management LLC, issued a press release directed to you, our employees. This is the same group that put out a press release last week addressed to our stockholders. Both releases are focused on three candidates Ronin/SWIM have nominated for election to our Board of Directors, as well as their overall view of our business. Unfortunately, activist shareholders are a reality for public companies today. While I won’t be addressing every communication from Ronin and SWIM, I am quite sure we will be hearing more from them.
What is most important for all of us here at Peregrine and Avid is to stay focused on the needs of our business. That is what I and the management team and Board are doing, and it is what I would ask of each of you.
To that end, as I’ve shared with all of you in the past, we have a clear plan to grow the Avid business – as demonstrated by our recent investment in Myford 1. Our customer base, which includes leading pharma companies, and strong financial results, are good indications that we are on the right track for continued growth in that business.
At the same time, we are working hard with partners and leading experts on the next steps in our R&D program, especially in light of the recent and compelling data supporting the combination of bavituximab and checkpoint inhibitors. We are fortunate to be working with some of the foremost medical institutions in the world, and they share our excitement in this recent data.
And in addition to all of that, as everyone here is aware and as I mentioned on our earnings call last week, our Board and management team are assessing the best structure to deliver on the respective missions of each business – for our customers, for our partners, for our employees and for our stockholders. Our CDMO & R&D businesses have very different operating models and needs, and we are focused on positioning each of them for success.
As always, please direct any media inquiries to myself and stockholder inquiries to Stephanie Diaz of Vida Strategic Partners at (415) 675-7401.
Thank you for your hard work and commitment to Peregrine and Avid.
Sincerely,
Steve
IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Peregrine intends to file a proxy statement with the SEC in connection with the solicitation of proxies for Peregrine’s 2017 Annual Meeting (the “Proxy Statement”) with an associated WHITE proxy card. Peregrine, its directors, and certain of its executive officers will be participants in the solicitation of proxies from stockholders in respect of the 2017 ASM [~10-12-17]. Information regarding the names of Peregrine’s directors & executive officers and their respective interests in Peregrine by security holdings or otherwise is set forth in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Peregrine, for FY April 30, 2017, filed 7-14-17 [ http://tinyurl.com/ycxu4l5n ], and Peregrine’s proxy statement for the 2016 Annual Meeting, filed with the SEC on Aug. 26, 2016 [ http://tinyurl.com/gsrmgs2 ]. To the extent holdings of such participants in Peregrine’s securities are not reported, or have changed since the amounts described, in the 2016 proxy statement, such changes have been reflected on Initial Statements of Beneficial Ownership on Form 3 or Statements of Change in Ownership on Form 4 filed with the SEC. Details concerning the nominees of Peregrine’s Board of Directors for election at the 2017 Annual Meeting will be included in the Proxy Statement. BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING DECISION, INVESTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY ARE URGED TO READ ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED WITH OR FURNISHED TO THE SEC, INCLUDING THE COMPANY’S DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT AND ANY SUPPLEMENTS THERETO, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Investors and stockholders will be able to obtain a copy of the definitive proxy statement and other documents filed by Peregrine free of charge from the SEC’s website, http://www.sec.gov . Peregrine’s stockholders will also be able to obtain, without charge, a copy of the definitive Proxy Statement and other relevant filed documents by directing a request by mail to Peregrine, Corporate Secretary’s Office, 14282 Franklin Avenue, Tustin, CA 92780, by calling Peregrine’s proxy solicitor, MacKenzie Partners, Inc., 800-322-2885, or from Peregrine’s website at http://www.Peregrine.com .
7-21-17 SEC Form 14A: http://tinyurl.com/yaoppm3z

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7-13-17: Ronin & SW-Invest Issue Letter to Stockholders of Peregrine Pharmaceuticals
* Believe Change is Desperately Needed to Peregrine's Board Given Current Strategy, Poor Corporate Governance, Apparent Misalignment of Interests with Stockholders, and Constant Dilution
* Announces Nomination of Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan, and Saiid Zarrabian for Election at Upcoming 2017 Annual Meeting
CHICAGO, July 13, 2017, PR Newswire:
Ronin Trading, LLC [John Stafford III] and SW Investment Mgt. LLC [Stephen White] (together with the other participants in their solicitation, "Ronin"), collectively the 2nd largest stockholder of Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: PPHM), with aggregate beneficial ownership of approx. 8.8% of the Company's outstanding shares of common stock, today issued a letter to Peregrine's stockholders.
In the letter, Ronin announced that it has formally nominated 3 independent, highly-qualified candidates, Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan, and Saiid Zarrabian, for election to the Company's Board of Directors at the Company's upcoming 2017 annual meeting of stockholders [~Oct. 12, 2017].
As explained in the letter, Ronin believes that there are opportunities to increase stockholder value; however, Ronin is concerned that stockholders will continue to suffer unless the Board is reconstituted with directors who will represent stockholders' best interests. The full text of the letter follows. . .
FULL LETTER w/Charts: http://tinyurl.com/y96wtrdb (PRNewswire)
7-13-17/Schd14A Proxy: http://tinyurl.com/y7tx3mv3 (14A)
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7-13-17: Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Issues Statement Regarding Ronin Trading & SW Investment Mgt.'s Letter to Stockholders
http://ir.peregrineinc.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1033161
TUSTIN, July 13, 2017: Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:PPHM) today confirmed that Ronin Trading, LLC and SW Investment Mgt. LLC (together, "Ronin/SWIM") submitted 3 candidates for election to the Peregrine Board of Directors at the Company's Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The Company issued the following statement on Ronin/SWIM's nomination of directors and its letter to the Peregrine stockholders:

"Peregrine welcomes the input of our stockholders and is committed to maintaining a highly qualified Board to lead the company forward. We respect the right of stockholders to nominate directors and our Board follows a defined process to evaluate any potential nominees. Our Nominating Committee will carefully evaluate Ronin/SWIM's nominees consistent with that process. Following the Committee's review, it will make a recommendation to the Board that is in the best interests of Peregrine and all of our stockholders. Stockholders need take no action at this time.

"We are actively engaged in an ongoing dialogue with our stockholders and welcome their constructive input on how we can further strengthen the company. We have engaged in various discussions with representatives of Ronin Trading and SW Investment Mgt. and welcome a constructive dialogue toward enhancing value.

"Peregrine's Board, which has a deep understanding of the Company's R&D and CDMO business lines, has been actively involved in setting and overseeing a strategy that has delivered meaningful growth over the past five years in our CDMO business and promising progress in our R&D efforts while substantially reducing R&D spend.

"Our Board is committed to maximizing value for all stockholders. Peregrine will continue to evaluate stockholder input, assess opportunities and make decisions to achieve this objective."
ABOUT PEREGRINE PHARMACEUTICALS (snip)
MEDIA CONTACTS: John Christiansen / Matt Reid, Sard Verbinnen & Co, (415) 618-8750 / (310) 201-2040 http://www.sardverb.com
INVESTOR CONTACTS: Stephanie Diaz, Vida Strategic Partners, (415) 675-7401

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7-14-17/13D(COMMON+PREFERRED): Ronin/SWPartners adds 34,891/Common + 3,600/Pref. Jun29-Jul7 http://tinyurl.com/ybra4s69
6-29-17: SWIM adds 14,286 Common @4.01
6-29-17: SW-Invest adds 7,143 Common @4.01
7-7-17: SWIM adds 8,974 Common @3.91
7-7-17: SW-Invest adds 4,486 Common @3.91
7-7-17: Ronin adds 3,600 Preferred @22.00
**NOTE 2nd 7-14-17 13D: http://tinyurl.com/y7tcoqja – documents the 7-12-17 letter from Ronin to PPHM nominating Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan, Saiid Zarrabian for election to PPHM’s BOD the upcoming ~10-12-17 ASM., as well as the 7-13-17 Ronin PR.
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7-13-17: Ronin/SW-Invest Letter to Stockholders; PPHM Comments http://tinyurl.com/ybr8ycbp

6-29-17/13D: Group Ronin/SWIM adds 7,143sh. on 6-21-17, bringing total Common to 3,766,248, 8.4% of Common O/S (45,069,188 at 7-10-17). http://tinyurl.com/y9sp8bfv (13D filed June29)
….See the 13D for the one purchase of 7,143sh. of COMMON by SWIM Partners (Stephen White) on 6-21-17 at $4.10. 13D triggering event: On 6-27-17, Mr. Stafford (sole, indirect beneficial owner) transferred all his 3,306,366sh./Common (which includes 132,975 shares of Common issuable upon conv. of 111,699/Preferred x8.333/7) from Ronin Capital LLC to Ronin Trading LLC.

6-20-17/13D(COMMON ONLY): Group Ronin/SWIM adds 378,170 (Mar10-June16), bringing total Common to 3,759,105, 8.8% of Common O/S(42,529,925 at 3-10-17). http://tinyurl.com/y76q5rqu (13D filed June20)
….See the 13D for the 23 purchases of 378,170sh. of COMMON by Ronin+SW 3-10-17 thru 6-17-17. (prices range from 3.57 – 4.97)

5-19-17/13D(PREFERRED ONLY): Group Ronin/SWIM adds 23,140 (May1-May17), bringing total Preferred to 123,499, 7.5% of Preferred O/S(1,647,760 at 1-31-17). http://tinyurl.com/mgnn92x (13D filed May19)
…...On May1, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 7,200 sh. Preferred @$22.51
…...On May15, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 4,740 sh. Preferred @$22.20
…...On May17, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 4,700 sh. Preferred @22.04
…...On May12, 2017, SW-InvestMgt pur. 700 sh. Preferred @$21.15
…...On May17, 2017, SW-InvestMgt pur. 1,120 sh. Preferred @$22.07
…...On May12, 2017, SWIM-Partners pur. 1,800 sh. Preferred @$22.15
…...On May17, 2017, SWIM-Partners pur. 2,880 sh. Preferred @$22.07
TOTAL OWNED 5-19-17: Ronin=111,699, SW-InvestMgt=3,120, SWIM-Partners=8,680 =>GROUP=123,499sh.

4-17-17/13D(PREFERRED ONLY): Ronin adds 23,334 (Mar28-Apr10), bringing total Group Preferred to 100,359, 6.1% of Preferred O/S(1,647,760 at 1-31-17).
http://tinyurl.com/lanjddc (13D filed Apr17)
…...On Mar28, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 1,807 sh. Preferred @$21.60
…...On Apr6, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 5,817 sh. Preferred @$22.16
…...On Apr7, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 10,510 sh. Preferred @22.06
…...On Apr10, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 5,200 sh. Preferred @$21.96
TOTAL OWNED 4-17-17: Ronin=95,059, SW-InvestMgt=1,300, SWIM-Partners=4,000 =>GROUP=100,359sh.

3-10-17/13D(COMMON+PREFERRED): Ronin adds ~3mm/Common & 25,661/Preferred Mar2-9. Group ownership now: 3,380,934/common and 77,025/preferred. http://tinyurl.com/ydxra96u

3-2-17/13D#1(COMMON+PREFERRED Combined): Ronin(John Stafford III) & SW-Partners/SWIM(Stephen White) accum. all of their common & preferred from 1/20/17 – 3/1/17. Group ownership now: 2,947,425/common and 51,364/preferred. http://tinyurl.com/jr42u23

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NOTES/13D: "Each share of Preferred Stock is convertible into a #shares of Common determined by dividing the liquidation preference of $25/sh. by the conv. price, currently $21.00/sh. (8.333/7=1.19048). The Group for purposes of 13D also holds 5% or more of the Common Stock of Peregrine as reported in its separate 13D filed on Mar. 2, 2017, amended Mar. 8, 2017.”
NOTES:
* 13D Group: “people that share the furtherance of a common objective/concerted action”.
* 13D’s are reserved for ACTIVE INVESTORS who may be “interested in agitating for some kind of a change at the company”.
* See John Stafford III/XENCOR BOD(18yrs service): http://tinyurl.com/hcmsv8p
* Ronin Capital LLC: http://www.ronin-capital.com https://www.linkedin.com/company/ronin-capital
* For calc’ing total stake (Common+Preferred), using curr. conv. rate of 8.333/7=~1.19 sh./Common per one share of Series E Convertible Preferred.

ALL SEC filings for PPHM: http://tinyurl.com/6d4jw8
Inst. Holdings (Nasdaq.com) - updated qtly, 45-days after each q/e cutoff: http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/pphm/institutional-holdings

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07/31/17 9:57 AM

#306297 RE: cjgaddy #303667

Known Upcoming Events, Large-Shareholders(34%), RONIN-PPHM HISTORY: updated 7-31-17 with PPHM’s PR, “Peregrine Provides Strategic Update”...

KNOWN UPCOMING:
Jul27: Final Settlement Hearing for 2013 Shareholder Derivative CA Lawsuit vs. BOD http://tinyurl.com/y982h3rt
Aug15-16: CBI’s MES 2017 (Mfg. Execution Systems), Orlando http://tinyurl.com/ya4twmbj
...Aug16/8:45am: Mehron Mirian (SeniorMgr./QA Validation), "MES AUDIT DEEP DIVE Computerized System Audit"
Aug21-25/Avid Booth #403: CHI's 9th Annual BioProcessing Summit, Boston http://www.bioprocessingsummit.com
~Sep7: FY'18Q1 (qe 7-31-17) Financials & Conf. Call - http://ir.peregrineinc.com/events.cfm
Sep25-28/Avid Booth #918: Informa’s BPI’17: BioProcess Intl. Conf. & Exhibition, Boston https://lifesciences.knect365.com/bioprocessinternational
Oct2/NCI Scientist Gregoire Altan-Bonnet(MSKCC ties), AACR’s Tumor Immunotherapy Conf., Boston http://tinyurl.com/y74v76go
...“Long-Lived Disruption of Inflammation Stems from the Catch-and-Release of Cytokines Mediated by Surface Phosphatidylserine in Tumors
~Oct12: Peregrine's Annual Shareholder’s Meeting (2016 attendee reports: http://tinyurl.com/jx7ouay )
Dec11-15/Avid Booth #311: KNect365’s Antibody Eng. & Therapeutics Conf., SanDiego https://lifesciences.knect365.com/antibody-engineering-therapeutics
~Dec11: FY'18Q2 (qe 10-31-17) Financials & Conf. Call - http://ir.peregrineinc.com/events.cfm

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7-20-17: Large Ownership Summary(34%), RONIN Letters/PPHM Comments

Large Ownership now ~15.3mm shares, 34.0% of 45mm O/S. (Ronin+SW/Stafford+White, Eastern Cap./K.Dart, Institutions)

#1: 10-30-15: Kenneth Dart (Eastern Capital) acquires 9.6% stake (4,300,992sh.) in PPHM http://tinyurl.com/y95yskck
...3,777,183 COMMON – 8.4% of 45,069,188 common O/S at 7-10-17 (total beneficial=4,300,992 if Pref. conv. x1.19 to Common, 9.6%)
...440,000 PREFERRED – 26.7% of 1,647,760 preferred O/S at 1-31-17

#2: 7-14-17/13D: Group Ronin Trading/SWInvest (John Stafford III+Stephen White) acquires 8.8% stake (3,952,446sh.) in PPHM http://tinyurl.com/y7ezqvm9
...3,801,139 COMMON – 8.4% of 45,069,188 common O/S at 7-10-17 (total beneficial=3,952,446 if Pref. conv. x1.19 to Common, 8.8%)
...127,099 PREFERRED – 7.7% of 1,647,760 preferred O/S at 1-31-17
NOTE: ALL historical common #’s adjusted for the 1:7 R/S eff. 7-10-17.
 
RONIN/SW 13D SUMMARY:
13D TransDates COMMON-CHG PREF-CHG ENDING-COMMON ENDING-PREF.
3-2-17 1/20/17-3/1/17 +2,947,425 +51,364 2,947,425 51,364 http://tinyurl.com/jr42u23
3-10-17 3/2/17-3/9/17 +433,509 +25,661 3,380,934 77,025 http://tinyurl.com/ydxra96u
4-17-17 3/28/17-4/10/17 0 +23,334 3,380,934 100,359 http://tinyurl.com/lanjddc
5-19-17 5/1/17-5/17/17 0 +23,140 3,380,934 123,499 http://tinyurl.com/mgnn92x
6-20-17 3/10/17-6/16/17 +378,170 0 3,759,105 123,499 http://tinyurl.com/y76q5rqu
6-29-17 6/21/17 +7,143 0 3,766,248 123,499 http://tinyurl.com/y9sp8bfv
7-14-17 6/29/17-7/7/17 +34,891 +3,600 3,801,139 127,099 http://tinyurl.com/ybra4s69

SPLITOUT 13D GROUP into Ronin(John Stafford III) and SW-Partners(Stephen White):
Ronin Trading (Stafford) 3,173,391 115,299
SW-Partners (White) 627,748 11,800
See 13D Details Below.
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Plus, INSTITUTIONS a/o 3-31-17 (+ 7-20-17 Tappan/13G): 7,075,268sh. = 15.7% (of $45mm) http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/pphm/institutional-holdings
TOP5:
Kennedy Capital Mgt. 1,247,224 +164,952
Tappan Street Partners 914,304 +914,304
...Includes: **7-20-17 13G: Tappan adds +1,384,380, now 2,298,684=5.1% http://tinyurl.com/y94egwwk
Vanguard Group 882,964 +267,438
Blackrock (Larry Fink, CEO) 855,455 +177,856
Renaissance Technologies 439,673 +6,259


RONIN/SW Letters to Shareholders/Employees & PPHM Responses: (newest first)

7-31-17: Peregrine Provides Strategic Update
* Plans to Expand Board of Directors to Add CDMO and Biologics Industry Expertise
* Search for a Dedicated President to Head Avid Bioservices CDMO Business to Commence
* Continues to Evaluate Strategic Options for Advancing R&D Business
http://ir.peregrineinc.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1035083

TUSTIN, July 31, 2017: Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:PPHM) today announced that it intends to increase the size of its Board of Directors from 4 to up to 7 members through the addition of new highly-qualified independent directors with CDMO and biologics experience. The Company also announced that it plans to initiate a search for a dedicated President to lead its wholly-owned CDMO subsidiary, Avid Bioservices, Inc. Lastly, the Company today provided an update on its evaluation of strategic options for advancing its R&D business.

Addition of Board Members
"We look forward to adding new directors with valuable CDMO and biologics industry experience and skills to the Board, broadening our overall expertise and complementing the capabilities and experience of our current directors," said Carlton Johnson, Chairman of Peregrine's Board of Directors. "The Board and management will benefit from the additional perspectives provided by new directors who share our commitment to maximizing stockholder value."

"The Board has played an important role in supporting the growth of the CDMO business and has provided the management team with valuable insight and support over many years. This support was critical in allowing us to build a successful CDMO business while simultaneously advancing our R&D pipeline," said Steven King, President, CEO and Director of Peregrine and President of Avid Bioservices. "As we continue to evaluate a number of strategic options to sharpen the focus of each of our two distinct businesses and enhance shareholder value, I am confident that these planned additions will enhance our ability to successfully lead the Company through this critical process."

Search for Dedicated Avid Bioservices President
Peregrine also plans to appoint a new dedicated President to lead Avid and focus entirely on executing the CDMO business' growth strategy. The new President will report directly to Mr. King while the company continues to evaluate strategic options including potentially separating the R&D and CDMO businesses. The Company believes that the addition of the new President for Avid and the addition of board members with CDMO experience will strengthen Avid's position for future success regardless of the strategic alternatives the Company may pursue. Mr. King, who has served as President of Avid since its formation, will continue to serve in his current role until a candidate is hired in order to ensure continued high level services for its current customers and to make sure there is a successful and smooth transition to the new leadership.

Avid was formed in 2002 to service the attractive commercial bio-manufacturing market. Over the last 15 years, Avid has become a leader in implementing disposable bio-manufacturing processes at commercial scale for large molecule API manufacturing. The Company has achieved a premiere customer list, excellent regulatory track record and strong competitive position from which it can capitalize on favorable industry growth trends. In FY2017, Avid generated revenues of over $57 million and achieved a 5-year compounded annual revenue growth rate of 31%.

"Avid has experienced remarkable and steady growth over the last several years, and we are taking steps to ensure that it remains well-positioned to take advantage of the growing demand for biologics and biosimilar drugs," said King. "We have a clear strategic plan and proven track-record in our CDMO business, as evidenced by our investments in the state-of-the-art Myford facility, our progress securing new customers and expanding our services offerings, and our recent record financial results. With the addition of a new dedicated President, Avid will benefit from a leadership team focused solely on executing its long-term strategic plan of driving growth, diversifying its customer base and optimizing its operations and facilities."

R&D Business Update
Continued King, "At the same time, we are actively evaluating strategic options for advancing our R&D business. We are working with researchers at some of the leading research institutes in the world and have seen renewed and encouraging interest in the bavituximab program from influential key opinion leaders. We believe recent promising clinical data from our bavituximab program, in addition to our other R&D assets, strongly supports continued advancement of the pipeline with the goal of providing patients with new cancer treatment options. Leveraging the scientific expertise of key opinion leaders, we will apply great rigor in assessing additional investments and identifying the best way to move our R&D programs forward."

"As we recently noted on our Q4 conference call [7-14-17: http://tinyurl.com/yb4wulvu ], Peregrine is at the start of a transformative journey, which includes exploring strategic alternatives," said King. "We are focused on enhancing shareholder returns as we capitalize on long-term opportunities available to Avid and pursue the optimal path forward for our drug development franchise. The search for new Board members and a new dedicated leader for Avid mark the first in a series of planned strategic actions that will strengthen the position of Avid as a more independent and potentially as a completely independent entity with a focus on revenue growth and increased profitability. We will also continue to explore the best strategic alternatives for the R&D pipeline in order to maximize value for stockholders."

Peregrine will be working with a nationally recognized executive search firm to assist in identifying highly qualified candidates for the Avid President and Board of Directors positions. The Company intends to appoint a President to the Avid business in the coming months and include the identified directors in its slate of nominees for election to the Board at its next Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

ABOUT PEREGRINE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company committed to improving the lives of patients by delivering high quality pharmaceutical products through its contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) services and through advancing and licensing its investigational immunotherapy and related products. Peregrine's in-house CDMO services, including cGMP manufacturing and development capabilities, are provided through its wholly-owned subsidiary Avid Bioservices, Inc. (http://www.avidbio.com) , which provides development and biomanufacturing services for both Peregrine and third-party customers. The company is also working to evaluate its lead immunotherapy candidate, bavituximab, in combination with immune stimulating therapies for the treatment of various cancers, and developing its proprietary exosome technology for the detection and monitoring of cancer. For more information, please visit http://www.peregrineinc.com .

ABOUT AVID BIOSERVICES, INC.
Avid Bioservices, a wholly owned subsidiary of Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, provides a comprehensive range of process development, high quality cGMP clinical and commercial manufacturing services for the biotechnology and biopharmaceutical industries. With over 20 years of experience producing monoclonal antibodies and recombinant proteins in batch, fed-batch and perfusion modes, Avid's services include cGMP clinical and commercial product manufacturing, purification, bulk packaging, stability testing and regulatory strategy, submission and support. The company also provides a variety of process development activities, including cell line development and optimization, cell culture and feed optimization, analytical methods development and product characterization. For more information about Avid, please visit http://www.avidbio.com .
Forward-Looking **snip**
Important Additional Information
Peregrine intends to file a proxy statement with the SEC in connection with the solicitation of proxies for Peregrine's 2017 Annual Meeting (Proxy Statement) [The 2016 ASM was on 10-13-16] with an associated WHITE proxy card. Peregrine, its directors and certain of its executive officers will be participants in the solicitation of proxies from stockholders in respect of the 2017 Annual Meeting. Information regarding the names of Peregrine's directors and executive officers and their respective interests in Peregrine by security holdings or otherwise is set forth in the 10-K of Peregrine, for FY2017 ended April 30, 2017, filed with the SEC on July 14, 2017 [10K: http://tinyurl.com/ycxu4l5n ], and Peregrine's proxy statement for the 2016 Annual Meeting, filed with the SEC on Aug. 26, 2016 [http://tinyurl.com/gsrmgs2 ]. To the extent holdings of such participants in Peregrine's securities are not reported, or have changed since the amounts described, in the 2016 proxy statement, such changes have been reflected on Initial Statements of Beneficial Ownership on Form 3 or Statements of Change in Ownership on Form 4 filed with the SEC. Details concerning the nominees of Peregrine's Board of Directors for election at the 2017 Annual Meeting will be included in the Proxy Statement. BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING DECISION, INVESTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY ARE URGED TO READ ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED WITH OR FURNISHED TO THE SEC, INCLUDING THE COMPANY'S DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT AND ANY SUPPLEMENTS THERETO, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Investors and stockholders will be able to obtain a copy of the definitive proxy statement and other documents filed by Peregrine free of charge from the SEC's website, www.sec.gov. Peregrine's stockholders will also be able to obtain, without charge, a copy of the definitive Proxy Statement and other relevant filed documents by directing a request by mail to Peregrine, Corporate Secretary's Office, 14282 Franklin Ave. Tustin, CA 92780, by calling Peregrine's proxy solicitor, MacKenzie Partners, 800-322-2885, or from Peregrine's website at http://www.Peregrineinc.com .
[ALL SEC filings for PPHM: http://tinyurl.com/6d4jw8 ]
Contacts:
Stephanie Diaz (investors) Vida Strategic Partners 415-675-7401 sdiaz@vidasp.com
Tim Brons (media) Vida Strategic Partners 415-675-7402 tbrons@vidasp.com

7-20-17: Ronin Trading and SWIM Issue Letter to Employees of Peregrine
- Elaborate on Strategic Vision & Intentions with Respect to Peregrine
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ronin-trading-and-sw-investment-management-issue-letter-to-employees-of-peregrine-pharmaceuticals-300491208.html
SEC Form 14A: http://tinyurl.com/y8nohtz8
Dear Peregrine Employees:
Ronin Trading, LLC and SW Investment Mgt. LLC believe it is important that you understand a little more about us and what we are attempting to accomplish with our nominations of Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan, and Saiid Zarrabian for election to the Peregrine’s Board of Directors… As detailed in our 7-13-17 public letter to stockholders, we believe that the Company is suffering from mismanagement under the leadership of the incumbent Board that is comprised of egregiously compensated directors who lack relevant experience, possess an immaterial financial interest in the Company, and have histories of losses and questionable dealings outside of Peregrine. Rather than capitalize on the emergence of Peregrine's contract dev. & mfg. Business (“CMDO”), Avid Bioservices, the incumbents have elected to use Avid to support the unsuccessful development of bavituximab. We believe this is a mistake and that the Company and all of its stakeholders – stockholders, employees, and customers – would benefit from a focus on Avid. We want to invest more capital in Avid. We believe Peregrine should invest significantly more into Avid's people, capacity and technology – the only investments to date that have created value for Peregrine. Because of Avid's high return on capital, excellent competitive position and great regulatory track record, we believe that addl. investment will create even more value. Meanwhile, public & private market valuations for CDMOs remain very high, indicating the future return potential for businesses such as Avid. Avid should not be competing for capital with an unsuccessful drug dev. program; instead, it desperately needs a structure where it can invest for growth, free from the handicap of a mgt. team that forces it to prop up a failed clinical dev. business. Increased investment into Avid would also bring much-needed comfort to Avid's customers and the Company's other stakeholders. We appreciate how unsettling it is to see Peregrine's auditor raise substantial doubt as to the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. We are confident that these doubts would be alleviated by focusing on profitably growing Avid and not diverting resources to unrelated clinical dev. activities. We want to attract and retain the best employees for Avid. We genuinely appreciate that the value in CDMOs is as much (if not more) about the people as it is about the physical assets. We want Avid to attract and retain the best talent available, but that will only be possible with the following changes.
First, Peregrine needs a vastly improved culture, which begins with directors and mgt. who possess relevant experience, successful track records, and a true appreciation for Avid's business. Avid can no longer be treated as little more than a means to support extraneous pursuits. Employees deserve strong commitments from a knowledgeable, ethical mgt. team that is focused on growing Avid over the long-run. Second, incentive alignment is a critically important element to the success of any organization. As such, employees should be rewarded with better equity incentive compensation, and this compensation should reflect the work they do. This will only be possible if Peregrine immediately halts all clinical dev. work and reorganizes so that the price of Peregrine's stock is determined by the success of Avid rather than the struggles of clinical development. We are NOT unconditionally wedded to Peregrine's clinical dev. activities. While we acknowledge that there are always varying opinions on the prospects for any drug candidate, the evidence against bavituximab is clear. Despite hundreds of millions in R&D, this drug candidate has not produced any statistically significant results showing improvement in cancer survival rates, has no large partners and no identifiable quotes from key opinion leaders. No amount of "excitement" over data mining from Peregrine's current mgt. changes these facts. We want an independent & objective review of Peregrine's clinical dev. activities, and we believe our director candidates are highly qualified to undertake this review and run a monetization process. However, it is critically important to understand that regardless of anyone's opinion of Peregrine's clinical dev. assets, the Company has NO ability to underwrite any further R&D without simultaneously destroying the value of Avid. For this reason alone, Peregrine must immediately halt all clinical dev. R&D and cut the associated expenses.
We are NOT trying to sell the Company. We are not short-term investors looking to make a quick buck. In fact, when President & CEO Steven W. King previously privately acknowledged to us that the Company had considered selling all or a portion of Avid, we expressed our strong disapproval of any such transaction and belief that it would be contrary to the best interests of the Company and its stockholders. Instead, we insisted that the best option was to focus on taking a long-term view of Avid while managing Peregrine far more sensibly. We reminded Mr. King that a sale of Avid would require stockholder approval and cautioned against attempting to structure a transaction in a manner that would not require stockholder approval. We also explained to Mr. King that a spin-off transaction would be effectively impossible because of Peregrine's approx. $650mm tax-loss carryforward asset and the fact that Peregrine's clinical dev. has no ability to independently support its operations. We are NOT nominating ourselves to the Board. With the Company's 3 non-employee directors collectively earning over $10mm in total compensation since the start of FY2010 (not even including whatever they have received since April 30, 2016), we believe the incumbent directors are grossly overcompensated. We have no interest in receiving this exorbitant compensation at the expense of stockholders; rather, we want to profit with all other stockholders, which is why we are seeking the election of highly qualified, experienced, and reputable candidates who believe will be able to create value for all stockholders and bring stability to the Company for its employees and customers. We fully expect that director compensation will be appropriately adjusted downward once new independent directors capable of acting in stockholders' best interests are elected to the Board. We are NOT "activist" investors. We have not nominated our director candidates because it fulfills our investment strategy. Even 13D Monitor, a research service specializing in shareholder activism, recently noted that "Neither Ronin Capital nor SW Investment (the "Group") are activist investors…" when commenting on our involvement with the Company. Instead, we are simply stockholders who saw a great opportunity to grow Peregrine over the long-run, but realized that change was desperately needed to address the Company's troubling corporate governance practices & strategic miscues. We saw an excellent chance to create value for all stockholders and send a resounding message that poor corporate governance, mismanagement and anything less than the highest ethical standards will no longer be tolerated at Peregrine. We are here to provide a voice for frustrated stockholders and show that there is a light at the end of the tunnel for the Company's customers & employees. Facing the stark reality that their lengthy tenure of unjustifiably high compensation may be coming to an end, we caution the incumbent Board members against taking any action to further entrench themselves or otherwise to the detriment of the Company. Any attempts by the incumbents to delay the upcoming annual meeting, further enrich themselves, or engage in a material transaction without stockholder approval will not be tolerated. We encourage you to let Mr. King and the other members of the Board know that you feel the same way. We look forward to disrupting the culture of entrenchment and seeking the election of our highly-qualified indep. candidates, Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan and Saiid Zarrabian, at the upcoming 2017 annual meeting of stockholders.
Regards,
John S. Stafford III - RONIN TRADING, LLC
Stephen White - SW Investment Mgt. LLC
CERTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PARTICIPANTS:
Ronin Trading intends to file a preliminary proxy statement and an accompanying proxy card with the SEC to be used to solicit votes for the election of its slate of 3 highly qualified director nominees at the 2017 annual meeting of stockholders Peregrine.
RONIN STRONGLY ADVISES ALL STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND OTHER PROXY MATERIALS AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. SUCH PROXY MATERIALS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT http://www.sec.gov ...
The participants in the solicitation are Ronin Trading, John S. Stafford, III, SWIM Partners LP, SW Investment Mgt. LLC, Stephen White, Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan, and Saiid Zarrabian.
As of the date hereof, Ronin Trading directly beneficially owned 3,310,651 shares… Mr. White, as the Mgr. of SW Mgt., may be deemed to beneficially own the 641,795 shares [13D Group: 3,310,651 + 641,795 = 3,952,446, 8.8% of 45,069,188 O/S at 7-10-17]... As of the date hereof, Messrs. Sargen, Scanlan, and Zarrabian did not beneficially own any securities of the Company.
Investor Contact: Stephen White, SW Investment Mgt. LLC, 312- 765-7033
7-20-17 SEC Form 14A: http://tinyurl.com/y8nohtz8
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7-21-17: PPHM’s CEO Steve King’s Letter to Employees re: (Ronin) John Stafford’s 7-20-17 Letter
14A: http://ir.peregrineinc.com/secfiling.cfm?filingID=1683168-17-1828&CIK=704562
Team,
As you may have seen, yesterday two of our stockholders, Ronin Trading, LLC and SW Investment Management LLC, issued a press release directed to you, our employees. This is the same group that put out a press release last week addressed to our stockholders. Both releases are focused on three candidates Ronin/SWIM have nominated for election to our Board of Directors, as well as their overall view of our business. Unfortunately, activist shareholders are a reality for public companies today. While I won’t be addressing every communication from Ronin and SWIM, I am quite sure we will be hearing more from them.
What is most important for all of us here at Peregrine and Avid is to stay focused on the needs of our business. That is what I and the management team and Board are doing, and it is what I would ask of each of you.
To that end, as I’ve shared with all of you in the past, we have a clear plan to grow the Avid business – as demonstrated by our recent investment in Myford 1. Our customer base, which includes leading pharma companies, and strong financial results, are good indications that we are on the right track for continued growth in that business.
At the same time, we are working hard with partners and leading experts on the next steps in our R&D program, especially in light of the recent and compelling data supporting the combination of bavituximab and checkpoint inhibitors. We are fortunate to be working with some of the foremost medical institutions in the world, and they share our excitement in this recent data.
And in addition to all of that, as everyone here is aware and as I mentioned on our earnings call last week, our Board and management team are assessing the best structure to deliver on the respective missions of each business – for our customers, for our partners, for our employees and for our stockholders. Our CDMO & R&D businesses have very different operating models and needs, and we are focused on positioning each of them for success.
As always, please direct any media inquiries to myself and stockholder inquiries to Stephanie Diaz of Vida Strategic Partners at (415) 675-7401.
Thank you for your hard work and commitment to Peregrine and Avid.
Sincerely,
Steve
IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Peregrine intends to file a proxy statement with the SEC in connection with the solicitation of proxies for Peregrine’s 2017 Annual Meeting (the “Proxy Statement”) with an associated WHITE proxy card. Peregrine, its directors, and certain of its executive officers will be participants in the solicitation of proxies from stockholders in respect of the 2017 ASM [~10-12-17]. Information regarding the names of Peregrine’s directors & executive officers and their respective interests in Peregrine by security holdings or otherwise is set forth in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Peregrine, for FY April 30, 2017, filed 7-14-17 [ http://tinyurl.com/ycxu4l5n ], and Peregrine’s proxy statement for the 2016 Annual Meeting, filed with the SEC on Aug. 26, 2016 [ http://tinyurl.com/gsrmgs2 ]. To the extent holdings of such participants in Peregrine’s securities are not reported, or have changed since the amounts described, in the 2016 proxy statement, such changes have been reflected on Initial Statements of Beneficial Ownership on Form 3 or Statements of Change in Ownership on Form 4 filed with the SEC. Details concerning the nominees of Peregrine’s Board of Directors for election at the 2017 Annual Meeting will be included in the Proxy Statement. BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING DECISION, INVESTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY ARE URGED TO READ ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED WITH OR FURNISHED TO THE SEC, INCLUDING THE COMPANY’S DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT AND ANY SUPPLEMENTS THERETO, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Investors and stockholders will be able to obtain a copy of the definitive proxy statement and other documents filed by Peregrine free of charge from the SEC’s website, http://www.sec.gov . Peregrine’s stockholders will also be able to obtain, without charge, a copy of the definitive Proxy Statement and other relevant filed documents by directing a request by mail to Peregrine, Corporate Secretary’s Office, 14282 Franklin Avenue, Tustin, CA 92780, by calling Peregrine’s proxy solicitor, MacKenzie Partners, Inc., 800-322-2885, or from Peregrine’s website at http://www.Peregrine.com .
7-21-17 SEC Form 14A: http://tinyurl.com/yaoppm3z

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7-13-17: Ronin & SW-Invest Issue Letter to Stockholders of Peregrine Pharmaceuticals
* Believe Change is Desperately Needed to Peregrine's Board Given Current Strategy, Poor Corporate Governance, Apparent Misalignment of Interests with Stockholders, and Constant Dilution
* Announces Nomination of Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan, and Saiid Zarrabian for Election at Upcoming 2017 Annual Meeting
CHICAGO, July 13, 2017, PR Newswire:
Ronin Trading, LLC [John Stafford III] and SW Investment Mgt. LLC [Stephen White] (together with the other participants in their solicitation, "Ronin"), collectively the 2nd largest stockholder of Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: PPHM), with aggregate beneficial ownership of approx. 8.8% of the Company's outstanding shares of common stock, today issued a letter to Peregrine's stockholders.
In the letter, Ronin announced that it has formally nominated 3 independent, highly-qualified candidates, Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan, and Saiid Zarrabian, for election to the Company's Board of Directors at the Company's upcoming 2017 annual meeting of stockholders [~Oct. 12, 2017].
As explained in the letter, Ronin believes that there are opportunities to increase stockholder value; however, Ronin is concerned that stockholders will continue to suffer unless the Board is reconstituted with directors who will represent stockholders' best interests. The full text of the letter follows. . .
FULL LETTER w/Charts: http://tinyurl.com/y96wtrdb (PRNewswire)
7-13-17/Schd14A Proxy: http://tinyurl.com/y7tx3mv3 (14A)
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7-13-17: Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Issues Statement Regarding Ronin Trading & SW Investment Mgt.'s Letter to Stockholders
http://ir.peregrineinc.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1033161
TUSTIN, July 13, 2017: Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:PPHM) today confirmed that Ronin Trading, LLC and SW Investment Mgt. LLC (together, "Ronin/SWIM") submitted 3 candidates for election to the Peregrine Board of Directors at the Company's Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The Company issued the following statement on Ronin/SWIM's nomination of directors and its letter to the Peregrine stockholders:

"Peregrine welcomes the input of our stockholders and is committed to maintaining a highly qualified Board to lead the company forward. We respect the right of stockholders to nominate directors and our Board follows a defined process to evaluate any potential nominees. Our Nominating Committee will carefully evaluate Ronin/SWIM's nominees consistent with that process. Following the Committee's review, it will make a recommendation to the Board that is in the best interests of Peregrine and all of our stockholders. Stockholders need take no action at this time.

"We are actively engaged in an ongoing dialogue with our stockholders and welcome their constructive input on how we can further strengthen the company. We have engaged in various discussions with representatives of Ronin Trading and SW Investment Mgt. and welcome a constructive dialogue toward enhancing value.

"Peregrine's Board, which has a deep understanding of the Company's R&D and CDMO business lines, has been actively involved in setting and overseeing a strategy that has delivered meaningful growth over the past five years in our CDMO business and promising progress in our R&D efforts while substantially reducing R&D spend.

"Our Board is committed to maximizing value for all stockholders. Peregrine will continue to evaluate stockholder input, assess opportunities and make decisions to achieve this objective."
ABOUT PEREGRINE PHARMACEUTICALS (snip)
MEDIA CONTACTS: John Christiansen / Matt Reid, Sard Verbinnen & Co, (415) 618-8750 / (310) 201-2040 http://www.sardverb.com
INVESTOR CONTACTS: Stephanie Diaz, Vida Strategic Partners, (415) 675-7401

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7-14-17/13D(COMMON+PREFERRED): Ronin/SWPartners adds 34,891/Common + 3,600/Pref. Jun29-Jul7 http://tinyurl.com/ybra4s69
6-29-17: SWIM adds 14,286 Common @4.01
6-29-17: SW-Invest adds 7,143 Common @4.01
7-7-17: SWIM adds 8,974 Common @3.91
7-7-17: SW-Invest adds 4,486 Common @3.91
7-7-17: Ronin adds 3,600 Preferred @22.00
**NOTE 2nd 7-14-17 13D: http://tinyurl.com/y7tcoqja – documents the 7-12-17 letter from Ronin to PPHM nominating Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan, Saiid Zarrabian for election to PPHM’s BOD the upcoming ~10-12-17 ASM., as well as the 7-13-17 Ronin PR.
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7-13-17: Ronin/SW-Invest Letter to Stockholders; PPHM Comments http://tinyurl.com/ybr8ycbp

6-29-17/13D: Group Ronin/SWIM adds 7,143sh. on 6-21-17, bringing total Common to 3,766,248, 8.4% of Common O/S (45,069,188 at 7-10-17). http://tinyurl.com/y9sp8bfv (13D filed June29)
….See the 13D for the one purchase of 7,143sh. of COMMON by SWIM Partners (Stephen White) on 6-21-17 at $4.10. 13D triggering event: On 6-27-17, Mr. Stafford (sole, indirect beneficial owner) transferred all his 3,306,366sh./Common (which includes 132,975 shares of Common issuable upon conv. of 111,699/Preferred x8.333/7) from Ronin Capital LLC to Ronin Trading LLC.

6-20-17/13D(COMMON ONLY): Group Ronin/SWIM adds 378,170 (Mar10-June16), bringing total Common to 3,759,105, 8.8% of Common O/S(42,529,925 at 3-10-17). http://tinyurl.com/y76q5rqu (13D filed June20)
….See the 13D for the 23 purchases of 378,170sh. of COMMON by Ronin+SW 3-10-17 thru 6-17-17. (prices range from 3.57 – 4.97)

5-19-17/13D(PREFERRED ONLY): Group Ronin/SWIM adds 23,140 (May1-May17), bringing total Preferred to 123,499, 7.5% of Preferred O/S(1,647,760 at 1-31-17). http://tinyurl.com/mgnn92x (13D filed May19)
…...On May1, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 7,200 sh. Preferred @$22.51
…...On May15, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 4,740 sh. Preferred @$22.20
…...On May17, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 4,700 sh. Preferred @22.04
…...On May12, 2017, SW-InvestMgt pur. 700 sh. Preferred @$21.15
…...On May17, 2017, SW-InvestMgt pur. 1,120 sh. Preferred @$22.07
…...On May12, 2017, SWIM-Partners pur. 1,800 sh. Preferred @$22.15
…...On May17, 2017, SWIM-Partners pur. 2,880 sh. Preferred @$22.07
TOTAL OWNED 5-19-17: Ronin=111,699, SW-InvestMgt=3,120, SWIM-Partners=8,680 =>GROUP=123,499sh.

4-17-17/13D(PREFERRED ONLY): Ronin adds 23,334 (Mar28-Apr10), bringing total Group Preferred to 100,359, 6.1% of Preferred O/S(1,647,760 at 1-31-17).
http://tinyurl.com/lanjddc (13D filed Apr17)
…...On Mar28, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 1,807 sh. Preferred @$21.60
…...On Apr6, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 5,817 sh. Preferred @$22.16
…...On Apr7, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 10,510 sh. Preferred @22.06
…...On Apr10, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 5,200 sh. Preferred @$21.96
TOTAL OWNED 4-17-17: Ronin=95,059, SW-InvestMgt=1,300, SWIM-Partners=4,000 =>GROUP=100,359sh.

3-10-17/13D(COMMON+PREFERRED): Ronin adds ~3mm/Common & 25,661/Preferred Mar2-9. Group ownership now: 3,380,934/common and 77,025/preferred. http://tinyurl.com/ydxra96u

3-2-17/13D#1(COMMON+PREFERRED Combined): Ronin(John Stafford III) & SW-Partners/SWIM(Stephen White) accum. all of their common & preferred from 1/20/17 – 3/1/17. Group ownership now: 2,947,425/common and 51,364/preferred. http://tinyurl.com/jr42u23

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NOTES/13D: "Each share of Preferred Stock is convertible into a #shares of Common determined by dividing the liquidation preference of $25/sh. by the conv. price, currently $21.00/sh. (8.333/7=1.19048). The Group for purposes of 13D also holds 5% or more of the Common Stock of Peregrine as reported in its separate 13D filed on Mar. 2, 2017, amended Mar. 8, 2017.”
NOTES:
* 13D Group: “people that share the furtherance of a common objective/concerted action”.
* 13D’s are reserved for ACTIVE INVESTORS who may be “interested in agitating for some kind of a change at the company”.
* See John Stafford III/XENCOR BOD(18yrs service): http://tinyurl.com/hcmsv8p
* Ronin Capital LLC: http://www.ronin-capital.com https://www.linkedin.com/company/ronin-capital
* For calc’ing total stake (Common+Preferred), using curr. conv. rate of 8.333/7=~1.19 sh./Common per one share of Series E Convertible Preferred.

ALL SEC filings for PPHM: http://tinyurl.com/6d4jw8
Inst. Holdings (Nasdaq.com) - updated qtly, 45-days after each q/e cutoff: http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/pphm/institutional-holdings

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08/11/17 9:13 AM

#307894 RE: cjgaddy #303667

Known Upcoming Events, Large-Shareholders(34%), RONIN-PPHM HISTORY: updated 8-11-17 with PPHM’s PR, “Peregrine Announces Measures to Reduce Costs, Facilitate Profitability, and Strengthen its Operations (20% reduction of workforce, 300=>240)”...

KNOWN UPCOMING:
Jul27: Final Settlement Hearing for 2013 Shareholder Derivative CA Lawsuit vs. BOD http://tinyurl.com/y982h3rt
Aug15-16: CBI’s MES 2017 (Mfg. Execution Systems), Orlando http://tinyurl.com/ya4twmbj
...Aug16/8:45am: Mehron Mirian (SeniorMgr./QA Validation), "MES AUDIT DEEP DIVE Computerized System Audit"
Aug21-25/Avid Booth #403: CHI's 9th Annual BioProcessing Summit, Boston http://www.bioprocessingsummit.com
~Sep7: FY'18Q1 (qe 7-31-17) Financials & Conf. Call - http://ir.peregrineinc.com/events.cfm
Sep8-12: 42nd ESMO Eur. Cancer Congress”, Madrid http://www.esmo.org/Conferences/ESMO-2017-Congress
...Peregrine Exhibiting: Booth #257
Sep25-28/Avid Booth #918: Informa’s BPI’17: BioProcess Intl. Conf. & Exhibition, Boston https://lifesciences.knect365.com/bioprocessinternational
Oct2/NCI Scientist Gregoire Altan-Bonnet(MSKCC ties), AACR’s Tumor Immunotherapy Conf., Boston http://tinyurl.com/y74v76go
...“Long-Lived Disruption of Inflammation Stems from the Catch-and-Release of Cytokines Mediated by Surface Phosphatidylserine in Tumors
~Oct12: Peregrine's Annual Shareholder’s Meeting (2016 attendee reports: http://tinyurl.com/jx7ouay )
Dec11-15/Avid Booth #311: KNect365’s Antibody Eng. & Therapeutics Conf., SanDiego https://lifesciences.knect365.com/antibody-engineering-therapeutics
~Dec11: FY'18Q2 (qe 10-31-17) Financials & Conf. Call - http://ir.peregrineinc.com/events.cfm
Jan20-22 2018: Phacilitate’s Immunotherapy World Forum, Miami http://www.immunotherapyforum.com
...Jan18 12:30-12:45, Joe Shan(VP/Reg+Clin): “Turning up the Heat: PS-Targeting Antibodies Modulate the Tumor Microenvironment & Enhance Checkpoint Blockade”

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7-20-17: Large Ownership Summary(34%), RONIN Letters/PPHM Comments

Large Ownership now ~15.3mm shares, 34.0% of 45mm O/S. (Ronin+SW/Stafford+White, Eastern Cap./K.Dart, Institutions)

#1: 10-30-15: Kenneth Dart (Eastern Capital) acquires 9.6% stake (4,300,992sh.) in PPHM http://tinyurl.com/y95yskck
...3,777,183 COMMON – 8.4% of 45,069,188 common O/S at 7-10-17 (total beneficial=4,300,992 if Pref. conv. x1.19 to Common, 9.6%)
...440,000 PREFERRED – 26.7% of 1,647,760 preferred O/S at 1-31-17

#2: 7-14-17/13D: Group Ronin Trading/SWInvest (John Stafford III+Stephen White) acquires 8.8% stake (3,952,446sh.) in PPHM http://tinyurl.com/y7ezqvm9
...3,801,139 COMMON – 8.4% of 45,069,188 common O/S at 7-10-17 (total beneficial=3,952,446 if Pref. conv. x1.19 to Common, 8.8%)
...127,099 PREFERRED – 7.7% of 1,647,760 preferred O/S at 1-31-17
NOTE: ALL historical common #’s adjusted for the 1:7 R/S eff. 7-10-17.
 
RONIN/SW 13D SUMMARY:
13D TransDates COMMON-CHG PREF-CHG ENDING-COMMON ENDING-PREF.
3-2-17 1/20/17-3/1/17 +2,947,425 +51,364 2,947,425 51,364 http://tinyurl.com/jr42u23
3-10-17 3/2/17-3/9/17 +433,509 +25,661 3,380,934 77,025 http://tinyurl.com/ydxra96u
4-17-17 3/28/17-4/10/17 0 +23,334 3,380,934 100,359 http://tinyurl.com/lanjddc
5-19-17 5/1/17-5/17/17 0 +23,140 3,380,934 123,499 http://tinyurl.com/mgnn92x
6-20-17 3/10/17-6/16/17 +378,170 0 3,759,105 123,499 http://tinyurl.com/y76q5rqu
6-29-17 6/21/17 +7,143 0 3,766,248 123,499 http://tinyurl.com/y9sp8bfv
7-14-17 6/29/17-7/7/17 +34,891 +3,600 3,801,139 127,099 http://tinyurl.com/ybra4s69

SPLITOUT 13D GROUP into Ronin(John Stafford III) and SW-Partners(Stephen White):
Ronin Trading (Stafford) 3,173,391 115,299
SW-Partners (White) 627,748 11,800
See 13D Details Below.
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Plus, INSTITUTIONS a/o 3-31-17 (+ 7-20-17 Tappan/13G): 7,075,268sh. = 15.7% (of $45mm) http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/pphm/institutional-holdings
TOP5:
Kennedy Capital Mgt. 1,247,224 +164,952
Tappan Street Partners 914,304 +914,304
...Includes: **7-20-17 13G: Tappan adds +1,384,380, now 2,298,684=5.1% http://tinyurl.com/y94egwwk
Vanguard Group 882,964 +267,438
Blackrock (Larry Fink, CEO) 855,455 +177,856
Renaissance Technologies 439,673 +6,259

RONIN/SW Letters to Shareholders/Employees & PPHM Responses: (newest first)

8-11-17: Peregrine Announces Measures to Reduce Costs, Facilitate Profitability and Strengthen its Operations
* Reductions in R&D, manufacturing, and administrative personnel
* Anticipated annual cost savings of over $7 million
http://ir.peregrineinc.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1037065
TUSTIN, Aug. 11, 2017: Peregrine Pharmaceuticals today announced that it has reduced its overall workforce by 60 employees (or 20%) as part of its series of planned strategic actions to reduce costs and better position the Company to achieve overall profitability while it pursues strategic options for its R&D assets. The Company expects the workforce reductions to result in a net cost savings of between $3.7mm and $4.3mm in FY'18 and more than $7mm in reduced annualized operating expenses beginning in FY'19.
As part of the cost saving initiatives, the Company reduced Peregrine's R&D personnel by 50% to 11 employees, with the remaining staff supporting potential strategic alternatives for its R&D assets while continuing to assist with collaborative trials, the antibody discovery platform, and the exosome program. Personnel supporting the Avid Bioservices CDMO business, a wholly owned subsidiary of Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, was reduced by 20% to 184 employees to align operations with the reduction in forecasted revenues. In addition, SG&A personnel was reduced by 8% to 49 employees as the Company continues to pursue leaner support operations. The charge to earnings for these personnel reductions will be between $1.1mm and $1.7mm, all of which is expected to be incurred during Q2/FY'18.
"While this was a difficult decision, our board and management team believe it was a necessary step as we continue to evaluate strategic options to further strengthen our two distinct businesses and seek to maximize shareholder value," said Steven King, President, CEO, and Director of Peregrine and President of Avid Bioservices. "I would like to personally express my appreciation to the affected employees for their commitment and meaningful contributions to the Peregrine and Avid businesses. We remain committed to capitalizing on long-term opportunities available to our CDMO business and pursuing the best path forward for our R&D business."
Last month, Peregrine announced that as part of its strategic review it intends to expand its board of directors to add new members with CDMO and biologics experience and to commence a search for a dedicated president to head its Avid CDMO business.
IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (same as in 7-31-17 PR – see below)

7-31-17: Peregrine Provides Strategic Update
* Plans to Expand Board of Directors to Add CDMO and Biologics Industry Expertise
* Search for a Dedicated President to Head Avid Bioservices CDMO Business to Commence
* Continues to Evaluate Strategic Options for Advancing R&D Business
http://ir.peregrineinc.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1035083
TUSTIN, July 31, 2017: Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:PPHM) today announced that it intends to increase the size of its Board of Directors from 4 to up to 7 members through the addition of new highly-qualified independent directors with CDMO and biologics experience. The Company also announced that it plans to initiate a search for a dedicated President to lead its wholly-owned CDMO subsidiary, Avid Bioservices, Inc. Lastly, the Company today provided an update on its evaluation of strategic options for advancing its R&D business.
Addition of Board Members
"We look forward to adding new directors with valuable CDMO and biologics industry experience and skills to the Board, broadening our overall expertise and complementing the capabilities and experience of our current directors," said Carlton Johnson, Chairman of Peregrine's Board of Directors. "The Board and management will benefit from the additional perspectives provided by new directors who share our commitment to maximizing stockholder value."
"The Board has played an important role in supporting the growth of the CDMO business and has provided the management team with valuable insight and support over many years. This support was critical in allowing us to build a successful CDMO business while simultaneously advancing our R&D pipeline," said Steven King, President, CEO and Director of Peregrine and President of Avid Bioservices. "As we continue to evaluate a number of strategic options to sharpen the focus of each of our two distinct businesses and enhance shareholder value, I am confident that these planned additions will enhance our ability to successfully lead the Company through this critical process."
Search for Dedicated Avid Bioservices President
Peregrine also plans to appoint a new dedicated President to lead Avid and focus entirely on executing the CDMO business' growth strategy. The new President will report directly to Mr. King while the company continues to evaluate strategic options including potentially separating the R&D and CDMO businesses. The Company believes that the addition of the new President for Avid and the addition of board members with CDMO experience will strengthen Avid's position for future success regardless of the strategic alternatives the Company may pursue. Mr. King, who has served as President of Avid since its formation, will continue to serve in his current role until a candidate is hired in order to ensure continued high level services for its current customers and to make sure there is a successful and smooth transition to the new leadership.
Avid was formed in 2002 to service the attractive commercial bio-manufacturing market. Over the last 15 years, Avid has become a leader in implementing disposable bio-manufacturing processes at commercial scale for large molecule API manufacturing. The Company has achieved a premiere customer list, excellent regulatory track record and strong competitive position from which it can capitalize on favorable industry growth trends. In FY2017, Avid generated revenues of over $57 million and achieved a 5-year compounded annual revenue growth rate of 31%.
"Avid has experienced remarkable and steady growth over the last several years, and we are taking steps to ensure that it remains well-positioned to take advantage of the growing demand for biologics and biosimilar drugs," said King. "We have a clear strategic plan and proven track-record in our CDMO business, as evidenced by our investments in the state-of-the-art Myford facility, our progress securing new customers and expanding our services offerings, and our recent record financial results. With the addition of a new dedicated President, Avid will benefit from a leadership team focused solely on executing its long-term strategic plan of driving growth, diversifying its customer base and optimizing its operations and facilities."
R&D Business Update
Continued King, "At the same time, we are actively evaluating strategic options for advancing our R&D business. We are working with researchers at some of the leading research institutes in the world and have seen renewed and encouraging interest in the bavituximab program from influential key opinion leaders. We believe recent promising clinical data from our bavituximab program, in addition to our other R&D assets, strongly supports continued advancement of the pipeline with the goal of providing patients with new cancer treatment options. Leveraging the scientific expertise of key opinion leaders, we will apply great rigor in assessing additional investments and identifying the best way to move our R&D programs forward."
"As we recently noted on our Q4 conference call [7-14-17: http://tinyurl.com/yb4wulvu ], Peregrine is at the start of a transformative journey, which includes exploring strategic alternatives," said King. "We are focused on enhancing shareholder returns as we capitalize on long-term opportunities available to Avid and pursue the optimal path forward for our drug development franchise. The search for new Board members and a new dedicated leader for Avid mark the first in a series of planned strategic actions that will strengthen the position of Avid as a more independent and potentially as a completely independent entity with a focus on revenue growth and increased profitability. We will also continue to explore the best strategic alternatives for the R&D pipeline in order to maximize value for stockholders."
Peregrine will be working with a nationally recognized executive search firm to assist in identifying highly qualified candidates for the Avid President and Board of Directors positions. The Company intends to appoint a President to the Avid business in the coming months and include the identified directors in its slate of nominees for election to the Board at its next Annual Meeting of Stockholders. . .
Important Additional Information
Peregrine intends to file a proxy statement with the SEC in connection with the solicitation of proxies for Peregrine's 2017 Annual Meeting (Proxy Statement) [The 2016 ASM was on 10-13-16] with an associated WHITE proxy card. Peregrine, its directors and certain of its executive officers will be participants in the solicitation of proxies from stockholders in respect of the 2017 Annual Meeting. Information regarding the names of Peregrine's directors and executive officers and their respective interests in Peregrine by security holdings or otherwise is set forth in the 10-K of Peregrine, for FY2017 ended April 30, 2017, filed with the SEC on July 14, 2017 [10K: http://tinyurl.com/ycxu4l5n ], and Peregrine's proxy statement for the 2016 Annual Meeting, filed with the SEC on Aug. 26, 2016 [http://tinyurl.com/gsrmgs2 ]. To the extent holdings of such participants in Peregrine's securities are not reported, or have changed since the amounts described, in the 2016 proxy statement, such changes have been reflected on Initial Statements of Beneficial Ownership on Form 3 or Statements of Change in Ownership on Form 4 filed with the SEC. Details concerning the nominees of Peregrine's Board of Directors for election at the 2017 Annual Meeting will be included in the Proxy Statement. BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING DECISION, INVESTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY ARE URGED TO READ ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED WITH OR FURNISHED TO THE SEC, INCLUDING THE COMPANY'S DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT AND ANY SUPPLEMENTS THERETO, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Investors and stockholders will be able to obtain a copy of the definitive proxy statement and other documents filed by Peregrine free of charge from the SEC's website, www.sec.gov. Peregrine's stockholders will also be able to obtain, without charge, a copy of the definitive Proxy Statement and other relevant filed documents by directing a request by mail to Peregrine, Corporate Secretary's Office, 14282 Franklin Ave. Tustin, CA 92780, by calling Peregrine's proxy solicitor, MacKenzie Partners, 800-322-2885, or from Peregrine's website at http://www.Peregrineinc.com .
[ALL SEC filings for PPHM: http://tinyurl.com/6d4jw8 ]
Contacts:
Stephanie Diaz (investors) Vida Strategic Partners 415-675-7401 sdiaz@vidasp.com
Tim Brons (media) Vida Strategic Partners 415-675-7402 tbrons@vidasp.com

7-20-17: Ronin Trading and SWIM Issue Letter to Employees of Peregrine
- Elaborate on Strategic Vision & Intentions with Respect to Peregrine
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ronin-trading-and-sw-investment-management-issue-letter-to-employees-of-peregrine-pharmaceuticals-300491208.html
SEC Form 14A: http://tinyurl.com/y8nohtz8
Dear Peregrine Employees:
Ronin Trading, LLC and SW Investment Mgt. LLC believe it is important that you understand a little more about us and what we are attempting to accomplish with our nominations of Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan, and Saiid Zarrabian for election to the Peregrine’s Board of Directors… As detailed in our 7-13-17 public letter to stockholders, we believe that the Company is suffering from mismanagement under the leadership of the incumbent Board that is comprised of egregiously compensated directors who lack relevant experience, possess an immaterial financial interest in the Company, and have histories of losses and questionable dealings outside of Peregrine. Rather than capitalize on the emergence of Peregrine's contract dev. & mfg. Business (“CMDO”), Avid Bioservices, the incumbents have elected to use Avid to support the unsuccessful development of bavituximab. We believe this is a mistake and that the Company and all of its stakeholders – stockholders, employees, and customers – would benefit from a focus on Avid. We want to invest more capital in Avid. We believe Peregrine should invest significantly more into Avid's people, capacity and technology – the only investments to date that have created value for Peregrine. Because of Avid's high return on capital, excellent competitive position and great regulatory track record, we believe that addl. investment will create even more value. Meanwhile, public & private market valuations for CDMOs remain very high, indicating the future return potential for businesses such as Avid. Avid should not be competing for capital with an unsuccessful drug dev. program; instead, it desperately needs a structure where it can invest for growth, free from the handicap of a mgt. team that forces it to prop up a failed clinical dev. business. Increased investment into Avid would also bring much-needed comfort to Avid's customers and the Company's other stakeholders. We appreciate how unsettling it is to see Peregrine's auditor raise substantial doubt as to the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. We are confident that these doubts would be alleviated by focusing on profitably growing Avid and not diverting resources to unrelated clinical dev. activities. We want to attract and retain the best employees for Avid. We genuinely appreciate that the value in CDMOs is as much (if not more) about the people as it is about the physical assets. We want Avid to attract and retain the best talent available, but that will only be possible with the following changes.
First, Peregrine needs a vastly improved culture, which begins with directors and mgt. who possess relevant experience, successful track records, and a true appreciation for Avid's business. Avid can no longer be treated as little more than a means to support extraneous pursuits. Employees deserve strong commitments from a knowledgeable, ethical mgt. team that is focused on growing Avid over the long-run. Second, incentive alignment is a critically important element to the success of any organization. As such, employees should be rewarded with better equity incentive compensation, and this compensation should reflect the work they do. This will only be possible if Peregrine immediately halts all clinical dev. work and reorganizes so that the price of Peregrine's stock is determined by the success of Avid rather than the struggles of clinical development. We are NOT unconditionally wedded to Peregrine's clinical dev. activities. While we acknowledge that there are always varying opinions on the prospects for any drug candidate, the evidence against bavituximab is clear. Despite hundreds of millions in R&D, this drug candidate has not produced any statistically significant results showing improvement in cancer survival rates, has no large partners and no identifiable quotes from key opinion leaders. No amount of "excitement" over data mining from Peregrine's current mgt. changes these facts. We want an independent & objective review of Peregrine's clinical dev. activities, and we believe our director candidates are highly qualified to undertake this review and run a monetization process. However, it is critically important to understand that regardless of anyone's opinion of Peregrine's clinical dev. assets, the Company has NO ability to underwrite any further R&D without simultaneously destroying the value of Avid. For this reason alone, Peregrine must immediately halt all clinical dev. R&D and cut the associated expenses.
We are NOT trying to sell the Company. We are not short-term investors looking to make a quick buck. In fact, when President & CEO Steven W. King previously privately acknowledged to us that the Company had considered selling all or a portion of Avid, we expressed our strong disapproval of any such transaction and belief that it would be contrary to the best interests of the Company and its stockholders. Instead, we insisted that the best option was to focus on taking a long-term view of Avid while managing Peregrine far more sensibly. We reminded Mr. King that a sale of Avid would require stockholder approval and cautioned against attempting to structure a transaction in a manner that would not require stockholder approval. We also explained to Mr. King that a spin-off transaction would be effectively impossible because of Peregrine's approx. $650mm tax-loss carryforward asset and the fact that Peregrine's clinical dev. has no ability to independently support its operations. We are NOT nominating ourselves to the Board. With the Company's 3 non-employee directors collectively earning over $10mm in total compensation since the start of FY2010 (not even including whatever they have received since April 30, 2016), we believe the incumbent directors are grossly overcompensated. We have no interest in receiving this exorbitant compensation at the expense of stockholders; rather, we want to profit with all other stockholders, which is why we are seeking the election of highly qualified, experienced, and reputable candidates who believe will be able to create value for all stockholders and bring stability to the Company for its employees and customers. We fully expect that director compensation will be appropriately adjusted downward once new independent directors capable of acting in stockholders' best interests are elected to the Board. We are NOT "activist" investors. We have not nominated our director candidates because it fulfills our investment strategy. Even 13D Monitor, a research service specializing in shareholder activism, recently noted that "Neither Ronin Capital nor SW Investment (the "Group") are activist investors…" when commenting on our involvement with the Company. Instead, we are simply stockholders who saw a great opportunity to grow Peregrine over the long-run, but realized that change was desperately needed to address the Company's troubling corporate governance practices & strategic miscues. We saw an excellent chance to create value for all stockholders and send a resounding message that poor corporate governance, mismanagement and anything less than the highest ethical standards will no longer be tolerated at Peregrine. We are here to provide a voice for frustrated stockholders and show that there is a light at the end of the tunnel for the Company's customers & employees. Facing the stark reality that their lengthy tenure of unjustifiably high compensation may be coming to an end, we caution the incumbent Board members against taking any action to further entrench themselves or otherwise to the detriment of the Company. Any attempts by the incumbents to delay the upcoming annual meeting, further enrich themselves, or engage in a material transaction without stockholder approval will not be tolerated. We encourage you to let Mr. King and the other members of the Board know that you feel the same way. We look forward to disrupting the culture of entrenchment and seeking the election of our highly-qualified indep. candidates, Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan and Saiid Zarrabian, at the upcoming 2017 annual meeting of stockholders.
Regards,
John S. Stafford III - RONIN TRADING, LLC
Stephen White - SW Investment Mgt. LLC
CERTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PARTICIPANTS:
Ronin Trading intends to file a preliminary proxy statement and an accompanying proxy card with the SEC to be used to solicit votes for the election of its slate of 3 highly qualified director nominees at the 2017 annual meeting of stockholders Peregrine.
RONIN STRONGLY ADVISES ALL STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND OTHER PROXY MATERIALS AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. SUCH PROXY MATERIALS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT http://www.sec.gov ...
The participants in the solicitation are Ronin Trading, John S. Stafford, III, SWIM Partners LP, SW Investment Mgt. LLC, Stephen White, Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan, and Saiid Zarrabian.
As of the date hereof, Ronin Trading directly beneficially owned 3,310,651 shares… Mr. White, as the Mgr. of SW Mgt., may be deemed to beneficially own the 641,795 shares [13D Group: 3,310,651 + 641,795 = 3,952,446, 8.8% of 45,069,188 O/S at 7-10-17]... As of the date hereof, Messrs. Sargen, Scanlan, and Zarrabian did not beneficially own any securities of the Company.
Investor Contact: Stephen White, SW Investment Mgt. LLC, 312- 765-7033
7-20-17 SEC Form 14A: http://tinyurl.com/y8nohtz8
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7-21-17: PPHM’s CEO Steve King’s Letter to Employees re: (Ronin) John Stafford’s 7-20-17 Letter
14A: http://ir.peregrineinc.com/secfiling.cfm?filingID=1683168-17-1828&CIK=704562
Team,
As you may have seen, yesterday two of our stockholders, Ronin Trading, LLC and SW Investment Management LLC, issued a press release directed to you, our employees. This is the same group that put out a press release last week addressed to our stockholders. Both releases are focused on three candidates Ronin/SWIM have nominated for election to our Board of Directors, as well as their overall view of our business. Unfortunately, activist shareholders are a reality for public companies today. While I won’t be addressing every communication from Ronin and SWIM, I am quite sure we will be hearing more from them.
What is most important for all of us here at Peregrine and Avid is to stay focused on the needs of our business. That is what I and the management team and Board are doing, and it is what I would ask of each of you.
To that end, as I’ve shared with all of you in the past, we have a clear plan to grow the Avid business – as demonstrated by our recent investment in Myford 1. Our customer base, which includes leading pharma companies, and strong financial results, are good indications that we are on the right track for continued growth in that business.
At the same time, we are working hard with partners and leading experts on the next steps in our R&D program, especially in light of the recent and compelling data supporting the combination of bavituximab and checkpoint inhibitors. We are fortunate to be working with some of the foremost medical institutions in the world, and they share our excitement in this recent data.
And in addition to all of that, as everyone here is aware and as I mentioned on our earnings call last week, our Board and management team are assessing the best structure to deliver on the respective missions of each business – for our customers, for our partners, for our employees and for our stockholders. Our CDMO & R&D businesses have very different operating models and needs, and we are focused on positioning each of them for success.
As always, please direct any media inquiries to myself and stockholder inquiries to Stephanie Diaz of Vida Strategic Partners at (415) 675-7401.
Thank you for your hard work and commitment to Peregrine and Avid.
Sincerely,
Steve
IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Peregrine intends to file a proxy statement with the SEC in connection with the solicitation of proxies for Peregrine’s 2017 Annual Meeting (the “Proxy Statement”) with an associated WHITE proxy card. Peregrine, its directors, and certain of its executive officers will be participants in the solicitation of proxies from stockholders in respect of the 2017 ASM [~10-12-17]. Information regarding the names of Peregrine’s directors & executive officers and their respective interests in Peregrine by security holdings or otherwise is set forth in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Peregrine, for FY April 30, 2017, filed 7-14-17 [ http://tinyurl.com/ycxu4l5n ], and Peregrine’s proxy statement for the 2016 Annual Meeting, filed with the SEC on Aug. 26, 2016 [ http://tinyurl.com/gsrmgs2 ]. To the extent holdings of such participants in Peregrine’s securities are not reported, or have changed since the amounts described, in the 2016 proxy statement, such changes have been reflected on Initial Statements of Beneficial Ownership on Form 3 or Statements of Change in Ownership on Form 4 filed with the SEC. Details concerning the nominees of Peregrine’s Board of Directors for election at the 2017 Annual Meeting will be included in the Proxy Statement. BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING DECISION, INVESTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY ARE URGED TO READ ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED WITH OR FURNISHED TO THE SEC, INCLUDING THE COMPANY’S DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT AND ANY SUPPLEMENTS THERETO, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Investors and stockholders will be able to obtain a copy of the definitive proxy statement and other documents filed by Peregrine free of charge from the SEC’s website, http://www.sec.gov . Peregrine’s stockholders will also be able to obtain, without charge, a copy of the definitive Proxy Statement and other relevant filed documents by directing a request by mail to Peregrine, Corporate Secretary’s Office, 14282 Franklin Avenue, Tustin, CA 92780, by calling Peregrine’s proxy solicitor, MacKenzie Partners, Inc., 800-322-2885, or from Peregrine’s website at http://www.Peregrine.com .
7-21-17 SEC Form 14A: http://tinyurl.com/yaoppm3z

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7-13-17: Ronin & SW-Invest Issue Letter to Stockholders of Peregrine Pharmaceuticals
* Believe Change is Desperately Needed to Peregrine's Board Given Current Strategy, Poor Corporate Governance, Apparent Misalignment of Interests with Stockholders, and Constant Dilution
* Announces Nomination of Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan, and Saiid Zarrabian for Election at Upcoming 2017 Annual Meeting
CHICAGO, July 13, 2017, PR Newswire:
Ronin Trading, LLC [John Stafford III] and SW Investment Mgt. LLC [Stephen White] (together with the other participants in their solicitation, "Ronin"), collectively the 2nd largest stockholder of Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: PPHM), with aggregate beneficial ownership of approx. 8.8% of the Company's outstanding shares of common stock, today issued a letter to Peregrine's stockholders.
In the letter, Ronin announced that it has formally nominated 3 independent, highly-qualified candidates, Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan, and Saiid Zarrabian, for election to the Company's Board of Directors at the Company's upcoming 2017 annual meeting of stockholders [~Oct. 12, 2017].
As explained in the letter, Ronin believes that there are opportunities to increase stockholder value; however, Ronin is concerned that stockholders will continue to suffer unless the Board is reconstituted with directors who will represent stockholders' best interests. The full text of the letter follows. . .
FULL LETTER w/Charts: http://tinyurl.com/y96wtrdb (PRNewswire)
7-13-17/Schd14A Proxy: http://tinyurl.com/y7tx3mv3 (14A)
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7-13-17: Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Issues Statement Regarding Ronin Trading & SW Investment Mgt.'s Letter to Stockholders
http://ir.peregrineinc.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1033161
TUSTIN, July 13, 2017: Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:PPHM) today confirmed that Ronin Trading, LLC and SW Investment Mgt. LLC (together, "Ronin/SWIM") submitted 3 candidates for election to the Peregrine Board of Directors at the Company's Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The Company issued the following statement on Ronin/SWIM's nomination of directors and its letter to the Peregrine stockholders:

"Peregrine welcomes the input of our stockholders and is committed to maintaining a highly qualified Board to lead the company forward. We respect the right of stockholders to nominate directors and our Board follows a defined process to evaluate any potential nominees. Our Nominating Committee will carefully evaluate Ronin/SWIM's nominees consistent with that process. Following the Committee's review, it will make a recommendation to the Board that is in the best interests of Peregrine and all of our stockholders. Stockholders need take no action at this time.

"We are actively engaged in an ongoing dialogue with our stockholders and welcome their constructive input on how we can further strengthen the company. We have engaged in various discussions with representatives of Ronin Trading and SW Investment Mgt. and welcome a constructive dialogue toward enhancing value.

"Peregrine's Board, which has a deep understanding of the Company's R&D and CDMO business lines, has been actively involved in setting and overseeing a strategy that has delivered meaningful growth over the past five years in our CDMO business and promising progress in our R&D efforts while substantially reducing R&D spend.

"Our Board is committed to maximizing value for all stockholders. Peregrine will continue to evaluate stockholder input, assess opportunities and make decisions to achieve this objective."
ABOUT PEREGRINE PHARMACEUTICALS (snip)
MEDIA CONTACTS: John Christiansen / Matt Reid, Sard Verbinnen & Co, (415) 618-8750 / (310) 201-2040 http://www.sardverb.com
INVESTOR CONTACTS: Stephanie Diaz, Vida Strategic Partners, (415) 675-7401

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7-14-17/13D(COMMON+PREFERRED): Ronin/SWPartners adds 34,891/Common + 3,600/Pref. Jun29-Jul7 http://tinyurl.com/ybra4s69
6-29-17: SWIM adds 14,286 Common @4.01
6-29-17: SW-Invest adds 7,143 Common @4.01
7-7-17: SWIM adds 8,974 Common @3.91
7-7-17: SW-Invest adds 4,486 Common @3.91
7-7-17: Ronin adds 3,600 Preferred @22.00
**NOTE 2nd 7-14-17 13D: http://tinyurl.com/y7tcoqja – documents the 7-12-17 letter from Ronin to PPHM nominating Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan, Saiid Zarrabian for election to PPHM’s BOD the upcoming ~10-12-17 ASM., as well as the 7-13-17 Ronin PR.
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7-13-17: Ronin/SW-Invest Letter to Stockholders; PPHM Comments http://tinyurl.com/ybr8ycbp

6-29-17/13D: Group Ronin/SWIM adds 7,143sh. on 6-21-17, bringing total Common to 3,766,248, 8.4% of Common O/S (45,069,188 at 7-10-17). http://tinyurl.com/y9sp8bfv (13D filed June29)
….See the 13D for the one purchase of 7,143sh. of COMMON by SWIM Partners (Stephen White) on 6-21-17 at $4.10. 13D triggering event: On 6-27-17, Mr. Stafford (sole, indirect beneficial owner) transferred all his 3,306,366sh./Common (which includes 132,975 shares of Common issuable upon conv. of 111,699/Preferred x8.333/7) from Ronin Capital LLC to Ronin Trading LLC.

6-20-17/13D(COMMON ONLY): Group Ronin/SWIM adds 378,170 (Mar10-June16), bringing total Common to 3,759,105, 8.8% of Common O/S(42,529,925 at 3-10-17). http://tinyurl.com/y76q5rqu (13D filed June20)
….See the 13D for the 23 purchases of 378,170sh. of COMMON by Ronin+SW 3-10-17 thru 6-17-17. (prices range from 3.57 – 4.97)

5-19-17/13D(PREFERRED ONLY): Group Ronin/SWIM adds 23,140 (May1-May17), bringing total Preferred to 123,499, 7.5% of Preferred O/S(1,647,760 at 1-31-17). http://tinyurl.com/mgnn92x (13D filed May19)
…...On May1, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 7,200 sh. Preferred @$22.51
…...On May15, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 4,740 sh. Preferred @$22.20
…...On May17, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 4,700 sh. Preferred @22.04
…...On May12, 2017, SW-InvestMgt pur. 700 sh. Preferred @$21.15
…...On May17, 2017, SW-InvestMgt pur. 1,120 sh. Preferred @$22.07
…...On May12, 2017, SWIM-Partners pur. 1,800 sh. Preferred @$22.15
…...On May17, 2017, SWIM-Partners pur. 2,880 sh. Preferred @$22.07
TOTAL OWNED 5-19-17: Ronin=111,699, SW-InvestMgt=3,120, SWIM-Partners=8,680 =>GROUP=123,499sh.

4-17-17/13D(PREFERRED ONLY): Ronin adds 23,334 (Mar28-Apr10), bringing total Group Preferred to 100,359, 6.1% of Preferred O/S(1,647,760 at 1-31-17).
http://tinyurl.com/lanjddc (13D filed Apr17)
…...On Mar28, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 1,807 sh. Preferred @$21.60
…...On Apr6, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 5,817 sh. Preferred @$22.16
…...On Apr7, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 10,510 sh. Preferred @22.06
…...On Apr10, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 5,200 sh. Preferred @$21.96
TOTAL OWNED 4-17-17: Ronin=95,059, SW-InvestMgt=1,300, SWIM-Partners=4,000 =>GROUP=100,359sh.

3-10-17/13D(COMMON+PREFERRED): Ronin adds ~3mm/Common & 25,661/Preferred Mar2-9. Group ownership now: 3,380,934/common and 77,025/preferred. http://tinyurl.com/ydxra96u

3-2-17/13D#1(COMMON+PREFERRED Combined): Ronin(John Stafford III) & SW-Partners/SWIM(Stephen White) accum. all of their common & preferred from 1/20/17 – 3/1/17. Group ownership now: 2,947,425/common and 51,364/preferred. http://tinyurl.com/jr42u23

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NOTES/13D: "Each share of Preferred Stock is convertible into a #shares of Common determined by dividing the liquidation preference of $25/sh. by the conv. price, currently $21.00/sh. (8.333/7=1.19048). The Group for purposes of 13D also holds 5% or more of the Common Stock of Peregrine as reported in its separate 13D filed on Mar. 2, 2017, amended Mar. 8, 2017.”
NOTES:
* 13D Group: “people that share the furtherance of a common objective/concerted action”.
* 13D’s are reserved for ACTIVE INVESTORS who may be “interested in agitating for some kind of a change at the company”.
* See John Stafford III/XENCOR BOD(18yrs service): http://tinyurl.com/hcmsv8p
* Ronin Capital LLC: http://www.ronin-capital.com https://www.linkedin.com/company/ronin-capital
* For calc’ing total stake (Common+Preferred), using curr. conv. rate of 8.333/7=~1.19 sh./Common per one share of Series E Convertible Preferred.

ALL SEC filings for PPHM: http://tinyurl.com/6d4jw8
Inst. Holdings (Nasdaq.com) - updated qtly, 45-days after each q/e cutoff: http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/pphm/institutional-holdings
PPHM's Corp. Bylaws (a/o 11-14-14, 8-K): http://tinyurl.com/y8hsppea
Poison Pill adopted 3-16-06: http://tinyurl.com/yvypvh - 44-pg SEC filing: http://tinyurl.com/5m57ut
...BUNGLER explains Poison Pill in plain language: http://tinyurl.com/mft4nd6
5-15-17: Parties Settle 2013 Shareholder Derivative CA Lawsuit vs. BOD(re: Fiduciary Duties) http://tinyurl.com/y982h3rt

cjgaddy

08/14/17 10:18 AM

#308272 RE: cjgaddy #303667

Known Upcoming Events, Large-Shareholders(35%), RONIN-PPHM HISTORY: updated 8-14-17 with Ronin/SWIM’s PR, “Responding to Recent Announcements by Peregrine”, also Inst. Holdings totals updated to 6-30-17 (~50% at this point)...

KNOWN UPCOMING:
Aug15-16: CBI’s MES 2017 (Mfg. Execution Systems), Orlando http://tinyurl.com/ya4twmbj
...Aug16/8:45am: Mehron Mirian (SeniorMgr./QA Validation), "MES AUDIT DEEP DIVE Computerized System Audit"
Aug21-25/Avid Booth #403: CHI's 9th Annual BioProcessing Summit, Boston http://www.bioprocessingsummit.com
~Sep7: FY'18Q1 (qe 7-31-17) Financials & Conf. Call - http://ir.peregrineinc.com/events.cfm
Sep8-12: 42nd ESMO Eur. Cancer Congress”, Madrid http://www.esmo.org/Conferences/ESMO-2017-Congress
...Peregrine Exhibiting: Booth #257
Sep25-28/Avid Booth #918: Informa’s BPI’17: BioProcess Intl. Conf. & Exhibition, Boston https://lifesciences.knect365.com/bioprocessinternational
Oct2/NCI Scientist Gregoire Altan-Bonnet(MSKCC ties), AACR’s Tumor Immunotherapy Conf., Boston http://tinyurl.com/y74v76go
...“Long-Lived Disruption of Inflammation Stems from the Catch-and-Release of Cytokines Mediated by Surface Phosphatidylserine in Tumors
~Oct12: Peregrine's Annual Shareholder’s Meeting (2016 attendee reports: http://tinyurl.com/jx7ouay )
Dec11-15/Avid Booth #311: KNect365’s Antibody Eng. & Therapeutics Conf., SanDiego https://lifesciences.knect365.com/antibody-engineering-therapeutics
~Dec11: FY'18Q2 (qe 10-31-17) Financials & Conf. Call - http://ir.peregrineinc.com/events.cfm
Jan20-22 2018: Phacilitate’s Immunotherapy World Forum, Miami http://www.immunotherapyforum.com
...Jan18 12:30-12:45, Joe Shan(VP/Reg+Clin): “Turning up the Heat: PS-Targeting Antibodies Modulate the Tumor Microenvironment & Enhance Checkpoint Blockade”

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7-20-17: Large Ownership Summary(35%), RONIN Letters/PPHM Comments

Large Ownership now ~15.7mm shares, 34.9% of 45mm O/S. (Ronin+SW/Stafford+White, Eastern Cap./K.Dart, Institutions)

#1: 10-30-15: Kenneth Dart (Eastern Capital) acquires 9.6% stake (4,300,992sh.) in PPHM http://tinyurl.com/y95yskck
...3,777,183 COMMON – 8.4% of 45,069,188 common O/S at 7-10-17 (total beneficial=4,300,992 if Pref. conv. x1.19 to Common, 9.6%)
...440,000 PREFERRED – 26.7% of 1,647,760 preferred O/S at 1-31-17

#2: 7-14-17/13D: Group Ronin Trading/SWInvest (John Stafford III+Stephen White) acquires 8.8% stake (3,952,446sh.) in PPHM http://tinyurl.com/y7ezqvm9
...3,801,139 COMMON – 8.4% of 45,069,188 common O/S at 7-10-17 (total beneficial=3,952,446 if Pref. conv. x1.19 to Common, 8.8%)
...127,099 PREFERRED – 7.7% of 1,647,760 preferred O/S at 1-31-17
NOTE: ALL historical common #’s adjusted for the 1:7 R/S eff. 7-10-17.
 
RONIN/SW 13D SUMMARY:
13D TransDates COMMON-CHG PREF-CHG ENDING-COMMON ENDING-PREF.
3-2-17 1/20/17-3/1/17 +2,947,425 +51,364 2,947,425 51,364 http://tinyurl.com/jr42u23
3-10-17 3/2/17-3/9/17 +433,509 +25,661 3,380,934 77,025 http://tinyurl.com/ydxra96u
4-17-17 3/28/17-4/10/17 0 +23,334 3,380,934 100,359 http://tinyurl.com/lanjddc
5-19-17 5/1/17-5/17/17 0 +23,140 3,380,934 123,499 http://tinyurl.com/mgnn92x
6-20-17 3/10/17-6/16/17 +378,170 0 3,759,105 123,499 http://tinyurl.com/y76q5rqu
6-29-17 6/21/17 +7,143 0 3,766,248 123,499 http://tinyurl.com/y9sp8bfv
7-14-17 6/29/17-7/7/17 +34,891 +3,600 3,801,139 127,099 http://tinyurl.com/ybra4s69

SPLITOUT 13D GROUP into Ronin(John Stafford III) and SW-Partners(Stephen White):
Ronin Trading (Stafford) 3,173,391 115,299
SW-Partners (White) 627,748 11,800
See 13D Details Below.
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Plus, INSTITUTIONS a/o 6-30-17**: 7,455,687sh. = 16.5% <=incl. Tappan 7-20-2017 ADD
http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/pphm/institutional-holdings
**Note: Approx. 50% updated with 6-30-17 figures, the rest still 3-31-17...
TOP7:
Tappan Street Partners 2,298,684 +1,384,380 <=7-20-17/13G: Tappan adds +1,384,380 http://tinyurl.com/y94egwwk
Kennedy Capital Mgt. 1,394,066 +146,842
Vanguard Group 1,029,755 +146,791
Blackrock (Larry Fink CEO) 806,022 -49,433
Renaissance Technologies 481,160 +41,487
Geode Capital Mgt. 205,360 +49,260 <=Sill a/o 3-31-17
Bandera Partners 203,004 New

RONIN/SW Letters to Shareholders/Employees & PPHM Responses: (newest first)

8-14-17: Ronin Trading & SWIM Respond to Recent Announcements by Peregrine
- Believe Incumbent Board Members are Responsible for Continued Destruction of Stockholder Value and Must be Held Accountable
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ronin-trading-and-sw-investment-management-issue-letter-to-employees-of-peregrine-pharmaceuticals-300491208.html
SEC Form 14A: http://tinyurl.com/xxxxx <=not yet issued.
CHICAGO, Aug. 14, 2017: Ronin Trading & SW Investment Mgt. (together with the other participants in their solicitation, "Ronin"), collectively the 2nd largest stockholder of Peregrine, with aggregate beneficial ownership of approx. 8.8% of the Company's outstanding shares of common stock, today issued the following statement with respect to Peregrine:
We find it outrageous that Peregrine's Board of Directors and mgt. chose to fire roughly 20% of the Company's employees while doing nothing to address their own unjustifiable and egregious compensation. If the Company needs to reduce costs, the first place it should look is the preposterously high salaries of its own Board and mgt. We remind stockholders what Institutional Shareholder Services said in its 2016 proxy report on Peregrine:
"WITHHOLD votes are warranted for compensation committee members Carlton M. Johnson Jr., David H. Pohl, and Eric S. Swartz due to continued problematic pay practices and the board's failure to adequately respond to shareholder concerns."
On July 31, 2017, Peregrine's Board announced an intention to increase the size of the Board from 4 to up to 7 members by adding up to 3 new directors with – unlike themselves – actual pharmaceutical & contract development and mfg. experience. This was a laughable attempt to appear stockholder-friendly, since it would brazenly further entrench the incumbents while allowing them to retain a majority of Board seats. Notably, the Company did not actually expand the size of the Board, presumably because the Board's announcement was purely reactive to our public criticisms and it had not successfully identified additional candidates to serve on its slate. It is no surprise to us that the Board appears to be having difficulty finding highly qualified, ethical people to serve as nominees alongside themselves, given their own questionable backgrounds and records of value destruction. Furthermore, based on the feedback we have received from many stockholders in recent weeks, we believe support for the Board at the 2017 Annual Meeting will be nearly nonexistent, thus making it even more difficult for the Board to find addl. qualified nominees. In the event Peregrine proceeds with the expansion of the Board, we will timely nominate additional highly qualified director candidates to ensure that control of the Board does not remain with the incumbents or their hand-picked additions.
We believe a similar problem exists with the Board's ability to identify the right candidate to serve as the President of Avid Bioservices. We doubt whether any qualified candidate would be interested in the position given the current leadership structure of the Company and lack of any strategic plan put forth by the Board. To the extent that a President of Avid is hired prior to the 2017 Annual Meeting, if elected, our director candidates intend to immediately evaluate the appropriateness of the hire.
It is insulting to employees & stockholders alike that mgt. and the Board were responsible for these unfortunate layoffs, but apparently unwilling to sacrifice anything personally. Recent actions by mgt. and the Board further validate our belief that their only concern appears to be their own personal enrichment, which we are confident will soon (and to everyone's relief) be coming to an end. The facts remain clear, and given what we believe is the extraordinarily low likelihood of the incumbent indep. Board members being reelected at the 2017 Annual Meeting, we call on Peregrine's indep. directors, Carlton M. Johnson Jr., David H. Pohl, and Eric S. Swartz, to resign their Board seats immediately. Peregrine can no longer afford to allow Peregrine's current leadership to needlessly destroy more value in a futile attempt to cling to their positions. We are confident that our director nominees are the right people to end Peregrine's culture of leadership unaccountability, and will be able to finally set Peregrine on a path towards value creation.
CERTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PARTICIPANTS:
Ronin Trading, LLC, together with the other participants named herein (collectively, "Ronin"), intends to file a preliminary proxy statement and an accompanying proxy card with the SEC to be used to solicit votes for the election of its slate of 3 highly qualified director nominees at the 2017 annual meeting of stockholders Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
RONIN STRONGLY ADVISES ALL STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND OTHER PROXY MATERIALS AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE… **snip**
PPHM Stock Ownership by Ronin & SWIM: …As of the date hereof, Messrs. Sargen, Scanlan and Zarrabian did not beneficially own any securities of the Company. **snip**
Investor Contact: Stephen White, SW Investment Mgt. LLC 312-765-7033

8-11-17: Peregrine Announces Measures to Reduce Costs, Facilitate Profitability and Strengthen its Operations
* Reductions in R&D, manufacturing, and administrative personnel
* Anticipated annual cost savings of over $7 million
http://ir.peregrineinc.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1037065
TUSTIN, Aug. 11, 2017: Peregrine Pharmaceuticals today announced that it has reduced its overall workforce by 60 employees (or 20%) as part of its series of planned strategic actions to reduce costs and better position the Company to achieve overall profitability while it pursues strategic options for its R&D assets. The Company expects the workforce reductions to result in a net cost savings of between $3.7mm and $4.3mm in FY'18 and more than $7mm in reduced annualized operating expenses beginning in FY'19.
As part of the cost saving initiatives, the Company reduced Peregrine's R&D personnel by 50% to 11 employees, with the remaining staff supporting potential strategic alternatives for its R&D assets while continuing to assist with collaborative trials, the antibody discovery platform, and the exosome program. Personnel supporting the Avid Bioservices CDMO business, a wholly owned subsidiary of Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, was reduced by 20% to 184 employees to align operations with the reduction in forecasted revenues. In addition, SG&A personnel was reduced by 8% to 49 employees as the Company continues to pursue leaner support operations. The charge to earnings for these personnel reductions will be between $1.1mm and $1.7mm, all of which is expected to be incurred during Q2/FY'18.
"While this was a difficult decision, our board and management team believe it was a necessary step as we continue to evaluate strategic options to further strengthen our two distinct businesses and seek to maximize shareholder value," said Steven King, President, CEO, and Director of Peregrine and President of Avid Bioservices. "I would like to personally express my appreciation to the affected employees for their commitment and meaningful contributions to the Peregrine and Avid businesses. We remain committed to capitalizing on long-term opportunities available to our CDMO business and pursuing the best path forward for our R&D business."
Last month, Peregrine announced that as part of its strategic review it intends to expand its board of directors to add new members with CDMO and biologics experience and to commence a search for a dedicated president to head its Avid CDMO business.
IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (same as in 7-31-17 PR – see below)

7-31-17: Peregrine Provides Strategic Update
* Plans to Expand Board of Directors to Add CDMO and Biologics Industry Expertise
* Search for a Dedicated President to Head Avid Bioservices CDMO Business to Commence
* Continues to Evaluate Strategic Options for Advancing R&D Business
http://ir.peregrineinc.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1035083
TUSTIN, July 31, 2017: Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:PPHM) today announced that it intends to increase the size of its Board of Directors from 4 to up to 7 members through the addition of new highly-qualified independent directors with CDMO and biologics experience. The Company also announced that it plans to initiate a search for a dedicated President to lead its wholly-owned CDMO subsidiary, Avid Bioservices, Inc. Lastly, the Company today provided an update on its evaluation of strategic options for advancing its R&D business.
Addition of Board Members
"We look forward to adding new directors with valuable CDMO and biologics industry experience and skills to the Board, broadening our overall expertise and complementing the capabilities and experience of our current directors," said Carlton Johnson, Chairman of Peregrine's Board of Directors. "The Board and management will benefit from the additional perspectives provided by new directors who share our commitment to maximizing stockholder value."
"The Board has played an important role in supporting the growth of the CDMO business and has provided the management team with valuable insight and support over many years. This support was critical in allowing us to build a successful CDMO business while simultaneously advancing our R&D pipeline," said Steven King, President, CEO and Director of Peregrine and President of Avid Bioservices. "As we continue to evaluate a number of strategic options to sharpen the focus of each of our two distinct businesses and enhance shareholder value, I am confident that these planned additions will enhance our ability to successfully lead the Company through this critical process."
Search for Dedicated Avid Bioservices President
Peregrine also plans to appoint a new dedicated President to lead Avid and focus entirely on executing the CDMO business' growth strategy. The new President will report directly to Mr. King while the company continues to evaluate strategic options including potentially separating the R&D and CDMO businesses. The Company believes that the addition of the new President for Avid and the addition of board members with CDMO experience will strengthen Avid's position for future success regardless of the strategic alternatives the Company may pursue. Mr. King, who has served as President of Avid since its formation, will continue to serve in his current role until a candidate is hired in order to ensure continued high level services for its current customers and to make sure there is a successful and smooth transition to the new leadership.
Avid was formed in 2002 to service the attractive commercial bio-manufacturing market. Over the last 15 years, Avid has become a leader in implementing disposable bio-manufacturing processes at commercial scale for large molecule API manufacturing. The Company has achieved a premiere customer list, excellent regulatory track record and strong competitive position from which it can capitalize on favorable industry growth trends. In FY2017, Avid generated revenues of over $57 million and achieved a 5-year compounded annual revenue growth rate of 31%.
"Avid has experienced remarkable and steady growth over the last several years, and we are taking steps to ensure that it remains well-positioned to take advantage of the growing demand for biologics and biosimilar drugs," said King. "We have a clear strategic plan and proven track-record in our CDMO business, as evidenced by our investments in the state-of-the-art Myford facility, our progress securing new customers and expanding our services offerings, and our recent record financial results. With the addition of a new dedicated President, Avid will benefit from a leadership team focused solely on executing its long-term strategic plan of driving growth, diversifying its customer base and optimizing its operations and facilities."
R&D Business Update
Continued King, "At the same time, we are actively evaluating strategic options for advancing our R&D business. We are working with researchers at some of the leading research institutes in the world and have seen renewed and encouraging interest in the bavituximab program from influential key opinion leaders. We believe recent promising clinical data from our bavituximab program, in addition to our other R&D assets, strongly supports continued advancement of the pipeline with the goal of providing patients with new cancer treatment options. Leveraging the scientific expertise of key opinion leaders, we will apply great rigor in assessing additional investments and identifying the best way to move our R&D programs forward."
"As we recently noted on our Q4 conference call [7-14-17: http://tinyurl.com/yb4wulvu ], Peregrine is at the start of a transformative journey, which includes exploring strategic alternatives," said King. "We are focused on enhancing shareholder returns as we capitalize on long-term opportunities available to Avid and pursue the optimal path forward for our drug development franchise. The search for new Board members and a new dedicated leader for Avid mark the first in a series of planned strategic actions that will strengthen the position of Avid as a more independent and potentially as a completely independent entity with a focus on revenue growth and increased profitability. We will also continue to explore the best strategic alternatives for the R&D pipeline in order to maximize value for stockholders."
Peregrine will be working with a nationally recognized executive search firm to assist in identifying highly qualified candidates for the Avid President and Board of Directors positions. The Company intends to appoint a President to the Avid business in the coming months and include the identified directors in its slate of nominees for election to the Board at its next Annual Meeting of Stockholders. . .
Important Additional Information
Peregrine intends to file a proxy statement with the SEC in connection with the solicitation of proxies for Peregrine's 2017 Annual Meeting (Proxy Statement) [The 2016 ASM was on 10-13-16] with an associated WHITE proxy card. Peregrine, its directors and certain of its executive officers will be participants in the solicitation of proxies from stockholders in respect of the 2017 Annual Meeting. Information regarding the names of Peregrine's directors and executive officers and their respective interests in Peregrine by security holdings or otherwise is set forth in the 10-K of Peregrine, for FY2017 ended April 30, 2017, filed with the SEC on July 14, 2017 [10K: http://tinyurl.com/ycxu4l5n ], and Peregrine's proxy statement for the 2016 Annual Meeting, filed with the SEC on Aug. 26, 2016 [http://tinyurl.com/gsrmgs2 ]. To the extent holdings of such participants in Peregrine's securities are not reported, or have changed since the amounts described, in the 2016 proxy statement, such changes have been reflected on Initial Statements of Beneficial Ownership on Form 3 or Statements of Change in Ownership on Form 4 filed with the SEC. Details concerning the nominees of Peregrine's Board of Directors for election at the 2017 Annual Meeting will be included in the Proxy Statement. BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING DECISION, INVESTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY ARE URGED TO READ ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED WITH OR FURNISHED TO THE SEC, INCLUDING THE COMPANY'S DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT AND ANY SUPPLEMENTS THERETO, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Investors and stockholders will be able to obtain a copy of the definitive proxy statement and other documents filed by Peregrine free of charge from the SEC's website, www.sec.gov. Peregrine's stockholders will also be able to obtain, without charge, a copy of the definitive Proxy Statement and other relevant filed documents by directing a request by mail to Peregrine, Corporate Secretary's Office, 14282 Franklin Ave. Tustin, CA 92780, by calling Peregrine's proxy solicitor, MacKenzie Partners, 800-322-2885, or from Peregrine's website at http://www.Peregrineinc.com .
[ALL SEC filings for PPHM: http://tinyurl.com/6d4jw8 ]
Contacts:
Stephanie Diaz (investors) Vida Strategic Partners 415-675-7401 sdiaz@vidasp.com
Tim Brons (media) Vida Strategic Partners 415-675-7402 tbrons@vidasp.com

7-20-17: Ronin Trading & SWIM Issue Letter to Employees of Peregrine
- Elaborate on Strategic Vision & Intentions with Respect to Peregrine
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ronin-trading-and-sw-investment-management-issue-letter-to-employees-of-peregrine-pharmaceuticals-300491208.html
SEC Form 14A: http://tinyurl.com/y8nohtz8
Dear Peregrine Employees:
Ronin Trading, LLC and SW Investment Mgt. LLC believe it is important that you understand a little more about us and what we are attempting to accomplish with our nominations of Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan, and Saiid Zarrabian for election to the Peregrine’s Board of Directors… As detailed in our 7-13-17 public letter to stockholders, we believe that the Company is suffering from mismanagement under the leadership of the incumbent Board that is comprised of egregiously compensated directors who lack relevant experience, possess an immaterial financial interest in the Company, and have histories of losses and questionable dealings outside of Peregrine. Rather than capitalize on the emergence of Peregrine's contract dev. & mfg. Business (“CMDO”), Avid Bioservices, the incumbents have elected to use Avid to support the unsuccessful development of bavituximab. We believe this is a mistake and that the Company and all of its stakeholders – stockholders, employees, and customers – would benefit from a focus on Avid. We want to invest more capital in Avid. We believe Peregrine should invest significantly more into Avid's people, capacity and technology – the only investments to date that have created value for Peregrine. Because of Avid's high return on capital, excellent competitive position and great regulatory track record, we believe that addl. investment will create even more value. Meanwhile, public & private market valuations for CDMOs remain very high, indicating the future return potential for businesses such as Avid. Avid should not be competing for capital with an unsuccessful drug dev. program; instead, it desperately needs a structure where it can invest for growth, free from the handicap of a mgt. team that forces it to prop up a failed clinical dev. business. Increased investment into Avid would also bring much-needed comfort to Avid's customers and the Company's other stakeholders. We appreciate how unsettling it is to see Peregrine's auditor raise substantial doubt as to the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. We are confident that these doubts would be alleviated by focusing on profitably growing Avid and not diverting resources to unrelated clinical dev. activities. We want to attract and retain the best employees for Avid. We genuinely appreciate that the value in CDMOs is as much (if not more) about the people as it is about the physical assets. We want Avid to attract and retain the best talent available, but that will only be possible with the following changes.
First, Peregrine needs a vastly improved culture, which begins with directors and mgt. who possess relevant experience, successful track records, and a true appreciation for Avid's business. Avid can no longer be treated as little more than a means to support extraneous pursuits. Employees deserve strong commitments from a knowledgeable, ethical mgt. team that is focused on growing Avid over the long-run. Second, incentive alignment is a critically important element to the success of any organization. As such, employees should be rewarded with better equity incentive compensation, and this compensation should reflect the work they do. This will only be possible if Peregrine immediately halts all clinical dev. work and reorganizes so that the price of Peregrine's stock is determined by the success of Avid rather than the struggles of clinical development. We are NOT unconditionally wedded to Peregrine's clinical dev. activities. While we acknowledge that there are always varying opinions on the prospects for any drug candidate, the evidence against bavituximab is clear. Despite hundreds of millions in R&D, this drug candidate has not produced any statistically significant results showing improvement in cancer survival rates, has no large partners and no identifiable quotes from key opinion leaders. No amount of "excitement" over data mining from Peregrine's current mgt. changes these facts. We want an independent & objective review of Peregrine's clinical dev. activities, and we believe our director candidates are highly qualified to undertake this review and run a monetization process. However, it is critically important to understand that regardless of anyone's opinion of Peregrine's clinical dev. assets, the Company has NO ability to underwrite any further R&D without simultaneously destroying the value of Avid. For this reason alone, Peregrine must immediately halt all clinical dev. R&D and cut the associated expenses.
We are NOT trying to sell the Company. We are not short-term investors looking to make a quick buck. In fact, when President & CEO Steven W. King previously privately acknowledged to us that the Company had considered selling all or a portion of Avid, we expressed our strong disapproval of any such transaction and belief that it would be contrary to the best interests of the Company and its stockholders. Instead, we insisted that the best option was to focus on taking a long-term view of Avid while managing Peregrine far more sensibly. We reminded Mr. King that a sale of Avid would require stockholder approval and cautioned against attempting to structure a transaction in a manner that would not require stockholder approval. We also explained to Mr. King that a spin-off transaction would be effectively impossible because of Peregrine's approx. $650mm tax-loss carryforward asset and the fact that Peregrine's clinical dev. has no ability to independently support its operations. We are NOT nominating ourselves to the Board. With the Company's 3 non-employee directors collectively earning over $10mm in total compensation since the start of FY2010 (not even including whatever they have received since April 30, 2016), we believe the incumbent directors are grossly overcompensated. We have no interest in receiving this exorbitant compensation at the expense of stockholders; rather, we want to profit with all other stockholders, which is why we are seeking the election of highly qualified, experienced, and reputable candidates who believe will be able to create value for all stockholders and bring stability to the Company for its employees and customers. We fully expect that director compensation will be appropriately adjusted downward once new independent directors capable of acting in stockholders' best interests are elected to the Board. We are NOT "activist" investors. We have not nominated our director candidates because it fulfills our investment strategy. Even 13D Monitor, a research service specializing in shareholder activism, recently noted that "Neither Ronin Capital nor SW Investment (the "Group") are activist investors…" when commenting on our involvement with the Company. Instead, we are simply stockholders who saw a great opportunity to grow Peregrine over the long-run, but realized that change was desperately needed to address the Company's troubling corporate governance practices & strategic miscues. We saw an excellent chance to create value for all stockholders and send a resounding message that poor corporate governance, mismanagement and anything less than the highest ethical standards will no longer be tolerated at Peregrine. We are here to provide a voice for frustrated stockholders and show that there is a light at the end of the tunnel for the Company's customers & employees. Facing the stark reality that their lengthy tenure of unjustifiably high compensation may be coming to an end, we caution the incumbent Board members against taking any action to further entrench themselves or otherwise to the detriment of the Company. Any attempts by the incumbents to delay the upcoming annual meeting, further enrich themselves, or engage in a material transaction without stockholder approval will not be tolerated. We encourage you to let Mr. King and the other members of the Board know that you feel the same way. We look forward to disrupting the culture of entrenchment and seeking the election of our highly-qualified indep. candidates, Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan and Saiid Zarrabian, at the upcoming 2017 annual meeting of stockholders.
Regards,
John S. Stafford III - RONIN TRADING, LLC
Stephen White - SW Investment Mgt. LLC
CERTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PARTICIPANTS:
Ronin Trading intends to file a preliminary proxy statement and an accompanying proxy card with the SEC to be used to solicit votes for the election of its slate of 3 highly qualified director nominees at the 2017 annual meeting of stockholders Peregrine.
RONIN STRONGLY ADVISES ALL STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND OTHER PROXY MATERIALS AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. SUCH PROXY MATERIALS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT http://www.sec.gov ...
The participants in the solicitation are Ronin Trading, John S. Stafford, III, SWIM Partners LP, SW Investment Mgt. LLC, Stephen White, Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan, and Saiid Zarrabian.
As of the date hereof, Ronin Trading directly beneficially owned 3,310,651 shares… Mr. White, as the Mgr. of SW Mgt., may be deemed to beneficially own the 641,795 shares [13D Group: 3,310,651 + 641,795 = 3,952,446, 8.8% of 45,069,188 O/S at 7-10-17]... As of the date hereof, Messrs. Sargen, Scanlan, and Zarrabian did not beneficially own any securities of the Company.
Investor Contact: Stephen White, SW Investment Mgt. LLC, 312- 765-7033
7-20-17 SEC Form 14A: http://tinyurl.com/y8nohtz8
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7-21-17: PPHM’s CEO Steve King’s Letter to Employees re: (Ronin) John Stafford’s 7-20-17 Letter
14A: http://ir.peregrineinc.com/secfiling.cfm?filingID=1683168-17-1828&CIK=704562
Team,
As you may have seen, yesterday two of our stockholders, Ronin Trading, LLC and SW Investment Management LLC, issued a press release directed to you, our employees. This is the same group that put out a press release last week addressed to our stockholders. Both releases are focused on three candidates Ronin/SWIM have nominated for election to our Board of Directors, as well as their overall view of our business. Unfortunately, activist shareholders are a reality for public companies today. While I won’t be addressing every communication from Ronin and SWIM, I am quite sure we will be hearing more from them.
What is most important for all of us here at Peregrine and Avid is to stay focused on the needs of our business. That is what I and the management team and Board are doing, and it is what I would ask of each of you.
To that end, as I’ve shared with all of you in the past, we have a clear plan to grow the Avid business – as demonstrated by our recent investment in Myford 1. Our customer base, which includes leading pharma companies, and strong financial results, are good indications that we are on the right track for continued growth in that business.
At the same time, we are working hard with partners and leading experts on the next steps in our R&D program, especially in light of the recent and compelling data supporting the combination of bavituximab and checkpoint inhibitors. We are fortunate to be working with some of the foremost medical institutions in the world, and they share our excitement in this recent data.
And in addition to all of that, as everyone here is aware and as I mentioned on our earnings call last week, our Board and management team are assessing the best structure to deliver on the respective missions of each business – for our customers, for our partners, for our employees and for our stockholders. Our CDMO & R&D businesses have very different operating models and needs, and we are focused on positioning each of them for success.
As always, please direct any media inquiries to myself and stockholder inquiries to Stephanie Diaz of Vida Strategic Partners at (415) 675-7401.
Thank you for your hard work and commitment to Peregrine and Avid.
Sincerely,
Steve
IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Peregrine intends to file a proxy statement with the SEC in connection with the solicitation of proxies for Peregrine’s 2017 Annual Meeting (the “Proxy Statement”) with an associated WHITE proxy card. Peregrine, its directors, and certain of its executive officers will be participants in the solicitation of proxies from stockholders in respect of the 2017 ASM [~10-12-17]. Information regarding the names of Peregrine’s directors & executive officers and their respective interests in Peregrine by security holdings or otherwise is set forth in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Peregrine, for FY April 30, 2017, filed 7-14-17 [ http://tinyurl.com/ycxu4l5n ], and Peregrine’s proxy statement for the 2016 Annual Meeting, filed with the SEC on Aug. 26, 2016 [ http://tinyurl.com/gsrmgs2 ]. To the extent holdings of such participants in Peregrine’s securities are not reported, or have changed since the amounts described, in the 2016 proxy statement, such changes have been reflected on Initial Statements of Beneficial Ownership on Form 3 or Statements of Change in Ownership on Form 4 filed with the SEC. Details concerning the nominees of Peregrine’s Board of Directors for election at the 2017 Annual Meeting will be included in the Proxy Statement. BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING DECISION, INVESTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY ARE URGED TO READ ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED WITH OR FURNISHED TO THE SEC, INCLUDING THE COMPANY’S DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT AND ANY SUPPLEMENTS THERETO, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Investors and stockholders will be able to obtain a copy of the definitive proxy statement and other documents filed by Peregrine free of charge from the SEC’s website, http://www.sec.gov . Peregrine’s stockholders will also be able to obtain, without charge, a copy of the definitive Proxy Statement and other relevant filed documents by directing a request by mail to Peregrine, Corporate Secretary’s Office, 14282 Franklin Avenue, Tustin, CA 92780, by calling Peregrine’s proxy solicitor, MacKenzie Partners, Inc., 800-322-2885, or from Peregrine’s website at http://www.Peregrine.com .
7-21-17 SEC Form 14A: http://tinyurl.com/yaoppm3z

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7-13-17: Ronin & SW-Invest Issue Letter to Stockholders of Peregrine Pharmaceuticals
* Believe Change is Desperately Needed to Peregrine's Board Given Current Strategy, Poor Corporate Governance, Apparent Misalignment of Interests with Stockholders, and Constant Dilution
* Announces Nomination of Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan, and Saiid Zarrabian for Election at Upcoming 2017 Annual Meeting
CHICAGO, July 13, 2017, PR Newswire:
Ronin Trading, LLC [John Stafford III] and SW Investment Mgt. LLC [Stephen White] (together with the other participants in their solicitation, "Ronin"), collectively the 2nd largest stockholder of Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: PPHM), with aggregate beneficial ownership of approx. 8.8% of the Company's outstanding shares of common stock, today issued a letter to Peregrine's stockholders.
In the letter, Ronin announced that it has formally nominated 3 independent, highly-qualified candidates, Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan, and Saiid Zarrabian, for election to the Company's Board of Directors at the Company's upcoming 2017 annual meeting of stockholders [~Oct. 12, 2017].
As explained in the letter, Ronin believes that there are opportunities to increase stockholder value; however, Ronin is concerned that stockholders will continue to suffer unless the Board is reconstituted with directors who will represent stockholders' best interests. The full text of the letter follows. . .
FULL LETTER w/Charts: http://tinyurl.com/y96wtrdb (PRNewswire)
7-13-17/Schd14A Proxy: http://tinyurl.com/y7tx3mv3 (14A)
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7-13-17: Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Issues Statement Regarding Ronin Trading & SW Investment Mgt.'s Letter to Stockholders
http://ir.peregrineinc.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1033161
TUSTIN, July 13, 2017: Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:PPHM) today confirmed that Ronin Trading, LLC and SW Investment Mgt. LLC (together, "Ronin/SWIM") submitted 3 candidates for election to the Peregrine Board of Directors at the Company's Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The Company issued the following statement on Ronin/SWIM's nomination of directors and its letter to the Peregrine stockholders:

"Peregrine welcomes the input of our stockholders and is committed to maintaining a highly qualified Board to lead the company forward. We respect the right of stockholders to nominate directors and our Board follows a defined process to evaluate any potential nominees. Our Nominating Committee will carefully evaluate Ronin/SWIM's nominees consistent with that process. Following the Committee's review, it will make a recommendation to the Board that is in the best interests of Peregrine and all of our stockholders. Stockholders need take no action at this time.

"We are actively engaged in an ongoing dialogue with our stockholders and welcome their constructive input on how we can further strengthen the company. We have engaged in various discussions with representatives of Ronin Trading and SW Investment Mgt. and welcome a constructive dialogue toward enhancing value.

"Peregrine's Board, which has a deep understanding of the Company's R&D and CDMO business lines, has been actively involved in setting and overseeing a strategy that has delivered meaningful growth over the past five years in our CDMO business and promising progress in our R&D efforts while substantially reducing R&D spend.

"Our Board is committed to maximizing value for all stockholders. Peregrine will continue to evaluate stockholder input, assess opportunities and make decisions to achieve this objective."
ABOUT PEREGRINE PHARMACEUTICALS (snip)
MEDIA CONTACTS: John Christiansen / Matt Reid, Sard Verbinnen & Co, (415) 618-8750 / (310) 201-2040 http://www.sardverb.com
INVESTOR CONTACTS: Stephanie Diaz, Vida Strategic Partners, (415) 675-7401

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7-14-17/13D(COMMON+PREFERRED): Ronin/SWPartners adds 34,891/Common + 3,600/Pref. Jun29-Jul7 http://tinyurl.com/ybra4s69
6-29-17: SWIM adds 14,286 Common @4.01
6-29-17: SW-Invest adds 7,143 Common @4.01
7-7-17: SWIM adds 8,974 Common @3.91
7-7-17: SW-Invest adds 4,486 Common @3.91
7-7-17: Ronin adds 3,600 Preferred @22.00
**NOTE 2nd 7-14-17 13D: http://tinyurl.com/y7tcoqja – documents the 7-12-17 letter from Ronin to PPHM nominating Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan, Saiid Zarrabian for election to PPHM’s BOD the upcoming ~10-12-17 ASM., as well as the 7-13-17 Ronin PR.
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7-13-17: Ronin/SW-Invest Letter to Stockholders; PPHM Comments http://tinyurl.com/ybr8ycbp

6-29-17/13D: Group Ronin/SWIM adds 7,143sh. on 6-21-17, bringing total Common to 3,766,248, 8.4% of Common O/S (45,069,188 at 7-10-17). http://tinyurl.com/y9sp8bfv (13D filed June29)
….See the 13D for the one purchase of 7,143sh. of COMMON by SWIM Partners (Stephen White) on 6-21-17 at $4.10. 13D triggering event: On 6-27-17, Mr. Stafford (sole, indirect beneficial owner) transferred all his 3,306,366sh./Common (which includes 132,975 shares of Common issuable upon conv. of 111,699/Preferred x8.333/7) from Ronin Capital LLC to Ronin Trading LLC.

6-20-17/13D(COMMON ONLY): Group Ronin/SWIM adds 378,170 (Mar10-June16), bringing total Common to 3,759,105, 8.8% of Common O/S(42,529,925 at 3-10-17). http://tinyurl.com/y76q5rqu (13D filed June20)
….See the 13D for the 23 purchases of 378,170sh. of COMMON by Ronin+SW 3-10-17 thru 6-17-17. (prices range from 3.57 – 4.97)

5-19-17/13D(PREFERRED ONLY): Group Ronin/SWIM adds 23,140 (May1-May17), bringing total Preferred to 123,499, 7.5% of Preferred O/S(1,647,760 at 1-31-17). http://tinyurl.com/mgnn92x (13D filed May19)
…...On May1, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 7,200 sh. Preferred @$22.51
…...On May15, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 4,740 sh. Preferred @$22.20
…...On May17, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 4,700 sh. Preferred @22.04
…...On May12, 2017, SW-InvestMgt pur. 700 sh. Preferred @$21.15
…...On May17, 2017, SW-InvestMgt pur. 1,120 sh. Preferred @$22.07
…...On May12, 2017, SWIM-Partners pur. 1,800 sh. Preferred @$22.15
…...On May17, 2017, SWIM-Partners pur. 2,880 sh. Preferred @$22.07
TOTAL OWNED 5-19-17: Ronin=111,699, SW-InvestMgt=3,120, SWIM-Partners=8,680 =>GROUP=123,499sh.

4-17-17/13D(PREFERRED ONLY): Ronin adds 23,334 (Mar28-Apr10), bringing total Group Preferred to 100,359, 6.1% of Preferred O/S(1,647,760 at 1-31-17).
http://tinyurl.com/lanjddc (13D filed Apr17)
…...On Mar28, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 1,807 sh. Preferred @$21.60
…...On Apr6, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 5,817 sh. Preferred @$22.16
…...On Apr7, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 10,510 sh. Preferred @22.06
…...On Apr10, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 5,200 sh. Preferred @$21.96
TOTAL OWNED 4-17-17: Ronin=95,059, SW-InvestMgt=1,300, SWIM-Partners=4,000 =>GROUP=100,359sh.

3-10-17/13D(COMMON+PREFERRED): Ronin adds ~3mm/Common & 25,661/Preferred Mar2-9. Group ownership now: 3,380,934/common and 77,025/preferred. http://tinyurl.com/ydxra96u

3-2-17/13D#1(COMMON+PREFERRED Combined): Ronin(John Stafford III) & SW-Partners/SWIM(Stephen White) accum. all of their common & preferred from 1/20/17 – 3/1/17. Group ownership now: 2,947,425/common and 51,364/preferred. http://tinyurl.com/jr42u23

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NOTES/13D: "Each share of Preferred Stock is convertible into a #shares of Common determined by dividing the liquidation preference of $25/sh. by the conv. price, currently $21.00/sh. (8.333/7=1.19048). The Group for purposes of 13D also holds 5% or more of the Common Stock of Peregrine as reported in its separate 13D filed on Mar. 2, 2017, amended Mar. 8, 2017.”
NOTES:
* 13D Group: “people that share the furtherance of a common objective/concerted action”.
* 13D’s are reserved for ACTIVE INVESTORS who may be “interested in agitating for some kind of a change at the company”.
* See John Stafford III/XENCOR BOD(18yrs service): http://tinyurl.com/hcmsv8p
* Ronin Capital LLC: http://www.ronin-capital.com https://www.linkedin.com/company/ronin-capital
* For calc’ing total stake (Common+Preferred), using curr. conv. rate of 8.333/7=~1.19 sh./Common per one share of Series E Convertible Preferred.

ALL SEC filings for PPHM: http://tinyurl.com/6d4jw8
Inst. Holdings (Nasdaq.com) - updated qtly, 45-days after each q/e cutoff: http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/pphm/institutional-holdings
PPHM's Corp. Bylaws (a/o 11-14-14, 8-K): http://tinyurl.com/y8hsppea
Poison Pill adopted 3-16-06: http://tinyurl.com/yvypvh - 44-pg SEC filing: http://tinyurl.com/5m57ut
...BUNGLER explains Poison Pill in plain language: http://tinyurl.com/mft4nd6
5-15-17: Parties Settle 2013 Shareholder Derivative CA Lawsuit vs. BOD(re: Fiduciary Duties) http://tinyurl.com/y982h3rt

cjgaddy

08/15/17 8:53 AM

#308457 RE: cjgaddy #303667

Known Upcoming Events, Large-Shareholders(35%), RONIN-PPHM HISTORY: updated 8-15-17 with Ronin/SWIM’s PR, “Responding to Recent Announcements by Peregrine”, a 8-14-17 Amended 13G for Tappan St. Partners (Prasad Phatak, Principle Owner, 2 Funds+personal: 2,298,684 total = 5.1% of 45mm O/S), and Inst. Holdings totals updated to 6-30-17...

KNOWN UPCOMING:
Aug15-16: CBI’s MES 2017 (Mfg. Execution Systems), Orlando http://tinyurl.com/ya4twmbj
...Aug16/8:45am: Mehron Mirian (SeniorMgr./QA Validation), "MES AUDIT DEEP DIVE Computerized System Audit"
Aug21-25/Avid Booth #403: CHI's 9th Annual BioProcessing Summit, Boston http://www.bioprocessingsummit.com
~Sep7: FY'18Q1 (qe 7-31-17) Financials & Conf. Call - http://ir.peregrineinc.com/events.cfm
Sep8-12: 42nd ESMO Eur. Cancer Congress”, Madrid http://www.esmo.org/Conferences/ESMO-2017-Congress
...Peregrine Exhibiting: Booth #257
Sep25-28/Avid Booth #918: Informa’s BPI’17: BioProcess Intl. Conf. & Exhibition, Boston https://lifesciences.knect365.com/bioprocessinternational
Oct2/NCI Scientist Gregoire Altan-Bonnet(MSKCC ties), AACR’s Tumor Immunotherapy Conf., Boston http://tinyurl.com/y74v76go
...“Long-Lived Disruption of Inflammation Stems from the Catch-and-Release of Cytokines Mediated by Surface Phosphatidylserine in Tumors
~Oct12: Peregrine's Annual Shareholder’s Meeting (2016 attendee reports: http://tinyurl.com/jx7ouay )
Dec11-15/Avid Booth #311: KNect365’s Antibody Eng. & Therapeutics Conf., SanDiego https://lifesciences.knect365.com/antibody-engineering-therapeutics
~Dec11: FY'18Q2 (qe 10-31-17) Financials & Conf. Call - http://ir.peregrineinc.com/events.cfm
Jan20-22 2018: Phacilitate’s Immunotherapy World Forum, Miami http://www.immunotherapyforum.com
...Jan18 12:30-12:45, Joe Shan(VP/Reg+Clin): “Turning up the Heat: PS-Targeting Antibodies Modulate the Tumor Microenvironment & Enhance Checkpoint Blockade”

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7-20-17: Large Ownership Summary(35%), RONIN Letters/PPHM Comments

Large Ownership now ~15.7mm shares, 34.9% of 45mm O/S. (Ronin+SW/Stafford+White, Eastern Cap./K.Dart, Institutions incl. Tappan’s 8-14-17/13G)

#1: 10-30-15: Kenneth Dart (Eastern Capital) acquires 9.6% stake (4,300,992sh.) in PPHM http://tinyurl.com/y95yskck
...3,777,183 COMMON – 8.4% of 45,069,188 common O/S at 7-10-17 (total beneficial=4,300,992 if Pref. conv. x1.19 to Common, 9.6%)
...440,000 PREFERRED – 26.7% of 1,647,760 preferred O/S at 1-31-17

#2: 7-14-17/13D: Group Ronin Trading/SWInvest (John Stafford III+Stephen White) acquires 8.8% stake (3,952,446sh.) in PPHM http://tinyurl.com/y7ezqvm9
...3,801,139 COMMON – 8.4% of 45,069,188 common O/S at 7-10-17 (total beneficial=3,952,446 if Pref. conv. x1.19 to Common, 8.8%)
...127,099 PREFERRED – 7.7% of 1,647,760 preferred O/S at 1-31-17
NOTE: ALL historical common #’s adjusted for the 1:7 R/S eff. 7-10-17.
 
RONIN/SW 13D SUMMARY:
13D TransDates COMMON-CHG PREF-CHG ENDING-COMMON ENDING-PREF.
3-2-17 1/20/17-3/1/17 +2,947,425 +51,364 2,947,425 51,364 http://tinyurl.com/jr42u23
3-10-17 3/2/17-3/9/17 +433,509 +25,661 3,380,934 77,025 http://tinyurl.com/ydxra96u
4-17-17 3/28/17-4/10/17 0 +23,334 3,380,934 100,359 http://tinyurl.com/lanjddc
5-19-17 5/1/17-5/17/17 0 +23,140 3,380,934 123,499 http://tinyurl.com/mgnn92x
6-20-17 3/10/17-6/16/17 +378,170 0 3,759,105 123,499 http://tinyurl.com/y76q5rqu
6-29-17 6/21/17 +7,143 0 3,766,248 123,499 http://tinyurl.com/y9sp8bfv
7-14-17 6/29/17-7/7/17 +34,891 +3,600 3,801,139 127,099 http://tinyurl.com/ybra4s69

SPLITOUT 13D GROUP into Ronin(John Stafford III) and SW-Partners(Stephen White):
Ronin Trading (Stafford) 3,173,391 115,299
SW-Partners (White) 627,748 11,800
See Ronin/SWIM 13D’s Details Below.
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Plus, INSTITUTIONS a/o 6-30-17: 7,462,716sh. = 16.5% <=incl. Tappan’s 8-14-17/13G,
...and KennedyCAP corrected 9,758,459=>1,394,066(Nasdaq R/S error)
...15,184,677 +(1,394,066-9,758,459) + (2,298,684-1,656,252) = 7,462,716
http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/pphm/institutional-holdings
TOP7:
Tappan St. Partners 1,656,252 +741,948 <=2,298,684 per 8-14-17/13G(see below**)
Kennedy Capital Mgt. 1,394,066 +146,842
Vanguard Group 1,029,755 +146,791
Blackrock (Larry Fink) 806,022 -49,433
Renaissance Technologies 481,160 +41,487
Geode Capital Mgt. 225,679 +20,319
Bandera Partners 203,004 New

**8-14-17/13G: Tappan Street (Prasad Phatak) http://tinyurl.com/ybgqp9uq
2 Funds + P.Phatak’s personal shares:
...Partners LLC, Tappan St. Fund L.P. 1,540,000
...Tappan St. Partners Ideas Fund L.P. 691,577
...Prasad Phatak (Principle Owner) 67,107 Total TAPPAN: 2,298,684 (5.1%)
Note: Tappan Inst. Holdings a/o 3-31-17 was: 914,304.

RONIN/SW Letters to Shareholders/Employees & PPHM Responses: (newest first)

8-14-17: Ronin Trading & SWIM Respond to Recent Announcements by Peregrine
- Believe Incumbent Board Members are Responsible for Continued Destruction of Stockholder Value and Must be Held Accountable
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ronin-trading-and-sw-investment-management-issue-letter-to-employees-of-peregrine-pharmaceuticals-300491208.html
SEC Form 14A: http://tinyurl.com/y7hjryog
CHICAGO, Aug. 14, 2017: Ronin Trading & SW Investment Mgt. (together with the other participants in their solicitation, "Ronin"), collectively the 2nd largest stockholder of Peregrine, with aggregate beneficial ownership of approx. 8.8% of the Company's outstanding shares of common stock, today issued the following statement with respect to Peregrine:
We find it outrageous that Peregrine's Board of Directors and mgt. chose to fire roughly 20% of the Company's employees while doing nothing to address their own unjustifiable and egregious compensation. If the Company needs to reduce costs, the first place it should look is the preposterously high salaries of its own Board and mgt. We remind stockholders what Institutional Shareholder Services said in its 2016 proxy report on Peregrine:
"WITHHOLD votes are warranted for compensation committee members Carlton M. Johnson Jr., David H. Pohl, and Eric S. Swartz due to continued problematic pay practices and the board's failure to adequately respond to shareholder concerns."
On July 31, 2017, Peregrine's Board announced an intention to increase the size of the Board from 4 to up to 7 members by adding up to 3 new directors with – unlike themselves – actual pharmaceutical & contract development and mfg. experience. This was a laughable attempt to appear stockholder-friendly, since it would brazenly further entrench the incumbents while allowing them to retain a majority of Board seats. Notably, the Company did not actually expand the size of the Board, presumably because the Board's announcement was purely reactive to our public criticisms and it had not successfully identified additional candidates to serve on its slate. It is no surprise to us that the Board appears to be having difficulty finding highly qualified, ethical people to serve as nominees alongside themselves, given their own questionable backgrounds and records of value destruction. Furthermore, based on the feedback we have received from many stockholders in recent weeks, we believe support for the Board at the 2017 Annual Meeting will be nearly nonexistent, thus making it even more difficult for the Board to find addl. qualified nominees. In the event Peregrine proceeds with the expansion of the Board, we will timely nominate additional highly qualified director candidates to ensure that control of the Board does not remain with the incumbents or their hand-picked additions.
We believe a similar problem exists with the Board's ability to identify the right candidate to serve as the President of Avid Bioservices. We doubt whether any qualified candidate would be interested in the position given the current leadership structure of the Company and lack of any strategic plan put forth by the Board. To the extent that a President of Avid is hired prior to the 2017 Annual Meeting, if elected, our director candidates intend to immediately evaluate the appropriateness of the hire.
It is insulting to employees & stockholders alike that mgt. and the Board were responsible for these unfortunate layoffs, but apparently unwilling to sacrifice anything personally. Recent actions by mgt. and the Board further validate our belief that their only concern appears to be their own personal enrichment, which we are confident will soon (and to everyone's relief) be coming to an end. The facts remain clear, and given what we believe is the extraordinarily low likelihood of the incumbent indep. Board members being reelected at the 2017 Annual Meeting, we call on Peregrine's indep. directors, Carlton M. Johnson Jr., David H. Pohl, and Eric S. Swartz, to resign their Board seats immediately. Peregrine can no longer afford to allow Peregrine's current leadership to needlessly destroy more value in a futile attempt to cling to their positions. We are confident that our director nominees are the right people to end Peregrine's culture of leadership unaccountability, and will be able to finally set Peregrine on a path towards value creation.
CERTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PARTICIPANTS:
Ronin Trading, LLC, together with the other participants named herein (collectively, "Ronin"), intends to file a preliminary proxy statement and an accompanying proxy card with the SEC to be used to solicit votes for the election of its slate of 3 highly qualified director nominees at the 2017 annual meeting of stockholders Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
RONIN STRONGLY ADVISES ALL STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND OTHER PROXY MATERIALS AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE… **snip**
PPHM Stock Ownership by Ronin & SWIM: …As of the date hereof, Messrs. Sargen, Scanlan and Zarrabian did not beneficially own any securities of the Company. **snip**
Investor Contact: Stephen White, SW Investment Mgt. LLC 312-765-7033

8-11-17: Peregrine Announces Measures to Reduce Costs, Facilitate Profitability and Strengthen its Operations
* Reductions in R&D, manufacturing, and administrative personnel
* Anticipated annual cost savings of over $7 million
http://ir.peregrineinc.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1037065
TUSTIN, Aug. 11, 2017: Peregrine Pharmaceuticals today announced that it has reduced its overall workforce by 60 employees (or 20%) as part of its series of planned strategic actions to reduce costs and better position the Company to achieve overall profitability while it pursues strategic options for its R&D assets. The Company expects the workforce reductions to result in a net cost savings of between $3.7mm and $4.3mm in FY'18 and more than $7mm in reduced annualized operating expenses beginning in FY'19.
As part of the cost saving initiatives, the Company reduced Peregrine's R&D personnel by 50% to 11 employees, with the remaining staff supporting potential strategic alternatives for its R&D assets while continuing to assist with collaborative trials, the antibody discovery platform, and the exosome program. Personnel supporting the Avid Bioservices CDMO business, a wholly owned subsidiary of Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, was reduced by 20% to 184 employees to align operations with the reduction in forecasted revenues. In addition, SG&A personnel was reduced by 8% to 49 employees as the Company continues to pursue leaner support operations. The charge to earnings for these personnel reductions will be between $1.1mm and $1.7mm, all of which is expected to be incurred during Q2/FY'18.
"While this was a difficult decision, our board and management team believe it was a necessary step as we continue to evaluate strategic options to further strengthen our two distinct businesses and seek to maximize shareholder value," said Steven King, President, CEO, and Director of Peregrine and President of Avid Bioservices. "I would like to personally express my appreciation to the affected employees for their commitment and meaningful contributions to the Peregrine and Avid businesses. We remain committed to capitalizing on long-term opportunities available to our CDMO business and pursuing the best path forward for our R&D business."
Last month, Peregrine announced that as part of its strategic review it intends to expand its board of directors to add new members with CDMO and biologics experience and to commence a search for a dedicated president to head its Avid CDMO business.
IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (same as in 7-31-17 PR – see below)

7-31-17: Peregrine Provides Strategic Update
* Plans to Expand Board of Directors to Add CDMO and Biologics Industry Expertise
* Search for a Dedicated President to Head Avid Bioservices CDMO Business to Commence
* Continues to Evaluate Strategic Options for Advancing R&D Business
http://ir.peregrineinc.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1035083
TUSTIN, July 31, 2017: Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:PPHM) today announced that it intends to increase the size of its Board of Directors from 4 to up to 7 members through the addition of new highly-qualified independent directors with CDMO and biologics experience. The Company also announced that it plans to initiate a search for a dedicated President to lead its wholly-owned CDMO subsidiary, Avid Bioservices, Inc. Lastly, the Company today provided an update on its evaluation of strategic options for advancing its R&D business.
Addition of Board Members
"We look forward to adding new directors with valuable CDMO and biologics industry experience and skills to the Board, broadening our overall expertise and complementing the capabilities and experience of our current directors," said Carlton Johnson, Chairman of Peregrine's Board of Directors. "The Board and management will benefit from the additional perspectives provided by new directors who share our commitment to maximizing stockholder value."
"The Board has played an important role in supporting the growth of the CDMO business and has provided the management team with valuable insight and support over many years. This support was critical in allowing us to build a successful CDMO business while simultaneously advancing our R&D pipeline," said Steven King, President, CEO and Director of Peregrine and President of Avid Bioservices. "As we continue to evaluate a number of strategic options to sharpen the focus of each of our two distinct businesses and enhance shareholder value, I am confident that these planned additions will enhance our ability to successfully lead the Company through this critical process."
Search for Dedicated Avid Bioservices President
Peregrine also plans to appoint a new dedicated President to lead Avid and focus entirely on executing the CDMO business' growth strategy. The new President will report directly to Mr. King while the company continues to evaluate strategic options including potentially separating the R&D and CDMO businesses. The Company believes that the addition of the new President for Avid and the addition of board members with CDMO experience will strengthen Avid's position for future success regardless of the strategic alternatives the Company may pursue. Mr. King, who has served as President of Avid since its formation, will continue to serve in his current role until a candidate is hired in order to ensure continued high level services for its current customers and to make sure there is a successful and smooth transition to the new leadership.
Avid was formed in 2002 to service the attractive commercial bio-manufacturing market. Over the last 15 years, Avid has become a leader in implementing disposable bio-manufacturing processes at commercial scale for large molecule API manufacturing. The Company has achieved a premiere customer list, excellent regulatory track record and strong competitive position from which it can capitalize on favorable industry growth trends. In FY2017, Avid generated revenues of over $57 million and achieved a 5-year compounded annual revenue growth rate of 31%.
"Avid has experienced remarkable and steady growth over the last several years, and we are taking steps to ensure that it remains well-positioned to take advantage of the growing demand for biologics and biosimilar drugs," said King. "We have a clear strategic plan and proven track-record in our CDMO business, as evidenced by our investments in the state-of-the-art Myford facility, our progress securing new customers and expanding our services offerings, and our recent record financial results. With the addition of a new dedicated President, Avid will benefit from a leadership team focused solely on executing its long-term strategic plan of driving growth, diversifying its customer base and optimizing its operations and facilities."
R&D Business Update
Continued King, "At the same time, we are actively evaluating strategic options for advancing our R&D business. We are working with researchers at some of the leading research institutes in the world and have seen renewed and encouraging interest in the bavituximab program from influential key opinion leaders. We believe recent promising clinical data from our bavituximab program, in addition to our other R&D assets, strongly supports continued advancement of the pipeline with the goal of providing patients with new cancer treatment options. Leveraging the scientific expertise of key opinion leaders, we will apply great rigor in assessing additional investments and identifying the best way to move our R&D programs forward."
"As we recently noted on our Q4 conference call [7-14-17: http://tinyurl.com/yb4wulvu ], Peregrine is at the start of a transformative journey, which includes exploring strategic alternatives," said King. "We are focused on enhancing shareholder returns as we capitalize on long-term opportunities available to Avid and pursue the optimal path forward for our drug development franchise. The search for new Board members and a new dedicated leader for Avid mark the first in a series of planned strategic actions that will strengthen the position of Avid as a more independent and potentially as a completely independent entity with a focus on revenue growth and increased profitability. We will also continue to explore the best strategic alternatives for the R&D pipeline in order to maximize value for stockholders."
Peregrine will be working with a nationally recognized executive search firm to assist in identifying highly qualified candidates for the Avid President and Board of Directors positions. The Company intends to appoint a President to the Avid business in the coming months and include the identified directors in its slate of nominees for election to the Board at its next Annual Meeting of Stockholders. . .
Important Additional Information
Peregrine intends to file a proxy statement with the SEC in connection with the solicitation of proxies for Peregrine's 2017 Annual Meeting (Proxy Statement) [The 2016 ASM was on 10-13-16] with an associated WHITE proxy card. Peregrine, its directors and certain of its executive officers will be participants in the solicitation of proxies from stockholders in respect of the 2017 Annual Meeting. Information regarding the names of Peregrine's directors and executive officers and their respective interests in Peregrine by security holdings or otherwise is set forth in the 10-K of Peregrine, for FY2017 ended April 30, 2017, filed with the SEC on July 14, 2017 [10K: http://tinyurl.com/ycxu4l5n ], and Peregrine's proxy statement for the 2016 Annual Meeting, filed with the SEC on Aug. 26, 2016 [http://tinyurl.com/gsrmgs2 ]. To the extent holdings of such participants in Peregrine's securities are not reported, or have changed since the amounts described, in the 2016 proxy statement, such changes have been reflected on Initial Statements of Beneficial Ownership on Form 3 or Statements of Change in Ownership on Form 4 filed with the SEC. Details concerning the nominees of Peregrine's Board of Directors for election at the 2017 Annual Meeting will be included in the Proxy Statement. BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING DECISION, INVESTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY ARE URGED TO READ ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED WITH OR FURNISHED TO THE SEC, INCLUDING THE COMPANY'S DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT AND ANY SUPPLEMENTS THERETO, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Investors and stockholders will be able to obtain a copy of the definitive proxy statement and other documents filed by Peregrine free of charge from the SEC's website, www.sec.gov. Peregrine's stockholders will also be able to obtain, without charge, a copy of the definitive Proxy Statement and other relevant filed documents by directing a request by mail to Peregrine, Corporate Secretary's Office, 14282 Franklin Ave. Tustin, CA 92780, by calling Peregrine's proxy solicitor, MacKenzie Partners, 800-322-2885, or from Peregrine's website at http://www.Peregrineinc.com .
[ALL SEC filings for PPHM: http://tinyurl.com/6d4jw8 ]
Contacts:
Stephanie Diaz (investors) Vida Strategic Partners 415-675-7401 sdiaz@vidasp.com
Tim Brons (media) Vida Strategic Partners 415-675-7402 tbrons@vidasp.com

7-20-17: Ronin Trading & SWIM Issue Letter to Employees of Peregrine
- Elaborate on Strategic Vision & Intentions with Respect to Peregrine
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ronin-trading-and-sw-investment-management-issue-letter-to-employees-of-peregrine-pharmaceuticals-300491208.html
SEC Form 14A: http://tinyurl.com/y8nohtz8
Dear Peregrine Employees:
Ronin Trading, LLC and SW Investment Mgt. LLC believe it is important that you understand a little more about us and what we are attempting to accomplish with our nominations of Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan, and Saiid Zarrabian for election to the Peregrine’s Board of Directors… As detailed in our 7-13-17 public letter to stockholders, we believe that the Company is suffering from mismanagement under the leadership of the incumbent Board that is comprised of egregiously compensated directors who lack relevant experience, possess an immaterial financial interest in the Company, and have histories of losses and questionable dealings outside of Peregrine. Rather than capitalize on the emergence of Peregrine's contract dev. & mfg. Business (“CMDO”), Avid Bioservices, the incumbents have elected to use Avid to support the unsuccessful development of bavituximab. We believe this is a mistake and that the Company and all of its stakeholders – stockholders, employees, and customers – would benefit from a focus on Avid. We want to invest more capital in Avid. We believe Peregrine should invest significantly more into Avid's people, capacity and technology – the only investments to date that have created value for Peregrine. Because of Avid's high return on capital, excellent competitive position and great regulatory track record, we believe that addl. investment will create even more value. Meanwhile, public & private market valuations for CDMOs remain very high, indicating the future return potential for businesses such as Avid. Avid should not be competing for capital with an unsuccessful drug dev. program; instead, it desperately needs a structure where it can invest for growth, free from the handicap of a mgt. team that forces it to prop up a failed clinical dev. business. Increased investment into Avid would also bring much-needed comfort to Avid's customers and the Company's other stakeholders. We appreciate how unsettling it is to see Peregrine's auditor raise substantial doubt as to the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. We are confident that these doubts would be alleviated by focusing on profitably growing Avid and not diverting resources to unrelated clinical dev. activities. We want to attract and retain the best employees for Avid. We genuinely appreciate that the value in CDMOs is as much (if not more) about the people as it is about the physical assets. We want Avid to attract and retain the best talent available, but that will only be possible with the following changes.
First, Peregrine needs a vastly improved culture, which begins with directors and mgt. who possess relevant experience, successful track records, and a true appreciation for Avid's business. Avid can no longer be treated as little more than a means to support extraneous pursuits. Employees deserve strong commitments from a knowledgeable, ethical mgt. team that is focused on growing Avid over the long-run. Second, incentive alignment is a critically important element to the success of any organization. As such, employees should be rewarded with better equity incentive compensation, and this compensation should reflect the work they do. This will only be possible if Peregrine immediately halts all clinical dev. work and reorganizes so that the price of Peregrine's stock is determined by the success of Avid rather than the struggles of clinical development. We are NOT unconditionally wedded to Peregrine's clinical dev. activities. While we acknowledge that there are always varying opinions on the prospects for any drug candidate, the evidence against bavituximab is clear. Despite hundreds of millions in R&D, this drug candidate has not produced any statistically significant results showing improvement in cancer survival rates, has no large partners and no identifiable quotes from key opinion leaders. No amount of "excitement" over data mining from Peregrine's current mgt. changes these facts. We want an independent & objective review of Peregrine's clinical dev. activities, and we believe our director candidates are highly qualified to undertake this review and run a monetization process. However, it is critically important to understand that regardless of anyone's opinion of Peregrine's clinical dev. assets, the Company has NO ability to underwrite any further R&D without simultaneously destroying the value of Avid. For this reason alone, Peregrine must immediately halt all clinical dev. R&D and cut the associated expenses.
We are NOT trying to sell the Company. We are not short-term investors looking to make a quick buck. In fact, when President & CEO Steven W. King previously privately acknowledged to us that the Company had considered selling all or a portion of Avid, we expressed our strong disapproval of any such transaction and belief that it would be contrary to the best interests of the Company and its stockholders. Instead, we insisted that the best option was to focus on taking a long-term view of Avid while managing Peregrine far more sensibly. We reminded Mr. King that a sale of Avid would require stockholder approval and cautioned against attempting to structure a transaction in a manner that would not require stockholder approval. We also explained to Mr. King that a spin-off transaction would be effectively impossible because of Peregrine's approx. $650mm tax-loss carryforward asset and the fact that Peregrine's clinical dev. has no ability to independently support its operations. We are NOT nominating ourselves to the Board. With the Company's 3 non-employee directors collectively earning over $10mm in total compensation since the start of FY2010 (not even including whatever they have received since April 30, 2016), we believe the incumbent directors are grossly overcompensated. We have no interest in receiving this exorbitant compensation at the expense of stockholders; rather, we want to profit with all other stockholders, which is why we are seeking the election of highly qualified, experienced, and reputable candidates who believe will be able to create value for all stockholders and bring stability to the Company for its employees and customers. We fully expect that director compensation will be appropriately adjusted downward once new independent directors capable of acting in stockholders' best interests are elected to the Board. We are NOT "activist" investors. We have not nominated our director candidates because it fulfills our investment strategy. Even 13D Monitor, a research service specializing in shareholder activism, recently noted that "Neither Ronin Capital nor SW Investment (the "Group") are activist investors…" when commenting on our involvement with the Company. Instead, we are simply stockholders who saw a great opportunity to grow Peregrine over the long-run, but realized that change was desperately needed to address the Company's troubling corporate governance practices & strategic miscues. We saw an excellent chance to create value for all stockholders and send a resounding message that poor corporate governance, mismanagement and anything less than the highest ethical standards will no longer be tolerated at Peregrine. We are here to provide a voice for frustrated stockholders and show that there is a light at the end of the tunnel for the Company's customers & employees. Facing the stark reality that their lengthy tenure of unjustifiably high compensation may be coming to an end, we caution the incumbent Board members against taking any action to further entrench themselves or otherwise to the detriment of the Company. Any attempts by the incumbents to delay the upcoming annual meeting, further enrich themselves, or engage in a material transaction without stockholder approval will not be tolerated. We encourage you to let Mr. King and the other members of the Board know that you feel the same way. We look forward to disrupting the culture of entrenchment and seeking the election of our highly-qualified indep. candidates, Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan and Saiid Zarrabian, at the upcoming 2017 annual meeting of stockholders.
Regards,
John S. Stafford III - RONIN TRADING, LLC
Stephen White - SW Investment Mgt. LLC
CERTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PARTICIPANTS:
Ronin Trading intends to file a preliminary proxy statement and an accompanying proxy card with the SEC to be used to solicit votes for the election of its slate of 3 highly qualified director nominees at the 2017 annual meeting of stockholders Peregrine.
RONIN STRONGLY ADVISES ALL STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND OTHER PROXY MATERIALS AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. SUCH PROXY MATERIALS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT http://www.sec.gov ...
The participants in the solicitation are Ronin Trading, John S. Stafford, III, SWIM Partners LP, SW Investment Mgt. LLC, Stephen White, Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan, and Saiid Zarrabian.
As of the date hereof, Ronin Trading directly beneficially owned 3,310,651 shares… Mr. White, as the Mgr. of SW Mgt., may be deemed to beneficially own the 641,795 shares [13D Group: 3,310,651 + 641,795 = 3,952,446, 8.8% of 45,069,188 O/S at 7-10-17]... As of the date hereof, Messrs. Sargen, Scanlan, and Zarrabian did not beneficially own any securities of the Company.
Investor Contact: Stephen White, SW Investment Mgt. LLC, 312- 765-7033
7-20-17 SEC Form 14A: http://tinyurl.com/y8nohtz8
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7-21-17: PPHM’s CEO Steve King’s Letter to Employees re: (Ronin) John Stafford’s 7-20-17 Letter
14A: http://ir.peregrineinc.com/secfiling.cfm?filingID=1683168-17-1828&CIK=704562
Team,
As you may have seen, yesterday two of our stockholders, Ronin Trading, LLC and SW Investment Management LLC, issued a press release directed to you, our employees. This is the same group that put out a press release last week addressed to our stockholders. Both releases are focused on three candidates Ronin/SWIM have nominated for election to our Board of Directors, as well as their overall view of our business. Unfortunately, activist shareholders are a reality for public companies today. While I won’t be addressing every communication from Ronin and SWIM, I am quite sure we will be hearing more from them.
What is most important for all of us here at Peregrine and Avid is to stay focused on the needs of our business. That is what I and the management team and Board are doing, and it is what I would ask of each of you.
To that end, as I’ve shared with all of you in the past, we have a clear plan to grow the Avid business – as demonstrated by our recent investment in Myford 1. Our customer base, which includes leading pharma companies, and strong financial results, are good indications that we are on the right track for continued growth in that business.
At the same time, we are working hard with partners and leading experts on the next steps in our R&D program, especially in light of the recent and compelling data supporting the combination of bavituximab and checkpoint inhibitors. We are fortunate to be working with some of the foremost medical institutions in the world, and they share our excitement in this recent data.
And in addition to all of that, as everyone here is aware and as I mentioned on our earnings call last week, our Board and management team are assessing the best structure to deliver on the respective missions of each business – for our customers, for our partners, for our employees and for our stockholders. Our CDMO & R&D businesses have very different operating models and needs, and we are focused on positioning each of them for success.
As always, please direct any media inquiries to myself and stockholder inquiries to Stephanie Diaz of Vida Strategic Partners at (415) 675-7401.
Thank you for your hard work and commitment to Peregrine and Avid.
Sincerely,
Steve
IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Peregrine intends to file a proxy statement with the SEC in connection with the solicitation of proxies for Peregrine’s 2017 Annual Meeting (the “Proxy Statement”) with an associated WHITE proxy card. Peregrine, its directors, and certain of its executive officers will be participants in the solicitation of proxies from stockholders in respect of the 2017 ASM [~10-12-17]. Information regarding the names of Peregrine’s directors & executive officers and their respective interests in Peregrine by security holdings or otherwise is set forth in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Peregrine, for FY April 30, 2017, filed 7-14-17 [ http://tinyurl.com/ycxu4l5n ], and Peregrine’s proxy statement for the 2016 Annual Meeting, filed with the SEC on Aug. 26, 2016 [ http://tinyurl.com/gsrmgs2 ]. To the extent holdings of such participants in Peregrine’s securities are not reported, or have changed since the amounts described, in the 2016 proxy statement, such changes have been reflected on Initial Statements of Beneficial Ownership on Form 3 or Statements of Change in Ownership on Form 4 filed with the SEC. Details concerning the nominees of Peregrine’s Board of Directors for election at the 2017 Annual Meeting will be included in the Proxy Statement. BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING DECISION, INVESTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY ARE URGED TO READ ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED WITH OR FURNISHED TO THE SEC, INCLUDING THE COMPANY’S DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT AND ANY SUPPLEMENTS THERETO, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Investors and stockholders will be able to obtain a copy of the definitive proxy statement and other documents filed by Peregrine free of charge from the SEC’s website, http://www.sec.gov . Peregrine’s stockholders will also be able to obtain, without charge, a copy of the definitive Proxy Statement and other relevant filed documents by directing a request by mail to Peregrine, Corporate Secretary’s Office, 14282 Franklin Avenue, Tustin, CA 92780, by calling Peregrine’s proxy solicitor, MacKenzie Partners, Inc., 800-322-2885, or from Peregrine’s website at http://www.Peregrine.com .
7-21-17 SEC Form 14A: http://tinyurl.com/yaoppm3z

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7-13-17: Ronin & SW-Invest Issue Letter to Stockholders of Peregrine Pharmaceuticals
* Believe Change is Desperately Needed to Peregrine's Board Given Current Strategy, Poor Corporate Governance, Apparent Misalignment of Interests with Stockholders, and Constant Dilution
* Announces Nomination of Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan, and Saiid Zarrabian for Election at Upcoming 2017 Annual Meeting
CHICAGO, July 13, 2017, PR Newswire:
Ronin Trading, LLC [John Stafford III] and SW Investment Mgt. LLC [Stephen White] (together with the other participants in their solicitation, "Ronin"), collectively the 2nd largest stockholder of Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: PPHM), with aggregate beneficial ownership of approx. 8.8% of the Company's outstanding shares of common stock, today issued a letter to Peregrine's stockholders.
In the letter, Ronin announced that it has formally nominated 3 independent, highly-qualified candidates, Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan, and Saiid Zarrabian, for election to the Company's Board of Directors at the Company's upcoming 2017 annual meeting of stockholders [~Oct. 12, 2017].
As explained in the letter, Ronin believes that there are opportunities to increase stockholder value; however, Ronin is concerned that stockholders will continue to suffer unless the Board is reconstituted with directors who will represent stockholders' best interests. The full text of the letter follows. . .
FULL LETTER w/Charts: http://tinyurl.com/y96wtrdb (PRNewswire)
7-13-17/Schd14A Proxy: http://tinyurl.com/y7tx3mv3 (14A)
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7-13-17: Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Issues Statement Regarding Ronin Trading & SW Investment Mgt.'s Letter to Stockholders
http://ir.peregrineinc.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1033161
TUSTIN, July 13, 2017: Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:PPHM) today confirmed that Ronin Trading, LLC and SW Investment Mgt. LLC (together, "Ronin/SWIM") submitted 3 candidates for election to the Peregrine Board of Directors at the Company's Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The Company issued the following statement on Ronin/SWIM's nomination of directors and its letter to the Peregrine stockholders:

"Peregrine welcomes the input of our stockholders and is committed to maintaining a highly qualified Board to lead the company forward. We respect the right of stockholders to nominate directors and our Board follows a defined process to evaluate any potential nominees. Our Nominating Committee will carefully evaluate Ronin/SWIM's nominees consistent with that process. Following the Committee's review, it will make a recommendation to the Board that is in the best interests of Peregrine and all of our stockholders. Stockholders need take no action at this time.

"We are actively engaged in an ongoing dialogue with our stockholders and welcome their constructive input on how we can further strengthen the company. We have engaged in various discussions with representatives of Ronin Trading and SW Investment Mgt. and welcome a constructive dialogue toward enhancing value.

"Peregrine's Board, which has a deep understanding of the Company's R&D and CDMO business lines, has been actively involved in setting and overseeing a strategy that has delivered meaningful growth over the past five years in our CDMO business and promising progress in our R&D efforts while substantially reducing R&D spend.

"Our Board is committed to maximizing value for all stockholders. Peregrine will continue to evaluate stockholder input, assess opportunities and make decisions to achieve this objective."
ABOUT PEREGRINE PHARMACEUTICALS (snip)
MEDIA CONTACTS: John Christiansen / Matt Reid, Sard Verbinnen & Co, (415) 618-8750 / (310) 201-2040 http://www.sardverb.com
INVESTOR CONTACTS: Stephanie Diaz, Vida Strategic Partners, (415) 675-7401

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7-14-17/13D(COMMON+PREFERRED): Ronin/SWPartners adds 34,891/Common + 3,600/Pref. Jun29-Jul7 http://tinyurl.com/ybra4s69
6-29-17: SWIM adds 14,286 Common @4.01
6-29-17: SW-Invest adds 7,143 Common @4.01
7-7-17: SWIM adds 8,974 Common @3.91
7-7-17: SW-Invest adds 4,486 Common @3.91
7-7-17: Ronin adds 3,600 Preferred @22.00
**NOTE 2nd 7-14-17 13D: http://tinyurl.com/y7tcoqja – documents the 7-12-17 letter from Ronin to PPHM nominating Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan, Saiid Zarrabian for election to PPHM’s BOD the upcoming ~10-12-17 ASM., as well as the 7-13-17 Ronin PR.
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7-13-17: Ronin/SW-Invest Letter to Stockholders; PPHM Comments http://tinyurl.com/ybr8ycbp

6-29-17/13D: Group Ronin/SWIM adds 7,143sh. on 6-21-17, bringing total Common to 3,766,248, 8.4% of Common O/S (45,069,188 at 7-10-17). http://tinyurl.com/y9sp8bfv (13D filed June29)
….See the 13D for the one purchase of 7,143sh. of COMMON by SWIM Partners (Stephen White) on 6-21-17 at $4.10. 13D triggering event: On 6-27-17, Mr. Stafford (sole, indirect beneficial owner) transferred all his 3,306,366sh./Common (which includes 132,975 shares of Common issuable upon conv. of 111,699/Preferred x8.333/7) from Ronin Capital LLC to Ronin Trading LLC.

6-20-17/13D(COMMON ONLY): Group Ronin/SWIM adds 378,170 (Mar10-June16), bringing total Common to 3,759,105, 8.8% of Common O/S(42,529,925 at 3-10-17). http://tinyurl.com/y76q5rqu (13D filed June20)
….See the 13D for the 23 purchases of 378,170sh. of COMMON by Ronin+SW 3-10-17 thru 6-17-17. (prices range from 3.57 – 4.97)

5-19-17/13D(PREFERRED ONLY): Group Ronin/SWIM adds 23,140 (May1-May17), bringing total Preferred to 123,499, 7.5% of Preferred O/S(1,647,760 at 1-31-17). http://tinyurl.com/mgnn92x (13D filed May19)
…...On May1, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 7,200 sh. Preferred @$22.51
…...On May15, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 4,740 sh. Preferred @$22.20
…...On May17, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 4,700 sh. Preferred @22.04
…...On May12, 2017, SW-InvestMgt pur. 700 sh. Preferred @$21.15
…...On May17, 2017, SW-InvestMgt pur. 1,120 sh. Preferred @$22.07
…...On May12, 2017, SWIM-Partners pur. 1,800 sh. Preferred @$22.15
…...On May17, 2017, SWIM-Partners pur. 2,880 sh. Preferred @$22.07
TOTAL OWNED 5-19-17: Ronin=111,699, SW-InvestMgt=3,120, SWIM-Partners=8,680 =>GROUP=123,499sh.

4-17-17/13D(PREFERRED ONLY): Ronin adds 23,334 (Mar28-Apr10), bringing total Group Preferred to 100,359, 6.1% of Preferred O/S(1,647,760 at 1-31-17).
http://tinyurl.com/lanjddc (13D filed Apr17)
…...On Mar28, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 1,807 sh. Preferred @$21.60
…...On Apr6, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 5,817 sh. Preferred @$22.16
…...On Apr7, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 10,510 sh. Preferred @22.06
…...On Apr10, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 5,200 sh. Preferred @$21.96
TOTAL OWNED 4-17-17: Ronin=95,059, SW-InvestMgt=1,300, SWIM-Partners=4,000 =>GROUP=100,359sh.

3-10-17/13D(COMMON+PREFERRED): Ronin adds ~3mm/Common & 25,661/Preferred Mar2-9. Group ownership now: 3,380,934/common and 77,025/preferred. http://tinyurl.com/ydxra96u

3-2-17/13D#1(COMMON+PREFERRED Combined): Ronin(John Stafford III) & SW-Partners/SWIM(Stephen White) accum. all of their common & preferred from 1/20/17 – 3/1/17. Group ownership now: 2,947,425/common and 51,364/preferred. http://tinyurl.com/jr42u23

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NOTES/13D: "Each share of Preferred Stock is convertible into a #shares of Common determined by dividing the liquidation preference of $25/sh. by the conv. price, currently $21.00/sh. (8.333/7=1.19048). The Group for purposes of 13D also holds 5% or more of the Common Stock of Peregrine as reported in its separate 13D filed on Mar. 2, 2017, amended Mar. 8, 2017.”
NOTES:
* 13D Group: “people that share the furtherance of a common objective/concerted action”.
* 13D’s are reserved for ACTIVE INVESTORS who may be “interested in agitating for some kind of a change at the company”.
* See John Stafford III/XENCOR BOD(18yrs service): http://tinyurl.com/hcmsv8p
* Ronin Capital LLC: http://www.ronin-capital.com https://www.linkedin.com/company/ronin-capital
* For calc’ing total stake (Common+Preferred), using curr. conv. rate of 8.333/7=~1.19 sh./Common per one share of Series E Convertible Preferred.

ALL SEC filings for PPHM: http://tinyurl.com/6d4jw8
Inst. Holdings (Nasdaq.com) - updated qtly, 45-days after each q/e cutoff: http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/pphm/institutional-holdings
PPHM's Corp. Bylaws (a/o 11-14-14, 8-K): http://tinyurl.com/y8hsppea
Poison Pill adopted 3-16-06: http://tinyurl.com/yvypvh - 44-pg SEC filing: http://tinyurl.com/5m57ut
...BUNGLER explains Poison Pill in plain language: http://tinyurl.com/mft4nd6
5-15-17: Parties Settle 2013 Shareholder Derivative CA Lawsuit vs. BOD(re: Fiduciary Duties) http://tinyurl.com/y982h3rt

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08/29/17 6:48 PM

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Known Upcoming Events, Large-Shareholders(35%), RONIN-PPHM HISTORY: updated 8-29-17 with RONIN/SWIM’s PRELIM. Proxy (14A), filed 8-29-17 [http://tinyurl.com/yay55u3p ], which states, “We are seeking your support for the election of our 3 BOD nominees at the PPHM 2017 ASM: Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan, Saiid Zarrabian.”, as well as approval to “To hold a non-binding advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers”. This 14A (pgs.5-9) also lists a 35-pt. chronology of events (1-17-17 thru 8-14-17) leading up to this proxy solicitation. Also, pgs. I1-4 lists all Ronin/SW PPHM stock transactions, since 12-15-16 – it shows 2 new purchases of Common since the last 13D: SWIM/SWInvest(S.White): 8-4-17/16,026 and 8-15-17/11,226. (+27,252 total). This results in Ronin/SW Group total beneficial ownership moving from 3,952,446 to 3,979,699 (8.8% of 45,096,081 outstanding as of 8-25-17).
NOTE:
PPHM’s AMENDED 10-K was filed 8-28-17 (http://tinyurl.com/yb5jq7vc ) - see below for more info.

KNOWN UPCOMING: ~Sep7: FY'18Q1 (qe 7-31-17) Financials & Conf. Call - http://ir.peregrineinc.com/events.cfm
Sep8-12: 42nd ESMO Eur. Cancer Congress”, Madrid http://www.esmo.org/Conferences/ESMO-2017-Congress
...Peregrine Exhibiting: Booth #257
Sep25-28/Avid Booth #918: Informa’s BPI’17: BioProcess Intl. Conf. & Exhibition, Boston https://lifesciences.knect365.com/bioprocessinternational
Oct2/NCI Scientist Gregoire Altan-Bonnet(MSKCC ties), AACR’s Tumor Immunotherapy Conf., Boston http://tinyurl.com/y74v76go
...“Long-Lived Disruption of Inflammation Stems from the Catch-and-Release of Cytokines Mediated by Surface Phosphatidylserine in Tumors
~Oct12: Peregrine's Annual Shareholder’s Meeting (2016 attendee reports: http://tinyurl.com/jx7ouay )
Dec11-15/Avid Booth #311: KNect365’s Antibody Eng. & Therapeutics Conf., SanDiego https://lifesciences.knect365.com/antibody-engineering-therapeutics
~Dec11: FY'18Q2 (qe 10-31-17) Financials & Conf. Call - http://ir.peregrineinc.com/events.cfm
Jan20-22 2018: Phacilitate’s Immunotherapy World Forum, Miami http://www.immunotherapyforum.com
...Jan18 12:30-12:45, Joe Shan(VP/Reg+Clin): “Turning up the Heat: PS-Targeting Antibodies Modulate the Tumor Microenvironment & Enhance Checkpoint Blockade”

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7-20-17: Large Ownership Summary(34.8%), RONIN Letters/PPHM Comments

Large Ownership now ~15.8mm shares, 34.9% of ~45.1mm O/S. (Ronin+SW/Stafford+White, Eastern Cap./K.Dart, Institutions incl. Tappan’s 8-14-17/13G)

#1: 10-30-15: Kenneth Dart (Eastern Capital) acquires 9.5% stake (4,300,992sh.) in PPHM http://tinyurl.com/y95yskck
...3,777,183 COMMON – 8.4% of 45,096,081 common O/S at 8-25-17 (total beneficial=4,300,992 if Pref. conv. x1.19 to Common, 9.5%)
...440,000 PREFERRED – 26.7% of 1,647,760 preferred O/S at 1-31-17

#2: 7-14-17/13D: Group Ronin Trading/SWInvest (John Stafford III+Stephen White) acquires 8.8% stake (3,979,699sh.) in PPHM http://tinyurl.com/y7ezqvm9
...3,838,391 COMMON – 8.5% of 45,096,081 common O/S at 8-25-17 (total beneficial=3,979,699 if Pref. conv. x1.19 to Common, 8.8%)
...127,099 PREFERRED – 7.7% of 1,647,760 preferred O/S at 1-31-17
NOTE: ALL historical common #’s adjusted for the 1:7 R/S eff. 7-10-17.
 
RONIN/SW 13D SUMMARY:
13D TransDates COMMON-CHG PREF-CHG ENDING-COMMON ENDING-PREF.
3-2-17 1/20/17-3/1/17 +2,947,425 +51,364 2,947,425 51,364 http://tinyurl.com/jr42u23
3-10-17 3/2/17-3/9/17 +433,509 +25,661 3,380,934 77,025 http://tinyurl.com/ydxra96u
4-17-17 3/28/17-4/10/17 0 +23,334 3,380,934 100,359 http://tinyurl.com/lanjddc
5-19-17 5/1/17-5/17/17 0 +23,140 3,380,934 123,499 http://tinyurl.com/mgnn92x
6-20-17 3/10/17-6/16/17 +378,170 0 3,759,105 123,499 http://tinyurl.com/y76q5rqu
6-29-17 6/21/17 +7,143 0 3,766,248 123,499 http://tinyurl.com/y9sp8bfv
7-14-17 6/29/17-7/7/17 +34,891 +3,600 3,801,139 127,099 http://tinyurl.com/ybra4s69
8-29-17 8/4/17-8/15/17 +27,252 0 3,838,391 127,099 http://tinyurl.com/yay55u3p (14A)

SPLITOUT 13D GROUP into Ronin(John Stafford III) and SW-Partners(Stephen White):
Ronin Trading (Stafford) 3,173,391 115,299
SW-Partners (White) 655,000 11,800
See Ronin/SWIM 13D’s Details Below.
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Plus, INSTITUTIONS a/o 6-30-17: 7,476,857sh. = 16.6% <=incl. Tappan’s 8-14-17/13G,
...and KennedyCAP corrected 9,758,459=>1,394,066(Nasdaq R/S error)
...15,198,818 +(1,394,066-9,758,459) + (2,298,684-1,656,252) = 7,455,228
http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/pphm/institutional-holdings
TOP7:
Tappan St. Partners 2,298,684 +1,384,380 <=per 8-14-17/13G(see below**)
Kennedy Capital Mgt. 1,394,066 +146,842
Vanguard Group 1,029,755 +146,791
Blackrock (Larry Fink) 806,022 -49,433
Renaissance Technologies 481,160 +41,487
Geode Capital Mgt. 225,679 +20,319
Bandera Partners 203,004 New

**8-14-17/13G: Tappan Street (Prasad Phatak) http://tinyurl.com/ybgqp9uq
2 Funds + P.Phatak’s personal shares:
...Partners LLC, Tappan St. Fund L.P. 1,540,000
...Tappan St. Partners Ideas Fund L.P. 691,577
...Prasad Phatak (Principle Owner) 67,107 Total TAPPAN: 2,298,684 (5.1%)
Note: Tappan Inst. Holdings a/o 3-31-17 was: 914,304, 1,656,252 at 6-30-17.

RONIN/SW Letters to Shareholders/Employees & PPHM Responses: (newest first)

AWAITING: mm-dd-17: PPHM’s DEF 14A Proxy Statement: http:xxxxxxxxxxx
...LAST YEAR: 10-13-16 Peregrine's ASM Voting Results: http://tinyurl.com/ycrrrb43

8-29-17: RONIN/SWIM’s PRELIM. Proxy Statement (14A) http://tinyurl.com/yay55u3p
“We are seeking your support for the election of our 3 BOD nominees at the PPHM 2017 ASM: Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan, Saiid Zarrabian.”, as well as approval to “To hold a non-binding advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers”. This 14A (pgs.5-9) also lists a 35-pt. chronology of events (1-17-17 thru 8-14-17) leading up to this proxy solicitation. Also, pgs. I1-4 lists all Ronin/SW PPHM stock transactions, since 12-15-16 – it shows 2 new purchases of Common since the last 13D: SWIM/SWInvest(S.White): 8-4-17/16,026 and 8-15-17/11,226. (+27,252 total). This results in Ronin/SW Group total beneficial ownership moving from 3,952,446 to 3,979,699 (8.8% of 45,096,081 outstanding as of 8-25-17).

8-28-17: PPHM’s Amended 10-K (orig. was 7-14-17) http://tinyurl.com/yb5jq7vc
“This Amendment is being filed for the purpose of providing info. required by Part III of Form 10-K that was not included in the Orig. (7-14-17) Filing. We had previously intended to incorporate by ref. the Part III info. omitted from the Original Filing to the Company’s Proxy Statement for its 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.”
Part III of this Amendment includes:
Item 10: Directors, Executive Officers, Corporate Governance
Item 11: Executive Compensation
Item 12: Security Ownership Of Certain Beneficial Owners and Mgt. and Related Stockholder Matters
Item 13: Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
Item 14: Principal Accounting Fees and Services
Item 15: Exhibits & Financial Statement Schedules
Note: O/S now 45,096,081 (a/o 8-25-17), up +26,893 since the orig. 7-14-17 10-K’s 45,069,188.

8-14-17: Ronin Trading & SWIM Respond to Recent Announcements by Peregrine
- Believe Incumbent Board Members are Responsible for Continued Destruction of Stockholder Value and Must be Held Accountable
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ronin-trading-and-sw-investment-management-issue-letter-to-employees-of-peregrine-pharmaceuticals-300491208.html
SEC Form 14A: http://tinyurl.com/y7hjryog
CHICAGO, Aug. 14, 2017: Ronin Trading & SW Investment Mgt. (together with the other participants in their solicitation, "Ronin"), collectively the 2nd largest stockholder of Peregrine, with aggregate beneficial ownership of approx. 8.8% of the Company's outstanding shares of common stock, today issued the following statement with respect to Peregrine:
We find it outrageous that Peregrine's Board of Directors and mgt. chose to fire roughly 20% of the Company's employees while doing nothing to address their own unjustifiable & egregious compensation. If the Company needs to reduce costs, the first place it should look is the preposterously high salaries of its own Board and mgt. We remind stockholders what Institutional Shareholder Services said in its 2016 proxy report on Peregrine:
"WITHHOLD votes are warranted for compensation committee members Carlton M. Johnson Jr., David H. Pohl, and Eric S. Swartz due to continued problematic pay practices and the board's failure to adequately respond to shareholder concerns."
On July 31, 2017, Peregrine's Board announced an intention to increase the size of the Board from 4 to up to 7 members by adding up to 3 new directors with – unlike themselves – actual pharmaceutical & contract development and mfg. experience. This was a laughable attempt to appear stockholder-friendly, since it would brazenly further entrench the incumbents while allowing them to retain a majority of Board seats. Notably, the Company did not actually expand the size of the Board, presumably because the Board's announcement was purely reactive to our public criticisms and it had not successfully identified additional candidates to serve on its slate. It is no surprise to us that the Board appears to be having difficulty finding highly qualified, ethical people to serve as nominees alongside themselves, given their own questionable backgrounds and records of value destruction. Furthermore, based on the feedback we have received from many stockholders in recent weeks, we believe support for the Board at the 2017 Annual Meeting will be nearly nonexistent, thus making it even more difficult for the Board to find addl. qualified nominees. In the event Peregrine proceeds with the expansion of the Board, we will timely nominate additional highly qualified director candidates to ensure that control of the Board does not remain with the incumbents or their hand-picked additions.
We believe a similar problem exists with the Board's ability to identify the right candidate to serve as the President of Avid Bioservices. We doubt whether any qualified candidate would be interested in the position given the current leadership structure of the Company and lack of any strategic plan put forth by the Board. To the extent that a President of Avid is hired prior to the 2017 Annual Meeting, if elected, our director candidates intend to immediately evaluate the appropriateness of the hire.
It is insulting to employees & stockholders alike that mgt. and the Board were responsible for these unfortunate layoffs, but apparently unwilling to sacrifice anything personally. Recent actions by mgt. and the Board further validate our belief that their only concern appears to be their own personal enrichment, which we are confident will soon (and to everyone's relief) be coming to an end. The facts remain clear, and given what we believe is the extraordinarily low likelihood of the incumbent indep. Board members being reelected at the 2017 Annual Meeting, we call on Peregrine's indep. directors, Carlton M. Johnson Jr., David H. Pohl, and Eric S. Swartz, to resign their Board seats immediately. Peregrine can no longer afford to allow Peregrine's current leadership to needlessly destroy more value in a futile attempt to cling to their positions. We are confident that our director nominees are the right people to end Peregrine's culture of leadership unaccountability, and will be able to finally set Peregrine on a path towards value creation.
CERTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PARTICIPANTS:
Ronin Trading, LLC, together with the other participants named herein (collectively, "Ronin"), intends to file a preliminary proxy statement and an accompanying proxy card with the SEC to be used to solicit votes for the election of its slate of 3 highly qualified director nominees at the 2017 annual meeting of stockholders Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
RONIN STRONGLY ADVISES ALL STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND OTHER PROXY MATERIALS AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE… **snip**
PPHM Stock Ownership by Ronin & SWIM: …As of the date hereof, Messrs. Sargen, Scanlan and Zarrabian did not beneficially own any securities of the Company. **snip**
Investor Contact: Stephen White, SW Investment Mgt. LLC 312-765-7033

8-11-17: Peregrine Announces Measures to Reduce Costs, Facilitate Profitability and Strengthen its Operations
* Reductions in R&D, manufacturing, and administrative personnel
* Anticipated annual cost savings of over $7 million
http://ir.peregrineinc.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1037065
TUSTIN, Aug. 11, 2017: Peregrine Pharmaceuticals today announced that it has reduced its overall workforce by 60 employees (or 20%) as part of its series of planned strategic actions to reduce costs and better position the Company to achieve overall profitability while it pursues strategic options for its R&D assets. The Company expects the workforce reductions to result in a net cost savings of between $3.7mm and $4.3mm in FY'18 and more than $7mm in reduced annualized operating expenses beginning in FY'19.
As part of the cost saving initiatives, the Company reduced Peregrine's R&D personnel by 50% to 11 employees, with the remaining staff supporting potential strategic alternatives for its R&D assets while continuing to assist with collaborative trials, the antibody discovery platform, and the exosome program. Personnel supporting the Avid Bioservices CDMO business, a wholly owned subsidiary of Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, was reduced by 20% to 184 employees to align operations with the reduction in forecasted revenues. In addition, SG&A personnel was reduced by 8% to 49 employees as the Company continues to pursue leaner support operations. The charge to earnings for these personnel reductions will be between $1.1mm and $1.7mm, all of which is expected to be incurred during Q2/FY'18.
"While this was a difficult decision, our board and management team believe it was a necessary step as we continue to evaluate strategic options to further strengthen our two distinct businesses and seek to maximize shareholder value," said Steven King, President, CEO, and Director of Peregrine and President of Avid Bioservices. "I would like to personally express my appreciation to the affected employees for their commitment and meaningful contributions to the Peregrine and Avid businesses. We remain committed to capitalizing on long-term opportunities available to our CDMO business and pursuing the best path forward for our R&D business."
Last month, Peregrine announced that as part of its strategic review it intends to expand its board of directors to add new members with CDMO and biologics experience and to commence a search for a dedicated president to head its Avid CDMO business.
IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (same as in 7-31-17 PR – see below)

7-31-17: Peregrine Provides Strategic Update
* Plans to Expand Board of Directors to Add CDMO and Biologics Industry Expertise
* Search for a Dedicated President to Head Avid Bioservices CDMO Business to Commence
* Continues to Evaluate Strategic Options for Advancing R&D Business
http://ir.peregrineinc.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1035083
TUSTIN, July 31, 2017: Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:PPHM) today announced that it intends to increase the size of its Board of Directors from 4 to up to 7 members through the addition of new highly-qualified independent directors with CDMO and biologics experience. The Company also announced that it plans to initiate a search for a dedicated President to lead its wholly-owned CDMO subsidiary, Avid Bioservices, Inc. Lastly, the Company today provided an update on its evaluation of strategic options for advancing its R&D business.
Addition of Board Members
"We look forward to adding new directors with valuable CDMO and biologics industry experience and skills to the Board, broadening our overall expertise and complementing the capabilities and experience of our current directors," said Carlton Johnson, Chairman of Peregrine's Board of Directors. "The Board and management will benefit from the additional perspectives provided by new directors who share our commitment to maximizing stockholder value."
"The Board has played an important role in supporting the growth of the CDMO business and has provided the management team with valuable insight and support over many years. This support was critical in allowing us to build a successful CDMO business while simultaneously advancing our R&D pipeline," said Steven King, President, CEO and Director of Peregrine and President of Avid Bioservices. "As we continue to evaluate a number of strategic options to sharpen the focus of each of our two distinct businesses and enhance shareholder value, I am confident that these planned additions will enhance our ability to successfully lead the Company through this critical process."
Search for Dedicated Avid Bioservices President
Peregrine also plans to appoint a new dedicated President to lead Avid and focus entirely on executing the CDMO business' growth strategy. The new President will report directly to Mr. King while the company continues to evaluate strategic options including potentially separating the R&D and CDMO businesses. The Company believes that the addition of the new President for Avid and the addition of board members with CDMO experience will strengthen Avid's position for future success regardless of the strategic alternatives the Company may pursue. Mr. King, who has served as President of Avid since its formation, will continue to serve in his current role until a candidate is hired in order to ensure continued high level services for its current customers and to make sure there is a successful and smooth transition to the new leadership.
Avid was formed in 2002 to service the attractive commercial bio-manufacturing market. Over the last 15 years, Avid has become a leader in implementing disposable bio-manufacturing processes at commercial scale for large molecule API manufacturing. The Company has achieved a premiere customer list, excellent regulatory track record and strong competitive position from which it can capitalize on favorable industry growth trends. In FY2017, Avid generated revenues of over $57mm and achieved a 5-yr. compounded annual revenue growth rate of 31%.
"Avid has experienced remarkable and steady growth over the last several years, and we are taking steps to ensure that it remains well-positioned to take advantage of the growing demand for biologics and biosimilar drugs," said King. "We have a clear strategic plan and proven track-record in our CDMO business, as evidenced by our investments in the state-of-the-art Myford facility, our progress securing new customers and expanding our services offerings, and our recent record financial results. With the addition of a new dedicated President, Avid will benefit from a leadership team focused solely on executing its long-term strategic plan of driving growth, diversifying its customer base and optimizing its operations and facilities."
R&D Business Update
Continued King, "At the same time, we are actively evaluating strategic options for advancing our R&D business. We are working with researchers at some of the leading research institutes in the world and have seen renewed and encouraging interest in the bavituximab program from influential key opinion leaders. We believe recent promising clinical data from our bavituximab program, in addition to our other R&D assets, strongly supports continued advancement of the pipeline with the goal of providing patients with new cancer treatment options. Leveraging the scientific expertise of key opinion leaders, we will apply great rigor in assessing additional investments and identifying the best way to move our R&D programs forward."
"As we recently noted on our Q4 conference call [7-14-17: http://tinyurl.com/yb4wulvu ], Peregrine is at the start of a transformative journey, which includes exploring strategic alternatives," said King. "We are focused on enhancing shareholder returns as we capitalize on long-term opportunities available to Avid and pursue the optimal path forward for our drug development franchise. The search for new Board members and a new dedicated leader for Avid mark the first in a series of planned strategic actions that will strengthen the position of Avid as a more independent and potentially as a completely independent entity with a focus on revenue growth and increased profitability. We will also continue to explore the best strategic alternatives for the R&D pipeline in order to maximize value for stockholders."
Peregrine will be working with a nationally recognized executive search firm to assist in identifying highly qualified candidates for the Avid President and Board of Directors positions. The Company intends to appoint a President to the Avid business in the coming months and include the identified directors in its slate of nominees for election to the Board at its next Annual Meeting of Stockholders. . .
Important Additional Information
Peregrine intends to file a proxy statement with the SEC in connection with the solicitation of proxies for Peregrine's 2017 Annual Meeting (Proxy Statement) [The 2016 ASM was on 10-13-16] with an associated WHITE proxy card. Peregrine, its directors and certain of its executive officers will be participants in the solicitation of proxies from stockholders in respect of the 2017 Annual Meeting. Information regarding the names of Peregrine's directors and executive officers and their respective interests in Peregrine by security holdings or otherwise is set forth in the 10-K of Peregrine, for FY2017 ended April 30, 2017, filed with the SEC on July 14, 2017 [10K: http://tinyurl.com/ycxu4l5n ], and Peregrine's proxy statement for the 2016 Annual Meeting, filed with the SEC on Aug. 26, 2016 [http://tinyurl.com/gsrmgs2 ]. To the extent holdings of such participants in Peregrine's securities are not reported, or have changed since the amounts described, in the 2016 proxy statement, such changes have been reflected on Initial Statements of Beneficial Ownership on Form 3 or Statements of Change in Ownership on Form 4 filed with the SEC. Details concerning the nominees of Peregrine's Board of Directors for election at the 2017 Annual Meeting will be included in the Proxy Statement. BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING DECISION, INVESTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY ARE URGED TO READ ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED WITH OR FURNISHED TO THE SEC, INCLUDING THE COMPANY'S DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT AND ANY SUPPLEMENTS THERETO, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Investors and stockholders will be able to obtain a copy of the definitive proxy statement and other documents filed by Peregrine free of charge from the SEC's website, www.sec.gov. Peregrine's stockholders will also be able to obtain, without charge, a copy of the definitive Proxy Statement and other relevant filed documents by directing a request by mail to Peregrine, Corporate Secretary's Office, 14282 Franklin Ave. Tustin, CA 92780, by calling Peregrine's proxy solicitor, MacKenzie Partners, 800-322-2885, or from Peregrine's website at http://www.Peregrineinc.com .
[ALL SEC filings for PPHM: http://tinyurl.com/6d4jw8 ]
Contacts:
Stephanie Diaz (investors) Vida Strategic Partners 415-675-7401 sdiaz@vidasp.com
Tim Brons (media) Vida Strategic Partners 415-675-7402 tbrons@vidasp.com

7-20-17: Ronin Trading & SWIM Issue Letter to Employees of Peregrine
- Elaborate on Strategic Vision & Intentions with Respect to Peregrine
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ronin-trading-and-sw-investment-management-issue-letter-to-employees-of-peregrine-pharmaceuticals-300491208.html
SEC Form 14A: http://tinyurl.com/y8nohtz8
Dear Peregrine Employees:
Ronin Trading, LLC and SW Investment Mgt. LLC believe it is important that you understand a little more about us and what we are attempting to accomplish with our nominations of Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan, and Saiid Zarrabian for election to the Peregrine’s Board of Directors… As detailed in our 7-13-17 public letter to stockholders, we believe that the Company is suffering from mismanagement under the leadership of the incumbent Board that is comprised of egregiously compensated directors who lack relevant experience, possess an immaterial financial interest in the Company, and have histories of losses and questionable dealings outside of Peregrine. Rather than capitalize on the emergence of Peregrine's contract dev. & mfg. Business (“CMDO”), Avid Bioservices, the incumbents have elected to use Avid to support the unsuccessful development of bavituximab. We believe this is a mistake and that the Company and all of its stakeholders – stockholders, employees, and customers – would benefit from a focus on Avid. We want to invest more capital in Avid. We believe Peregrine should invest significantly more into Avid's people, capacity and technology – the only investments to date that have created value for Peregrine. Because of Avid's high return on capital, excellent competitive position and great regulatory track record, we believe that addl. investment will create even more value. Meanwhile, public & private market valuations for CDMOs remain very high, indicating the future return potential for businesses such as Avid. Avid should not be competing for capital with an unsuccessful drug dev. program; instead, it desperately needs a structure where it can invest for growth, free from the handicap of a mgt. team that forces it to prop up a failed clinical dev. business. Increased investment into Avid would also bring much-needed comfort to Avid's customers and the Company's other stakeholders. We appreciate how unsettling it is to see Peregrine's auditor raise substantial doubt as to the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. We are confident that these doubts would be alleviated by focusing on profitably growing Avid and not diverting resources to unrelated clinical dev. activities. We want to attract and retain the best employees for Avid. We genuinely appreciate that the value in CDMOs is as much (if not more) about the people as it is about the physical assets. We want Avid to attract and retain the best talent available, but that will only be possible with the following changes.
First, Peregrine needs a vastly improved culture, which begins with directors and mgt. who possess relevant experience, successful track records, and a true appreciation for Avid's business. Avid can no longer be treated as little more than a means to support extraneous pursuits. Employees deserve strong commitments from a knowledgeable, ethical mgt. team that is focused on growing Avid over the long-run. Second, incentive alignment is a critically important element to the success of any organization. As such, employees should be rewarded with better equity incentive compensation, and this compensation should reflect the work they do. This will only be possible if Peregrine immediately halts all clinical dev. work and reorganizes so that the price of Peregrine's stock is determined by the success of Avid rather than the struggles of clinical development. We are NOT unconditionally wedded to Peregrine's clinical dev. activities. While we acknowledge that there are always varying opinions on the prospects for any drug candidate, the evidence against bavituximab is clear. Despite hundreds of millions in R&D, this drug candidate has not produced any statistically significant results showing improvement in cancer survival rates, has no large partners and no identifiable quotes from key opinion leaders. No amount of "excitement" over data mining from Peregrine's current mgt. changes these facts. We want an independent & objective review of Peregrine's clinical dev. activities, and we believe our director candidates are highly qualified to undertake this review and run a monetization process. However, it is critically important to understand that regardless of anyone's opinion of Peregrine's clinical dev. assets, the Company has NO ability to underwrite any further R&D without simultaneously destroying the value of Avid. For this reason alone, Peregrine must immediately halt all clinical dev. R&D and cut the associated expenses.
We are NOT trying to sell the Company. We are not short-term investors looking to make a quick buck. In fact, when President & CEO Steven W. King previously privately acknowledged to us that the Company had considered selling all or a portion of Avid, we expressed our strong disapproval of any such transaction and belief that it would be contrary to the best interests of the Company and its stockholders. Instead, we insisted that the best option was to focus on taking a long-term view of Avid while managing Peregrine far more sensibly. We reminded Mr. King that a sale of Avid would require stockholder approval and cautioned against attempting to structure a transaction in a manner that would not require stockholder approval. We also explained to Mr. King that a spin-off transaction would be effectively impossible because of Peregrine's approx. $650mm tax-loss carryforward asset and the fact that Peregrine's clinical dev. has no ability to independently support its operations. We are NOT nominating ourselves to the Board. With the Company's 3 non-employee directors collectively earning over $10mm in total compensation since the start of FY2010 (not even including whatever they have received since April 30, 2016), we believe the incumbent directors are grossly overcompensated. We have no interest in receiving this exorbitant compensation at the expense of stockholders; rather, we want to profit with all other stockholders, which is why we are seeking the election of highly qualified, experienced, and reputable candidates who believe will be able to create value for all stockholders and bring stability to the Company for its employees and customers. We fully expect that director compensation will be appropriately adjusted downward once new independent directors capable of acting in stockholders' best interests are elected to the Board. We are NOT "activist" investors. We have not nominated our director candidates because it fulfills our investment strategy. Even 13D Monitor, a research service specializing in shareholder activism, recently noted that "Neither Ronin Capital nor SW Investment (the "Group") are activist investors…" when commenting on our involvement with the Company. Instead, we are simply stockholders who saw a great opportunity to grow Peregrine over the long-run, but realized that change was desperately needed to address the Company's troubling corporate governance practices & strategic miscues. We saw an excellent chance to create value for all stockholders and send a resounding message that poor corporate governance, mismanagement and anything less than the highest ethical standards will no longer be tolerated at Peregrine. We are here to provide a voice for frustrated stockholders and show that there is a light at the end of the tunnel for the Company's customers & employees. Facing the stark reality that their lengthy tenure of unjustifiably high compensation may be coming to an end, we caution the incumbent Board members against taking any action to further entrench themselves or otherwise to the detriment of the Company. Any attempts by the incumbents to delay the upcoming annual meeting, further enrich themselves, or engage in a material transaction without stockholder approval will not be tolerated. We encourage you to let Mr. King and the other members of the Board know that you feel the same way. We look forward to disrupting the culture of entrenchment and seeking the election of our highly-qualified indep. candidates, Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan and Saiid Zarrabian, at the upcoming 2017 annual meeting of stockholders.
Regards,
John S. Stafford III - RONIN TRADING, LLC
Stephen White - SW Investment Mgt. LLC
CERTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PARTICIPANTS:
Ronin Trading intends to file a preliminary proxy statement and an accompanying proxy card with the SEC to be used to solicit votes for the election of its slate of 3 highly qualified director nominees at the 2017 annual meeting of stockholders Peregrine.
RONIN STRONGLY ADVISES ALL STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND OTHER PROXY MATERIALS AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. SUCH PROXY MATERIALS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT http://www.sec.gov ...
The participants in the solicitation are Ronin Trading, John S. Stafford, III, SWIM Partners LP, SW Investment Mgt. LLC, Stephen White, Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan, and Saiid Zarrabian.
As of the date hereof, Ronin Trading directly beneficially owned 3,310,651 shares… Mr. White, as the Mgr. of SW Mgt., may be deemed to beneficially own the 641,795 shares [13D Group: 3,310,651 + 641,795 = 3,952,446, 8.8% of 45,069,188 O/S at 7-10-17]... As of the date hereof, Messrs. Sargen, Scanlan, and Zarrabian did not beneficially own any securities of the Company.
Investor Contact: Stephen White, SW Investment Mgt. LLC, 312- 765-7033
7-20-17 SEC Form 14A: http://tinyurl.com/y8nohtz8
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7-21-17: PPHM’s CEO Steve King’s Letter to Employees re: (Ronin) John Stafford’s 7-20-17 Letter
14A: http://ir.peregrineinc.com/secfiling.cfm?filingID=1683168-17-1828&CIK=704562
Team,
As you may have seen, yesterday two of our stockholders, Ronin Trading, LLC and SW Investment Management LLC, issued a press release directed to you, our employees. This is the same group that put out a press release last week addressed to our stockholders. Both releases are focused on three candidates Ronin/SWIM have nominated for election to our Board of Directors, as well as their overall view of our business. Unfortunately, activist shareholders are a reality for public companies today. While I won’t be addressing every communication from Ronin and SWIM, I am quite sure we will be hearing more from them.
What is most important for all of us here at Peregrine and Avid is to stay focused on the needs of our business. That is what I and the management team and Board are doing, and it is what I would ask of each of you.
To that end, as I’ve shared with all of you in the past, we have a clear plan to grow the Avid business – as demonstrated by our recent investment in Myford 1. Our customer base, which includes leading pharma companies, and strong financial results, are good indications that we are on the right track for continued growth in that business.
At the same time, we are working hard with partners and leading experts on the next steps in our R&D program, especially in light of the recent and compelling data supporting the combination of bavituximab and checkpoint inhibitors. We are fortunate to be working with some of the foremost medical institutions in the world, and they share our excitement in this recent data.
And in addition to all of that, as everyone here is aware and as I mentioned on our earnings call last week, our Board and management team are assessing the best structure to deliver on the respective missions of each business – for our customers, for our partners, for our employees and for our stockholders. Our CDMO & R&D businesses have very different operating models and needs, and we are focused on positioning each of them for success.
As always, please direct any media inquiries to myself and stockholder inquiries to Stephanie Diaz of Vida Strategic Partners at (415) 675-7401.
Thank you for your hard work and commitment to Peregrine and Avid.
Sincerely,
Steve
IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Peregrine intends to file a proxy statement with the SEC in connection with the solicitation of proxies for Peregrine’s 2017 Annual Meeting (the “Proxy Statement”) with an associated WHITE proxy card. Peregrine, its directors, and certain of its executive officers will be participants in the solicitation of proxies from stockholders in respect of the 2017 ASM [~10-12-17]. Information regarding the names of Peregrine’s directors & executive officers and their respective interests in Peregrine by security holdings or otherwise is set forth in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Peregrine, for FY April 30, 2017, filed 7-14-17 [ http://tinyurl.com/ycxu4l5n ], and Peregrine’s proxy statement for the 2016 Annual Meeting, filed with the SEC on Aug. 26, 2016 [ http://tinyurl.com/gsrmgs2 ]. To the extent holdings of such participants in Peregrine’s securities are not reported, or have changed since the amounts described, in the 2016 proxy statement, such changes have been reflected on Initial Statements of Beneficial Ownership on Form 3 or Statements of Change in Ownership on Form 4 filed with the SEC. Details concerning the nominees of Peregrine’s Board of Directors for election at the 2017 Annual Meeting will be included in the Proxy Statement. BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING DECISION, INVESTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY ARE URGED TO READ ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED WITH OR FURNISHED TO THE SEC, INCLUDING THE COMPANY’S DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT AND ANY SUPPLEMENTS THERETO, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Investors and stockholders will be able to obtain a copy of the definitive proxy statement and other documents filed by Peregrine free of charge from the SEC’s website, http://www.sec.gov . Peregrine’s stockholders will also be able to obtain, without charge, a copy of the definitive Proxy Statement and other relevant filed documents by directing a request by mail to Peregrine, Corporate Secretary’s Office, 14282 Franklin Avenue, Tustin, CA 92780, by calling Peregrine’s proxy solicitor, MacKenzie Partners, Inc., 800-322-2885, or from Peregrine’s website at http://www.Peregrine.com .
7-21-17 SEC Form 14A: http://tinyurl.com/yaoppm3z

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7-13-17: Ronin & SW-Invest Issue Letter to Stockholders of Peregrine Pharmaceuticals
* Believe Change is Desperately Needed to Peregrine's Board Given Current Strategy, Poor Corporate Governance, Apparent Misalignment of Interests with Stockholders, and Constant Dilution
* Announces Nomination of Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan, and Saiid Zarrabian for Election at Upcoming 2017 Annual Meeting
CHICAGO, July 13, 2017, PR Newswire:
Ronin Trading, LLC [John Stafford III] and SW Investment Mgt. LLC [Stephen White] (together with the other participants in their solicitation, "Ronin"), collectively the 2nd largest stockholder of Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: PPHM), with aggregate beneficial ownership of approx. 8.8% of the Company's outstanding shares of common stock, today issued a letter to Peregrine's stockholders.
In the letter, Ronin announced that it has formally nominated 3 independent, highly-qualified candidates, Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan, and Saiid Zarrabian, for election to the Company's Board of Directors at the Company's upcoming 2017 annual meeting of stockholders [~Oct. 12, 2017].
As explained in the letter, Ronin believes that there are opportunities to increase stockholder value; however, Ronin is concerned that stockholders will continue to suffer unless the Board is reconstituted with directors who will represent stockholders' best interests. The full text of the letter follows. . .
FULL LETTER w/Charts: http://tinyurl.com/y96wtrdb (PRNewswire)
7-13-17/Schd14A Proxy: http://tinyurl.com/y7tx3mv3 (14A)
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7-13-17: Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Issues Statement Regarding Ronin Trading & SW Investment Mgt.'s Letter to Stockholders
http://ir.peregrineinc.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1033161
TUSTIN, July 13, 2017: Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:PPHM) today confirmed that Ronin Trading, LLC and SW Investment Mgt. LLC (together, "Ronin/SWIM") submitted 3 candidates for election to the Peregrine Board of Directors at the Company's Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The Company issued the following statement on Ronin/SWIM's nomination of directors and its letter to the Peregrine stockholders:

"Peregrine welcomes the input of our stockholders and is committed to maintaining a highly qualified Board to lead the company forward. We respect the right of stockholders to nominate directors and our Board follows a defined process to evaluate any potential nominees. Our Nominating Committee will carefully evaluate Ronin/SWIM's nominees consistent with that process. Following the Committee's review, it will make a recommendation to the Board that is in the best interests of Peregrine and all of our stockholders. Stockholders need take no action at this time.

"We are actively engaged in an ongoing dialogue with our stockholders and welcome their constructive input on how we can further strengthen the company. We have engaged in various discussions with representatives of Ronin Trading and SW Investment Mgt. and welcome a constructive dialogue toward enhancing value.

"Peregrine's Board, which has a deep understanding of the Company's R&D and CDMO business lines, has been actively involved in setting and overseeing a strategy that has delivered meaningful growth over the past five years in our CDMO business and promising progress in our R&D efforts while substantially reducing R&D spend.

"Our Board is committed to maximizing value for all stockholders. Peregrine will continue to evaluate stockholder input, assess opportunities and make decisions to achieve this objective."
ABOUT PEREGRINE PHARMACEUTICALS (snip)
MEDIA CONTACTS: John Christiansen / Matt Reid, Sard Verbinnen & Co, (415) 618-8750 / (310) 201-2040 http://www.sardverb.com
INVESTOR CONTACTS: Stephanie Diaz, Vida Strategic Partners, (415) 675-7401

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8-29-17/14A(Ronin’s Prelim Proxy) COMMON ONLY: http://tinyurl.com/yb5jq7vc
Pgs. I1-4 lists all Ronin/SW PPHM stock transactions, since 12-15-16 – it shows 2 new purchases of Common since the last 13D: SWIM/SWInvest(S.White): 8-4-17/16,026 and 8-15-17/11,226. (27,252 total). This results in Ronin/SW Group total beneficial ownership moving from 3,952,446 to 3,979,699 (8.8% of 45,096,081 common outstanding as of 8-25-17).

7-14-17/13D(COMMON+PREFERRED): Ronin/SWPartners adds 34,891/Common + 3,600/Pref. Jun29-Jul7 http://tinyurl.com/ybra4s69
6-29-17: SWIM adds 14,286 Common @4.01
6-29-17: SW-Invest adds 7,143 Common @4.01
7-7-17: SWIM adds 8,974 Common @3.91
7-7-17: SW-Invest adds 4,486 Common @3.91
7-7-17: Ronin adds 3,600 Preferred @22.00
**NOTE 2nd 7-14-17 13D: http://tinyurl.com/y7tcoqja – documents the 7-12-17 letter from Ronin to PPHM nominating Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan, Saiid Zarrabian for election to PPHM’s BOD the upcoming ~10-12-17 ASM., as well as the 7-13-17 Ronin PR.
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7-13-17: Ronin/SW-Invest Letter to Stockholders; PPHM Comments http://tinyurl.com/ybr8ycbp

6-29-17/13D: Group Ronin/SWIM adds 7,143sh. on 6-21-17, bringing total Common to 3,766,248, 8.4% of Common O/S (45,069,188 at 7-10-17). http://tinyurl.com/y9sp8bfv (13D filed June29)
….See the 13D for the one purchase of 7,143sh. of COMMON by SWIM Partners (Stephen White) on 6-21-17 at $4.10. 13D triggering event: On 6-27-17, Mr. Stafford (sole, indirect beneficial owner) transferred all his 3,306,366sh./Common (which includes 132,975 shares of Common issuable upon conv. of 111,699/Preferred x8.333/7) from Ronin Capital LLC to Ronin Trading LLC.

6-20-17/13D(COMMON ONLY): Group Ronin/SWIM adds 378,170 (Mar10-June16), bringing total Common to 3,759,105, 8.8% of Common O/S(42,529,925 at 3-10-17). http://tinyurl.com/y76q5rqu (13D filed June20)
….See the 13D for the 23 purchases of 378,170sh. of COMMON by Ronin+SW 3-10-17 thru 6-17-17. (prices range from 3.57 – 4.97)

5-19-17/13D(PREFERRED ONLY): Group Ronin/SWIM adds 23,140 (May1-May17), bringing total Preferred to 123,499, 7.5% of Preferred O/S(1,647,760 at 1-31-17). http://tinyurl.com/mgnn92x (13D filed May19)
…...On May1, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 7,200 sh. Preferred @$22.51
…...On May15, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 4,740 sh. Preferred @$22.20
…...On May17, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 4,700 sh. Preferred @22.04
…...On May12, 2017, SW-InvestMgt pur. 700 sh. Preferred @$21.15
…...On May17, 2017, SW-InvestMgt pur. 1,120 sh. Preferred @$22.07
…...On May12, 2017, SWIM-Partners pur. 1,800 sh. Preferred @$22.15
…...On May17, 2017, SWIM-Partners pur. 2,880 sh. Preferred @$22.07
TOTAL OWNED 5-19-17: Ronin=111,699, SW-InvestMgt=3,120, SWIM-Partners=8,680 =>GROUP=123,499sh.

4-17-17/13D(PREFERRED ONLY): Ronin adds 23,334 (Mar28-Apr10), bringing total Group Preferred to 100,359, 6.1% of Preferred O/S(1,647,760 at 1-31-17).
http://tinyurl.com/lanjddc (13D filed Apr17)
…...On Mar28, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 1,807 sh. Preferred @$21.60
…...On Apr6, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 5,817 sh. Preferred @$22.16
…...On Apr7, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 10,510 sh. Preferred @22.06
…...On Apr10, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 5,200 sh. Preferred @$21.96
TOTAL OWNED 4-17-17: Ronin=95,059, SW-InvestMgt=1,300, SWIM-Partners=4,000 =>GROUP=100,359sh.

3-10-17/13D(COMMON+PREFERRED): Ronin adds ~3mm/Common & 25,661/Preferred Mar2-9. Group ownership now: 3,380,934/common and 77,025/preferred. http://tinyurl.com/ydxra96u

3-2-17/13D#1(COMMON+PREFERRED Combined): Ronin(John Stafford III) & SW-Partners/SWIM(Stephen White) accum. all of their common & preferred from 1/20/17 – 3/1/17. Group ownership now: 2,947,425/common and 51,364/preferred. http://tinyurl.com/jr42u23

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NOTES/13D: "Each share of Preferred Stock is convertible into a #shares of Common determined by dividing the liquidation preference of $25/sh. by the conv. price, currently $21.00/sh. (8.333/7=1.19048). The Group for purposes of 13D also holds 5% or more of the Common Stock of Peregrine as reported in its separate 13D filed on Mar. 2, 2017, amended Mar. 8, 2017.”
NOTES:
* 13D Group: “people that share the furtherance of a common objective/concerted action”.
* 13D’s are reserved for ACTIVE INVESTORS who may be “interested in agitating for some kind of a change at the company”.
* See John Stafford III/XENCOR BOD(18yrs service): http://tinyurl.com/hcmsv8p
* Ronin Capital LLC: http://www.ronin-capital.com https://www.linkedin.com/company/ronin-capital
* For calc’ing total stake (Common+Preferred), using curr. conv. rate of 8.333/7=~1.19 sh./Common per one share of Series E Convertible Preferred.

ALL SEC filings for PPHM: http://tinyurl.com/6d4jw8
Inst. Holdings (Nasdaq.com) - updated qtly, 45-days after each q/e cutoff: http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/pphm/institutional-holdings
10-13-16 ASM Voting Results: http://tinyurl.com/ycrrrb43
PPHM's Corp. Bylaws (a/o 11-14-14, 8-K): http://tinyurl.com/y8hsppea
Poison Pill adopted 3-16-06: http://tinyurl.com/yvypvh - 44-pg SEC filing: http://tinyurl.com/5m57ut
...BUNGLER explains Poison Pill in plain language: http://tinyurl.com/mft4nd6
5-15-17: Parties Settle 2013 Shareholder Derivative CA Lawsuit vs. BOD(re: Fiduciary Duties) http://tinyurl.com/y982h3rt

cjgaddy

09/06/17 7:21 PM

#310964 RE: cjgaddy #303667

Known Upcoming Events, Large-Shareholders(35%), RONIN-PPHM HISTORY: updated 9-6-17 with PPHM announcing that Q1’FY18(q/e 7-31-17) 10Q/CC will be on Monday 9-11-17/after-hrs. Also, 9-9-17/ESMO’17 (SUNRISE Final Data) added to Known Events.
NOTE: RONIN/SWIM’s 8-29-17 PRELIM. Proxy Statement (14A) and PPHM’s 8-28-17 Amended 10-K were added previously – see below...

KNOWN UPCOMING:
Sep11/AfterHrs: FY'18Q1 (qe 7-31-17) Financials & Conf. Call http://ir.peregrineinc.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1039405
Sep8-12/ESMO’17(Madrid), PPHM Booth #257: Final SUNRISE Ph3 Data http://tinyurl.com/yb9kjutp
...Sep9 1:15pm Poster #1364P: “Final Clinical Results from SUNRISE: A Ph3 Trial of Bavi+Doce/Prev. Treated IIIb/IV NSCLC”. In an exploratory analysis of OS for pts who received subsequent ICI, mOS was not reached.
Sep25-28/Avid Booth #918: Informa’s BPI’17: BioProcess Intl. Conf. & Exhibition, Boston https://lifesciences.knect365.com/bioprocessinternational
Oct2/NCI Scientist Gregoire Altan-Bonnet(MSKCC ties), AACR’s Tumor Immunotherapy Conf., Boston http://tinyurl.com/y74v76go
...“Long-Lived Disruption of Inflammation Stems from the Catch-and-Release of Cytokines Mediated by Surface Phosphatidylserine in Tumors
~Oct12: Peregrine's Annual Shareholder’s Meeting (2016 attendee reports: http://tinyurl.com/jx7ouay )
Dec11-15/Avid Booth #311: KNect365’s Antibody Eng. & Therapeutics Conf., SanDiego https://lifesciences.knect365.com/antibody-engineering-therapeutics
~Dec11: FY'18Q2 (qe 10-31-17) Financials & Conf. Call - http://ir.peregrineinc.com/events.cfm
Jan20-22 2018: Phacilitate’s Immunotherapy World Forum, Miami http://www.immunotherapyforum.com
...Jan18 12:30-12:45, Joe Shan(VP/Reg+Clin): “Turning up the Heat: PS-Targeting Antibodies Modulate the Tumor Microenvironment & Enhance Checkpoint Blockade”

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7-20-17: Large Ownership Summary(34.8%), RONIN Letters/PPHM Comments

Large Ownership now ~15.8mm shares, 34.9% of ~45.1mm O/S. (Ronin+SW/Stafford+White, Eastern Cap./K.Dart, Institutions incl. Tappan’s 8-14-17/13G)

#1: 10-30-15: Kenneth Dart (Eastern Capital) acquires 9.5% stake (4,300,992sh.) in PPHM http://tinyurl.com/y95yskck
...3,777,183 COMMON – 8.4% of 45,096,081 common O/S at 8-25-17 (total beneficial=4,300,992 if Pref. conv. x1.19 to Common, 9.5%)
...440,000 PREFERRED – 26.7% of 1,647,760 preferred O/S at 1-31-17

#2: 7-14-17/13D: Group Ronin Trading/SWInvest (John Stafford III+Stephen White) acquires 8.8% stake (3,979,699sh.) in PPHM http://tinyurl.com/y7ezqvm9
...3,828,391 COMMON – 8.5% of 45,096,081 common O/S at 8-25-17 (total beneficial=3,979,699 if Pref. conv. x1.19 to Common, 8.8%)
...127,099 PREFERRED – 7.7% of 1,647,760 preferred O/S at 1-31-17
NOTE: ALL historical common #’s adjusted for the 1:7 R/S eff. 7-10-17.
 
RONIN/SW 13D SUMMARY:
13D TransDates COMMON-CHG PREF-CHG ENDING-COMMON ENDING-PREF.
3-2-17 1/20/17-3/1/17 +2,947,425 +51,364 2,947,425 51,364 http://tinyurl.com/jr42u23
3-10-17 3/2/17-3/9/17 +433,509 +25,661 3,380,934 77,025 http://tinyurl.com/ydxra96u
4-17-17 3/28/17-4/10/17 0 +23,334 3,380,934 100,359 http://tinyurl.com/lanjddc
5-19-17 5/1/17-5/17/17 0 +23,140 3,380,934 123,499 http://tinyurl.com/mgnn92x
6-20-17 3/10/17-6/16/17 +378,170 0 3,759,105 123,499 http://tinyurl.com/y76q5rqu
6-29-17 6/21/17 +7,143 0 3,766,248 123,499 http://tinyurl.com/y9sp8bfv
7-14-17 6/29/17-7/7/17 +34,891 +3,600 3,801,139 127,099 http://tinyurl.com/ybra4s69
8-29-17 8/4/17-8/15/17 +27,252 0 3,828,391 127,099 http://tinyurl.com/yay55u3p (14A)

SPLITOUT 13D GROUP into Ronin(John Stafford III) and SW-Partners(Stephen White):
Ronin Trading (Stafford) 3,173,391 115,299
SW-Partners (White) 655,000 11,800
See Ronin/SWIM 13D’s Details Below.
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Plus, INSTITUTIONS a/o 6-30-17: 7,476,857sh. = 16.6% <=incl. Tappan’s 8-14-17/13G,
...and KennedyCAP corrected 9,758,459=>1,394,066(Nasdaq R/S error)
...15,198,818 +(1,394,066-9,758,459) + (2,298,684-1,656,252) = 7,476,857
http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/pphm/institutional-holdings
TOP7:
Tappan St. Partners 2,298,684 +1,384,380 <=per 8-14-17/13G(see below**)
Kennedy Capital Mgt. 1,394,066 +146,842
Vanguard Group 1,029,755 +146,791
Blackrock (Larry Fink) 806,022 -49,433
Renaissance Technologies 481,160 +41,487
Geode Capital Mgt. 225,679 +20,319
Bandera Partners 203,004 New

**8-14-17/13G: Tappan Street (Prasad Phatak) http://tinyurl.com/ybgqp9uq
2 Funds + P.Phatak’s personal shares:
...Partners LLC, Tappan St. Fund L.P. 1,540,000
...Tappan St. Partners Ideas Fund L.P. 691,577
...Prasad Phatak (Principle Owner) 67,107 Total TAPPAN: 2,298,684 (5.1%)
Note: Tappan Inst. Holdings a/o 3-31-17 was: 914,304, 1,656,252 at 6-30-17.

RONIN/SW Letters to Shareholders/Employees & PPHM Responses: (newest first)

AWAITING: mm-dd-17: PPHM’s DEF 14A Proxy Statement: http:xxxxxxxxxxx
...LAST YEAR: 10-13-16 Peregrine's ASM Voting Results: http://tinyurl.com/ycrrrb43

8-29-17: RONIN/SWIM’s PRELIM. Proxy Statement (14A) http://tinyurl.com/yay55u3p
“We are seeking your support for the election of our 3 BOD nominees at the PPHM 2017 ASM: Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan, Saiid Zarrabian.”, as well as approval to “To hold a non-binding advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers”. This 14A (pgs.5-9) also lists a 35-pt. chronology of events (1-17-17 thru 8-14-17) leading up to this proxy solicitation. Also, pgs. I1-4 lists all Ronin/SW PPHM stock transactions, since 12-15-16 – it shows 2 new purchases of Common since the last 13D: SWIM/SWInvest(S.White): 8-4-17/16,026 and 8-15-17/11,226. (+27,252 total). This results in Ronin/SW Group total beneficial ownership moving from 3,952,446 to 3,979,699 (8.8% of 45,096,081 outstanding as of 8-25-17).

8-28-17: PPHM’s Amended 10-K (orig. was 7-14-17) http://tinyurl.com/yb5jq7vc
“This Amendment is being filed for the purpose of providing info. required by Part III of Form 10-K that was not included in the Orig. (7-14-17) Filing. We had previously intended to incorporate by ref. the Part III info. omitted from the Original Filing to the Company’s Proxy Statement for its 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.”
Part III of this Amendment includes:
Item 10: Directors, Executive Officers, Corporate Governance
Item 11: Executive Compensation
Item 12: Security Ownership Of Certain Beneficial Owners and Mgt. and Related Stockholder Matters
Item 13: Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
Item 14: Principal Accounting Fees and Services
Item 15: Exhibits & Financial Statement Schedules
Note: O/S now 45,096,081 (a/o 8-25-17), up +26,893 since the orig. 7-14-17 10-K’s 45,069,188.

8-14-17: Ronin Trading & SWIM Respond to Recent Announcements by Peregrine
- Believe Incumbent Board Members are Responsible for Continued Destruction of Stockholder Value and Must be Held Accountable
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ronin-trading-and-sw-investment-management-issue-letter-to-employees-of-peregrine-pharmaceuticals-300491208.html
SEC Form 14A: http://tinyurl.com/y7hjryog
CHICAGO, Aug. 14, 2017: Ronin Trading & SW Investment Mgt. (together with the other participants in their solicitation, "Ronin"), collectively the 2nd largest stockholder of Peregrine, with aggregate beneficial ownership of approx. 8.8% of the Company's outstanding shares of common stock, today issued the following statement with respect to Peregrine:
We find it outrageous that Peregrine's Board of Directors and mgt. chose to fire roughly 20% of the Company's employees while doing nothing to address their own unjustifiable & egregious compensation. If the Company needs to reduce costs, the first place it should look is the preposterously high salaries of its own Board and mgt. We remind stockholders what Institutional Shareholder Services said in its 2016 proxy report on Peregrine:
"WITHHOLD votes are warranted for compensation committee members Carlton M. Johnson Jr., David H. Pohl, and Eric S. Swartz due to continued problematic pay practices and the board's failure to adequately respond to shareholder concerns."
On July 31, 2017, Peregrine's Board announced an intention to increase the size of the Board from 4 to up to 7 members by adding up to 3 new directors with – unlike themselves – actual pharmaceutical & contract development and mfg. experience. This was a laughable attempt to appear stockholder-friendly, since it would brazenly further entrench the incumbents while allowing them to retain a majority of Board seats. Notably, the Company did not actually expand the size of the Board, presumably because the Board's announcement was purely reactive to our public criticisms and it had not successfully identified additional candidates to serve on its slate. It is no surprise to us that the Board appears to be having difficulty finding highly qualified, ethical people to serve as nominees alongside themselves, given their own questionable backgrounds and records of value destruction. Furthermore, based on the feedback we have received from many stockholders in recent weeks, we believe support for the Board at the 2017 Annual Meeting will be nearly nonexistent, thus making it even more difficult for the Board to find addl. qualified nominees. In the event Peregrine proceeds with the expansion of the Board, we will timely nominate additional highly qualified director candidates to ensure that control of the Board does not remain with the incumbents or their hand-picked additions.
We believe a similar problem exists with the Board's ability to identify the right candidate to serve as the President of Avid Bioservices. We doubt whether any qualified candidate would be interested in the position given the current leadership structure of the Company and lack of any strategic plan put forth by the Board. To the extent that a President of Avid is hired prior to the 2017 Annual Meeting, if elected, our director candidates intend to immediately evaluate the appropriateness of the hire.
It is insulting to employees & stockholders alike that mgt. and the Board were responsible for these unfortunate layoffs, but apparently unwilling to sacrifice anything personally. Recent actions by mgt. and the Board further validate our belief that their only concern appears to be their own personal enrichment, which we are confident will soon (and to everyone's relief) be coming to an end. The facts remain clear, and given what we believe is the extraordinarily low likelihood of the incumbent indep. Board members being reelected at the 2017 Annual Meeting, we call on Peregrine's indep. directors, Carlton M. Johnson Jr., David H. Pohl, and Eric S. Swartz, to resign their Board seats immediately. Peregrine can no longer afford to allow Peregrine's current leadership to needlessly destroy more value in a futile attempt to cling to their positions. We are confident that our director nominees are the right people to end Peregrine's culture of leadership unaccountability, and will be able to finally set Peregrine on a path towards value creation.
CERTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PARTICIPANTS:
Ronin Trading, LLC, together with the other participants named herein (collectively, "Ronin"), intends to file a preliminary proxy statement and an accompanying proxy card with the SEC to be used to solicit votes for the election of its slate of 3 highly qualified director nominees at the 2017 annual meeting of stockholders Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
RONIN STRONGLY ADVISES ALL STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND OTHER PROXY MATERIALS AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE… **snip**
PPHM Stock Ownership by Ronin & SWIM: …As of the date hereof, Messrs. Sargen, Scanlan and Zarrabian did not beneficially own any securities of the Company. **snip**
Investor Contact: Stephen White, SW Investment Mgt. LLC 312-765-7033

8-11-17: Peregrine Announces Measures to Reduce Costs, Facilitate Profitability and Strengthen its Operations
* Reductions in R&D, manufacturing, and administrative personnel
* Anticipated annual cost savings of over $7 million
http://ir.peregrineinc.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1037065
TUSTIN, Aug. 11, 2017: Peregrine Pharmaceuticals today announced that it has reduced its overall workforce by 60 employees (or 20%) as part of its series of planned strategic actions to reduce costs and better position the Company to achieve overall profitability while it pursues strategic options for its R&D assets. The Company expects the workforce reductions to result in a net cost savings of between $3.7mm and $4.3mm in FY'18 and more than $7mm in reduced annualized operating expenses beginning in FY'19.
As part of the cost saving initiatives, the Company reduced Peregrine's R&D personnel by 50% to 11 employees, with the remaining staff supporting potential strategic alternatives for its R&D assets while continuing to assist with collaborative trials, the antibody discovery platform, and the exosome program. Personnel supporting the Avid Bioservices CDMO business, a wholly owned subsidiary of Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, was reduced by 20% to 184 employees to align operations with the reduction in forecasted revenues. In addition, SG&A personnel was reduced by 8% to 49 employees as the Company continues to pursue leaner support operations. The charge to earnings for these personnel reductions will be between $1.1mm and $1.7mm, all of which is expected to be incurred during Q2/FY'18.
"While this was a difficult decision, our board and management team believe it was a necessary step as we continue to evaluate strategic options to further strengthen our two distinct businesses and seek to maximize shareholder value," said Steven King, President, CEO, and Director of Peregrine and President of Avid Bioservices. "I would like to personally express my appreciation to the affected employees for their commitment and meaningful contributions to the Peregrine and Avid businesses. We remain committed to capitalizing on long-term opportunities available to our CDMO business and pursuing the best path forward for our R&D business."
Last month, Peregrine announced that as part of its strategic review it intends to expand its board of directors to add new members with CDMO and biologics experience and to commence a search for a dedicated president to head its Avid CDMO business.
IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (same as in 7-31-17 PR – see below)

7-31-17: Peregrine Provides Strategic Update
* Plans to Expand Board of Directors to Add CDMO and Biologics Industry Expertise
* Search for a Dedicated President to Head Avid Bioservices CDMO Business to Commence
* Continues to Evaluate Strategic Options for Advancing R&D Business
http://ir.peregrineinc.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1035083
TUSTIN, July 31, 2017: Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:PPHM) today announced that it intends to increase the size of its Board of Directors from 4 to up to 7 members through the addition of new highly-qualified independent directors with CDMO and biologics experience. The Company also announced that it plans to initiate a search for a dedicated President to lead its wholly-owned CDMO subsidiary, Avid Bioservices, Inc. Lastly, the Company today provided an update on its evaluation of strategic options for advancing its R&D business.
Addition of Board Members
"We look forward to adding new directors with valuable CDMO and biologics industry experience and skills to the Board, broadening our overall expertise and complementing the capabilities and experience of our current directors," said Carlton Johnson, Chairman of Peregrine's Board of Directors. "The Board and management will benefit from the additional perspectives provided by new directors who share our commitment to maximizing stockholder value."
"The Board has played an important role in supporting the growth of the CDMO business and has provided the management team with valuable insight and support over many years. This support was critical in allowing us to build a successful CDMO business while simultaneously advancing our R&D pipeline," said Steven King, President, CEO and Director of Peregrine and President of Avid Bioservices. "As we continue to evaluate a number of strategic options to sharpen the focus of each of our two distinct businesses and enhance shareholder value, I am confident that these planned additions will enhance our ability to successfully lead the Company through this critical process."
Search for Dedicated Avid Bioservices President
Peregrine also plans to appoint a new dedicated President to lead Avid and focus entirely on executing the CDMO business' growth strategy. The new President will report directly to Mr. King while the company continues to evaluate strategic options including potentially separating the R&D and CDMO businesses. The Company believes that the addition of the new President for Avid and the addition of board members with CDMO experience will strengthen Avid's position for future success regardless of the strategic alternatives the Company may pursue. Mr. King, who has served as President of Avid since its formation, will continue to serve in his current role until a candidate is hired in order to ensure continued high level services for its current customers and to make sure there is a successful and smooth transition to the new leadership.
Avid was formed in 2002 to service the attractive commercial bio-manufacturing market. Over the last 15 years, Avid has become a leader in implementing disposable bio-manufacturing processes at commercial scale for large molecule API manufacturing. The Company has achieved a premiere customer list, excellent regulatory track record and strong competitive position from which it can capitalize on favorable industry growth trends. In FY2017, Avid generated revenues of over $57mm and achieved a 5-yr. compounded annual revenue growth rate of 31%.
"Avid has experienced remarkable and steady growth over the last several years, and we are taking steps to ensure that it remains well-positioned to take advantage of the growing demand for biologics and biosimilar drugs," said King. "We have a clear strategic plan and proven track-record in our CDMO business, as evidenced by our investments in the state-of-the-art Myford facility, our progress securing new customers and expanding our services offerings, and our recent record financial results. With the addition of a new dedicated President, Avid will benefit from a leadership team focused solely on executing its long-term strategic plan of driving growth, diversifying its customer base and optimizing its operations and facilities."
R&D Business Update
Continued King, "At the same time, we are actively evaluating strategic options for advancing our R&D business. We are working with researchers at some of the leading research institutes in the world and have seen renewed and encouraging interest in the bavituximab program from influential key opinion leaders. We believe recent promising clinical data from our bavituximab program, in addition to our other R&D assets, strongly supports continued advancement of the pipeline with the goal of providing patients with new cancer treatment options. Leveraging the scientific expertise of key opinion leaders, we will apply great rigor in assessing additional investments and identifying the best way to move our R&D programs forward."
"As we recently noted on our Q4 conference call [7-14-17: http://tinyurl.com/yb4wulvu ], Peregrine is at the start of a transformative journey, which includes exploring strategic alternatives," said King. "We are focused on enhancing shareholder returns as we capitalize on long-term opportunities available to Avid and pursue the optimal path forward for our drug development franchise. The search for new Board members and a new dedicated leader for Avid mark the first in a series of planned strategic actions that will strengthen the position of Avid as a more independent and potentially as a completely independent entity with a focus on revenue growth and increased profitability. We will also continue to explore the best strategic alternatives for the R&D pipeline in order to maximize value for stockholders."
Peregrine will be working with a nationally recognized executive search firm to assist in identifying highly qualified candidates for the Avid President and Board of Directors positions. The Company intends to appoint a President to the Avid business in the coming months and include the identified directors in its slate of nominees for election to the Board at its next Annual Meeting of Stockholders. . .
Important Additional Information
Peregrine intends to file a proxy statement with the SEC in connection with the solicitation of proxies for Peregrine's 2017 Annual Meeting (Proxy Statement) [The 2016 ASM was on 10-13-16] with an associated WHITE proxy card. Peregrine, its directors and certain of its executive officers will be participants in the solicitation of proxies from stockholders in respect of the 2017 Annual Meeting. Information regarding the names of Peregrine's directors and executive officers and their respective interests in Peregrine by security holdings or otherwise is set forth in the 10-K of Peregrine, for FY2017 ended April 30, 2017, filed with the SEC on July 14, 2017 [10K: http://tinyurl.com/ycxu4l5n ], and Peregrine's proxy statement for the 2016 Annual Meeting, filed with the SEC on Aug. 26, 2016 [http://tinyurl.com/gsrmgs2 ]. To the extent holdings of such participants in Peregrine's securities are not reported, or have changed since the amounts described, in the 2016 proxy statement, such changes have been reflected on Initial Statements of Beneficial Ownership on Form 3 or Statements of Change in Ownership on Form 4 filed with the SEC. Details concerning the nominees of Peregrine's Board of Directors for election at the 2017 Annual Meeting will be included in the Proxy Statement. BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING DECISION, INVESTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY ARE URGED TO READ ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED WITH OR FURNISHED TO THE SEC, INCLUDING THE COMPANY'S DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT AND ANY SUPPLEMENTS THERETO, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Investors and stockholders will be able to obtain a copy of the definitive proxy statement and other documents filed by Peregrine free of charge from the SEC's website, www.sec.gov. Peregrine's stockholders will also be able to obtain, without charge, a copy of the definitive Proxy Statement and other relevant filed documents by directing a request by mail to Peregrine, Corporate Secretary's Office, 14282 Franklin Ave. Tustin, CA 92780, by calling Peregrine's proxy solicitor, MacKenzie Partners, 800-322-2885, or from Peregrine's website at http://www.Peregrineinc.com .
[ALL SEC filings for PPHM: http://tinyurl.com/6d4jw8 ]
Contacts:
Stephanie Diaz (investors) Vida Strategic Partners 415-675-7401 sdiaz@vidasp.com
Tim Brons (media) Vida Strategic Partners 415-675-7402 tbrons@vidasp.com

7-20-17: Ronin Trading & SWIM Issue Letter to Employees of Peregrine
- Elaborate on Strategic Vision & Intentions with Respect to Peregrine
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ronin-trading-and-sw-investment-management-issue-letter-to-employees-of-peregrine-pharmaceuticals-300491208.html
SEC Form 14A: http://tinyurl.com/y8nohtz8
Dear Peregrine Employees:
Ronin Trading, LLC and SW Investment Mgt. LLC believe it is important that you understand a little more about us and what we are attempting to accomplish with our nominations of Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan, and Saiid Zarrabian for election to the Peregrine’s Board of Directors… As detailed in our 7-13-17 public letter to stockholders, we believe that the Company is suffering from mismanagement under the leadership of the incumbent Board that is comprised of egregiously compensated directors who lack relevant experience, possess an immaterial financial interest in the Company, and have histories of losses and questionable dealings outside of Peregrine. Rather than capitalize on the emergence of Peregrine's contract dev. & mfg. Business (“CMDO”), Avid Bioservices, the incumbents have elected to use Avid to support the unsuccessful development of bavituximab. We believe this is a mistake and that the Company and all of its stakeholders – stockholders, employees, and customers – would benefit from a focus on Avid. We want to invest more capital in Avid. We believe Peregrine should invest significantly more into Avid's people, capacity and technology – the only investments to date that have created value for Peregrine. Because of Avid's high return on capital, excellent competitive position and great regulatory track record, we believe that addl. investment will create even more value. Meanwhile, public & private market valuations for CDMOs remain very high, indicating the future return potential for businesses such as Avid. Avid should not be competing for capital with an unsuccessful drug dev. program; instead, it desperately needs a structure where it can invest for growth, free from the handicap of a mgt. team that forces it to prop up a failed clinical dev. business. Increased investment into Avid would also bring much-needed comfort to Avid's customers and the Company's other stakeholders. We appreciate how unsettling it is to see Peregrine's auditor raise substantial doubt as to the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. We are confident that these doubts would be alleviated by focusing on profitably growing Avid and not diverting resources to unrelated clinical dev. activities. We want to attract and retain the best employees for Avid. We genuinely appreciate that the value in CDMOs is as much (if not more) about the people as it is about the physical assets. We want Avid to attract and retain the best talent available, but that will only be possible with the following changes.
First, Peregrine needs a vastly improved culture, which begins with directors and mgt. who possess relevant experience, successful track records, and a true appreciation for Avid's business. Avid can no longer be treated as little more than a means to support extraneous pursuits. Employees deserve strong commitments from a knowledgeable, ethical mgt. team that is focused on growing Avid over the long-run. Second, incentive alignment is a critically important element to the success of any organization. As such, employees should be rewarded with better equity incentive compensation, and this compensation should reflect the work they do. This will only be possible if Peregrine immediately halts all clinical dev. work and reorganizes so that the price of Peregrine's stock is determined by the success of Avid rather than the struggles of clinical development. We are NOT unconditionally wedded to Peregrine's clinical dev. activities. While we acknowledge that there are always varying opinions on the prospects for any drug candidate, the evidence against bavituximab is clear. Despite hundreds of millions in R&D, this drug candidate has not produced any statistically significant results showing improvement in cancer survival rates, has no large partners and no identifiable quotes from key opinion leaders. No amount of "excitement" over data mining from Peregrine's current mgt. changes these facts. We want an independent & objective review of Peregrine's clinical dev. activities, and we believe our director candidates are highly qualified to undertake this review and run a monetization process. However, it is critically important to understand that regardless of anyone's opinion of Peregrine's clinical dev. assets, the Company has NO ability to underwrite any further R&D without simultaneously destroying the value of Avid. For this reason alone, Peregrine must immediately halt all clinical dev. R&D and cut the associated expenses.
We are NOT trying to sell the Company. We are not short-term investors looking to make a quick buck. In fact, when President & CEO Steven W. King previously privately acknowledged to us that the Company had considered selling all or a portion of Avid, we expressed our strong disapproval of any such transaction and belief that it would be contrary to the best interests of the Company and its stockholders. Instead, we insisted that the best option was to focus on taking a long-term view of Avid while managing Peregrine far more sensibly. We reminded Mr. King that a sale of Avid would require stockholder approval and cautioned against attempting to structure a transaction in a manner that would not require stockholder approval. We also explained to Mr. King that a spin-off transaction would be effectively impossible because of Peregrine's approx. $650mm tax-loss carryforward asset and the fact that Peregrine's clinical dev. has no ability to independently support its operations. We are NOT nominating ourselves to the Board. With the Company's 3 non-employee directors collectively earning over $10mm in total compensation since the start of FY2010 (not even including whatever they have received since April 30, 2016), we believe the incumbent directors are grossly overcompensated. We have no interest in receiving this exorbitant compensation at the expense of stockholders; rather, we want to profit with all other stockholders, which is why we are seeking the election of highly qualified, experienced, and reputable candidates who believe will be able to create value for all stockholders and bring stability to the Company for its employees and customers. We fully expect that director compensation will be appropriately adjusted downward once new independent directors capable of acting in stockholders' best interests are elected to the Board. We are NOT "activist" investors. We have not nominated our director candidates because it fulfills our investment strategy. Even 13D Monitor, a research service specializing in shareholder activism, recently noted that "Neither Ronin Capital nor SW Investment (the "Group") are activist investors…" when commenting on our involvement with the Company. Instead, we are simply stockholders who saw a great opportunity to grow Peregrine over the long-run, but realized that change was desperately needed to address the Company's troubling corporate governance practices & strategic miscues. We saw an excellent chance to create value for all stockholders and send a resounding message that poor corporate governance, mismanagement and anything less than the highest ethical standards will no longer be tolerated at Peregrine. We are here to provide a voice for frustrated stockholders and show that there is a light at the end of the tunnel for the Company's customers & employees. Facing the stark reality that their lengthy tenure of unjustifiably high compensation may be coming to an end, we caution the incumbent Board members against taking any action to further entrench themselves or otherwise to the detriment of the Company. Any attempts by the incumbents to delay the upcoming annual meeting, further enrich themselves, or engage in a material transaction without stockholder approval will not be tolerated. We encourage you to let Mr. King and the other members of the Board know that you feel the same way. We look forward to disrupting the culture of entrenchment and seeking the election of our highly-qualified indep. candidates, Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan and Saiid Zarrabian, at the upcoming 2017 annual meeting of stockholders.
Regards,
John S. Stafford III - RONIN TRADING, LLC
Stephen White - SW Investment Mgt. LLC
CERTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PARTICIPANTS:
Ronin Trading intends to file a preliminary proxy statement and an accompanying proxy card with the SEC to be used to solicit votes for the election of its slate of 3 highly qualified director nominees at the 2017 annual meeting of stockholders Peregrine.
RONIN STRONGLY ADVISES ALL STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND OTHER PROXY MATERIALS AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. SUCH PROXY MATERIALS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT http://www.sec.gov ...
The participants in the solicitation are Ronin Trading, John S. Stafford, III, SWIM Partners LP, SW Investment Mgt. LLC, Stephen White, Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan, and Saiid Zarrabian.
As of the date hereof, Ronin Trading directly beneficially owned 3,310,651 shares… Mr. White, as the Mgr. of SW Mgt., may be deemed to beneficially own the 641,795 shares [13D Group: 3,310,651 + 641,795 = 3,952,446, 8.8% of 45,069,188 O/S at 7-10-17]... As of the date hereof, Messrs. Sargen, Scanlan, and Zarrabian did not beneficially own any securities of the Company.
Investor Contact: Stephen White, SW Investment Mgt. LLC, 312- 765-7033
7-20-17 SEC Form 14A: http://tinyurl.com/y8nohtz8
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7-21-17: PPHM’s CEO Steve King’s Letter to Employees re: (Ronin) John Stafford’s 7-20-17 Letter
14A: http://ir.peregrineinc.com/secfiling.cfm?filingID=1683168-17-1828&CIK=704562
Team,
As you may have seen, yesterday two of our stockholders, Ronin Trading, LLC and SW Investment Management LLC, issued a press release directed to you, our employees. This is the same group that put out a press release last week addressed to our stockholders. Both releases are focused on three candidates Ronin/SWIM have nominated for election to our Board of Directors, as well as their overall view of our business. Unfortunately, activist shareholders are a reality for public companies today. While I won’t be addressing every communication from Ronin and SWIM, I am quite sure we will be hearing more from them.
What is most important for all of us here at Peregrine and Avid is to stay focused on the needs of our business. That is what I and the management team and Board are doing, and it is what I would ask of each of you.
To that end, as I’ve shared with all of you in the past, we have a clear plan to grow the Avid business – as demonstrated by our recent investment in Myford 1. Our customer base, which includes leading pharma companies, and strong financial results, are good indications that we are on the right track for continued growth in that business.
At the same time, we are working hard with partners and leading experts on the next steps in our R&D program, especially in light of the recent and compelling data supporting the combination of bavituximab and checkpoint inhibitors. We are fortunate to be working with some of the foremost medical institutions in the world, and they share our excitement in this recent data.
And in addition to all of that, as everyone here is aware and as I mentioned on our earnings call last week, our Board and management team are assessing the best structure to deliver on the respective missions of each business – for our customers, for our partners, for our employees and for our stockholders. Our CDMO & R&D businesses have very different operating models and needs, and we are focused on positioning each of them for success.
As always, please direct any media inquiries to myself and stockholder inquiries to Stephanie Diaz of Vida Strategic Partners at (415) 675-7401.
Thank you for your hard work and commitment to Peregrine and Avid.
Sincerely,
Steve
IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Peregrine intends to file a proxy statement with the SEC in connection with the solicitation of proxies for Peregrine’s 2017 Annual Meeting (the “Proxy Statement”) with an associated WHITE proxy card. Peregrine, its directors, and certain of its executive officers will be participants in the solicitation of proxies from stockholders in respect of the 2017 ASM [~10-12-17]. Information regarding the names of Peregrine’s directors & executive officers and their respective interests in Peregrine by security holdings or otherwise is set forth in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Peregrine, for FY April 30, 2017, filed 7-14-17 [ http://tinyurl.com/ycxu4l5n ], and Peregrine’s proxy statement for the 2016 Annual Meeting, filed with the SEC on Aug. 26, 2016 [ http://tinyurl.com/gsrmgs2 ]. To the extent holdings of such participants in Peregrine’s securities are not reported, or have changed since the amounts described, in the 2016 proxy statement, such changes have been reflected on Initial Statements of Beneficial Ownership on Form 3 or Statements of Change in Ownership on Form 4 filed with the SEC. Details concerning the nominees of Peregrine’s Board of Directors for election at the 2017 Annual Meeting will be included in the Proxy Statement. BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING DECISION, INVESTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY ARE URGED TO READ ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED WITH OR FURNISHED TO THE SEC, INCLUDING THE COMPANY’S DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT AND ANY SUPPLEMENTS THERETO, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Investors and stockholders will be able to obtain a copy of the definitive proxy statement and other documents filed by Peregrine free of charge from the SEC’s website, http://www.sec.gov . Peregrine’s stockholders will also be able to obtain, without charge, a copy of the definitive Proxy Statement and other relevant filed documents by directing a request by mail to Peregrine, Corporate Secretary’s Office, 14282 Franklin Avenue, Tustin, CA 92780, by calling Peregrine’s proxy solicitor, MacKenzie Partners, Inc., 800-322-2885, or from Peregrine’s website at http://www.Peregrine.com .
7-21-17 SEC Form 14A: http://tinyurl.com/yaoppm3z

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7-13-17: Ronin & SW-Invest Issue Letter to Stockholders of Peregrine Pharmaceuticals
* Believe Change is Desperately Needed to Peregrine's Board Given Current Strategy, Poor Corporate Governance, Apparent Misalignment of Interests with Stockholders, and Constant Dilution
* Announces Nomination of Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan, and Saiid Zarrabian for Election at Upcoming 2017 Annual Meeting
CHICAGO, July 13, 2017, PR Newswire:
Ronin Trading, LLC [John Stafford III] and SW Investment Mgt. LLC [Stephen White] (together with the other participants in their solicitation, "Ronin"), collectively the 2nd largest stockholder of Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: PPHM), with aggregate beneficial ownership of approx. 8.8% of the Company's outstanding shares of common stock, today issued a letter to Peregrine's stockholders.
In the letter, Ronin announced that it has formally nominated 3 independent, highly-qualified candidates, Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan, and Saiid Zarrabian, for election to the Company's Board of Directors at the Company's upcoming 2017 annual meeting of stockholders [~Oct. 12, 2017].
As explained in the letter, Ronin believes that there are opportunities to increase stockholder value; however, Ronin is concerned that stockholders will continue to suffer unless the Board is reconstituted with directors who will represent stockholders' best interests. The full text of the letter follows. . .
FULL LETTER w/Charts: http://tinyurl.com/y96wtrdb (PRNewswire)
7-13-17/Schd14A Proxy: http://tinyurl.com/y7tx3mv3 (14A)
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7-13-17: Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Issues Statement Regarding Ronin Trading & SW Investment Mgt.'s Letter to Stockholders
http://ir.peregrineinc.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1033161
TUSTIN, July 13, 2017: Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:PPHM) today confirmed that Ronin Trading, LLC and SW Investment Mgt. LLC (together, "Ronin/SWIM") submitted 3 candidates for election to the Peregrine Board of Directors at the Company's Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The Company issued the following statement on Ronin/SWIM's nomination of directors and its letter to the Peregrine stockholders:

"Peregrine welcomes the input of our stockholders and is committed to maintaining a highly qualified Board to lead the company forward. We respect the right of stockholders to nominate directors and our Board follows a defined process to evaluate any potential nominees. Our Nominating Committee will carefully evaluate Ronin/SWIM's nominees consistent with that process. Following the Committee's review, it will make a recommendation to the Board that is in the best interests of Peregrine and all of our stockholders. Stockholders need take no action at this time.

"We are actively engaged in an ongoing dialogue with our stockholders and welcome their constructive input on how we can further strengthen the company. We have engaged in various discussions with representatives of Ronin Trading and SW Investment Mgt. and welcome a constructive dialogue toward enhancing value.

"Peregrine's Board, which has a deep understanding of the Company's R&D and CDMO business lines, has been actively involved in setting and overseeing a strategy that has delivered meaningful growth over the past five years in our CDMO business and promising progress in our R&D efforts while substantially reducing R&D spend.

"Our Board is committed to maximizing value for all stockholders. Peregrine will continue to evaluate stockholder input, assess opportunities and make decisions to achieve this objective."
ABOUT PEREGRINE PHARMACEUTICALS (snip)
MEDIA CONTACTS: John Christiansen / Matt Reid, Sard Verbinnen & Co, (415) 618-8750 / (310) 201-2040 http://www.sardverb.com
INVESTOR CONTACTS: Stephanie Diaz, Vida Strategic Partners, (415) 675-7401

= = = = = = = = = =RONIN/SWInvest 13D DETAIL TRANS:
8-29-17/14A(Ronin’s Prelim Proxy) COMMON ONLY: http://tinyurl.com/yb5jq7vc
Pgs. I1-4 lists all Ronin/SW PPHM stock transactions, since 12-15-16 – it shows 2 new purchases of Common since the last 13D: SWIM/SWInvest(S.White): 8-4-17/16,026 and 8-15-17/11,226. (27,252 total). This results in Ronin/SW Group total beneficial ownership moving from 3,952,446 to 3,979,699 (8.8% of 45,096,081 common outstanding as of 8-25-17).

7-14-17/13D(COMMON+PREFERRED): Ronin/SWPartners adds 34,891/Common + 3,600/Pref. Jun29-Jul7 http://tinyurl.com/ybra4s69
6-29-17: SWIM adds 14,286 Common @4.01
6-29-17: SW-Invest adds 7,143 Common @4.01
7-7-17: SWIM adds 8,974 Common @3.91
7-7-17: SW-Invest adds 4,486 Common @3.91
7-7-17: Ronin adds 3,600 Preferred @22.00
**NOTE 2nd 7-14-17 13D: http://tinyurl.com/y7tcoqja – documents the 7-12-17 letter from Ronin to PPHM nominating Gregory P. Sargen, Brian W. Scanlan, Saiid Zarrabian for election to PPHM’s BOD the upcoming ~10-12-17 ASM., as well as the 7-13-17 Ronin PR.
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7-13-17: Ronin/SW-Invest Letter to Stockholders; PPHM Comments http://tinyurl.com/ybr8ycbp

6-29-17/13D: Group Ronin/SWIM adds 7,143sh. on 6-21-17, bringing total Common to 3,766,248, 8.4% of Common O/S (45,069,188 at 7-10-17). http://tinyurl.com/y9sp8bfv (13D filed June29)
….See the 13D for the one purchase of 7,143sh. of COMMON by SWIM Partners (Stephen White) on 6-21-17 at $4.10. 13D triggering event: On 6-27-17, Mr. Stafford (sole, indirect beneficial owner) transferred all his 3,306,366sh./Common (which includes 132,975 shares of Common issuable upon conv. of 111,699/Preferred x8.333/7) from Ronin Capital LLC to Ronin Trading LLC.

6-20-17/13D(COMMON ONLY): Group Ronin/SWIM adds 378,170 (Mar10-June16), bringing total Common to 3,759,105, 8.8% of Common O/S(42,529,925 at 3-10-17). http://tinyurl.com/y76q5rqu (13D filed June20)
….See the 13D for the 23 purchases of 378,170sh. of COMMON by Ronin+SW 3-10-17 thru 6-17-17. (prices range from 3.57 – 4.97)

5-19-17/13D(PREFERRED ONLY): Group Ronin/SWIM adds 23,140 (May1-May17), bringing total Preferred to 123,499, 7.5% of Preferred O/S(1,647,760 at 1-31-17). http://tinyurl.com/mgnn92x (13D filed May19)
…...On May1, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 7,200 sh. Preferred @$22.51
…...On May15, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 4,740 sh. Preferred @$22.20
…...On May17, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 4,700 sh. Preferred @22.04
…...On May12, 2017, SW-InvestMgt pur. 700 sh. Preferred @$21.15
…...On May17, 2017, SW-InvestMgt pur. 1,120 sh. Preferred @$22.07
…...On May12, 2017, SWIM-Partners pur. 1,800 sh. Preferred @$22.15
…...On May17, 2017, SWIM-Partners pur. 2,880 sh. Preferred @$22.07
TOTAL OWNED 5-19-17: Ronin=111,699, SW-InvestMgt=3,120, SWIM-Partners=8,680 =>GROUP=123,499sh.

4-17-17/13D(PREFERRED ONLY): Ronin adds 23,334 (Mar28-Apr10), bringing total Group Preferred to 100,359, 6.1% of Preferred O/S(1,647,760 at 1-31-17).
http://tinyurl.com/lanjddc (13D filed Apr17)
…...On Mar28, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 1,807 sh. Preferred @$21.60
…...On Apr6, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 5,817 sh. Preferred @$22.16
…...On Apr7, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 10,510 sh. Preferred @22.06
…...On Apr10, 2017, Ronin Capital pur. 5,200 sh. Preferred @$21.96
TOTAL OWNED 4-17-17: Ronin=95,059, SW-InvestMgt=1,300, SWIM-Partners=4,000 =>GROUP=100,359sh.

3-10-17/13D(COMMON+PREFERRED): Ronin adds ~3mm/Common & 25,661/Preferred Mar2-9. Group ownership now: 3,380,934/common and 77,025/preferred. http://tinyurl.com/ydxra96u

3-2-17/13D#1(COMMON+PREFERRED Combined): Ronin(John Stafford III) & SW-Partners/SWIM(Stephen White) accum. all of their common & preferred from 1/20/17 – 3/1/17. Group ownership now: 2,947,425/common and 51,364/preferred. http://tinyurl.com/jr42u23

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NOTES/13D: "Each share of Preferred Stock is convertible into a #shares of Common determined by dividing the liquidation preference of $25/sh. by the conv. price, currently $21.00/sh. (8.333/7=1.19048). The Group for purposes of 13D also holds 5% or more of the Common Stock of Peregrine as reported in its separate 13D filed on Mar. 2, 2017, amended Mar. 8, 2017.”
NOTES:
* 13D Group: “people that share the furtherance of a common objective/concerted action”.
* 13D’s are reserved for ACTIVE INVESTORS who may be “interested in agitating for some kind of a change at the company”.
* See John Stafford III/XENCOR BOD(18yrs service): http://tinyurl.com/hcmsv8p
* Ronin Capital LLC: http://www.ronin-capital.com https://www.linkedin.com/company/ronin-capital
* For calc’ing total stake (Common+Preferred), using curr. conv. rate of 8.333/7=~1.19 sh./Common per one share of Series E Convertible Preferred.

ALL SEC filings for PPHM: http://tinyurl.com/6d4jw8
Inst. Holdings (Nasdaq.com) - updated qtly, 45-days after each q/e cutoff: http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/pphm/institutional-holdings
10-13-16 ASM Voting Results: http://tinyurl.com/ycrrrb43
PPHM's Corp. Bylaws (a/o 11-14-14, 8-K): http://tinyurl.com/y8hsppea
Poison Pill adopted 3-16-06: http://tinyurl.com/yvypvh - 44-pg SEC filing: http://tinyurl.com/5m57ut
...BUNGLER explains Poison Pill in plain language: http://tinyurl.com/mft4nd6
5-15-17: Parties Settle 2013 Shareholder Derivative CA Lawsuit vs. BOD(re: Fiduciary Duties) http://tinyurl.com/y982h3rt

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09/17/17 3:51 PM

#312104 RE: cjgaddy #303667

9-11-17 Qtly CC-Transcript, PR(Fin’s Q1FY18/qe7-31-17), Avid Revs History Table
=> Total Revs May06-Jul17: $258.3mm/Avid + $24.1mm/Govt + $2.4mm/Lic. = $284.9mm.
Cash at 7-31-17: $37.3mm (Op. Cash Burn for q/e 7-31-17 was $78k – see below).
As of Sept. 6, 2017, there were 45,096,081 shares outstanding. (10Q 7-31-17 iss. 9-11-17 http://tinyurl.com/ycbzp4zn )
...NOTE: PPHM shares were 1:7 Reverse Split eff. 7-10-17 (315mm/$.606=>45mm/$4.24) http://tinyurl.com/ycohqn6j

This large post has 4 sections:
I. 9-11-17 Q1/FY18 Qtly. Earnings Conf. Call TRANSCRIPT (q/e 7-31-17)
II. 9-11-17 PPHM Press Release: Q1/FY18 Earnings & Developments
III. A link to “O/S Shares & ATM Sales History – 2006-curr.” (http://tinyurl.com/ybjgm425 )
IV. Updated Table of Avid Revenues By Quarter (May’06-Current)
…Recall: Peregrine’s FY runs May-Apr, so FY’18 = May’17-Apr’18.

((( Orig. transcript from SeekingAlpha.com [http://tinyurl.com/yd3zp6gu ], with numerous corrections made. )))
Link to webcast replay: http://ir.peregrineinc.com/events.cfm => http://edge.media-server.com/m/p/h72967p8
FULL TRANSCRIPT… 9-11-17 FY’18/Q1 Earnings Conf. Call (q/e 7-31-17) (King/Lias/Lytle)
WELCOME & FWD-LOOKING STATEMENTS: Tim Brons, Vida Strategic Partners (IR) http://www.peregrineinc.com

CEO STEVE KING – OPENING COMMENTS:
Thanks to all of you who have dialed in and all of you who are participating via webcast today. I would actually like to start with a moment of silence in respect to those that died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks and for those that have been affected by the recent hurricanes.

Over the past year and a half, following the negative results from our Phase III SUNRISE trial, we have seen the company change from an R&D-focused business that has been running a contract dev. & mfg. organization, or CDMO, on the side to a CDMO business that has been running R&D on the side. I am very proud that we have been able to grow our CDMO business, Avid Bioservices, from an internal support operation to a full service CDMO that now manufactures bulk drug substance for products that are approved and marketed in over 18 countries by leading biopharma companies. The company was recently recognized as a leading CDMO by Life Science Leader and received multiple 2017 Contract Mfg. Leadership Awards for Quality, Reliability, Capabilities, Expertise, and Compatibility. Avid has an outstanding regulatory inspection history and state-of-the-art cGMP mfg. Facilities. This growth did not happen by accident. It is the result of the dedication, selflessness, and intense effort by the Avid and Peregrine employees that have been involved in the business, which has always been the secret of our success and will continue to be in the future.

We have two very different businesses, CDMO and R&D, within Peregrine with different investment and growth strategies and the two efforts need to be separated so that each has a better opportunity for success. From a business standpoint, we want to ensure the success of Avid which represents a relatively lower-risk business that can be grown over the coming years to create significant stockholder value. In the meantime, we also want to find the best strategic options for advancing the bavituximab and PS-Exosome diagnostic programs, which will require significant short-term investments, which by the very nature of R&D is relatively high risk and capital intensive.

The appointment of Dr. Roger Lias as president of Avid Bioservices [9-11-17: http://tinyurl.com/yd3eh3uv ] and his appointment to Peregrine's Board of Directors marks an important next step in this transition. Roger is a highly experienced executive with a long track record of success in the CDMO industry, and was an ideal candidate for the position. We have a successful commercial CDMO business, and we look forward to taking Avid to the next level under Roger's leadership. Naturally, job one will be a smooth transition to ensure we continue to support our existing clients, while simultaneously working to attract new clients as we look to grow the business on multiple fronts.

As we focus on the success of the CDMO business, we have been evaluating the best options for divesting our R&D assets. The goal being to find a partner that will make a significant short-term investment in the bavituximab program in order to validate the subset analysis from the Phase III SUNRISE trial and build on recent data from our collaborators. The subset analysis, which supports the combination of bavituximab with checkpoint inhibitors, is compelling but needs further clinical validation. This data, combined with findings from our collaborators at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC – See 4-14-17: http://tinyurl.com/lxlltd6 ) supporting combinations with cellular therapies including CAR-T and the ongoing trials from our partners at the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), all as outlined in our earnings release, have bolstered our belief that our bavituximab program can be successfully advanced in the right hands. However, there is still much work to be done to realize this value. For this reason, we have concluded that in order to best position Peregrine’s R&D assets for successful development, they should be advanced by a partner with the appropriate expertise and ample resources to invest in the necessary clinical trials. To that end, we have been working diligently towards the transformation of the overall business to becoming a pure-play CDMO, while assessing the best strategic options for the R&D assets that would allow stockholders to directly see the future value from their continued developments. By partnering and eliminating future R&D expenditures, we believe we are best positioning Avid for future growth. Through reinvestment and expansion, we believe we will attract new customers and extend current contracts that will help position Avid as a leading U.S. CDMO. We are moving forward expeditiously with strategic discussions as we recognize the need to move quickly both from the R&D & CDMO standpoints. We hope to bring this process to completion over the coming months and will update you on our progress.
----------NCCN:
[NCCN Bavituximab Trials Announced 9-6-16 http://tinyurl.com/gutgwb5
...#1: Ph1/HepC-Related Hepatocellular(Liver) (Bavi+RAD+Bayer’s Nexavar=Sorafenib), MOFFITT CC (N=18)
. . . . . . .PI: Jessica Frakes, MD https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02989870 <=Recruiting 3-27-17
...#2: Ph2/Newly Diag. Glioblastoma (Bavi+RAD+Merck’s Temodar), MASS-GEN. & DANA FARBER (N=36)
. . . . . . .PI: Elizabeth Gerstner, MD https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0313991 <=Recruiting 6-16-17, 1stDose=9/7/17
...#3: Ph2/Progressive Squamous Head+Neck (Bavi+Merck’s Keytruda), JOHNS-HOPKINS(Sidney Kimmel CC)
. . . . . . .PI: Ranee Mehra, MD https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/XXXXX - See Dr. R.Mehra Jan'17/IFN-y Biomarker: http://tinyurl.com/h8gzkww


Now back to Avid. We have continued to see lots of activity on the CDMO front, including Q1 revs of $27mm. And while we are projecting a relatively flat revenue year, based on the decreased FY’18 forecasts from our 2 largest customers, we do believe this decrease will be temporary and expect that Avid will continue to thrive despite lower revenue from these 2 clients in the short term. There could still be a revenue upside this year as our new customers continue to move towards GMP mfg. and the potential to bring on even more new customers. In addition to our business dev. efforts, we have also continued to make critical investments in our CDMO facilities to ensure that we offer the most state-of-the-art systems. During the quarter, we installed 2 new 2,000L bioreactors in the Myford facility and we have already secured commitments for this capacity. Due to its modular design, there’s a potential to install addl. bioreactors in our Myford facility which will allow us to grow the business in the future. In addition, we continue to evaluate options to expand Avid’s offerings in order to meet even more needs for our existing & prospective clients. I would now like to turn the call over to Roger for a few words on his joining the company and future directions, and we will then turn the call over to Paul Lytle for a discussion of financial highlights for the qtr and for the remainder of the FY.

ROGER LIAS (President/Avid eff. 9-25-17):
...9-11-17/PR: Dr. Lias hired as Avid’s President (also to join BOD): http://ir.peregrineinc.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1039872
Thanks, Steve, and good afternoon, everyone. I’d first like to say that I’m absolutely delighted to be able to join the Avid Bioservices team at what is a very exciting time for the company. It’s clear that the broad biologics market remains robust and there is undoubtedly very strong demand for high-quality contract dev. & mfg. services to support the dev. and launch of a wide range of important therapeutic biological products. Based on my personal long experience in this field, stretching way back to the formative perhaps market-making years at Celltech Biologics, which is now Lonza, and at companies such as Diosynth, KBI BioPharma, Cytovance Biologics, and Eden Biodesign, I very strongly believe that the building blocks are mostly in place here at Avid to support growth & transition to a world-leading CDMO. I’ve had the opportunity to look at Avid recently both as a competitor over the years and even more recently as a consultant supporting a very well funded company on the East Coast that has selected, I’m pleased to say, Avid as its preferred mfg. for a very interesting and potentially lifesaving product that should move rapidly to commercialization. The decision-making process for this company was multifaceted. The quality and capabilities go without saying, and ultimately the decision to come to Avid came down to the employees, the people, the flexible and creative approach, and the ability to meet timelines. And it’s interesting that Avid beat out most major contract anufacturers to win this project, and I was certainly duly impressed. In many ways, Avid is in a very unusual position relative to its peer contract manufacturers based on the somewhat unorthodox way in which the company has evolved. An exemplary 12-year track record in releasing commercial batches is very unusual and coupled with almost 25 years of overall experience in biologics, process development, and manufacture, this represents a truly tremendous platform from which to grow the company.

There’s clearly work to be done, however. Over the shorter term, I believe we clearly need to diversify the client base and to continue to grow the order book and revenue backlog. I believe that as part of this effort, Avid’s market visibility & reach needs to be dramatically increased. The new Myford mfg. facility represents a tremendous opportunity and obviously needs to be filled as a priority, and I’m pleased to see progress in that direction already. I believe that Avid’s earlier stage process dev. and process sciences capabilities need to be strengthened, both in support of mfg. operations and to create a stronger pipeline of future mfg. projects and addl. revenue stream. Stepping back and taking the longer view, there’s clearly exciting opportunities for considerable growth, both organically and potentially via mergers and acquisitions. Clearly I believe the available Myford II expansion space provides opportunities to add additional commercial drug substance manufacturing to the type already installed, but we should also examine opportunities to potentially add earlier discovery services to feed the process development and subsequent mfg. pipeline and potentially latest stage drug product mfg. services that will fill and finish a product. I believe strongly that we also need to be ready to look beyond antibodies and recombinant proteins and to take advantage of growing market demand for newer classes of products such as viral vectors and vaccines. These support exciting new therapeutic advantages in gene, cellular and immunotherapies, antibody-drug conjugates, and bio multi-specific antibody products. Each of these has specific technical and operational challenges that will need to be carefully addressed, but the opportunities are significant and I believe the timing is very good. So in closing, I’m very much looking forward to getting started and I believe that the future looks very bright for the broad biologics market and for Avid Bioservices in particular. I’m very much looking forward to taking Avid to the next level and to reporting on progress during future calls. And with that, I’d hand over to Paul who will cover the quarterly results in more detail.

PAUL LYTLE (CFO): [7-31-17 10Q iss. 9-11-17: http://tinyurl.com/ycbzp4zn ]
I’ll now discuss our financial results for Q1/FY18, starting with revenue. As a backdrop, our revenue guidance for FY’18 is expected to be $50-55mm, of which we recognized $27mm during Q1. This included $10mm in revenue that shifted from Q4 of FY’17 to Q1 due to a customer requested shipping delay. This represents an increase in revenue of 383% vs. $5.6 million that we reported during the same prior year period. While we had an excellent quarter, we have also seen decreases in mfg. from our 2 largest customers. As a result, we saw revenue backlog decline to ~$33mm at the end of the current qtr. As we look ahead, adding new customers and diversifying our customer base will be extremely important to growing revenue. This is the key reason we have hired a President of Avid solely focused on our CDMO business and someone who is highly connected to the bio-mfg. industry. Let me shift gears now to discuss our gross margins on contract mfg.. During Q1, our gross margins declined to 24% mostly due to a higher percentage of revenue related to pass through charges, such as raw materials, that are recorded to revenue at cost plus a nominal mark-up. This is relatively standard for our industry. During Q1, 38% of our revenue was related to pass through charges vs. 20% in the same prior year qtr, thereby lowering the overall gross margin. In addition, we saw lower capacity utilization during the current qtr in addition to unavailable capacity while we installed and validated two 2,000 liter bioreactors which are now operational. This also impacted our gross margins for Q1 vs. the same prior year period. Now turning to R&D, we are continuing our commitment to reduce R&D spending. In FY17 [May’16-Apr’17], we reported a 52% decline in R&D expenses and we have continued this trend into Q1/FY18, achieving a 57% reduction in R&D expenses. Based on our plan to pursue strategic alternatives for our R&D assets, we expect R&D expenses to decline at least 50% overall this year, and it could be a greater percentage decline depending on the timing of any potential transaction around the R&D assets. In summary, the increase in mfg. Revenue, combined with a decrease in R&D spending, has translated into a reduction in our net loss by 89% to $1.2mm for Q1 vs. a net loss of $11mm for the same prior year period.

Q&A: [beg. 16:16]
1. George Zavoico – (FBR & Co.): http://www.fbr.com
GZ: ”Hi, everyone. Good afternoon. And Roger welcome to Peregrine. I have a question for you. The revenue & client customer base, it’s kind of choppy, kind of up & down as you’ve seen and as Peregrine has seen lately. What in your view do you see as the critical mass that you need in terms of customer base to sort of eliminate some of that choppiness in terms of number of customers and volumes? In other words, what’s your goal, what’s your objective to get to that point?”
Roger Lias: Yes, I think the key thing is to look – we’re very well positioned to given the track record and obviously the available capacity to potentially bring in later phase clients and to technology transfer in programs that can go straight into commercial mfg., and clearly that’s a major objective. While the 2 current commercial clients are sort of somewhat soft in their forecast at the moment, if we can get more similar clients into the Myford facility, clearly that’s going to do a good job of smoothing these revenue flows. We’re fortunate in many ways, even though at times it seems that the commercial mfg. side of things can be heavy lifting and hard work, it’s a lot more choppy & lumpy if you rely entirely on process dev. and clinical stage projects. I do believe we need more of those as well in order to keep the funnel full for pipeline and to keep feeding manufacturing. But, I think if we could, over the shorter term, get in at least 2 more commercial clients and to fill the Myford I facility, I think we’ll see a much smoother revenue flow.
GZ: ”You mentioned some of the aspects of that that you really were attracted to, to be able to take this position. Could you expand on that a little bit? What do you see as a differentiating factor for Avid compared to some of its competitors? Is there going to be a cost benefit, an advantage, efficiency? What do you see as the key advantages of going with Avid vs. competitors?
Roger Lias: That’s a very good question. Differentiation in the, let’s call it the 2,000L single-use bioreactor space is getting tougher & tougher. There were more & more competitive players out there offering on paper at least similar capacity. I think for me, certainly with respect to the particular program that I was assisting with, what was really very impressive was the people, and I have to say that. It was the ability to think creatively out of the box to provide sort of exemplary feedback and that’s a difficult thing to lay out on paper, but once you get potential clients inside the door, I think the team really shines. On top of that, with the program I was involved in I haven’t had the chance to look too carefully at pricing yet, but I think there’s some potential, let’s say, just to increase margins based on pricing. I think Avid is a long way away from being one of the more expensive players out there, which I think is good news, I think it gives us a lot of upside. The available capacity in that long regulatory track record of releasing commercial batches should not be underestimated. There are many, many, I guess I’d call them peer contract manufacturers, who are only just now getting to that stage of their first FDA inspection, and in my view, we should play that for all it’s worth. So I think there’s, from a client perspective, a tremendous opportunity to gain both capacity & expertise at actually pretty reasonable value terms.
GZ: ”And as I recall and correct me if I’m wrong, it’s mostly been bulk mfg. and not so much fill+finish. Do you have any plans to do that?”
Roger Lias: I can’t say we have plans at this point. And again, forgive me as it’s early and I haven’t even had the chance to really discuss this too much with the rest of the team at this point. I do, however, believe that sort of forward integration into drug product manufacture fill+finish is potentially valuable. We have the space to do it. I certainly wouldn’t recommend jumping in heavily into very large scale or anything like that to start off with. It’s a different business; it’s further down the value chain, but nevertheless, we could certainly support clinical fills to support those drug substance clients that are in the clinic, and I think that’s potentially a very good way to start at relatively low investment.
GZ: ”Okay. Roger, welcome and good luck in meeting objectives. I also have a question for Steve regarding bavituximab, because you barely touched on it in your prepared remarks. Could you remind me of what are some of the near-term milestones? Are you going to be presenting anything at SITC’17 [Nov8-12 2017 Natl-Harbor MD], for example, or any other medical conferences?”
Steve King: So for bavituximab, we have a few things on the horizon. Obviously, we recently announced that the NCCN studies are starting to kickoff and one of those I think that’s particularly important is a combination with Keytruda in Head & Neck cancer. Clearly the data, the subset analysis from the SUNRISE trial really supports moving these kind of combinations forward, naturally where we feel that the focus of the program should be in moving forward. In addition, we have other investigators who have expressed interest in running studies that we hopefully would be able to start over the near term with other combinations with the checkpoint inhibitors in actually new indications. And so, those are some of the milestones. Absolutely, you’ll continue to see data coming out at conferences like SITC and AACR and a series of other conferences highlighting both the potential of bavi in combination with checkpoint inhibitors and combinations with cellular therapies such as CAR-T and other cellular therapies that are emerging. I think importantly from the standpoint of finding the right partner for the program, it’s really important that it is a living program and that it is active and that we’re continuing to garner the sort of interest we are from key opinion leaders and from others who really want to see the program advancing and do think it could potentially be a perfect fit with these I/O combinations. So yes, I think you’ll see lots of information coming out. And again, hopefully we’re able to find that right partner here over the short term that will really be able to not just oversee these studies but really boost the program, because it’s very important that we find a partner that’s willing to invest significant dollars upfront here in advancing the program, because we need to really illustrate the proof of concept that the subset analysis from the SUNRISE study is valid. I think that’s an important first step. And then actually move it very quickly toward commercialization because, of course with any drug you get closer & closer rather to your patent expiry and even though those can be extended, there’s a real sense of urgency to see the program move forward very quickly toward those later stage clinical trials. So yes, I look forward to updating on all fronts; the science front, clinical front, as well as the partnering front as we move into the last part of this year.
GZ: ”Okay, thanks. Look forward to seeing those – the new data. Thank you very much.”

MR. KING’S CLOSING COMMENTS:
I’d like to thank you all again for participating in today’s phone call. As always, I want to thank our stockholders for their continued support. And I would like to especially thank our patients, their families, and the investigators that are participating in our bavituximab clinical trials. With that, we will conclude the call.

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9-11-17/PR: Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Reports Financial Results for Q1/FY2018 and Recent Developments
* Avid Bioservices Records Revenues of $27 Million in Q1/FY2018
* Roger Lias, PhD, Appointed President of Avid Bioservices as Company Continues Transition to a CDMO Focused Business
* Supported by Recent Positive Data, Company is Pursuing Strategic Options for its Research and Development Assets
http://ir.peregrineinc.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1039958

TUSTIN, Sept. 11, 2017: Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:PPHM/PPHMP), a biopharmaceutical company committed to improving patient lives by manufacturing high quality products for biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies and through its proprietary R&D pipeline, today announced financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year (FY) 2018 ended July 31, 2017, and provided an update on its contract manufacturing operations, research and development programs, and other corporate highlights.

Highlights Since April 30, 2017
"We have been working diligently toward the transformation from an R&D focused business to a business dedicated to a contract development and manufacturing organization or CDMO. The appointment of Roger Lias, PhD, as President of our CDMO subsidiary, Avid Bioservices, and his appointment to Peregrine's board of directors marks an important next step in this transition [9-11-17/PR: http://tinyurl.com/yd3eh3uv ]. Roger is a highly experienced executive with a long track record of success in the CDMO industry, and was an ideal candidate for the position," stated Steven W. King, President and CEO officer of Peregrine. "We have built a successful commercial CDMO business with an excellent regulatory track record and we look forward to taking Avid to the next level under Roger's leadership. Naturally, job one will be a smooth transition to ensure we continue to support our existing clients while simultaneously working to attract new clients as we look to grow the business on multiple fronts."

Avid Bioservices was established as Peregrine's internal biologics manufacturing and development group, and began formal operations in January 2002. Avid has grown from an internal support operation to a full service CDMO that manufactures bulk drug substance for products that are approved and marketed in over 18 countries by leading biopharma companies. Avid was recently recognized as a leading CDMO by Life Science Leader as a recipient of multiple 2017 Contract Manufacturing Leadership Awards for Quality, Reliability, Capabilities, Expertise and Compatibility. Avid has an outstanding regulatory inspection history and state-of-the-art cGMP manufacturing facilities. Mr. King has been president of Avid since its formation in addition to his role as president and CEO of Peregrine Pharmaceuticals since 2003.

Mr. King continued, "As we focus on the CDMO business, we have been evaluating the best option for divesting our R&D assets through licensing or asset sale. The goal being to find a partner that will make a significant short term investment in the bavituximab program in order to validate the subset analysis from the Phase III SUNRISE trial. The subset analysis, which supports the combination of bavituximab with checkpoint inhibitors, is compelling but needs further clinical validation. These data, combined with findings from our collaborators at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC – See 4-14-17: http://tinyurl.com/lxlltd6 ) supporting combination with cellular therapy and the ongoing trials from our partners at the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), have bolstered our drive to find a suitable partner for advancing the bavituximab and PS-exosome diagnostic programs. We are moving forward expeditiously as we recognize the need to move quickly from the R&D standpoint, as well as the establishment of a pure play CDMO with no R&D expenses. We hope to bring this process to completion over the coming months and will update you on our progress."

Avid Bioservices Highlights
"Avid had a strong first quarter, recognizing revenue of $27 million," stated Paul Lytle, CFO of Peregrine. "When combined with a 57% decrease in R&D spending and a moderate decrease in SG&A, our net loss for the quarter decreased 89% to $1.2 million. During this transition year where we have seen a lower manufacturing demand from our top two customers, we are still expecting to generate between $50 and $55 million in revenue while we continue to focus on securing new customers and diversifying our customer base as we have added four new customers this calendar year thus far."
* The company is providing manufacturing revenue guidance for the full FY 2018 of $50-55 million.
* Avid's current manufacturing revenue backlog is $33 million, representing estimated future manufacturing revenue to be recognized under committed contracts. Most of the backlog is expected to be recognized during the remainder of FY 2018.

Research & Development Highlights
ASCO Highlights:
Peregrine researchers presented additional supportive data demonstrating that patients in the bavituximab containing arm who had low baseline PD-L1 expression on tumor cells (i.e., patients typically with poorer response to PD-1/PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitors) lived significantly longer than patients with high baseline PD-L1 expression. [6-3-17: http://tinyurl.com/y93upatl ]

ESMO Highlights:
Clinical investigators and Peregrine researchers presented the final clinical results from the company's Phase III SUNRISE trial of bavituximab in patients with previously treated locally advanced or metastatic non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer. As previously reported, study results demonstrated that the addition of bavituximab to docetaxel did not result in improvement of the study's primary endpoint of overall survival in the intent-to-treat population. However, a subgroup analysis on the final dataset demonstrated that for bavituximab plus docetaxel patients who received subsequent immunotherapy, the median overall survival was not yet reached. This compared to a median overall survival of 12.6 months for patients who received placebo plus docetaxel, and subsequent immunotherapy [HR = 0.46; p = 0.006]. [9-9-17: http://tinyurl.com/yb9kjutp ]

NCCN Highlights:
The three clinical trials under the collaboration with the NCCN are advancing as planned.
* Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center—Phase I/II Clinical Trial of Bavituximab with Radiation and Temozolomide for Patients with Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma. Patient dosing was initiated in September 2017.
* Moffitt Cancer Center—A Phase I Trial of Sorafenib and Bavituximab Plus Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Unresectable Hepatitis C Associated Hepatocellular Carcinoma. This trial is open for enrollment.
* The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins—Phase II Study of Pembrolizumab and Bavituximab for Progressive Recurrent/Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck. This trial is expected to be initiated by the end of the calendar year 2017.

PS Exosome Technology Highlights:
The company continues to make progress with its PS exosome diagnostic technology that is designed to detect and monitor cancer. The assay has been successfully optimized and we are evaluating options to license, partner, or sell this technology. [7-15-17: http://tinyurl.com/yd3n5kbk ]

Financial Highlights and Results
Contract manufacturing revenue from Avid's clinical and commercial biomanufacturing services was $27,077,000 for the first quarter of FY 2018 compared to $5,609,000 for the first quarter of FY 2017. This represents total revenue growth of 383% for FY 2018 compared to the same prior year period. It is important to note that the $27 million included the shipment of $10 million in product, which was held over from the fourth quarter of 2017 due to delays in shipping at the customer's request. The first quarter increase was primarily attributed to an increase in demand for contract manufacturing services associated with process validation activities in addition to the greater number of manufacturing runs shipped during the quarter.
Total costs and expenses for the first quarter of FY 2018 were $28,306,000, compared to $16,691,000 for the first quarter of FY 2017. Research and development expenses decreased 57% to $3,645,000, compared to $8,569,000 for the first quarter of FY 2017.
Cost of contract manufacturing increased to $20,448,000 in the first quarter of FY 2018 compared to $3,062,000 for the first quarter of FY 2017. This increase is primarily due to an increase in the cost of contract manufacturing associated with higher reported revenue. Also contributing to this increase and impacting gross margins for the period was idle capacity due to lower demand and unavailable capacity during the installation of the new 2,000 liter bioreactors combined with a higher percentage of revenue related to pass through charges, such as raw materials, that are recorded as revenue at cost plus a nominal mark-up, thereby lowering the overall gross margin. During the current quarter, 38% of our revenue was related to pass-through charges versus 20% in the same prior year quarter. For the first quarter of FY 2018, selling, general and administrative expenses decreased to $4,213,000 compared to $5,060,000 for FY 2017. Peregrine's consolidated net loss attributable to common stockholders was $2,647,000 or $0.06 per share, for the first quarter of FY 2018, compared to a net loss attributable to common stockholders of $12,437,000, or $0.36 per share, for the same prior year quarter. Peregrine reported $37,256,000 in cash and cash equivalents as of July 31, 2017, compared to $46,799,000 at fiscal year ended April 30, 2017.
More detailed financial information and analysis may be found in Peregrine's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, which will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission today.
[ https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/704562/000168316817002343/peregrine_10q-073117.htm ]

CONFERENCE CALL: Peregrine will host a conference call and webcast this afternoon, Sept. 11, 2017, at 4:30PM EDT (1:30PM PDT). To listen to the conference call, please dial (877) 312-5443 or (253) 237-1126 and request the Peregrine Pharmaceuticals conference call. To listen to the live webcast, or access the archived webcast, please visit: http://ir.peregrineinc.com/events.cfm .

About Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company committed to improving the lives of patients by delivering high quality pharmaceutical products through its contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) services and through its proprietary R&D pipeline. Peregrine's in-house CDMO services, including cGMP manufacturing and development capabilities, are provided through its wholly-owned subsidiary Avid Bioservices, Inc. (http://www.avidbio.com ), which provides development and biomanufacturing services for both Peregrine and third-party customers. The company is also working to evaluate its lead immunotherapy candidate, bavituximab, in combination with immune stimulating therapies for the treatment of various cancers, and developing its proprietary exosome technology for the detection and monitoring of cancer. For more information, please visit http://www.peregrineinc.com .

About Avid Bioservices
Avid Bioservices provides a comprehensive range of process development, high quality cGMP clinical and commercial manufacturing services for the biotechnology and biopharmaceutical industries. With over 15 years of experience producing monoclonal antibodies and recombinant proteins in batch, fed-batch and perfusion modes, Avid's services include cGMP clinical and commercial product manufacturing, purification, bulk packaging, stability testing and regulatory strategy, submission and support. The company also provides a variety of process development activities, including cell line development and optimization, cell culture and feed optimization, analytical methods development and product characterization. For more information about Avid, please visit http://www.avidbio.com .
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CONTACTS:
• Stephanie Diaz (Investors) Vida Strategic Partners 415-675-7401 sdiaz@vidasp.com
• Tim Brons (Media) Vida Strategic Partners 415-675-7402 tbrons@vidasp.com

PEREGRINE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS (UNAUDITED)
THREE MONTHS ENDED
JULY 31,
2017 2016
Contract manufacturing revenue $ 27,077,000 $ 5,609,000
COSTS AND EXPENSES:
Cost of contract manufacturing 20,448,000 3,062,000
Research and development 3,645,000 8,569,000
Selling, general and administrative 4,213,000 5,060,000
Total costs and expenses 28,306,000 16,691,000
LOSS FROM OPERATIONS (1,229,000 ) (11,082,000 )
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):
Interest and other income 27,000 25,000
Interest and other expense (3,000 ) —
NET LOSS $ (1,205,000 ) $ (11,057,000 )
COMPREHENSIVE LOSS $ (1,205,000 ) $ (11,057,000 )
Series E preferred stock accumulated dividends (1,442,000 ) (1,380,000 )
NET LOSS ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS
$ (2,647,000 ) $(12,437,000)
WEIGHTED AVERAGE COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING
Basic and diluted (1) 44,773,727 34,227,870
BASIC AND DILUTED LOSS PER COMMON SHARE (1) $ (0.06 ) $ (0.36 )
(1) All share and per share amounts of our common stock for all periods presented have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the one-for-seven reverse stock split of our issued and outstanding common stock, which took effect with the opening of trading on July 10, 2017.

PEREGRINE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
JULY 31, 2017 APRIL 30,
2017 Unaudited
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 37,256,000 $ 46,799,000
Trade and other receivables 7,884,000 7,742,000
Inventories 24,235,000 33,099,000
Prepaid expenses 1,388,000 1,460,000
Total current assets 70,763,000 89,100,000
Property and equipment, net 24,399,000 23,674,000
Restricted cash 1,150,000 1,150,000
Other assets 3,963,000 4,188,000
TOTAL ASSETS $ 100,275,000 $ 118,112,000
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Accounts payable $ 4,013,000 $ 5,779,000
Accrued clinical trial and related fees 4,812,000 4,558,000
Accrued payroll and related costs 4,844,000 6,084,000
Deferred revenue 13,433,000 28,500,000
Customer deposits 14,322,000 17,017,000
Other current liabilities 963,000 993,000
Total current liabilities 42,387,000 62,931,000
Deferred rent, less current portion 1,880,000 1,599,000
Commitments and contingencies
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (1):
Preferred stock—$0.001 par value; authorized 5,000,000 shares; 1,647,760 issued and outstanding at July 31, 2017 and April 30, 2017, respectively 2,000 2,000
Common stock—$0.001 par value; authorized 500,000,000 shares; 45,094,154 and 44,014,040 issued and outstanding at July 31, 2017 and April 30, 2017, respectively 45,000 44,000
Additional paid-in capital 594,482,000 590,971,000
Accumulated deficit (538,521,000 ) (537,435,000 )
Total stockholders' equity 56,008,000 53,582,000
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY $ 100,275,000 $ 118,112,000
(1) All share and per share amounts of our common stock for all periods presented have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the 1:7 reverse stock split of our issued and outstanding common stock, which took effect with the opening of trading on July 10, 2017.
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From 10-Q header: “As of Sept. 6, 2017, there were 45,096,081 shares outstanding.”
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Latest 10K 4-30-17 iss. 7-14-17 http://tinyurl.com/ycxu4l5n PR: http://tinyurl.com/yb4wulvu (Cash 4-30-17=$46.8mm); Amended 8-25-17: http://tinyurl.com/yb5jq7vc
Latest 10Q 7-31-17 iss. 9-11-17 http://tinyurl.com/ycbzp4zn PR: http://ir.peregrineinc.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1039958 (Cash 7-31-17=$37.3mm)
ALL SEC filings for PPHM: http://tinyurl.com/6d4jw8

9-11-17: O/S Shares & ATM Sales History (’06–curr.) http://tinyurl.com/ybjgm425
**NOTES:
1. PPHM shares were 1:7 Reverse Split eff. 7-10-17 (~315mm/$.606=>~45mm/$4.24) http://tinyurl.com/ycohqn6j
2. Per the 4-30-10 10-K (pub. 7-14-17), ALL ATM Agreements have been fully used – none remain (F-20 & F-28). If any new ATM’s are opened (and reported via Form 424B5), they go against the $67mm remaining on the orig. $150mm shelf filed via the S-3 filed 4-23-14. 10K: http://tinyurl.com/ycxu4l5n
3. The last ATM sales made (a/o the 7-31-17 10Q iss 9-11-17) were these: • Sold 5/1/17-6/30/17: $4,307,000gr./1,051,258sh. = $4.10/sh.

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Updated PPHM REVS-BY-QTR TABLE, now thru FY18'Q1(qe 7-31-17), per the 10-Q ( http://tinyurl.com/ycbzp4zn ) issued 9-11-17.
• Total Revs since May’06: ($258.3mm/Avid + $24.1mm/Govt + $2.5mm/Lic.) = $284.9mm
• 9-11-17: FY'18 (May'17-Apr'18) Avid revs guidance $50-55mm (committed B/L=$33mm). **
• Deferred-Revs at 7-31-17 total $15.1mm, DOWN from $28.5mm at 4-30-17.
• Cust.Deposits at 7-31-17 total $2.7mm, DOWN from $17.0mm at 4-30-17.
• Inventories at 7-31-17 total $24.2mm, DOWN from $33.1mm at 4-30-17.
Avid’s Gross-Profit over last 4 qtrs: $23.5mm on revs of $79.1mm (GP%=29.7)
• Recall, Avid Rev$ from Gov’t DTRA Contract work (6/30/08 – 4/15/11, totaling $24.15mm), went into GOVT-REVS, not AVID-REVS, in the Financials.
**4-30-17 10K/p.33: “Excluding any future potential new business, we expect Avid revs for FY18 [$50-55mm guidance] to slightly decline vs. FY17. Part of this decline is due to lower anticipated commitments from Halozyme (our largest customer) based on their most recent committed forecast (covering the 3 qtrs ending March 2018), which amount is expected to be partially offset by $10mm revenue that was expected to be recognized in FY17, but has been shifted to FY18 due to a delay in shipping product that was complete & ready for shipment as of fye 4-30-17. http://tinyurl.com/ycxu4l5n
Avid’s website: http://www.avidbio.com
  
AVID PROFITABILITY (GROSS*) BY QTR:
QTR Avid-Rev$ CostofMfg$ Gross-Profit$ GP%
FY13Q1 7-31-12 4,135,000 2,024,000 2,111,000 51%
FY13Q2 10-31-12 6,061,000 3,703,000 2,358,000 39%
FY13Q3 1-31-13 6,961,000 3,651,000 3,310,000 47%
FY13Q4 4-30-13 4,176,000 3,217,000 959,000 23%
FY14Q1 7-31-13 4,581,000 2,670,000 1,911,000 42%
FY14Q2 10-31-13 7,354,000 4,195,000 3,159,000 43%
FY14Q3 1-31-14 3,885,000 2,416,000 1,469,000 38%
FY14Q4 4-30-14 6,474,000 3,829,000 2,645,000 41%
FY15Q1 7-31-14 5,496,000 3,583,000 1,913,000 35%
FY15Q2 10-31-14 6,263,000 4,139,000 2,124,000 34%
FY15Q3 1-31-15 5,677,000 3,113,000 2,564,000 45%
FY15Q4 4-30-15 9,308,000 4,758,000 4,550,000 49%
FY16Q1 7-31-15 9,379,000 4,608,000 4,771,000 51%
FY16Q2 10-31-15 9,523,000 4,741,000 4,782,000 50%
FY16Q3 1-31-16 6,672,000 3,896,000 2,776,000 42%
FY16Q4 4-30-16 18,783,000 9,721,000 9,062,000 48%
FY17Q1 7-31-16 5,609,000 3,062,000 2,547,000 45%
FY17Q2 10-31-16 23,370,000 15,441,000 7,929,000 34%
FY17Q3 1-31-17 10,747,000 7,974,000 2,773,000 26%
FY17Q4 4-30-17 17,904,000 11,782,000 6,122,000 34%
FY18Q1 7-31-17 27,077,000 20,448,000 6,629,000 24%

FY13 TOTAL: 21,333,000 12,595,000 8,738,000 41%*
FY14 TOTAL: 22,294,000 13,110,000 9,184,000 41%*
FY15 TOTAL: 26,744,000 15,393,000 11,151,000 42%*
FY16 TOTAL: 44,357,000 22,966,000 21,391,000 48%*
FY17 TOTAL: 57,630,000 38,259,000 19,371,000 34%*
*Avid Net-Profit (ie, incl. Selling, G&A) not split out from PPHM-Corp. in the financials.
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PPHM REVENUES (in thousands) DEFERRED
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Quarter Avid Govt Lic. TOTAL Avid Govt TORIES
FY07Q1 7-31-06 398 0 23 421 317 0 971
FY07Q2 10-31-06 636 0 48 684 1388 0 1899
FY07Q3 1-31-07 347 0 16 363 2202 0 1325
FY07Q4 4-30-07 2111 0 129 2240 1060 0 1916
FY08Q1 7-31-07 1621 0 4 1625 1820 0 2363
FY08Q2 10-31-07 1863 0 29 1892 1338 0 3500
FY08Q3 1-31-08 1662 0 13 1675 1434 0 2394
FY08Q4 4-30-08 751 0 150 901 2196 0 2900
FY09Q1 7-31-08 1193 324 0 1517 4021 980 4628
FY09Q2 10-31-08 983 958 0 1941 6472 1701 6700
FY09Q3 1-31-09 5778 1048 0 6826 4805 3262 5547
FY09Q4 4-30-09 5009 2683 175 7867 3776 3871 4707
FY10Q1 7-31-09 2070 4671 9 6750 5755 2332 6177
FY10Q2 10-31-09 5308 1510 78 6896 4260 3989 5850
FY10Q3 1-31-10 2945 6854 78 9877 3052 76 3861
FY10Q4 4-30-10 2881 1461 78 4420 2406 78 3123
FY11Q1 7-31-10 983 2111 115 3209 3719 47 4692
FY11Q2 10-31-10 3627 966 78 4671 2447 35 3555
FY11Q3 1-31-11 1922 882 79 2883 4300 40 3915
FY11Q4 4-30-11 1970 681 78 2729 5617 0 5284
FY12Q1 7-31-11 5439 0 216 5655 4145 0 4481
FY12Q2 10-31-11 4154 0 78 4232 2012 0 3178
FY12Q3 1-31-12 3203 0 78 3281 2552 0 2722
FY12Q4 4-30-12 1987 0 78 2065 3651 0 3611
FY13Q1 7-31-12 4135 0 116 4251 6056 0 5744
FY13Q2 10-31-12 6061 0 78 6139 6221 0 5426
FY13Q3 1-31-13 6961 0 78 7039 5061 0 4635
FY13Q4 4-30-13 4176 0 78 4254 4171 0 4339
FY14Q1 7-31-13 4581 0 107 4688 4164 0 5679
FY14Q2 10-31-13 7354 0 0 7354 3468 0 4033
FY14Q3 1-31-14 3885 0 0 3885 4329 0 5224
FY14Q4 4-30-14 6474 0 0 6474 5241 0 5530
FY15Q1 7-31-14 5496 0 0 5496 4670 0 5998
FY15Q2 10-31-14 6263 0 37 6300 3612 0 5379
FY15Q3 1-31-15 5677 0 0 5677 5752 0 6148
FY15Q4 4-30-15 9308 0 0 9308 6630 0 6148
FY16Q1 7-31-15 9379 0 292 9671 8291 0 10457
FY16Q2 10-31-15 9523 0 0 9523 9688 0 12554
FY16Q3 1-31-16 6672 0 37 6709 15418 0 15189
FY16Q4 4-30-16 18783 0 0 18783 15418 0 15189
FY17Q1 7-31-16 5609 0 0 5609 21531 0 25274
FY17Q2 10-31-16 23370 0 0 23370 21531 0 25274
FY17Q3 1-31-17 10747 0 0 10747 26367 0 33829
FY17Q4 4-30-17 17904 0 0 17904 28500 0 33099
FY18Q1 7-31-17 27077 0 0 27077 13433 0 24235
Totals: 258276 24149 2453 284878 <=since5/1/2006
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TOTAL REV’s BY YEAR (Avid+Gov’t+Lic):
FY04 4-30-04 3,314 …Avid(CMO)= 3,039 (Avid-Revs don’t incl. Govt-SVCS)
FY05 4-30-05 4,959 …Avid(CMO)= 4,684
FY06 4-30-06 3,193 …Avid(CMO)= 3,005
FY07 4-30-07 3,708 …Avid(CMO)= 3,492
FY08 4-30-08 6,093 …Avid(CMO)= 5,897
FY09 4-30-09 18,151 …Avid(CMO)= 12,963
FY10 4-30-10 27,943 …Avid(CMO)= 13,204
FY11 4-30-11 13,492 …Avid(CMO)= 8,502
FY12 4-30-12 15,233 …Avid(CMO)= 14,783
FY13 4-30-13 21,683 …Avid(CMO)= 21,333
FY14 4-30-14 22,401 …Avid(CMO)= 22,294
FY15 4-30-15 26,781 …Avid(CMO)= 26,744
FY16 4-30-16 44,686 …Avid(CMO)= 44,357
FY17 4-30-17 57,630 …Avid(CMO)= 57,630
...Total Gov’t Revs from 7-2008 inception thru FY11Q1(Apr’11): $24.15mm
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PPHM’S QTLY. NET LOSS BY QTR:
FY08Q1 7-31-07 4,656,000
FY08Q2 10-31-07 6,207,000
FY08Q3 1-31-08 6,154,000
FY08Q4 4-30-08 6,159,000
FY09Q1 7-31-08 5,086,000
FY09Q2 10-31-08 4,497,000
FY09Q3 1-31-09 3,332,000
FY09Q4 4-30-09 3,609,000
FY10Q1 7-31-09 2,428,000
FY10Q2 10-31-09 2,787,000
FY10Q3 1-31-10 1,538,000
FY10Q4 4-30-10 7,741,000
FY11Q1 7-31-10 7,695,000
FY11Q2 10-31-10 7,513,000
FY11Q3 1-31-11 8,929,000
FY11Q4 4-30-11 10,014,000
FY12Q1 7-31-11 8,092,000
FY12Q2 10-31-11 12,055,000
FY12Q3 1-31-12 11,090,000
FY12Q4 4-30-12 10,882,000
FY13Q1 7-31-12 7,664,000
FY13Q2 10-31-12 8,753,000
FY13Q3 1-31-13 4,914,000
FY13Q4 4-30-13 8,449,000
FY14Q1 7-31-13 7,600,000
FY14Q2 10-31-13 7,790,000
FY14Q3 1-31-14 9,724,000
FY14Q4 4-30-14 10,248,000
FY15Q1 7-31-14 13,129,000
FY15Q2 10-31-14 12,100,000
FY15Q3 1-31-15 12,994,000
FY15Q4 4-30-15 12,135,000
FY16Q1 7-31-15 13,723,000
FY16Q2 10-31-15 13,198,000
FY16Q3 1-31-16 16,847,000
FY16Q4 4-30-16 11,884,000
FY17Q1 7-31-16 11,057,000
FY17Q2 10-31-16 4,056,000
FY17Q3 1-31-17 7,774,000
FY17Q4 4-30-17 5,272,000
FY18Q1 7-31-17 1,205,000

= = = = = = = =
OPER. CASH BURNS* BY QTR(FROM THE 10-Q/K’S):
FY10Q1 7-31-09 2,024,000 (from 10Q pg.25)
FY10Q2 10-31-09 2,351,000 (Q1+Q2: 4,375,000 pg.28)
FY10Q3 1-31-10 1,158,000 (Q1+Q2+Q3: 5,533,000 pg.30)
FY10Q4 4-30-10 6,375,000 (FY’10: 11,908,000 10K pg.58)
FY11Q1 7-31-10 6,567,000 (from 10Q pg.24)
FY11Q2 10-31-10 6,167,000 (Q1+Q2: $12,734,000 pg.25)
FY11Q3 1-31-11 7,736,000 (Q1+Q2+Q3: $20,470,000 pg.26)
FY11Q4 4-30-11 8,961,000 (FY’11: 29,431,000 10K pg.54)
FY12Q1 7-31-11 6,984,000 (from 10Q pg.25)
FY12Q2 10-31-11 11,668,000 (Q1+Q2: 18,652,000 pg.25)
FY12Q3 1-31-12 8,490,000 (Q1+Q2+Q3: 27,142,000 pg.25)
FY12Q4 4-30-12 11,265,000 (FY’12: 38,407,000 10K pg.55)
FY13Q1 7-31-12 6,742,000 (from 10Q pg.21)
FY13Q2 10-31-12 6,162,000 (Q1+Q2: 12,904,000 pg.23)
FY13Q3 1-31-13 3,597,000 (Q1+Q2+Q3: 16,501,000 pg.23)
FY13Q4 4-30-13 7,053,000 (FY’13: 23,554,000 10K pg.60)
FY14Q1 7-31-13 5,750,000 (from 10Q pg.23)
FY14Q2 10-31-13 5,834,000 (Q1+Q2: 11,584,000 10Q pg.24)
FY14Q3 1-31-14 7,875,000 (Q1+Q2+Q3: 19,459,000 10Q pg.26)
FY14Q4 4-30-14 8,706,000 (FY’14: 28,165,000 10K pg.55)
FY15Q1 7-31-14 11,076,000 (from 10Q pg.23)
FY15Q2 10-31-14 9,947,000 (Q1+Q2: 21,023,000 10Q pg.25)
FY15Q3 1-31-15 11,116,000 (Q1+Q2+Q3: 32,139,000 10Q pg.26)
FY15Q4 4-30-15 10,474,000 (FY’15: 42,613,000 10K pg.54)
FY16Q1 7-31-15 12,306,000 (from 10Q pg.25)
FY16Q2 10-31-15 11,701,000 (Q1+Q2: 24,007,000 10Q pg.26)
FY16Q3 1-31-16 15,086,000 (Q1+Q2+Q3: 39,093,000 10Q pg.27)
FY16Q4 4-30-16 10,112,000 (FY'16: 49,205,000 10K pg.39)
FY17Q1 7-31-16 9,607,000 (from 10Q pg.22)
FY17Q2 10-31-16 2,565,000 (Q1+Q2: 12,172,000 10Q pg.24)
FY17Q3 1-31-17 6,274,000 (Q1+Q2+Q3: 18,446,000 10Q pg.24)
FY17Q4 4-30-17 3,886,000 (FY'17: 22,332,000 10K pg.40)
FY18Q1 7-31-17 78,000 (from 10Q pg.23)

FY’09 total Op-Burn: $14,715,000
FY’10 total Op-Burn: $11,908,000
FY’11 total Op-Burn: $29,431,000
FY’12 total Op-Burn: $38,407,000
FY’13 total Op-Burn: $23,554,000
FY’14 total Op-Burn: $28,165,000
FY’15 total Op-Burn: $42,613,000
FY’16 total Op-Burn: $49,205,000
FY’17 total Op-Burn: $22,332,000

*The 10-Q’s define OPER.BURN as, ”Net cash used in operating activities before chgs. in operating assets & liabilities”.
The 7-21-2001 10Q explains OP.BURN very nicely:
“RESULTS OF OPERATIONS. Before we discuss the Company's total expenses (cash & non-cash expenses), we would like to discuss the Company's operational burn rate (cash expenses used in operations, net of interest and other income) for q/e July 31, 2001 compared to the same period in the prior year. The operational burn rate is calculated by taking the net income (loss) from operations and subtracting all non-cash items, such as the recognition of deferred license revenue, depreciation and amortization and stock-based compensation expense.”
 
Period Halozyme Cust-A Other-Custs
FYE 4-30-14 91% 1% 8%
FYE 4-30-15 79% 12% 9%
FYE 4-30-16 69% 26% 5%
Q/E 7-31-16 65% 29% 6%
Q/E 10-31-16 77% 10% 13%
Q/E 1-31-17 29% 56% 15%
FYE 4-30-17 58% 26% 16%
Q/E 7-31-17 78% 16% 16%


- - - - - - - - PPHM’s Fiscal Qtr’s (FY runs May – April):
FY’10-Q3 = q/e 1-31-10 – rep. 3-11-10 Thu (B4 mkt)
FY’10-Q4 = q/e 4-30-10 – rep. 7-14-10 Wed (after mkt)
FY’11-Q1 = q/e 7-31-10 – rep. 9-9-10 Thu (after mkt)
FY’11-Q2 = q/e 10-31-10 – rep. 12-9-10 Thu (after mkt)
FY’11-Q3 = q/e 1-31-10 – rep. 3-11-11 Fri (after mkt)
FY’11-Q4 = q/e 4-30-11 – rep. 7-14-11 Thu (after mkt)
FY’12-Q1 = q/e 7-31-11 – rep. 9-9-11 Fri (B4 mkt)
FY’12-Q2 = q/e 10-31-11 – rep. 12-12-11 Mon (after mkt)
FY’12-Q3 = q/e 1-31-12 – rep. 3-9-12 Fri (after mkt)
FY’12-Q4 = q/e 4-30-12 – rep. 7-16-12 Mon (after mkt)
FY’13-Q1 = q/e 7-31-12 – rep. 9-10-12 Mon (B4 mkt)
FY’13-Q2 = q/e 10-31-12 – rep. 12-10-12 Mon (after mkt)
FY’13-Q3 = q/e 1-31-13 – rep. 3-12-13 Tue (after mkt)
FY’13-Q4 = q/e 4-30-13 – rep. 7-11-13 Thu (after mkt)
FY’14-Q1 = q/e 7-31-13 – rep. 9-9-13 Mon (after mkt)
FY’14-Q2 = q/e 10-31-13 – rep. 12-10-13 Tue (after mkt)
FY’14-Q3 = q/e 1-31-14 – rep. 3-7-14 Fri (B4 mkt)
FY’14-Q4 = q/e 4-30-14 – rep. 7-14-14 Mon (after mkt)
FY’15-Q1 = q/e 7-31-14 – rep. 9-9-14 Tue (after mkt)
FY’15-Q2 = q/e 10-31-14 – rep. 12-10-14 Wed (after mkt)
FY’15-Q3 = q/e 1-31-15 – rep. 3-12-15 Thu (after mkt)
FY’15-Q4 = q/e 4-30-15 – rep. 7-14-15 Tue (after mkt)
FY’16-Q1 = q/e 7-31-15 – rep. 9-9-15 Wed (after mkt)
FY’16-Q2 = q/e 10-31-15 – rep. 12-10-15 Thu (after mkt)
FY’16-Q3 = q/e 1-31-16 – rep. 3-9-16 Wed (B4 mkt)
FY’16-Q4 = q/e 4-30-16 – rep. 7-14-16 Thu (after mkt)
FY’17-Q1 = q/e 7-31-16 – rep. 9-8-16 Thu (after mkt)
FY’17-Q2 = q/e 10-31-16 – rep. 12-12-16 Mon (after mkt)
FY’17-Q3 = q/e 1-31-17 – rep. 3-13-17 Mon (after mkt)
FY’17-Q4 = q/e 4-30-17 – rep. 7-14-17 Fri (after mkt)
FY’18-Q1 = q/e 7-31-17 – rep. 9-11-17 Mon (after mkt)

= = = = = = = = = = = =
“Going Concern” stmt. ELIMINATED from 10-K pub. 7-11-13; RE-INSTATED in 10-K pub. 7-14-17…
2012: 4-30-12 10-K iss. 7-16-12 Pg.68: “As more fully described in Note 2, the Company’s recurring losses from operations & recurring neg. cash flows from operating activities raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern.” http://tinyurl.com/79o57b2
2013 & 2014 & 2015 & 2016 10-K's: http://tinyurl.com/p58jcbw etc...=> (((NO GOING CONCERN STATEMENT INCLUDED.)))
2017 7-14-17: “Going Concern” re-instated in the 4-30-17 10-K (pg.13) http://tinyurl.com/ycxu4l5n
CASH a/o 4-30-13: $35.2mm
CASH a/o 6-30-13: $42.6mm
CASH a/o 7-31-13: $41.6mm
CASH a/o 10-31-13: $44.4mm
CASH a/o 1-31-14: $63.2mm
CASH a/o 2-15-14: $79.7mm
CASH a/o 4-30-14: $77.5mm
CASH a/o 6-30-14: $78.3mm
CASH a/o 7-31-14: $73.3mm
CASH a/o 10-31-14: $64.4mm
CASH a/o 1-31-15: $55.2mm
CASH a/o 4-30-15: $68.0mm
CASH a/o 7-31-15: $59.0mm
CASH a/o 10-31-15: $72.0mm
CASH a/o 1-31-16: $67.5mm
CASH a/o 4-30-16: $61.4mm
CASH a/o 7-31-16: $44.2mm
CASH a/o 10-31-16: $49.5mm
CASH a/o 1-31-17: $41.5mm
CASH a/o 4-30-17: $46.8mm
CASH a/o 7-31-17: $37.3mm
= = = = = = = = = = A look at #Employees per the 10K’s…
2011 10-K: "As of 4-30-11, we employed 154 full-time emps & 2 part-time emps”
2012 10-K: "As of 4-30-12, we employed 172 full-time emps & 2 part-time emps."
2013 10-K: "As of 4-30-13, we employed 182 full-time emps & 5 part-time emps."
2014 10-K: "As of 4-30-14, we employed 180 full-time emps & 4 part-time emps."
2015 10-K: "As of 4-30-15, we employed 211 full-time emps & 4 part-time emps."
2016 10-K: "As of 4-30-16, we employed 281 full-time emps & 3 part-time emps."
2017 10-K: "As of 4-30-17, we employed 319 full-time emps & 4 part-time emps."
2017 Q/E 7-31-17 1-A: On 8-9-17, we commenced a restructuring plan… expected to be completed in Oct’17… reduced workforce by 60 emps (20%), reduced R&D from 22 to 11.

cjgaddy

10/10/17 5:34 PM

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