| |
IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
CONTACTS:
Brent
Larson,
Vice
President / CFO
614
822.2330
|
July
9, 2007
Tim
Ryan,
The
Trout Group
646.378.2924
|
NEOPROBE CEO
INCREASES INVESTMENT IN COMPANY
President
and CEO Invests $1 million Confirming Confidence in
Company
DUBLIN,
OHIO - July 9, 2007 - Neoprobe Corporation (OTCBB:NEOP - News), a diversified
developer of innovative oncology and cardiovascular surgical and diagnostic
products, announced today that David Bupp, its President and CEO and certain
members of his family last week purchased a $1 million convertible note and
warrants of the Company.
The
note
is convertible into common stock of the Company at $0.31, a 25% premium to
the
average closing market price of the Company’s common stock for the 5 days
preceding the July 3, 2007 closing of the transaction. The note bears interest
at 10% per annum during its 1-year term and is repayable in whole or in part
by
the Company with no penalty. In addition, the Company issued the purchasers
500,000 warrants to purchase common stock of the Company, also exercisable
at
$0.31 per share over a period of 5 years.
Mr.
Bupp
had disclosed his desire to invest to the Board of Directors in June, and the
Board in turn established a Special Committee of independent directors to
evaluate Mr. Bupp’s proposal to avoid any appearance of conflict of interest.
The independent directors of the Board expressly approved the
transaction.
Mr.
Bupp
stated, “I believe the greatest expression of my continuing confidence in and
commitment to Neoprobe Corporation is the fact that I am again investing my
personal funds in the Company. The Company is making progress on a daily basis
on all fronts, and I believe that this transaction will provide the Company
with
the bridge financing needed to see us through to the achievement of a number
of
near-term milestones leading up to the commencement of Phase 3 clinical trials
for Lymphoseek®.”
About
Neoprobe
Neoprobe
is a biomedical company focused on enhancing patient care and improving patient
outcome by meeting the critical intraoperative diagnostic information needs
of
physicians and therapeutic treatment needs of patients. Neoprobe currently
markets the neo2000®
line of
gamma detection systems that are widely used by cancer surgeons and is
commercializing the Quantix®
line of
blood flow measurement products developed by its subsidiary, Cardiosonix Ltd.
In
addition, Neoprobe holds significant interests in the development of related
biomedical systems and radiopharmaceutical agents including
Lymphoseek®
and
RIGScan®
CR.
Neoprobe’s subsidiary, Cira Biosciences, Inc., is also advancing a
patient-specific cellular therapy technology platform called ACT. Neoprobe’s
strategy is to deliver superior growth and shareholder return by maximizing
its
strong position in gamma detection technologies and diversifying into new,
synergistic biomedical markets through continued investment and selective
acquisitions. www.neoprobe.com
Statements
in this news release, which relate to other than strictly historical facts,
such
as statements about the Company’s plans and strategies, expectations for future
financial performance, new and existing products and technologies, anticipated
clinical and regulatory pathways, and markets for the Company’s products are
forward-looking statements The words “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,”
“estimate,” “project,” and similar expressions identify forward-looking
statements that speak only as of the date hereof. Investors are cautioned that
such statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results
to differ materially from historical or anticipated results due to many factors
including, but not limited to, the Company’s continuing operating losses,
uncertainty of market acceptance of its products, reliance on third party
manufacturers, accumulated deficit, future capital needs, uncertainty of capital
funding, dependence on limited product line and distribution channels,
competition, limited marketing and manufacturing experience, risks of
development of new products, regulatory risks and other risks detailed in the
Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-KSB and other Securities and
Exchange Commission filings. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly
update or revise any forward-looking statements.