TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Accentia Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ABPI) announced that it has entered into definitive agreements for a private placement offering of convertible preferred stock and warrants to new and existing institutional investors for gross proceeds of approximately $8.7 million before fees and expenses. Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, a subsidiary of Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:RODM) acted as the exclusive placement agent.