Fibrocell Science, Inc. to Raise $22.7 Million in Private Placement

EXTON, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fibrocell Science, Inc. (OTCBB: FCSC) announced today that the Company has entered into a definitive Securities Purchase Agreement with certain accredited investors, pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell to the purchasers an aggregate of 41,245,822 shares of Company common stock at a purchase price of $0.55 per share in a private placement. Each purchaser will also receive a warrant to purchase 0.35 shares of common stock for every share of common stock acquired in the offering with an exercise price of $0.75 per share and a term of 5 years from issuance. The warrants are callable by the Company if the common stock trades over $1.75 for 20 consecutive trading days at any time after the shares underlying the warrants are registered or eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144. The aggregate purchase price to be paid by the purchasers at closing for the common stock and the warrants will be $22.7 million. The closing is expected to occur on or about August 10, 2011, subject to customary closing conditions.

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