Cell Therapeutics, Inc. to Offer to Repurchase up to $124 Million of...(duce thesubstantial interest payments re...),Health

This announcement is for informational purposes only and is not an offer to buy, or the solicitation of an offer to sell, any Notes. The Company expects to announce further information on the details of the proposed tender offer in the near future. The tender offer, if commenced, will be made solely by and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in a Schedule TO (including the Offer to Purchase and related Letter of Transmittal) that will be filed by CTI with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). The Schedule TO and related materials will contain important information, including complete instructions on how to tender Notes, and should be read carefully and in their entirety before any decision is made with respect to the Offer. The Offer to Purchase and Letter of Transmittal will be delivered to all holders of Notes. Once the Schedule TO and offer documents are filed with the SEC, they will be available free of charge on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov.

This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties, the outcome of which could materially and/or adversely affect future results. The risks and uncertainties include whether the closing conditions, including the consent of Biogen Idec Inc., will be satisfied in order to consummate the collaboration with Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; whether the second closing of the sale of notes to an institutional investor will occur if the Company elects to sell such additional notes to them; that the Company may be unable to commence the contemplated tender offer or complete the contemplated tender offer as it continues to have a substantial amount of debt outstanding and the quarterly interest
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