Published on February 9, 2007
Exhibit
99.1
For
Immediate Release
Company
Contacts: eXegenics Inc., John A. Paganelli, Chairman, Phone: (585) 218-4368
eXegenics
Announces Closing of Stock Sale
Pittsford,
New York, February 9,
2007.
John Paganelli, Chairman of eXegenics Inc. (OTC BB: EXEG) today announced that
eXegenics has completed its sale of shares of eXegenics common stock,
constituting approximately 51% of the issued and outstanding shares of eXegenics
capital stock, on a fully diluted basis, to a small group of investors led
by
Phillip Frost, M.D. The stock sale was made pursuant to the terms of a
previously announced stock purchase agreement dated August 14, 2006, as amended
as of November 30, 2006. The investors paid eXegenics an aggregate purchase
price of $8.6 million at the closing. The purchase price is subject to
adjustment based on eXegenics stockholders’ equity at the closing.
The
stock
sale was consummated on Friday, February 9, 2007. The shares of eXegenics common
stock sold were not registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, and may not be offered or sold in the United
States absent registration under the Securities Act or the availability of
an
exemption from registration
This
release may contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements
are
based on management's current expectations and are subject to uncertainty and
changes in circumstances. Actual results may vary materially from the
expectations contained in the forward-looking statements. Detailed information
about factors pertinent to the business of eXegenics that could cause actual
results to differ is set forth in eXegenics' filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission ("Commission") including eXegenics' Annual Report on Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005 and its most recent Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q. eXegenics is under no obligation to (and expressly
disclaims any such obligation to) update or alter its forward-looking statements
whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.