BOCA RATON, Fla., Nov. 30, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dawson James Securities, Inc. in conjunction with Skyline Medical Inc. closed a private placement of a newly created series of preferred stock designated as “Series C Convertible Preferred Stock” with a New York-based Family Office. The closing of the private placement occurred on November 28, 2017. Pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Investor purchased 1,213,819 shares of Series C Stock at a purchase price of $1.071 per Series C Share, together with a warrant to purchase up to 606,910 shares of common stock. The Warrant has an exercise price of $1.26 per share, subject to adjustment, has a five and one-half year term and is exercisable commencing six months following the date of issuance.

Total gross proceeds to Skyline Medical, Inc were $1,300,000 before deducting expenses and will be used for general working capital purposes. 

In connection with the Offering and pursuant to a registration rights agreement, the Company has agreed to file a “resale” registration statement covering all of the shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Series C Shares and upon conversion of the Warrant.

About Skyline Medical, Inc.

Skyline Medical produces a fully automated, patented, FDA-cleared waste fluid disposal system that virtually eliminates staff exposure to blood, irrigation fluid and other potentially infectious fluids found in the healthcare environment. Antiquated manual fluid handling methods that require hand carrying and emptying filled fluid canisters present an exposure risk and potential liability. Skyline Medical's STREAMWAY®System fully automates the collection, measurement and disposal of waste fluids and is designed to: 1) reduce overhead costs to hospitals and surgical centers; 2) improve compliance with OSHA and other regulatory agency safety guidelines; 3) improve efficiency in the operating room, and radiology and endoscopy departments, thereby leading to greater profitability; and 4) provide greater environmental stewardship by helping to eliminate the approximately 50 million potentially disease-infected canisters that go into landfills each year in the U.S.  For additional information, please visit www.skylinemedical.com.

About Dawson James Securities

Dawson James Securities specializes in capital raising for small and microcap public and private growth companies primarily in the Life Science/Health Care, Technology and Consumer sectors and is a full service investment banking firm with research, institutional and retail sales, and execution trading and corporate services.  Headquartered in Boca Raton, FL, Dawson James is privately held with offices in New York, Maryland and New Jersey.  www.dawsonjames.com

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Forward-looking Statements

Certain of the matters discussed in this announcement contain forward-looking statements that involve material risks to and uncertainties in the Company's business that may cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by the statements made herein. Such risks and uncertainties include risks related to the proposed joint ventures with Helomics and CytoBioscience, including the need to negotiate the definitive agreements for the joint ventures; possible failure to realize anticipated benefits of the joint ventures; and costs of providing funding to the joint ventures. Other risks and uncertainties relating to the Company include, among other things, current negative operating cash flows and a need for additional funding to finance our operating plan; the terms of any further financing, which may be highly dilutive and may include onerous terms; unexpected costs and operating deficits, and lower than expected sales and revenues; uncertain willingness and ability of customers to adopt new technologies and other factors that may affect further market acceptance, if our product is not accepted by our potential customers, it is unlikely that we will ever become profitable; adverse economic conditions; adverse results of any legal proceedings; the volatility of our operating results and financial condition; inability to attract or retain qualified senior management personnel, including sales and marketing personnel; our ability to establish and maintain the proprietary nature of our technology through the patent process, as well as our ability to possibly license from others patents and patent applications necessary to develop products; the Company's ability to implement its long range business plan for various applications of its technology; the Company's ability to enter into agreements with any necessary marketing and/or distribution partners and with any strategic or joint venture partners; the impact of competition, the obtaining and maintenance of any necessary regulatory clearances applicable to applications of the Company's technology; and management of growth and other risks and uncertainties that may be detailed from time to time in the Company's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which are available for review at www.sec.gov.  This is not a solicitation to buy or sell securities and does not purport to be an analysis of the Company's financial position. See the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, and subsequent reports and other filings at www.sec.gov.

For more information, please contact:
Elise Stern, Managing Director, Head of Capital Markets
estern@dawsonjames.com
561-208-2926

Source: Skyline Medical Inc.