Spherix Prices $7.5 Million Public Offering

3/4/20

Spherix Incorporated (SPEX), a technology development company committed to the fostering of innovative ideas, today announced that it has priced a public offering of an aggregate of 7,142,858 shares of common stock (or common stock equivalents) of the Company and warrants to purchase up to 7,142,858 shares of common stock. Each share of common stock (or common stock equivalent) is being sold together with one warrant to purchase one share of common stock, at a public offering price of $1.05 per share and accompanying warrant. The shares of common stock (or common stock equivalents) and the accompanying warrants are being sold together in this offering, but will be issued separately and will be immediately separable upon issuance. The warrants are exercisable immediately and expire five years from the date of issuance. Each warrant has an exercise price of $1.05.

H.C. Wainwright & Co. is acting as the exclusive placement agent for the offering.

About Spherix

Spherix was initially formed in 1967 and is currently a biotechnology company with a diverse portfolio of small-molecule anti-cancer therapeutics. The Company's platform consists of patented technology from leading universities and researchers and we are currently in the process of developing an innovative therapeutic drug platform through strong partnerships with world renowned educational institutions, including The University of Texas at Austin and Wake Forest University. Our diverse pipeline of therapeutics includes therapies for pancreatic cancer, acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). In addition, we are constantly seeking to grow our pipe to treat unmet medical needs in oncology.