Cidara Therapeutics Announces Closing of Public Offering of Common Stock, Including Exercise of Underwriter’s Option to Purchase Additional Shares

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 13, 2016 -- Cidara Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:CDTX), a biotechnology company developing novel anti-infectives including immunotherapies, today announced the closing of its previously announced underwritten public offering of 2,475,248 shares of its common stock, plus 277,389 additional shares sold pursuant to the underwriter’s partial exercise of its option to purchase additional shares, each at a price to the public of $10.10 per share. Including this option exercise, the gross proceeds to Cidara from the offering, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses, will be approximately $27.8 million. The underwriter has until November 6, 2016 to exercise its option to purchase an additional 93,898 shares of Cidara’s common stock at the public offering price.

Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. acted as the sole book-running manager for the offering.

The securities described above were offered by Cidara pursuant to a shelf registration statement, which has been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission. A final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering have been filed with the SEC and are available for free on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov. Copies of the final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained from: Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., Attn: Capital Markets, 499 Park Ave., 6th Floor, New York, New York 10022, or by telephone at 212-829-7122, or by e-mail at [email protected].

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction.

About Cidara Therapeutics

Cidara is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing new anti-infectives that have the potential to transform the standard of care and save or improve patients’ lives. The company is currently advancing its novel echinocandin antifungal, CD101, through Phase 2 studies in two indications and developing CD201, its bispecific antimicrobial immunotherapy, for the treatment of multi-drug resistant bacterial infections. CD101 IV has enhanced potency and is the only once-weekly therapy intended for the treatment and prevention of serious invasive fungal infections. CD101 topical is the first and only agent of its class being studied for the treatment and prevention of vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC), a prevalent mucosal infection. CD201 is the first drug candidate selected from Cidara’s novel Cloudbreak™ platform, the first immunotherapy discovery platform designed specifically to create compounds that direct a patient's immune cells to attack and eliminate bacterial, fungal or viral pathogens. Cidara is headquartered in San Diego, California. For more information, please visit www.cidara.com.

INVESTOR CONTACT:
Robert H. Uhl
Westwicke Partners, LLC
Managing Director
(858) 356-5932
[email protected]

MEDIA CONTACT:
Mike Beyer
Sam Brown Inc.
(312) 961-2502
[email protected]