Article: LFB Provides $10 Million of Funding To GTC Biotherapeutics.

GTC Biotherapeutics, Inc. ("GTC", NASDAQ: GTCB) announced that LFB Biotechnologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of LFB S.A. (Laboratoire francais du Fractionnement et des Biotechnologies S.A., Les Ulis, France) and a strategic shareholder in GTC, has exercised its option to purchase $12.8 million of additional convertible preferred stock under the terms described in the financing agreements approved by GTC shareholders in July 2009. This transaction provides $6.4 million of new cash proceeds to GTC. In addition, LFB has converted the convertible preferred stock it previously purchased under these agreements in July into a total of 10.6 million shares of common stock to ...

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