Cord Blood Banking Leader Cryo-Cell Declares Initiation of Regular Quarterly Cash Dividend

Cryo-Cell International, Inc. (NYSE American LLC Symbol: CCEL) ("Cryo-Cell"), the world's first private cord blood bank to separate and store stem cells in 1992, announced today that its Board of Directors has approved the payment of a regular quarterly cash dividend at an initial rate of $0.25 per share of common stock to be paid to its shareholders of record as of the close of business on November 15, 2024. The dividend is expected to be paid on November 29, 2024. The Board of Directors plans to evaluate the dividend policy on a regular basis, considering the Company's earnings, cash flows, and alternative uses of and access to capital that may arise. Depending on these factors, future dividend payments may be increased or decreased and there is no assurance that future dividends will be paid.

Cryo-Cell's Chairman of the Board and Co-CEO, David Portnoy, stated, "This marks a significant step in the Company's strategy to deliver value to its shareholders and does not detract from the ongoing evaluation of strategic alternatives for the Company."

About Cryo-Cell International, Inc.

Founded in 1989, Cryo-Cell International, Inc. is the world's first private cord blood bank. ‎More than 500,000 parents from 87 countries have entrusted Cryo-Cell International with ‎their baby's cord blood and cord tissue stem cells. In addition to its private bank, Cryo-Cell ‎International has a public banking program in partnership with Duke University. Cryo-Cell's ‎public bank has provided cord blood for more than 600 transplantations and operates cord ‎blood donation sites across the U.S in prominent hospitals such as Cedars–Sinai Hospital in ‎Los Angeles. Cryo-Cell's facility is FDA registered, cGMP-/cGTP-‎compliant and licensed in all states requiring licensure. Besides being AABB accredited as a ‎cord blood facility, Cryo-Cell was also the first U.S. (for private use only) cord blood bank to ‎receive FACT accreditation for adhering to the most stringent cord blood quality standards ‎set by any internationally recognized, independent accrediting organization. Cryo-Cell has ‎the exclusive rights ‎to PrepaCyte-CB, the industry's most advanced cord blood processing ‎technology.‎

Cryo-Cell's mission is to provide the premier cord blood and cord tissue cryopreservation services, to develop, manufacture and administer cellular therapies to significantly improve the lives of patients worldwide and to offer the highest quality and most cost effective biostorage solutions available. ‎

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