Major Shareholder Buying Shares TEL AVIV, Israel

TEL AVIV, Israel, Jan. 09, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cellect Biotechnology Ltd. (Nasdaq: APOP ) (TASE: APOP ), a developer of stem cells isolation technology announces today that it has received notice, from one of the Company’s major shareholders, Michael Ilan Management and Investment Ltd. (“ MILMI ”), a holding and investment company fully held by Mr. Michael Ilan, that it has increased its holdings in the Company by 187,500 shares purchased at market price of USD $3.47 on NASDAQ.  MILMI now owns a total of 16,718,955 Company shares representing over 15.7% of the outstanding share capital of Cellect.

Commenting on the purchase, MILMI management stated that: “The recent stream of positive achievements including the NASDAQ float, the regulatory approval to start clinical trials, and the fortification of the executive management with top class talent, will no doubt be positively reflected in the Company’s future business and scientific results. We remain firm believers in the breakthrough nature of Cellect’s technology and the capability of its management to deliver on the promise.”

About Cellect Biotechnology Ltd.

Cellect Biotechnology is traded on both the NASDAQ and Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (NASDAQ: APOP ) (NASDAQ: APOPW ) (TASE: APOP ). The Company has developed a breakthrough technology for the isolation of stem cells from any given tissue that aims to improve a variety of stem cells applications.

The Company’s technology is expected to provide pharma companies, medical research centers and hospitals with the tools to rapidly isolate stem cells for in quantity and quality that will allow stems cell related treatments and procedures. Cellect’s technology is applicable to a wide variety of stem cells related treatments in regenerative medicine and that current clinical trials are aimed at the cancer treatment of bone marrow transplantations.

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Contact Cellect Biotechnology Ltd. Eyal Leibovitz, Chief Financial Officer www.cellectbio.com + 972-9-974-1444 LifeSci Advisors Bob Yedid, Managing Director 646-597-6989 bob@lifesciadvisors.com