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Rockwell Medical Technologies, Inc.
28025 Oakland Oaks Drive, Wixom, MI 48393 * (248) 449-3353

The company manufactures hemodialysis concentrates and dialysis kits, and sells, distributes and delivers such concentrates and dialysis kits, as well as other hemodialysis products, to hemodialysis providers in the United States and Venezuela.

Primary Underwriting Group
ManagerTierPhone
Mason Hill & CompanyLead Manager

Offering Information
NASSCM:RMTI Manufacturing: SIC 3845
Type of Shares:Common Shares Filing Date:7/24/97
U.S. Shares:1,800,000 Offer Date:1/26/98
Non-U.S. Shares:0 Filing Price:$4.20
Primary Shares:1,800,000 Offer Price:$4.00
Secondary Shares:0 Gross Spread:$0.36
Offering Amount: $7,560,000 Selling:$0.00
Expenses:$700,000 Reallowance:$0.00
Post-IPO Shares:4,609,286
Employees:46

Legal Counsel, Auditor and Registrar
Issuer's Law Firm: Honigman, Miller, Schwartz & Cohn
Bank's Law Firm: Gersten, Savage, Kaplowitz & Curtin
Registrar/Transfer Agent: American Stock Transfer & Trust Co
Auditor: Coopers & Lybrand

Selected Financial Data

Dollar amounts in U.S. millions except for per share data
Full Year
Audited
Income
Latest
Unaudited
Income
Prior
Audited
Income
Balance
Sheet
12/31/96 5/31/97 5/31/97
Revenue:$1.02$0.80Assets:$3.47
Net Income:-$1.38-$0.77Curr Assets:$0.76
EPS:-$0.30Liabilities:$2.13
Prior EPS:Curr Liab:$0.72
Cash Flow/Oper:-$1.05Equity:$1.33
Cash Flow/Fin:$1.59Cash:$0.03
Cash Flow/Inv:-$0.54Working Cap:$0.04

Competition
Other than the Company, there are currently three other major suppliers of concentrates and/or ancillary products used by hemodialysis clinics. The other major suppliers of hemodialysis products are Gambro Healthcare ("Gambro"), which supplies concentrates and blood tubing and also owns clinics which treat approximately 22,000 hemodialysis patients (assuming completion of the recently announced acquisition of Vivra Renal Care, Inc. by Gambro), Fresenius Medical Care, Inc. ("Fresenius"), which supplies concentrates, blood tubing, ancillary products and also owns clinics which treat approximately 44,000 hemodialysis patients, and Renal Systems (a division of Minntech Corporation), which supplies concentrates and renalin, a specialty product used to sterilize dialyzer machines, but does not carry a wide line of hemodialysis products.Two of the Company's major competitors, Gambro and Fresenius, own and operate a substantial number of hemodialysis clinics which compete for patients in the same markets as the providers and hospitals to which they sell hemodialysis products. Although the Company believes that its business strategies provide it with competitive advantages over each of its three major competitors, each of such competitors is a more established company with substantially greater financial, technical, manufacturing, marketing, research and development and management resources than those of the Company and well established reputations, customer relationships and marketing and distribution networks. The Company believes that many of the Company's products are commodities, including its concentrates, and therefore, believes that price, customer service and convenience are the principal competitive factors in the hemodialysis products industry. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to compete successfully in the future.

Business Plan
The company's objective is to increase its market share in the expanding hemodialysis market and improve profitability by implementing the following strategies: (I) Acting as a Single Source Supplier, (ii) Increase Revene through Sales of New Prodcts and Increased "Back-haul" Revenue and (iii) Offering a Higher Level of Customer Service.

Use of Proceeds
The proceeds from the proposed offering will be used to redeem shares of Series A Preferred Stock, to purchase equipment, to pay accounts payable and accrued expenses, and for working capital, including the financing of marketing and sales activities.

Principal and Selling Shareholders
Name of Shareholder% Owned
Before
% Owned
After
Michael J. Xirinachs0.250.16
Gary D. Lewis0.250.16
Robert L. Chioni0.170.11
Note: Represents ownership of 5% or more prior to the offering.
Executive Officers and Directors
Officer NameTitleAge
Gary D. LewisChairman of the Board46
Ruth E. Homsher, Ph.D.Manager, Quality Control Laboratory51
Robert L. ChioiniPresident, Chief Executive Officer and Director32
James J. ConnorVice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary45
Donald A. DanaldVice President of Regulatory Affairs53

Additional Underwriter Compensation
Warrant to purchase 150,000 shares/units at $10.00 per share/unit.
Exercise price of $5.04 for 3 year(s), 1 year(s) from 1/26/98.
$99,984.00 consulting agreement for 2 year(s).

Warrant Information
# of Units:1,500,000
Unit Ticker: - Unit Price:$4.20
Warrant Ticker:ZZZZZZ Warrant Price:
Warrant Exercise Date: Warrant Exercise Price:$4.50
Warrant Expiration Date:
Warrant Detachable: Yes Warrant Detach Date:
Warrant Callable: Yes Warrant Call Date:
Unit Composition: 1 Common Share + 2 Warrants
Warrant Entitlement: 1 Common Share
Warrants are callable at $0.10 if the common stock trades at $8.50 for 20 of 20 consecutive trading days.


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