SAN DIEGO, Sept. 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Calidi Biotherapeutics, Inc. (NYSE American: CLDI) (“Calidi” or the “Company”), a biotechnology company pioneering the development of targeted genetic medicines, today announced that it has entered into a definitive stock purchase agreement with certain accredited investors and/or qualified institutional buyers for the purchase and sale of 1,025,640 shares of the Company’s common stock, in a registered direct offering, at a per share purchase price o