KITE Kite Pharma, Inc.

Kite Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq:KITE) today announced that management will present at several upcoming investor conferences this month:

• Credit Suisse Healthcare Conference

Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 Time: 10:30am Mountain Time Location: Phoenix, AZ

• Stifel Nicolaus Healthcare Conference

Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2015 Time: 11:45am Eastern Time Location: New York, NY

• Jefferies London Healthcare Conference

Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2015 Time: 10:00am Greenwich Mean Time Location: London, UK

• Goldman Sachs US Emerging/SMID Cap Growth Conference 2015

Date: Thursday, November 19, 2015 Time: 3:10pm Eastern Time Location: New York, NY

Kite's corporate overview to be presented at each of the conferences will be available through the Calendar of Events section of Kite's website at ir.kitepharma.com. The presentations from the Jefferies London Healthcare Conference and the Goldman Sachs US Emerging/SMID Cap Growth Conference will be webcasted and will be available along with the corporate overview to be presented at each of the November conferences through the Calendar of Events section of Kite's website at ir.kitepharma.com.

About Kite Pharma, Inc.

Kite Pharma, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company engaged in the development of novel cancer immunotherapy products, with a primary focus on engineered autologous cell therapy (eACT™) designed to restore the immune system's ability to recognize and eradicate tumors. Kite is based in Santa Monica, CA. For more information on Kite Pharma, please visit www.kitepharma.com. Sign up to follow @KitePharma on Twitter at www.twitter.com/kitepharma.

CONTACT: Kite Pharma:
         Cynthia M. Butitta, Chief Financial Officer
         and Chief Operating Officer
         310-824-9999
         
         For Media: Justin Jackson
         For Investor Inquiries: Lisa Burns
         Burns McClellan
         212-213-0006
         jjackson@burnsmc.com
         lburns@burnsmc.com