8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Dateof Report (Date of earliest event reported): July17, 2025

Acurx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in itscharter)

259 Liberty Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10305

(Address of principal executive offices) (ZipCode)

Registrant’s telephone number, including

area code: (917) 533-1469

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed sincelast report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  x

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ¨

At the close of business on May 27, 2025, the record date of the annual meeting of Acurx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“we”, “us”, “our” and “the Company”) held on July 17, 2025 (the “Annual Meeting”), there were 23,481,606 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote. At the Annual Meeting, the holders of 17,467,327 shares of our common stock, or approximately 74.38% of our outstanding shares of common stock, were represented in person or by proxy and, therefore, a quorum was present. At the Annual Meeting, our stockholders considered six proposals, which are described briefly below and in more detail in our definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 29, 2025. The final voting results for each proposal are set forth below.

Proposal 1 - Election of Directors

Our stockholders elected the following directors as Class I directors to hold office until the 2028 annual meeting of stockholders by the following votes:

Proposal 2 - Ratification of Independent RegisteredPublic Accounting Firm

Our stockholders ratified the appointment of CohnReznick LLP as our independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, by the following votes:

Proposal 3 – Approval of Reverse StockSplit

Our stockholders approved an amendment to our certificate of incorporation to effect a reverse stock split at a ratio not less than 1:10 and not more than 1:30 (the “Reverse Stock Split”), such ratio and the implementation and timing of such Reverse Stock Split to be determined in the discretion of our board of directors by the following votes:

Proposal 4 – Approval of Warrant Exercise

Our stockholders approved, for the purposes of complying with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(d), the issuance of shares of common stock underlying (x) series F warrants (the “Series F Warrants”) and (y) warrants (the “Wainwright Warrants,” and together with the Series F Warrants, the “Warrants”) issued to H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC (“Wainwright”), pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated March 6, 2025, and the investors named therein, and that certain Engagement Letter, dated as of October 9, 2024, by and between the Company and Wainwright, respectively, in an amount equal to 20% or more of our common stock outstanding before the issuance of such Warrants by the following votes:

Proposal 5 – Approval of ELOC

Our stockholders approved, for the purposes of complying with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(d), the issuance of shares of our common stock to Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC (“Lincoln Park”), pursuant to that certain Purchase Agreement, dated May 8, 2025, by and between the Company and Lincoln Park, in an amount equal to 20% or more of our common stock outstanding before the execution of such Purchase Agreement by the following votes:

Proposal 6 – Approval of 2021 Plan Increase

Our stockholders approved an amendment to our 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2021 Plan”) to increase the number shares of common stock available for sale under the 2021 Plan from 177,448 to 2,677,448 by the following votes:

Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.