UNITED STATES
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FORM
CURRENT REPORT
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On November 28, 2025, Dogwood Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into an Equity Distribution Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Northland Securities, Inc. (trade name Northland Capital Markets), as sales agent (the “Sales Agent”), relating to the issuance and sale from time to time by the Company (the “ATM Program”), through the Sales Agent, of shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, having an aggregate offering price of up to $8,558,712 (the “Shares”). Sales of the Shares, if any, under the Agreement will be made in sales deemed to be “at-the-market offerings” as defined in Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), as agreed with the Sales Agent. In accordance with the applicable rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), as of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K, the Company is permitted to sell an aggregate of up to $8,558,712 in Shares under the Agreement, which represents 21.38% of the value of the Company’s outstanding common stock held by non-affiliates of the Company.
The Agreement includes customary representations, warranties and covenants by the Company and customary obligations of the parties and termination provisions. The Company has agreed to indemnify the Sales Agent against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribute to payments the Sales Agent may be required to make with respect to any of those liabilities. The Company will pay the Sales Agent for sales of its common stock a commission of 3.0% of the gross offering proceeds of the Shares sold through the Sales Agent pursuant to the Agreement.
The Shares to be sold under the Agreement, if any, will be issued and sold pursuant to the prospectus forming a part of the Company’s shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-287575), which was filed with the SEC on May 23, 2025, and declared effective by the SEC on June 2, 2025, and a prospectus supplement dated November 28, 2025 related thereto, and any successor registration statement filed by the Company with respect to the Shares.
The offering of the Company’s common stock pursuant to the Agreement will terminate upon the sale of all of the Shares pursuant to the Agreement, unless sooner terminated in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Agreement.
The foregoing description of the Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated in this Item 10.1 by reference. In connection with the ATM Program, Duane Morris LLP provided the Company with the legal opinion attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 5.1.
Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)Exhibits.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| DOGWOOD THERAPEUTICS, INC. | |
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| By: | /s/ Angela Walsh |
| Name: | Angela Walsh |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Secretary and Treasurer | |
November 28, 2025 | ||
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Exhibit 5.1
FIRM and AFFILIATE OFFICES ![]() | HANOI ALLIANCES IN MEXICO | |
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November 28, 2025
Dogwood Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) - Form S-3 (Registration File No. 333-287575) (the “Registration Statement”), as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement dated November 28, 2025 (the “Prospectus Supplement”) |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as outside corporate counsel to the Company in connection with the preparation and filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) of the Prospectus Supplement. The Prospectus Supplement supplements and amends the Registration Statement filed by the Company with the Commission and declared effective by the Commission on June 2, 2025 relating to the offer and sale by the Company of its shares of common stock, $0.0001 par value (“Common Stock”) having an aggregate gross sales price of up to $150 million. Pursuant to the Prospectus Supplement $8,558,712 of Common Stock is being registered (the “Shares”),which Shares will be sold pursuant to the terms of the Equity Distribution Agreement dated as of November 28, 2025, between the Company and Northland Securities, Inc. (trade name Northland Capital Markets), as sales agent (as amended, the “Distribution Agreement”).
As outside corporate counsel to the Company, we have supervised the corporate proceedings in connection with the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement.
For purposes of rendering this opinion letter, we have examined originals or copies (certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction) of:
a.the Registration Statement, in the form filed and to be filed with the Commission, and the exhibits filed or to be filed in connection therewith, including the Prospectus Supplement;
b.the Distribution Agreement;
c.the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company as amended and restated from time to time, as certified by the Delaware Department of State: Division of Corporations on November 10, 2025,;
d.the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, as certified by the Secretary of the Company; and
e.resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company, as attested to by the Secretary of the Company.
We have also examined such other certificates of public officials, such certificates of executive officers of the Company and such other records, agreements, documents and instruments as we have deemed relevant and necessary as a basis for the opinion hereafter set forth.
In such examination, we have assumed (i) the genuineness of all signatures, (ii) the legal capacity of all natural persons, (iii) the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, (iv) the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified, conformed or other copies and the authenticity of the originals of such documents, and (v) that all records and other information made available to us by the Company on which we have relied are complete in all material respects. As to all questions of fact material to the opinion expressed herein, we have relied solely upon the above-referenced certificates or comparable documents and upon the representations and warranties contained in the Distribution Agreement and other documents delivered pursuant thereto, have not performed or had performed any independent research of public records and have assumed that certificates of or other comparable documents from public officials dated prior to the date hereof remain accurate as of the date hereof.
Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Shares, when issued pursuant to the terms of the Distribution Agreement against receipt by the Company of the consideration specified therein, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
The foregoing opinion is limited to the laws of the State of Delaware, and we do not express any opinion herein concerning any other law.
The opinion expressed herein is rendered as of the date hereof and is based on existing law, which is subject to change. Where our opinion expressed herein refers to events to occur at a future date, we have assumed that there will have been no changes in the relevant law or facts between the date hereof and such future date. We do not undertake to advise you of any changes in the opinion expressed herein from matters that may hereafter arise or be brought to our attention or to
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revise or supplement such opinions should the present laws of any jurisdiction be changed by legislative action, judicial decision or otherwise.
Our opinion expressed herein is limited to the matters expressly stated herein and no opinion is implied or may be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated.
We hereby consent to the use of this opinion letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to any and all references to our firm in the Prospectus which is a part of the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are “experts” within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act or within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act.
/s/ Duane Morris LLP
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Exhibit 10.1

Dogwood Therapeutics, Inc.
EQUITY DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
November 28, 2025
Northland Securities, Inc.
150 South Fifth Street, Suite 3300
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Dogwood Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (collectively with its subsidiaries and affiliates, including, without limitation, all entities disclosed or described in the Registration Statement as being subsidiaries or affiliates of Dogwood Therapeutics, Inc., the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell through Northland Securities, Inc., as sales agent (the “Manager”), on the terms set forth in this Equity Distribution Agreement (this “Agreement”), up to $8,558,712 (the “Maximum Amount”) of shares (the “Shares”) of its common stock, par value $0.0001 (“Common Stock”). Northland Capital Markets is the trade name for certain capital markets and investment banking activities of Northland Securities, Inc., member FINRA/SIPC.
The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-287575), including a prospectus, relating to the securities (the “Shelf Securities”), including the Shares, to be issued from time to time by the Company. The registration statement as of its most recent effective date, including the information (if any) deemed to be part of the registration statement at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430A or Rule 430B under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder (the “Securities Act”), together with any additional registration statement on Form S-3 filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, is hereinafter referred to as the “Registration Statement”, and the related prospectus covering the Shelf Securities and filed as part of the Registration Statement, together with any amendments or supplements thereto as of the most recent effective date of the Registration Statement, is hereinafter referred to as the “Basic Prospectus”. “Prospectus Supplement” means the final prospectus supplement, relating to the Shares, filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act on or before the second business day after the date hereof, in the form furnished by the Company to the Manager in connection with the offering of the Shares. Except where the context otherwise requires, “Prospectus” means the Basic Prospectus, as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement and the most recent Interim Prospectus Supplement (as defined in Section 6(c) below), if any. For purposes of this Agreement, “free writing prospectus” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act. “Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses” means the documents listed on Schedule I hereto or otherwise approved in writing by the Manager in accordance with Section 6(b), and “broadly available road show” means a “bona fide electronic road show” as defined in Rule 433(h)(5) under the Securities Act that has been made available without restriction to any person. As used herein, the terms “Registration Statement”, “Basic Prospectus”, “Prospectus Supplement”, “Interim Prospectus Supplement” and “Prospectus” shall include the documents, if any, incorporated by reference therein. The terms “supplement”, “amendment” and “amend” as used herein with respect to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, any Interim Prospectus Supplement or the Prospectus shall include all documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder (the “Exchange Act”), that are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein (the “Incorporated
Documents”). All references in this Agreement to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, any Interim Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus or any amendments or supplements to any of the foregoing, shall include any copy thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (“EDGAR”).
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Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company delivered to the Manager or to counsel for the Manager shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company to the Manager as to the matters covered thereby on the date of such certificate.
The Company acknowledges that the Manager and, for purposes of the opinions to be delivered pursuant to Section 6 hereof, counsel to the Company and counsel to the Manager, will rely upon the accuracy and truthfulness of the foregoing representations and warranties and hereby consents to such reliance.
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(ii)The Manager shall have received on each date specified in Section 6(m) an opinion and negative assurance letter of Elmore Patent Law Group PC, intellectual property counsel for the Company, dated such date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Manager, which opinion and negative assurance letter shall be rendered to the Manager at the request of the Company and shall so state therein.
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(ii)On each Representation Date, the Company shall cause to be furnished to the Manager, dated as of such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Manager, the written opinion and negative assurance letter of Elmore Patent Law Group PC, intellectual property counsel for the Company, as described in Section 5(d), modified as necessary to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, as amended and supplemented to the time of delivery of such opinion and negative assurance letter (except that, in the case of clause (ii) of Section 6(l) above, the Company has up to two business days after the filing to have the written opinions and negative assurance letters furnished to the Manager and such written opinions and negative assurance letters shall only be provided if, in the opinion of counsel to the Manager, they are applicable).
With respect to Sections 6(n) and 6(o) above, in lieu of delivering such an opinion for dates subsequent to the commencement of the offering of the Shares under this Agreement such counsel may furnish the Manager with a letter (a “Reliance Letter”) to the effect that the Manager may rely on a prior opinion delivered under Section 6(n) or Section 6(o), as the case may be, to the same extent as if it were dated the date of such letter (except that statements in such prior opinion shall be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended or supplemented as of such subsequent date).
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The Company and the Manager agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 8(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 8(d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this Section 8(d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8(d), the Manager shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Shares sold by it were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages that the Manager has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission or any amount in excess of the Selling Commission received by the Manager in connection with the offering contemplated hereby.
No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
For purposes of this Section 8(d), each officer and employee of the Manager and each person, if any, who controls the Manager within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Manager, and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company.
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a)This Agreement represents the entire agreement between the Company and the Manager with respect to the preparation of any Registration Statement, Prospectus Supplement or the Prospectus, the conduct of the offering and the sale and distribution of the Shares.
If to the Manager, to:
Northland Securities, Inc.
150 South Fifth Street, Suite 3300
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Attn: Director of Investment Banking
with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
2200 Wells Fargo Center
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90 South Seventh Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402-3901
Attn: Jonathan R. Zimmerman
Email: [email protected]
If to the Company:
Dogwood Therapeutics, Inc.
44 Milton Avenue
Alpharetta, Georgia 30009
Attention: Greg Duncan
Email: [email protected]
with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Duane Morris LLP
30 South 17th Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
Attention: Darrick M. Mix
Email: [email protected]
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Very truly yours,
DOGWOOD THERAPEUTICS, INC.
By: /s/ Greg Duncan
Name:Greg Duncan
Title:Chief Executive Officer
Accepted as of the date first written above:
NORTHLAND SECURITIES, INC.
By:/s/ Fred Johnson
Name:Fred Johnson
Title:Managing Director
Signature Page to Equity Distribution Agreement
Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses
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Due Diligence Protocol
Set forth below are guidelines for use by the Company and the Manager in connection with the Manager’s continuous due diligence efforts in connection with the sale and distribution of the Shares pursuant to the Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company has agreed that no sales under the Agreement will be requested or made at any time the Company is, or could be deemed to be, in possession of material non-public information with respect to the Company.
1. | On or immediately prior to each Representation Date, in addition to the documents provided pursuant to Sections 6(l), 6(m), 6(n), 6(o) and 6(p) of the Agreement, the Manager expects to conduct a due diligence call with the appropriate business, financial and legal representatives of the Company. |
2. | On the date of or promptly after the Company’s management report becomes available for a given month (but no later than the last business day of the immediately succeeding month), the Manager expects to conduct a due diligence call with the appropriate business, financial, accounting and legal representatives of the Company and that the Company shall provide the certificate referred to in Section 5(b) and Section 5(c) of the Agreement. |
3. | In the event that the Company requests the Manager to sell on any one Trading Day an amount of Shares that would be equal to or greater than 15% of the average daily trading volume (calculated based on the most recent three completed Trading Days) of the Company’s common stock, the Manager expects to conduct a due diligence call with the appropriate business, financial, accounting and legal representatives of the Company and that the Company shall provide the certificate referred to in Section 5(b) and Section 5(c) of the Agreement. |
The foregoing is an expression of current intent only, and shall not in any manner limit the Manager’s rights under the Agreement, including the Manager’s right to require such additional due diligence procedures as the Manager may reasonably request pursuant to the Agreement.
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[Name]
[Address]
Attention: __________________
VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL
TRANSACTION CONFIRMATION
Dear _________:
This Confirmation sets forth the terms of the agreement of Northland Securities, Inc. (the “Manager”) with Dogwood Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) relating to the sale of up to [●] shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, pursuant to the Equity Distribution Agreement between the Company and the Manager, dated November 28, 2025 (the “Agreement”). Unless otherwise defined below, capitalized terms defined in the Agreement shall have the same meanings when used herein. Northland Capital Markets is the trade name for certain capital markets and investment banking activities of Northland Securities, Inc., member FINRA/SIPC.
By countersigning or otherwise indicating in writing the Company’s acceptance of this Confirmation (an “Acceptance”), the Company shall have agreed with the Manager to engage in the following transaction:
[Number of Shares to be sold][Aggregate Gross Price of Shares to be sold]: | |
Minimum price at which Shares may be sold: | |
Date(s) on which Shares may be sold: | |
Compensation to Manager (if different than the Agreement): | |
The transaction set forth in this Confirmation will not be binding on the Company or the Manager unless and until the Company delivers its Acceptance; provided, however, that neither the Company nor the Manager will be bound by the terms of this Confirmation unless the Company delivers its Acceptance by _____ [a.m.][p.m.] (New York time) on _______, 20__.
The transaction, if it becomes binding on the parties, shall be subject to all of the representations, warranties, covenants and other terms and conditions of the Agreement, except to the extent amended or modified hereby, all of which are expressly incorporated herein by reference. Each of the representations and warranties set forth in the Agreement shall be deemed to have been made at and as of every Time of Sale, every Settlement Date and every Representation Date.
If the foregoing conforms to your understanding of our agreement, please so indicate your Acceptance by signing below.
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Very truly yours,
NORTHLAND SECURITIES, INC.
By:
Name:
Title:
ACCEPTED as of the date first above written:
[●]
By:
Name:
Title:
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Form of Authorizing Resolution
[TO BE CONFORMED TO THE COMPANY’S CORPORATE GOVERNANCE DOCUMENTS]
[Special] Meeting [of the Designated Subcommittee/Committee]
of the Board of Directors
Upon notice duly given or waived, a [special] meeting [of the Designated Subcommittee/Committee (“Subcommittee”)] of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of [●] (the “Company”) was held [by conference telephone] commencing at [_ ]:00 [a.m./p.m.], local time, on [DATE]. [INSERT NAME(S) OF PARTICIPANTS] attended the meeting [by conference telephone], constituting a quorum of the [Subcommittee/Board]. [Mr./Ms. [INSERT NAME(S) OF ANY NON-PARTICIPANTS], who was unable to participate in the meeting, waived notice.] Also participating [on the call] at the invitation of the [Subcommittee/Board] were [INSERT NAME(S) OF PARTICIPANTS], from the Company and present at the Company’s offices. Mr./Ms. [INSERT NAME] chaired the meeting and Mr./Ms. [INSERT NAME] acted as secretary to the meeting.
Mr./Ms. [INSERT NAME] called the meeting to order and confirmed the presence of a quorum. After discussing recent developments in the equity markets with respect to the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 (the “Common Stock”), Mr./Ms. [INSERT NAME] approved the proposed offering of shares of Common Stock on the date hereof pursuant to the following resolutions:
RESOLVED that, on the date of [_____], 20[__] only, the Company may offer and sell pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-[●]) up to [_________] shares of Common Stock (the “Shares”) through Northland Securities, Inc. (the “Manager”), pursuant to the Equity Distribution Agreement, dated as of [●], 202[●], between the Manager and the Company, by means of ordinary brokers’ transactions on the stock exchanges on which the Common Stock is traded at market prices; and further
RESOLVED that the appropriate officers of the Company be, and each of them hereby is, authorized and directed to take such other actions, and to execute and deliver such other documents and instruments, as they deem necessary or advisable to carry out the purpose and intent of the foregoing resolutions, the taking of any action or the execution of any document or instrument to be conclusive evidence of the approval thereof by the [Subcommittee/Board], and that all actions heretofore taken by officers of the Company consistent with the foregoing resolutions are hereby ratified and confirmed.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
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