10-Q
Eloxx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ELOX)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 10-Q
☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2026
OR
☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from to
Commission File Number: 001-31326
ELOXX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 84-1368850 |
|---|---|
| (State or other jurisdiction of<br><br>incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer<br><br>Identification Number) |
P.O. Box 274
10 Court Street
Arlington, MA 02476
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
781-577-5300
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
|---|---|---|
| Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share | ELOX | OTC Expert Market |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☐ No ☒
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☐ No ☒
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
| Large accelerated filer | ☐ | Accelerated filer | ☐ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-accelerated filer | ☒ | Smaller reporting company | ☒ |
| Emerging growth company | ☐ |
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. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒
As of May 1, 2026, the registrant had 7,573,935 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, outstanding.
ELOXX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Page | ||
|---|---|---|
| Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements | 3 | |
| Market and Industry Data | 3 | |
| Risk Factor Summary | 4 | |
| PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION | 5 | |
| Item 1. | Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) | 5 |
| Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025 | 5 | |
| Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three Months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 | 6 | |
| Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Deficit for the Three Months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 | 7 | |
| Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Three Months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 | 9 | |
| Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements | 10 | |
| Item 2. | Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations | 20 |
| Item 3. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk | 25 |
| Item 4. | Controls and Procedures | 25 |
| PART II. OTHER INFORMATION | 27 | |
| Item 1. | Legal Proceedings | 27 |
| Item 1A. | Risk Factors | 27 |
| Item 2. | Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities, Use of Proceeds, and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities | 27 |
| Item 3. | Defaults Upon Senior Securities | 27 |
| Item 4. | Mine Safety Data | 27 |
| Item 5. | Other Information | 27 |
| Item 6. | Exhibits | 28 |
| SIGNATURES | 30 |
Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Eloxx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, is collectively referred to herein as “we,” “our,” “us,” “Eloxx” or the “Company.”
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and information incorporated herein, contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. We intend such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). All statements other than statements of present and historical facts contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including without limitation statements regarding our ability to obtain the capital necessary to fund our operations and continue as a going concern; our ability to list on the Nasdaq Capital Market; our strategy, future results of operations and financial position; the expected timing of trials of our product candidates and the potential of our product candidate to treat nonsense mutations; future revenues, projected costs, prospects, plans and objectives of management; the timing and expectations surrounding regulatory communications; our relationship with third-parties; and the potential, safety, efficacy, and regulatory and clinical progress of our product candidates, prospective products, product approvals, as well as research and development costs, are forward-looking statements. Without limiting the foregoing, in some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “aim,” “may,” “will,” “would,” “should,” “expect,” “exploring,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “could,” “intend,” “target,” “project,” “contemplate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “seeks,” or “continue” or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions, although not all forward-looking statements contain these words. No forward-looking statement is a guarantee of future results, performance, or achievements, and one should avoid placing undue reliance on such statements.
Forward-looking statements are based on our management’s beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to us. Such beliefs and assumptions may or may not prove to be correct. Additionally, such forward-looking statements are subject to a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions, and actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements due to various factors, including, but not limited to those risks, uncertainties and assumptions identified in Part I, Item 2. “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” Part II, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and Part II, Item 7 “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023 (the “2025 Annual Report”).
Moreover, we operate in an evolving environment. New risk factors and uncertainties may emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for management to predict all risks and uncertainties.
Although we believe the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, level of activity, performance or achievements. You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Unless required by law, we will not undertake any obligation and we specifically disclaim any obligation to release publicly the result of any revisions which may be made to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of such statements or to reflect the occurrence of events, whether or not anticipated. In that respect, we wish to caution readers not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made.
MARKET AND INDUSTRY DATA
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and the other documents incorporated herein by reference include statistical and other industry and market data that we obtained from industry publications and research, surveys and studies conducted by third parties. Industry publications and third-party research, surveys and studies generally indicate that their information has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable, although they do not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of such information. While we believe these industry publications and third-party research, surveys and studies are reliable, we have not independently verified such data and disclaim responsibility for its content. Furthermore, management’s estimates are derived from publicly available information, their knowledge of our industry and their assumptions based on such information and knowledge, which we believe to be reasonable. This data involves a number of assumptions and limitations which are necessarily subject to a high degree of uncertainty and risk due to a variety of factors, including those described in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q under “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and Part II, Item 1A “Risk Factors.” These and other factors could cause our future performance to differ materially from our assumptions and estimates.
RISK FACTOR SUMMARY
The following is a summary of the principal risks of an investment in our common stock. This summary does not list all the risks that we face. Additional discussion of the risks summarized below follow directly under the heading “Risk Factors” and should be carefully considered, together with other information in our 2025 Annual Report and our other filings with the SEC before making an investment decision regarding our common stock.
- We have been delinquent in our public filing obligations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and there are no assurances that we will be successful in meeting our public filing obligations.
- Our common stock is currently listed on the OTC Expert Market. The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) suspended trading in our common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market as of October 16, 2023. Though we intend to seek an uplisting for our common stock to trade on the Nasdaq Capital Market, there are no assurances that we will be able to successfully uplist to the Nasdaq Capital Market or successfully maintain compliance with Nasdaq’s listing requirements.
- We are heavily dependent on the success of our lead product candidate, exaluren. If exaluren does not achieve positive results during development or suffers any material development delays, it may adversely impact the commercial viability of exaluren and our business.
- We will need substantial additional funding. If we are unable to raise capital when needed, we would be forced to delay, reduce, or eliminate our product development programs or commercialization efforts.
- Preclinical and clinical drug development is a lengthy and expensive process, with an uncertain outcome. Our preclinical and clinical programs may experience delays or may never advance, which would adversely affect our ability to further advance clinical development, obtain regulatory approvals or commercialize our product candidates on a timely basis or at all, which could have an adverse effect on our business.
- We and our collaborating partners may be subject, directly or indirectly, to federal and state healthcare fraud and abuse and false claims laws and regulations. If we or our collaborating partners are unable to comply, or have not fully complied, with such laws, we could face substantial penalties.
- Our product candidates, including exaluren, may cause adverse events or have other properties that could delay or prevent their regulatory approval or limit the scope of any approved label or market acceptance.
- Even though we have received orphan drug designation from the FDA for exaluren for the treatment of AS, we may not be able to maintain the benefits of orphan drug designation or obtain orphan drug marketing exclusivity for exaluren or any of our other product candidates for AS or other indications.
- We may find it difficult to recruit and enroll patients in our clinical trials, which could cause significant delays in the completion of such trials or may cause us to abandon one or more clinical trials.
- If we are unable to develop and commercialize our product candidates, our business will be adversely affected.
- We are a clinical stage biotechnology company and have incurred significant operating losses since our inception and anticipate that we will continue to incur substantial operating losses for the foreseeable future. We may never achieve or maintain profitability.
- Our recurring losses from operations raise substantial doubt regarding our ability to continue as a going concern.
- If we fail to adequately protect or enforce our intellectual property rights or secure rights to third party patents, the value of our intellectual property rights would diminish, and our business, competitive position and results of operations would suffer.
- If we infringe the rights of third parties, we could be prevented from selling products, forced to pay damages and required to defend against litigation which could result in substantial costs and may have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.
- Our stock price may be volatile, and purchasers of our common stock could incur substantial losses.
- Maintaining and improving our financial controls and the requirements of being a public company may strain our resources, divert management’s attention and affect our ability to attract and retain qualified board members.
- Our ability to use our net operating losses to offset future taxable income may be subject to certain limitations.
ELOXX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
| Three Months Ended<br> March 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2025 | |||||
| Operating expenses: | ||||||
| Research and development | $ | 1,659 | $ | 510 | ||
| General and administrative | 2,136 | 712 | ||||
| Total operating expenses | 3,795 | 1,222 | ||||
| Loss from operations | (3,795 | ) | (1,222 | ) | ||
| Other (income) expense, net | (41 | ) | 487 | |||
| Net loss | $ | (3,754 | ) | $ | (1,709 | ) |
| Net loss per share, basic and diluted | $ | (0.08 | ) | $ | (0.45 | ) |
| Weighted average number of shares of common stock and pre-funded warrants used in computing net loss per share, basic and diluted | 48,210,071 | 3,805,550 |
See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
ELOXX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
(in thousands, except share data)
| Amount | Additional<br>paid-in<br>capital | Accumulated<br>deficit | Total<br>stockholders'<br>deficit | ||||||||
| Balance at December 31, 2025 | 4,790,239 | $ | 48 | $ | 288,625 | $ | (300,580 | ) | $ | (11,907 | ) |
| Issuance of pre-funded warrants under the Coastlands and Domicilium Securities Purchase Agreements, net of issuance costs of 9k | — | — | 6,991 | — | 6,991 | ||||||
| Issuance of pre-funded warrants related to the February 2026 Domicilium debt conversion | — | — | 1,000 | — | 1,000 | ||||||
| Exercise of stock options | 260,946 | 3 | 37 | — | 40 | ||||||
| Vesting of restricted stock units | 21,750 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Stock-based compensation expense | — | — | 46 | — | 46 | ||||||
| Net loss | — | — | — | (3,754 | ) | (3,754 | ) | ||||
| Balance at March 31, 2026 | 5,072,935 | $ | 51 | $ | 296,699 | $ | (304,334 | ) | $ | (7,584 | ) |
All values are in US Dollars.
See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
ELOXX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
(in thousands, except share data)
| Common stock | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shares | Amount | Additional<br>paid-in<br>capital | Accumulated<br>deficit | Total<br>stockholders'<br>deficit | ||||||||
| Balance at December 31, 2024 | 3,534,250 | $ | 35 | $ | 270,215 | $ | (294,585 | ) | $ | (24,335 | ) | |
| Vesting of restricted stock units | 41,250 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Stock-based compensation expense | — | — | 20 | — | 20 | |||||||
| Net loss | — | — | — | (1,709 | ) | (1,709 | ) | |||||
| Balance at March 31, 2025 | 3,575,500 | $ | 35 | $ | 270,235 | $ | (296,294 | ) | $ | (26,024 | ) |
See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
ELOXX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)
| Three Months Ended<br>March 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2025 | |||||
| Cash flows from operating activities: | ||||||
| Net loss | $ | (3,754 | ) | $ | (1,709 | ) |
| Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: | ||||||
| Stock-based compensation | 46 | 20 | ||||
| Amortization of debt discount | 7 | 236 | ||||
| Gain on extinguishment of accrued interest | (56 | ) | — | |||
| Imputed interest expense on 2025 bridge loans | — | 25 | ||||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||
| License fee receivable | — | 2,359 | ||||
| Unbilled receivable | — | 112 | ||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | (1,655 | ) | 36 | |||
| Accounts payable | 315 | (139 | ) | |||
| Accrued expenses | (377 | ) | 82 | |||
| Accrued interest on debt | 21 | 182 | ||||
| Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities | (5,453 | ) | 1,204 | |||
| Cash flows from financing activities: | ||||||
| Proceeds from issuance of pre-funded warrants under the Coastlands and Domicilium Securities Purchase Agreements, net of issuance costs | 6,991 | — | ||||
| Repayment of term loan principal | — | (1,255 | ) | |||
| Proceeds from debt financing obligations | — | 390 | ||||
| Exercise of stock options | 40 | — | ||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities | 7,031 | (865 | ) | |||
| Increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | 1,578 | 339 | ||||
| Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at the beginning of the period | 4,791 | 116 | ||||
| Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at the end of the period | $ | 6,369 | $ | 455 | ||
| Reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash to condensed<br> consolidated balance sheets: | ||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 6,363 | $ | 450 | ||
| Restricted cash | 6 | 5 | ||||
| Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | $ | 6,369 | $ | 455 | ||
| Supplemental disclosure of cash flow activities: | ||||||
| Cash paid for interest | $ | — | $ | 40 | ||
| Noncash financing activities: | ||||||
| Domicilium debt conversion and waiver of accrued interest, (principal of $1,000 and accrued interest of $56) | $ | 1,056 | $ | — |
See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
ELOXX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. Nature of the Business
Eloxx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., together with its subsidiaries (collectively “Eloxx” or the “Company”) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel, small-molecule product candidates designed to modulate the ribosome and promote readthrough of premature stop codons induced by nonsense mutations (“NMs”) to enable the production of full-length proteins. Targeting ribosome subunits provides a therapeutic approach to addressing a number of genetic diseases. According to the Human Gene Mutation Database, NMs account for approximately 10% to 12% of patients with a given genetic disease. There are over 7,000 inherited genetic diseases that collectively affect 350 million people worldwide. The Company’s immediate focus is to advance the clinical development of its product candidate, exaluren, for the treatment of rare kidney diseases. The Company has also exclusively licensed its product candidate, ZKN-013, to Almirall, S.A. (“Almirall”), who is developing it for the treatment of rare skin diseases.
The Company was previously headquartered in Watertown, Massachusetts, with additional operations in Israel and Australia. The Company is currently a remotely headquartered company.
Liquidity and Going Concern
The Company has a history of net losses since inception, and negative cash flows from operating activities during the three months ended March 31, 2026, and as of March 31, 2026, had an accumulated deficit of $304.3 million. The Company expects to continue to incur net losses and negative cash flows from its operations for the foreseeable future. The Company has not generated revenue from the sale of any product or service, other than the license and service revenue generated from its March 2024 exclusive license agreement covering the Company's asset ZKN-013 (the "Almirall License Agreement") with Almirall, and does not expect to generate significant revenue unless it obtains marketing approval for and commercializes one or more of its product candidates currently in development. The Company's performance obligation under the Almirall License Agreement ended in November 2024, although it remains eligible to receive additional payments throughout the potential development phases, including development and sales milestones of up to approximately $470.0 million and tiered royalties based on any potential future global sales. Successful transition to profitable operations is dependent upon achieving a level of revenue adequate to support the Company’s cost structure.
The Company has financed its operations primarily through the sale of equity, license and collaboration agreements, debt securities and, to a lesser extent, grants. The Company may never achieve profitability, and unless and until it does, the Company will continue to need to raise additional capital to fund its operations. Refer to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on March 16, 2026 (the "2025 Annual Report") for additional information on the Company's recent financing activity.
The Company believes that its cash and cash equivalents of $6.4 million as of March 31, 2026 will not be sufficient to maintain its current and planned operations for at least the next twelve months following the filing of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and settlement of liabilities in the normal course of business. However, based on the Company’s current working capital, anticipated operating expenses and net losses and the uncertainties surrounding its ability to raise additional capital as needed, as discussed below, the Company believes that these conditions, in aggregate, raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern for one year after the date these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are issued.
Management intends to fund future operations through private or public debt or equity financing transactions and may seek additional capital through arrangements with strategic partners or from other sources, including licensing arrangements. The availability of sufficient funding to alleviate the conditions that raise substantial doubt is not within management’s control and cannot be assessed as being probable of occurring. If the Company is unable to obtain adequate financing, it will evaluate options which may include curtailing expenses contemplated by its current operating plan, and it may be required to delay, limit, reduce or terminate its product development efforts or grant rights to develop and market product candidates that it would otherwise prefer to develop and market itself, which may have a material adverse effect on the Company’s operations and future prospects.
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
The Company has prepared the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) as found in the Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) and Accounting Standards Updates (“ASU”) promulgated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”).
Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in the Company’s annual consolidated financial statements have been condensed or omitted, as permitted by such rules and regulations. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, in the opinion of management, reflect all normal recurring adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the Company’s financial position, results of operations, and cash flows for the interim periods ended March 31, 2026 and 2025.
The results of operations for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations to be expected for the full year. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, and the notes thereto, which are included in the 2025 Annual Report.
The significant accounting policies used in the preparation of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are consistent with those described in the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, and the notes thereto, in the Company’s 2025 Annual Report. During the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company adopted the following significant accounting policy related to deferred offering costs:
Deferred Offering Costs
In accordance with U.S. GAAP, the Company capitalizes deferred offering costs as an asset when they are directly attributable to a planned equity issuance and are expected to provide future economic benefit. These costs typically include legal, accounting, underwriting, and registration fees. Deferred offering costs for equity offerings are recorded in an asset account and, upon completion of the offering, are reclassified as a reduction of additional paid-in capital. If the offering is abandoned, the deferred offering costs are expensed immediately in the statement of operations.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Topic 220-40), which addresses the disaggregation of income statement expenses. This standard is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. The Company is evaluating this standard to determine if adoption will have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
Although the FASB has issued several ASUs for which adoption dates are pending, the Company does not expect any to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.
3. Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets
Prepaid expenses and other current assets consisted of the following (in thousands):
| March 31,<br>2026 | December 31, 2025 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research and development | $ | 1,216 | $ | 286 |
| Deferred offering costs | 849 | — | ||
| Insurance | 31 | 138 | ||
| Other | 38 | 55 | ||
| Total | $ | 2,134 | $ | 479 |
As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the Company recorded $0.8 million and zero, respectively, in deferred offering costs. The deferred offering costs as of March 31, 2026 related to the Company’s upcoming Form S-1 filing.
4. Accrued Expenses
Accrued expenses consisted of the following (in thousands):
| Research and development | 384 | - | ||
| Payroll and other employee-related expenses | 163 | 698 | ||
| Professional services | 614 | 563 | ||
| Other | 75 | 352 | ||
| Total | 1,236 | 1,613 |
All values are in US Dollars.
5. Debt
On February 26, 2026, SD MF 4, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Domicilium"), exchanged with the Company the remaining $1.0 million of the Company's outstanding obligations under the Loan and Security Agreement with Hercules Capital, Inc. ("Hercules"), dated as of September 30, 2021 (the "Hercules Loan Agreement"), as amended, in connection with the Coastlands Third Tranche Closing, in return for a pre-funded warrant to purchase up to 2,040,816 shares of Company common stock at an exercise price of $0.01 per share, based on a conversion price of $0.49 per share of underlying common stock. In addition, Domicilium agreed to waive any and all additional accrued and unpaid interest related to the remaining $1.0 million, which was less than $0.1 million as of February 26, 2026. As of February 26, 2026, the Company had no remaining outstanding debt obligations.
During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company entered into a non-interest-bearing bridge loan with Domicilium for $0.4 million. The Company recorded interest expense of less than $0.1 million representing imputed interest for the non-interest-bearing bridge loan during the three months ended March 31, 2025. The imputed interest of 13.75% was calculated using the sum of 6.25% plus the prime rate, as published in The Wall Street Journal. In addition, during the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company repaid $0.3 million for the bridge loans that had been entered into with Domicilium in December 2024, including accrued interest, repaid $0.5 million related to Development and Launch Milestone Payments, in accordance with the terms of the Royalty and Revenue Sharing Agreement, as amended on March 2, 2026 (the “Royalty Agreement”) with Domicilium, and repaid $0.5 million in outstanding debt obligations to Hercules under the Hercules Loan Agreement. Refer to Note 6, "License Agreement, Advances From Collaboration Partners, Legal, and Other Contingencies" for additional information on the Royalty Agreement.
As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the carrying value of the Company's debt was zero and $1.0 million, respectively. Interest expense relating to the Company's debt for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 was less than $0.1 million and $0.5 million, respectively.
6. License Agreement, Advances From Collaboration Partners, Legal and Other Contingencies
Almirall License Agreement and License and Service Revenue
On March 11, 2024, the Company entered into the Almirall License Agreement with Almirall. Under the terms of the Almirall License Agreement, Almirall obtained global rights to develop and commercialize ZKN-013 for the potential treatment of rare dermatological and other diseases associated with nonsense mutations.
In March 2025, Almirall informed the Company of its decision to not exercise the option for continued research and development services under the Almirall License Agreement, as permitted within the Almirall License Agreement, thereby relieving the Company of its remaining responsibilities under the Almirall License Agreement. The Company remains eligible to receive additional payments throughout the potential development phases, including development and sales milestones of up to approximately $470.0 million and tiered royalties based on any potential future global sales.
During the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, the Company recorded no license and service revenue from the Almirall License Agreement.
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the Company recorded advances from collaboration partners in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements related to funding awards from the Cystic Fibrosis
Foundation (“CFF”). The Company will be required to repay amounts received from the CFF in certain circumstances, including upon the successful commercialization of exaluren or any derivative products. During the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, the Company received no funds from the CFF and made no payments to the CFF. In October 2025, the Company entered into an agreement with the CFF to amend a funding award (the “2025 CFF Amendment”), which reduced the royalty rate to less than one percent in exchange for a payment by the Company to CFF of $0.3 million. The Company is accounting for the $0.3 million payment as a debt discount, which is being amortized over a ten-year period. As of both March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the unamortized debt discount was $0.3 million.
Prior to October 2025, the funding awards included embedded derivatives arising from provisions that, upon the occurrence of a change of control or sale or license of funded assets (each a disposition event), the Company would be required to make payments to the CFF. The 2025 CFF Amendment terminated this requirement. With the termination of the embedded derivative-related terms under the 2025 CFF Amendment, the value of the related embedded derivatives was zero as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025.
Royalty Commitments to the IIA
To date, the Company has received research and development grants from the Israel Innovation Authority (the “IIA”) totaling $2.6 million. No grants were received for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025.
Under the research and development agreements with the IIA and pursuant to applicable law, the Company is required to pay royalties at a low single-digit percentage on sales to end customers of product candidates developed with funds provided by the IIA, up to an amount equal to 100% of the IIA research and development grants received, plus interest. If the Company does not generate sales of product candidates developed with funds provided by the IIA, the Company is not obligated to pay royalties or repay the grants.
As of March 31, 2026, the Company has not commenced the payment obligation of the royalties and has a contingent obligation with respect to royalty-bearing participation received or accrued amounting to $2.8 million, including accrued interest.
Research and License Agreement with Technion Research and Development Foundation Ltd. ("TRDF")
On August 29, 2013, the Company entered into the Research and License Agreement (the "Technion Agreement") with Technion Research and Development Foundation Ltd. ("TRDF"), which was further amended and supplemented to reflect, among other things, the assignment of patents and extension of research periods, with respect to certain technology relating to aminoglycosides and the redesign of aminoglycosides for the treatment of human genetic diseases caused by premature stop mutations and further results of the research of the technology, in order to develop and commercialize products based on such technology. Under the Technion Agreement, TRDF is obligated to provide the Company with research services for an estimated annual payment of $0.1 million, the precise amount to be agreed by the parties prior to the beginning of each year of the research period. During the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, no expenses were incurred. As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, no amounts were recorded in accrued expenses.
In addition, TRDF granted the Company a license to use, market, sell or sub-license the rights of the product developed under the TRDF research results (the “Licensed Product”), as fully defined in the Technion Agreement, for the following considerations: (i) aggregate milestone payments up to total consideration of $6.5 million; (ii) certain royalties in the low- to mid-single-digit percentage of net sales; and (iii) a mid-single to low-twenties percentage of any non-royalty sub-license income received by the Company from a sub-licensed entity. The Company made no milestone or royalty payments to the TRDF during the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025.
License Agreement between Zikani and President and Fellows of Harvard College ("Harvard")
On February 10, 2015, Zikani entered into an agreement with the President and Fellows of Harvard to license certain patent rights owned by Harvard. This license agreement was subsequently amended and restated on March 31, 2020 and further amended on July 17, 2024 (the "Harvard Agreement"). Under the Harvard Agreement, Harvard is entitled to receive clinical and regulatory milestone payments totaling up to $3.6 million in the aggregate per licensed product approved in the United States, European Union, and Japan. The Company is also obligated to make additional royalty payments to Harvard upon the occurrence of certain sales milestones per licensed product up to a mid-single digit royalty percentage, tiered non-royalty sublicense income payments of mid-single digit to low double-tens percentage of any sublicense income, and pay Harvard a percentage of income associated with transferring a priority review voucher from the FDA.
Almirall has agreed to assume responsibility for the payment and performance obligations under the Harvard Agreement as sublicensee which ultimately depends on Almirall’s development and commercialization of ZKN-013.
In addition to the license agreement, the Company also reimburses Harvard for certain costs related to the maintenance and further development of patents developed through the founding stockholder's research. During the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, the Company incurred less than $0.1 million of patent expenses due to Harvard.
Royalty and Revenue Sharing Agreement
On July 10, 2024, as a condition of Domicilium’s entry into the sixth Hercules Amendment (the "Sixth Hercules Amendment") and in consideration of additional borrowings of $3.2 million from Domicilium, the borrowers and the Company entered into the Royalty Agreement. Capitalized terms under this heading “Royalty and Revenue Sharing Agreement” not otherwise defined herein have the definitions ascribed to them in the Royalty Agreement.
Under the Royalty Agreement, the Company agreed to pay to Domicilium an amount equal to (i) (x) low-thirties percentage of the Development and Launch Milestone Payments for the several next occurring Development and Launch Milestone Events (as defined in the Almirall License Agreement), minus (y) the amounts required to be paid by the Company pursuant to certain vendors as defined in the Royalty Agreement, and (ii) (x) mid-twenties percentage of (1) each subsequent Development and Launch Milestone Payment plus (2) any Priority Review Voucher Income (as defined in the Almirall License Agreement) realized by Eloxx, less (y) any amount of such Development and Launch Milestone Payments which are due to Harvard University pursuant to the Harvard License Agreement, provided the aggregate amount paid to Domicilium shall not exceed an amount in the mid-double-digit millions. Each Milestone Sharing Payment shall be applied as a repayment or prepayment, as applicable, of the Loans (as defined in the Amended Loan Agreement) (including all interest and fees thereon) owed to Domicilium, if any such Loans remain outstanding. On January 3, 2025, the Company paid Domicilium $0.5 million related to Development and Launch Milestone Payments, in accordance with the terms of the Royalty Agreement, which was applied as a repayment of the Loans.
The Royalty Agreement provides for an amount based on a percentage of the aggregate of (without duplication) the net sales, royalties and any other income or revenue realized by the Company solely related to or arising from the exaluren compound or any exaluren product, calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP (collectively, the “exaluren Revenue”) (the “exaluren Revenue-Based Payment”). The exaluren Revenue-Based Payment with respect to each fiscal quarter shall be less than one percent of exaluren Revenue during the applicable fiscal quarter. Commencing on the ZKN-013 royalty commencement date, the Company promises to pay to Domicilium an amount based on a percentage of the aggregate of (without duplication) the net sales, royalties and any other income or revenue realized by the Company solely related to or arising from the ZKN-013 compound, calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP (collectively, the “ZKN-013 Revenue”). The ZKN-013 revenue-based payment with respect to each fiscal quarter shall be less than one percent of ZKN-013 Revenue during the applicable fiscal quarter. The value of the royalty liability for the sales of future revenues was determined to be zero at issuance, at December 31, 2025, and at March 31, 2026, as royalty payments were considered to not be probable.
Contingencies
From time to time, the Company may become involved in various lawsuits and legal proceedings, which arise in the ordinary course of business. The Company is currently unaware of any material pending legal proceedings to which it is a party or of which its property is the subject. However, the Company may at times in the future become involved in litigation in the ordinary course of business, which may include actions related to or based on its intellectual property and its use, customer claims, employment practices and employee complaints and other events arising out of its operations. When appropriate in management’s estimation, the Company will record adequate reserves in its financial statements for pending litigation. Litigation is subject to inherent uncertainties, and an adverse result in any such matters could adversely impact its reputation, operations, and its financial operating results or overall financial condition.
The Company accounts for contingent liabilities in accordance with ASC Topic 450, “Contingencies”. A provision is recorded when it is both probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. With respect to legal matters, provisions are reviewed and adjusted to reflect the impact of negotiations, estimated settlements, legal rulings, advice of legal counsel and other information and events pertaining to a particular matter. As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the Company was not a party to any litigation that is reasonably possible to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial position, results of operations or cash flows. Legal costs incurred in connection with loss contingencies are expensed as incurred.
7. Stockholders’ Deficit
As of March 31, 2026, the Company had 500,000,000 shares authorized of common stock, $0.01 par value, of which 5,072,935 shares were outstanding and 5,000,000 shares authorized of preferred stock, $0.01 par value, of which no shares were issued or outstanding.
2026 Equity Issuance to Coastlands, Exchange of Outstanding Debt for Equity to Domicilium, and Equity Issuance to Domicilium
On February 20, 2026, the securities purchase agreement (the "Coastlands Securities Purchase Agreement") the Company had entered into with Coastlands Capital Partners LP ("Coastlands") on August 20, 2025, as amended on September 25, 2025 and December 11, 2025, was amended, and, on February 26, 2026, the Company received $5.0 million from Coastlands in return for a pre-funded warrant to purchase up to 10,204,081 shares of its common stock at an exercise price of $0.01 per share, based on a purchase price of $0.49 per share of underlying common stock.
On February 26, 2026, Domicilium exchanged with the Company the remaining $1.0 million of the Company's outstanding obligations under the Hercules Loan Agreement, as amended, in connection with the Coastlands Third Tranche Closing, in return for a pre-funded warrant to purchase up to 2,040,816 shares of Company common stock at an exercise price of $0.01 per share, based on a conversion price of $0.49 per share of underlying common stock. In addition, Domicilium agreed to waive any and all additional accrued and unpaid interest related to the remaining $1.0 million, which was less than $0.1 million as of February 26, 2026. As of February 26, 2026, the Company had no remaining outstanding debt obligations.
On March 12, 2026, the Company received $2.0 million, net of issuance costs of less than $0.1 million, from Domicilium, in return for a pre-funded warrant to purchase up to 4,081,632 shares of its common stock at an exercise price of $0.01 per share, based on a purchase price of $0.49 per share of underlying common stock.
Warrants
As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, outstanding and exercisable warrants consisted of the following:
| Issuance Date | Term (years) | Exercise Price | Warrants Outstanding and Exercisable at December 31, 2025 | Warrants Outstanding and Exercisable at March 31, 2026 | Contractual<br>life remaining (years) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SVB Warrants | January 20, 2019 | 10 | $ | 440.80 | 1,021 | 1,021 | 1.83 | |||
| September 2023 Warrants | September 20, 2023 | 5.5 | $ | 5.13 | 380,590 | 380,590 | 2.97 | |||
| September 2023 Placement Agent Warrants | September 20, 2023 | 5 | $ | 6.5688 | 22,835 | 22,835 | 2.47 | |||
| January 2024 Common Stock Warrant | January 9, 2024 | 5 | $ | 1.18 | 150,000 | 150,000 | 2.78 | |||
| January 2024 Pre-Funded Warrant | January 9, 2024 | Perpetual | $ | 0.01 | 471,508 | 471,508 | * | |||
| August 2025 Pre-Funded Warrant | August 20, 2025 | Perpetual | $ | 0.01 | 2,040,816 | 2,040,816 | * | |||
| September 2025 Pre-Funded Warrant | September 25, 2025 | Perpetual | $ | 0.01 | 25,505,251 | 25,505,251 | * | |||
| December 2025 Pre-Funded Warrant | December 12, 2025 | Perpetual | $ | 0.01 | 10,204,081 | 10,204,081 | * | |||
| February 2026 Pre-Funded Warrants | February 26, 2026 | Perpetual | $ | 0.01 | — | 12,244,897 | * | |||
| March 2026 Pre-Funded Warrants | March 12, 2026 | Perpetual | $ | 0.01 | — | 4,081,632 | * | |||
| Warrants outstanding | 38,776,102 | 55,102,631 | ||||||||
| Weighted Average Strike Price | $ | 0.04 | Weighted Average Remaining Life (years) | 2.90 |
* Indicates the perpetual warrants that are excluded from the weighted average remaining contractual life (years) calculation.
8. Stock-based Compensation
Stock Incentive Plans
On March 12, 2018, the board of directors adopted the 2018 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2018 Plan”). The 2018 Plan became effective on April 20, 2018 upon approval by the stockholders of the Company with the outstanding options and shares available for future grant under any prior plans being assumed by the 2018 Plan. During September 2025, the board of directors approved to reset the number of shares of common stock reserved under the 2018 Plan to be 20,000,000 shares. As of March 31, 2026, there were 9,162,042 shares remaining and available for issuance under the 2018 Plan.
Stock options granted have a ten-year contractual life and, upon termination of service, vested options are generally exercisable between one and three months following the termination date, while unvested options are forfeited immediately
Summary of Stock Option Activity
Transactions related to stock options awarded to employees and directors during the three months ended March 31, 2026 were as follows:
| Shares | Weighted<br>average<br>exercise<br>price | Weighted<br>average<br>remaining<br>contractual<br>life (years) | Aggregate<br>intrinsic<br>value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Options outstanding at December 31, 2025 | 9,934,644 | $ | 1.09 | 9.62 | $ | 893 | |||
| Granted | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Exercised | (260,946 | ) | 0.15 | — | 23 | ||||
| Forfeited | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Options outstanding at March 31, 2026 | 9,673,698 | $ | 1.11 | 9.44 | $ | 845 | |||
| Options exercisable at March 31, 2026 | 6,056,525 | $ | 1.73 | 9.41 | $ | 519 |
The aggregate intrinsic value represents the total intrinsic value (the difference between the fair value of the common stock as of March 31, 2026 and the exercise price, multiplied by the number of in-the-money options) that would have been received by the option holders had all option holders exercised their options on March 31, 2026.
Summary of Restricted Stock Unit Activity
Activity related to restricted stock units awarded to employees during the three months ended March 31, 2026 were as follows:
| Shares | Weighted<br>average<br>grant date<br>fair value<br>per share | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unvested at December 31, 2025 | 47,500 | $ | 0.0001 | ||
| Granted | — | — | |||
| Vested | (21,750 | ) | 0.0001 | ||
| Forfeited | — | — | |||
| Unvested at March 31, 2026 | 25,750 | $ | 0.0001 |
Summary of Restricted Stock Award Activity
Activity related to restricted stock awards awarded to employees during the three months ended March 31, 2026 were as follows:
| Shares | Weighted<br>average<br>grant date<br>fair value<br>per share | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unvested at December 31, 2025 | 172,500 | $ | 0.0001 | ||
| Granted | — | — | |||
| Vested | (14,375 | ) | 0.0001 | ||
| Repurchased | — | — | |||
| Unvested at March 31, 2026 | 158,125 | $ | 0.0001 |
Stock-based Compensation
Stock-based compensation relates to employees, non-employee directors and non-employee consultants, time-based stock options, performance-based stock options, restricted stock awards, and restricted stock units granted. Total stock-based compensation expense related to all of the Company’s stock-based awards was recognized as follows (in thousands):
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2025 | |||
| Research and development | $ | 16 | $ | 15 |
| General and administrative | 30 | 5 | ||
| Total stock-based compensation expense | $ | 46 | $ | 20 |
9. Recurring Fair Value Measurements
The following tables summarize the Company's fair value hierarchy for its financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis (in thousands):
| March 31, 2026 | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets | Significant Other Observable Inputs | Significant Unobservable Inputs | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assets | Total | (Level 1) | (Level 2) | (Level 3) | ||||
| Money market funds included in cash and cash equivalents | $ | 5,814 | $ | 5,814 | $ | - | $ | - |
| December 31, 2025 | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets | Significant Other Observable Inputs | Significant Unobservable Inputs | |||||
| Assets | Total | (Level 1) | (Level 2) | (Level 3) | ||||
| Money market funds included in cash and cash equivalents | $ | 4,275 | $ | 4,275 | $ | - | $ | - |
The Company is party to certain funding awards with the CFF. Prior to October 2025, the funding awards included embedded derivatives arising from provisions that, upon the occurrence of a change of control or sale or license of funded assets (each a disposition event), the Company would be required to make payments to the CFF. In October 2025, this requirement was terminated. With the termination of the embedded derivative-related terms, the value of the related embedded derivatives was zero as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025. The table below provides a summary of the fair value of the derivative liabilities, which were Level 3 fair value estimates (in thousands), for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025:
| Fair value of derivative liabilities, beginning of period | — | 95 | ||
| Change in fair value of derivative liabilities | — | — | ||
| Fair value of derivative liabilities, end of period | — | 95 |
All values are in US Dollars.
10. Other (Income) Expense, Net
Other (income) expense, net, consisted of the following (in thousands):
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2025 | |||||
| Interest expense | $ | 29 | $ | 458 | ||
| Interest income | (23 | ) | (5 | ) | ||
| Gain on extinguishment of accrued interest | (56 | ) | — | |||
| Imputed interest expense on 2025 bridge loans | — | 25 | ||||
| Other expense | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Total other (income) expense, net | $ | (41 | ) | $ | 487 |
11. Segment and Geographic Information
The Company has one operating and reportable segment: life science. The life science segment consists of the development of clinical and preclinical product candidates for the development of the Company's proprietary new therapies to enhance the engagement of the science of ribosomal modulation. The Company's chief operating decision maker ("CODM") is its President and Chief Executive Officer.
The significant expense categories regularly reviewed by the CODM for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 are the same as the significant expense categories included in the Company's income statement. While the Company operates in three geographic regions (the U.S., Israel, and Australia), substantially all of the Company's long-lived assets are located in the U.S.
The table below summarizes the significant expense categories regularly provided to, and reviewed by, the CODM for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 (in thousands):
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2025 | |||||
| Operating expenses: | ||||||
| Research and development | ||||||
| Clinical and manufacturing | $ | 672 | $ | 38 | ||
| Other research and development | 987 | 472 | ||||
| Total research and development | 1,659 | 510 | ||||
| General and administrative | 2,136 | 712 | ||||
| Loss from operations | (3,795 | ) | (1,222 | ) | ||
| Other (income) expense, net | (41 | ) | 487 | |||
| Total other (income) expense, net | (41 | ) | 487 | |||
| Net loss | $ | (3,754 | ) | $ | (1,709 | ) |
12. Net Loss Per Share
The net loss and the weighted average number of shares of common stock and pre-funded warrants used in computing basic and diluted net loss per share for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, are as follows (in thousands, except share and per share data):
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2025 | |||||
| Numerator: | ||||||
| Net loss | $ | (3,754 | ) | $ | (1,709 | ) |
| Denominator: | ||||||
| Weighted average number of shares of common stock and pre-funded warrants used in computing net loss per share, basic and diluted | 48,210,071 | 3,805,550 | ||||
| Net loss per share, basic and diluted | $ | (0.08 | ) | $ | (0.45 | ) |
The following potentially dilutive securities have been excluded from the computation of diluted weighted average shares outstanding as their effect would be anti-dilutive:
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2025 | |||
| Options to purchase common stock | 9,673,698 | 297,425 | ||
| Restricted stock units, unvested portion | 25,750 | 77,250 | ||
| Restricted stock awards, unvested portion | 158,125 | 230,000 | ||
| Common warrants | 554,446 | 554,446 | ||
| Total potential common stock equivalents | 10,412,019 | 1,159,121 |
The outstanding pre-funded warrants are exercisable for only a de minimis cash consideration with no substantive exercise contingencies, accordingly, the Company included pre-funded warrants in the weighted average shares outstanding for both basic and diluted EPS calculations.
13. Subsequent Events
In April 2026, Coastlands and Domicilium exercised a portion of their pre-funded warrants for 1,250,000 shares each, for a total of 2,500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, at an exercise price of $0.01 per share, for proceeds of less than $0.1 million.
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report, as well as the audited consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto, and the discussion under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Business” included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023 (the “2025 Annual Report”). Some of the information contained in this discussion and analysis or set forth elsewhere in this Quarterly Report, including information with respect to our plans and strategy for our business, includes forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those made, projected or implied in the forward-looking statements. Please see the sections “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements,” “Summary Risk Factors,” and Part II, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” herein.
Company Overview
We are a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel, small-molecule product candidates designed to modulate the ribosome and promote readthrough of premature stop codons induced by nonsense mutations (“NMs”) to enable the production of full-length proteins. Targeting ribosome subunits provides a therapeutic approach to addressing a number of genetic diseases. According to the Human Gene Mutation Database, NMs account for approximately 10% to 12% of patients with a given genetic disease. There are over 7,000 inherited genetic diseases that collectively affect 350 million people worldwide. Our immediate focus is to advance the clinical development of our product candidate, exaluren, for the treatment of rare kidney diseases. We have also exclusively licensed our product candidate, ZKN-013, to Almirall, S.A. (“Almirall”), who is developing it for the treatment of rare skin diseases.
Between January 2023 and April 2024, we conducted a proof-of-concept Phase 2a open-label trial in the United Kingdom in three patients with autosomal recessive Alport Syndrome (“AS”) and a NM in the COL4A4 gene. The primary endpoint of this study was to assess the number of participants with adverse events associated with administration of exaluren. The secondary endpoints were change from baseline in proteinuria, measured by the urine protein-to-creatinine ratio (“UPCR”) in a patient’s urine samples, and hematuria, and change in baseline in Collagen IV expression. All three patients showed a reduction in podocyte foot process effacement (“FPE”), which is the flattening and loss of specialized kidney cell structures that form the filtration barrier and attach to the podocytes and glomerular basement membrane, in transmission electron microscopy (“TEM”) images. FPE is a hallmark of kidney diseases including AS and the severity of FPE has historically been associated with time to kidney failure. TEM images of biopsy samples also showed an improvement in the GBM width in all treated patients. FPE was also measured as a 50% increase in the filtration slit density (“FSD”). These results were consistent with exaluren’s proposed mechanism of functional full-length protein restoration as reflected by improvements in GBM architecture and FPE observed in kidney biopsies. At the end of treatment, UPCR had decreased for one patient and increased for two patients. We received clearance to proceed with a Phase 2b clinical trial for exaluren in NMAS patients (without kidney biopsies in U.S. pediatric patients) under an IND from the FDA and we plan to initiate this trial in the first half of 2026. We anticipate topline data from the initial 16-week placebo-controlled part of the study by mid-2027 with the final readout by the end of 2027.
Our pipeline also includes a preclinical program evaluating exaluren for the treatment of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (“ADPKD”) in patients that have NMs (“nmADPKD”). ADPKD is the most common monogenic kidney disease based on genetic diagnosis, affecting approximately 160,000 to 200,000 patients in the United States. The PKD1 gene encodes polycystin-1 (“PC1”) and the PKD2 gene encodes polycystin-2 (“PC2”), these are proteins that regulate cell growth and fluid secretion in kidney tubules. Loss of functional PC1 or PC2 protein leads to uncontrolled cyst formation. Approximately 26% of ADPKD patients have NMs in the PKD1 and PKD2 genes resulting in a prevalence of approximately 40,000 to 50,000 patients in the United States and over 90,000 in developed markets outside of the United States. Patients experience hypertension, kidney stones, urinary tract infections, heart valve abnormalities, hematuria and increased probability of aortic aneurysm. Formation of these cysts eventually leads to nephromegaly (kidney enlargement) and end-stage renal disease. The only approved therapy for ADPKD, tolvaptan, does not address the underlying genetic cause and carries significant tolerability limitations. Preclinical organoid and cellular models have shown increased PC1 and PC2 gene expression following treatment with exaluren. We plan to initiate enrollment in a Phase 2 trial of exaluren for the treatment of nmADPKD in 2027 following protocol finalization and clearance of an investigational New Drug application by the FDA. We anticipate topline data from this trial by mid-2028.
We have also exclusively licensed ZKN-013, an oral ribosome modulating agent (“RMA”) with structural similarity to azithromycin that induces PTC readthrough to Almirall. In March 2024, we entered into an exclusive global rights agreement with Almirall (the “Almirall License Agreement”) for Almirall to develop and commercialize ZKN-013 for the use in all
indications. Through the Almirall License Agreement, Almirall is developing ZKN-013 for the treatment of recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (“RDEB”) and junctional epidermolysis bullosa (“JEB”) with NMs. RDEB and JEB are rare skin diseases characterized by mutations in the Collagen VII (RDEB) and LAMB3 (JEB) proteins. We estimate that there are approximately 4,000 patients with NMs in these diseases in the major markets of the United States, Japan and Western Europe. Patients with these diseases suffer from severe skin bruising, wounds and internal lesions resulting in increased risk of skin cancer and severe malnourishment. Under the Almirall License Agreement, we received an upfront payment of $3 million and a development milestone payment of $3 million in 2024. Almirall is responsible for development and commercialization of ZKN-013 and we are eligible to receive up to approximately $470.0 million in additional development, regulatory and commercial milestone payments as well as tiered royalties based on global sales. The agreement may be terminated under specified circumstances, including for convenience by Almirall, in which case rights may revert to us.
Results of Operations
The following table summarizes our results of operations for the periods presented (in thousands):
| Three Months Ended<br> March 31, | Change | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2025 | % | ||||||||||
| Operating expenses: | ||||||||||||
| Research and development | $ | 1,659 | $ | 510 | 225 | % | ||||||
| General and administrative | 2,136 | 712 | 200 | % | ||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 3,795 | 1,222 | 211 | % | ||||||||
| Loss from operations | (3,795 | ) | (1,222 | ) | 211 | % | ||||||
| Other (income) expense, net | (41 | ) | 487 | ) | (108 | ) | % | |||||
| Net loss | $ | (3,754 | ) | $ | (1,709 | ) | 120 | % |
All values are in US Dollars.
Research and development expense
Research and development expenses were $1.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, compared to $0.5 million for the same period in 2025, an increase of $1.1 million. The increase was primarily related to an increase of $0.6 million in clinical trial expenses, a $0.3 million increase in expenses related to subcontractors, advisors, and laboratory supplies in connection with preclinical research and development activities, and an $0.2 million increase in salaries and other personnel costs.
General and administrative expenses
General and administrative expenses were $2.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, compared to $0.7 million for the same period in 2025, an increase of $1.4 million. The increase was primarily related to a $1.1 million increase in expenses attributable to professional and consulting fees, including legal costs and audit and tax fees, and a $0.3 million increase in facility and other general and administrative overhead costs.
Other (income) expense, net
Other income, net, was less than $0.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, compared to $0.5 million in other expense, net, for the same period in 2025, a change of $0.5 million. The change was primarily related to a decrease in interest expense of $0.4 million due to the majority of our outstanding debt being exchanged for pre-funded warrants in 2025 and a gain on extinguishment of accrued interest of $0.1 million due to a waiver of the accrued interest related to the $1.0 million exchange of outstanding debt by Domicilium during the three months ended March 31, 2026.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Since our inception, we have incurred significant operating losses. Our net losses were $3.8 million and $1.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. As of March 31, 2026, we had an accumulated deficit of $304.3 million. To date, we have financed our operations primarily through the sale of equity, license and collaboration agreements, debt securities and, to a lesser extent, grants. We have devoted substantially all of our financial resources and efforts to research and development. We expect that it may be several years, if ever, before we receive regulatory approval and have a product candidate ready for commercialization. We expect to continue to incur significant expenses and operating losses for the foreseeable future due to, among other things, costs related to research, development of our product candidates, conducting preclinical studies and clinical trials, and our administrative organization. A successful transition to profitable operations is dependent upon achieving a level of revenue adequate to support our cost structure. Our net losses may fluctuate significantly from quarter to quarter and year to year. We anticipate that our expenses may increase if, and as, we:
advance exaluren and/or other product candidates further into clinical development;
experience delays in enrollment and completion of our clinical trials;
fund preclinical development of our research programs and advance candidates into clinical trials;
pursue regulatory authorization to conduct clinical trials of additional product candidates;
seek marketing approvals for our product candidates;
establish a sales, marketing and distribution infrastructure to commercialize any product candidates for which we obtain marketing approval;
maintain, expand and protect our intellectual property portfolio;
hire additional clinical, regulatory, management and scientific personnel;
add operational, financial and management information systems and personnel;
acquire or in-license other product candidates and technologies; and
operate as a public company including costs associated with our planned uplisting to and maintaining Nasdaq compliance.
We may never achieve profitability, and unless and until we do, we will continue to need to raise additional cash to fund our operations. We believe that our cash and cash equivalents of $6.4 million as of March 31, 2026 will not be sufficient to maintain our current and planned operations for at least the next twelve months following the filing of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. We will need to raise additional capital to finance our operations, which cannot be assured. We have concluded that these conditions, in aggregate, raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern for one year after the date these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are issued. Our independent registered public accounting firm, in its report on our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2025, has also expressed substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q have been prepared assuming we will continue as a going concern and do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Management intends to fund future operations through private or public debt or equity financing transactions and may seek additional capital through arrangements with strategic partners or from other sources, including licensing arrangements. The availability of sufficient funding to alleviate the conditions that raise substantial doubt is not within management’s control and cannot be assessed as being probable of occurring. If we are unable to obtain adequate financing, we will evaluate options which may include curtailing expenses contemplated by our current operating plan, and we may be required to delay, limit, reduce or terminate our product development efforts or grant rights to develop and market product candidates that we would otherwise prefer to develop and market ourselves, which may have a material adverse effect on our operations and future prospects.
Financing Activities for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 and 2025
On February 20, 2026, the securities purchase agreement (the "Coastlands Securities Purchase Agreement") we had entered into with Coastlands Capital Partners LP ("Coastlands") on August 20, 2025, as amended on September 25, 2025 and December 11, 2025, was amended, and, on February 26, 2026, we received $5.0 million from Coastlands in return for a pre-funded warrant to purchase up to 10,204,081 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.01 per share, based on a purchase price of $0.49 per share of underlying common stock.
On February 26, 2026, SD MF 4, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Domicilium") exchanged with us the remaining $1.0 million of our outstanding obligations under the Loan and Security Agreement with Hercules Capital, Inc. ("Hercules"), dated as of September 30, 2021 (the "Hercules Loan Agreement"), as amended, in connection with the Coastlands Third Tranche Closing, in return for a pre-funded warrant to purchase up to 2,040,816 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.01 per share, based on a conversion price of $0.49 per share of underlying common stock. In addition, Domicilium agreed to waive any and all additional accrued and unpaid interest related to the remaining $1.0 million, which was less than $0.1 million as of February 26, 2026. As of February 26, 2026, we had no remaining outstanding debt obligations.
On March 12, 2026, we received $2.0 million from Domicilium, in return for a pre-funded warrant to purchase up to 4,081,632 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.01 per share, based on a purchase price of $0.49 per share of underlying common stock.
During the three months ended March 31, 2025, we entered into a non-interest-bearing bridge loan with Domicilium for $0.4 million. The Company recorded interest expense of less than $0.1 million representing imputed interest for the
non-interest-bearing bridge loan during the three months ended March 31, 2025. The imputed interest of 13.75% was calculated using the sum of 6.25% plus the prime rate, as published in The Wall Street Journal. In addition, during the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company repaid $0.3 million for the bridge loans that had been entered into with Domicilium in December 2024, including accrued interest, repaid $0.5 million related to Development and Launch Milestone Payments, in accordance with the terms of the Royalty and Revenue Sharing Agreement, as amended on March 2, 2026 (the “Royalty Agreement”) with Domicilium, and repaid $0.5 million in outstanding debt obligations to Hercules under the Hercules Loan Agreement.
Cash Flows
The following table summarizes our sources and uses of cash for each of the periods presented (in thousands):
| Three Months Ended <br>March 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2025 | |||||
| Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities | $ | (5,453 | ) | $ | 1,204 | |
| Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities | 7,031 | (865 | ) |
Cash flows from operating activities
Net cash used in operating activities was $5.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, compared to net cash provided by operating activities of $1.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. During the three months ended March 31, 2026, our net loss was $3.8 million and the change in working capital was $1.7 million. During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the change in working capital of $2.6 million and debt discount amortization of $0.2 million was partially offset by our net loss of $1.7 million.
Cash flows from financing activities
Net cash provided by financing activities was $7.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, compared to net cash used in financing activities of $0.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. For the three months ended March 31, 2026, net cash provided by financing activities consisted primarily of $7.0 million in net proceeds from the sale of pre-funded warrants in connection with the 2025 PIPE Financing transaction, net of issuance costs. For the three months ended March 31, 2025, net cash used in financing activities consisted primarily of repayments of term loan principal of $1.3 million, partially offset by $0.4 million in proceeds from debt financing obligations.
Critical Accounting Policies and Significant Judgments and Estimates
Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”). The preparation of these interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, as well as the expenses during the reporting period. We evaluate our estimates and judgments on an ongoing basis. These items are monitored and analyzed by us for changes in facts and circumstances, and material changes in these estimates could occur in the future. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other factors that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
The critical accounting policies used in the preparation of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are consistent with those described in our audited consolidated financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023 and the notes thereto, in our 2025 Annual Report, except for the policy below.
Stock-Based Compensation
We account for stock-based compensation in accordance with ASC Topic 718, “Compensation-Stock Compensation” (“ASC 718”). We recognize compensation expenses for the value of our awards granted based on the straight-line method over the requisite service period of each of the awards or over the implicit service period when an award includes a performance condition, provided that achievement of the performance condition is considered probable of being achieved. We account for forfeitures as they occur.
We grant stock options, restricted stock units (“RSUs”), and restricted stock awards (“RSAs”) to certain employees,
consultants and directors as part of our long-term incentive compensation program. Options are measured at fair value on the grant date using an option-pricing model, the most significant input for which has been the fair value of our common stock. RSU’s and RSAs are measured at fair value on the grant date, which is also determined based on the fair value of our common stock.
The absence of an active market for our common stock has required the board of directors, the members of which we believe have extensive business, finance and venture capital experience, to determine the fair value of our common stock for purposes of granting stock-based awards and for calculating stock-based compensation expense for the periods presented. For equity-based grants made in 2024 and during the time we had sufficient trading volume in our common stock, our board of directors determined fair value of our common stock for purposes of stock-based compensation under ASC 718 using the trading price of our common stock on the applicable grant date. However, for equity-based grants made in 2025 and in the absence of an active market for our common stock, our board of directors determined the fair value of options, RSUs and RSAs granted with reference to contemporaneous third-party valuations prepared using the methodologies, approaches and assumptions consistent with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Practice Guide, Valuation of Privately-Held-Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation.
Because our common stock has had limited trading activity on the OTC Expert Market, for grants made during the year ended December 31, 2025 we used, among other things, input from a third-party valuation specialist to assist the board of directors in estimating the fair value of our common stock on a contemporaneous basis, and used that estimate to determine the grant-date fair value of equity awards.
We determined the market approach was the most appropriate method for determining the fair value of our common stock based on our stage of development and other relevant factors. The market approach uses prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable (that is, similar) assets, liabilities, or a group of assets and liabilities, such as a business or security. The valuation reflected a market approach that tied to our most recent arm’s-length equity financing (the Coastlands Securities Purchase Agreement), this transaction represented an orderly market-based transaction with the purchase price in that financing used as an indicator of fair value (assuming consideration given to the implied call option embedded therein), as adjusted for discounts related to the lack of marketability and control associated with minority ownership.
The significant assumptions used in applying the market approach are the appropriate discount for lack of marketability and control for a minority interest in a company without a liquid trading market, as well as the assumptions in the Black-Scholes option-pricing model, including the expected volatility, estimated by reference to the historical volatility of a peer group of publicly traded companies in our industry group; the risk-free interest rate, based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve for periods approximating the expected term of the award; and an expected dividend yield of zero, as we have never paid, and do not currently intend to pay, cash dividends.
Changes in these assumptions, and changes in the underlying fair value of our common stock, could materially affect the fair value of future awards and the related compensation expense.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements, as such term is defined under Item 303 of Regulation S-K, that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that is material to investors.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
Omitted as we are a “smaller reporting company”, as defined in Item 10(f)(1) of SEC Regulation S-K.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls and Procedures
We maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is (1) recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and (2) accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
In designing and evaluating our disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. In addition, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must reflect that there are resource constraints and management is required to apply judgment in evaluating the benefits of possible controls and procedures relative to their costs.
Management’s Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2026. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer concluded that, due to the material weakness described below, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of March 31, 2026.
The Company identified the following material weakness in its internal control over financial reporting during the year ended December 31, 2025, which had not been remediated as of March 31, 2026:
The material weakness resulted from inconsistent execution of certain financial reporting controls, primarily within the financial close and reconciliation processes. Specifically, controls related to timely preparation and review of account reconciliations and period-end review procedures were not consistently performed or documented at a level sufficient to support the completeness and accuracy of financial reporting. These deficiencies also affected certain review controls over complex accounting analyses and technical accounting documentation prepared during the period.
Notwithstanding the material weakness, management believes the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in this report present fairly, in all material respects, our financial position, results of operations, and cash flows in conformity with U.S. GAAP.
Remediation Status
Management is fully committed to addressing the material weakness in our internal controls and has implemented several key initiatives to strengthen them. During the quarter ended March 31, 2026, management continued to execute on its remediation plan. Remediation activities during the quarter included, among other actions:
Increasing accounting and financial reporting resources through the addition of qualified personnel and the continued use of external advisors;
Continuing to execute a consistent full monthly and quarterly financial close process; and
Initiating steps to enhance documentation standards, approval protocols, and oversight procedures.
Management continues to work toward strengthening management review controls over complex and judgmental accounting areas and enhancing the timely preparation and review of reconciliations of significant financial statement accounts.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended March 31, 2026, that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting, except as disclosed in "Remediation Status" above.
Item 6. Exhibits
The following is a list of exhibits filed as part of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Where so indicated, exhibits that were previously filed are incorporated by reference. For exhibits incorporated by reference, the location of the exhibit in the previous filing is indicated.
* Filed herewith.
** This certification is being furnished solely to accompany this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, and is not being filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.
‡ Confidential treatment requested under 17 C.F.R. §§200.80(b)(4) and 24b-2. The confidential portions of this exhibit have been omitted and are marked accordingly. The confidential portions have been filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the confidential treatment request.
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, thereunto duly authorized.
| ELOXX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date: May 4, 2026 | ||
| by: | /s/ Daniel E. Geffken | |
| Daniel E. Geffken | ||
| Interim Chief Financial Officer | ||
| (Principal Financial Officer) |
EX-10.4
Exhibit 10.4
Execution Version
THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON THE EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT (THE “SECURITIES”) HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES. THE SECURITIES HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED UNLESS (I) SUCH SECURITIES HAVE BEEN REGISTERED FOR SALE PURSUANT TO THE SECURITIES ACT, (II) SUCH SECURITIES MAY BE SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (III) THE COMPANY HAS RECEIVED AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO IT THAT SUCH TRANSFER MAY LAWFULLY BE MADE WITHOUT REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (IV) THE SECURITIES ARE TRANSFERRED WITHOUT CONSIDERATION TO AN AFFILIATE OF SUCH HOLDER OR A CUSTODIAL NOMINEE (WHICH FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT SHALL REQUIRE NEITHER CONSENT NOR THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION).
AMENDED AND RESTATED PRE-FUNDED WARRANT TO
PURCHASE COMMON STOCK
Number of Shares: [ ](subject to adjustment)
Warrant No. PFW-[ ] Original Issue Date: [ ]
Date of Amendment and Restatement: [ ]
Eloxx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, [ ] or its registered assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company up to a total of [ ] shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company (each such share, a “Warrant Share” and all such shares, the “Warrant Shares”) at an exercise price per share equal to $0.01 (the “Exercise Price”), in each case as adjusted from time to time as provided in Section 9, upon surrender of this Amended and Restated Pre-Funded Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (including any Warrants to Purchase Common Stock issued in exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, as amended and restated, the “Warrant”) at any time and from time to time on or after [ ] (the “Original Issue Date”), subject to the following terms and conditions:
This Warrant is one of a series of similar warrants issued pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated August 20, 2025, as amended, by and among the Company and the Investors identified therein (the “Purchase Agreement”).
- Definitions. For purposes of this Warrant, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediates, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person.
“Attribution Parties” means, collectively, the following Persons and entities: (i) any direct or indirect Affiliates of the Holder, (ii) any investment vehicle, including, any funds, feeder funds or managed accounts, currently, or from time to time after the Original Issue Date, directly or indirectly managed or advised by the Holder’s investment manager, (iii) any Person acting or who could be deemed to be acting as a Group together with the Holder or any Attribution Parties and (iv) any other Persons whose beneficial ownership of the Company’s Common Stock would or could be aggregated with the Holder’s and/or any other Attribution Parties for purposes of Section 13(d) or Section 16 of the Exchange Act. For clarity, the purpose of the foregoing is to subject collectively the Holder and all other Attribution Parties to the Maximum Percentage.
“Closing Sale Price” means, for any security as of any date, the last trade price for such security on the Principal Trading Market for such security, as reported by Bloomberg Financial Markets, or, if such Principal Trading Market begins to operate on an extended hours basis and does not designate the last trade price, then the last trade price of such security prior to 4:00 P.M., New York City time, as reported by Bloomberg Financial Markets, or if the foregoing do not apply, the last trade price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg Financial Markets. If the Closing Sale Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Closing Sale Price of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then the Board of Directors of the Company shall use its good faith judgment to determine the fair market value. The Board of Directors’ determination shall be binding upon all parties absent demonstrable error. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during the applicable calculation period.
“Commission” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and all of the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Group” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, and all related rules, regulations and jurisprudence.
“Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, business trust, joint stock company, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or any other entity or organization.
“Principal Trading Market” means the national securities exchange or other trading market on which the Common Stock is primarily listed on and quoted for trading, which, as of the Original Issue Date, shall be the OTC Pink Marketplace.
“Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all of the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Standard Settlement Period” means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, for the Principal Trading Market with respect to the Common Stock that
is in effect on the date of delivery of an applicable Exercise Notice, which as of the Original Issue Date was “T+1.”
“Trading Day” means any weekday on which the Principal Trading Market is normally open for trading.
“Transfer Agent” means Equiniti Trust Company, the Company’s transfer agent and registrar for the Common Stock, and any successor appointed in such capacity.
- Issuance of Securities; Registration of Warrants. The Company shall register
ownership of this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”), in the name of the record Holder (which shall include the initial Holder or, as the case may be, any assignee to which this Warrant is permissibly assigned hereunder) from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.
Registration of Transfers. This Warrant and all rights hereunder (including, without limitation, any registration rights) are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated agent, together with a written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer. Subject to compliance with all applicable securities laws, the Company shall, or will cause its Transfer Agent to, register the transfer of all or any portion of this Warrant in the Warrant Register, upon surrender of this Warrant, and payment for all applicable transfer taxes (if any). Upon any such registration or transfer, a new warrant to purchase Common Stock in substantially the form of this Warrant (any such new warrant, a “New Warrant”) evidencing the portion of this Warrant so transferred shall be issued to the transferee, and a New Warrant evidencing the remaining portion of this Warrant not so transferred, if any, shall be issued to the transferring Holder. The acceptance of the New Warrant by the transferee thereof shall be deemed the acceptance by such transferee of all of the rights and obligations in respect of the New Warrant that the Holder has in respect of this Warrant. The Company shall, or will cause its Transfer Agent to, prepare, issue and deliver at the Company’s own expense any New Warrant under this Section 3. Until due presentment for registration of transfer, the Company may treat the registered Holder hereof as the owner and holder for all purposes, and the Company shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary.
Exercise of Warrants.
All or any part of this Warrant shall be exercisable by the registered Holder in any manner permitted by this Warrant (including Section 11) at any time and from time to time on or after the Original Issue Date, and such rights shall not expire until exercised in full.
The Holder may exercise this Warrant by delivering to the Company (i) an exercise notice, in the form attached as Schedule 1 hereto (the “Exercise Notice”), completed and duly signed, and (ii) payment of the Exercise Price for the number of Warrant Shares as to which
this Warrant is being exercised (which may take the form of a “cashless exercise” if so indicated in the Exercise Notice pursuant to Section 10 below), and the date on which the last of such items is delivered to the Company (as determined in accordance with the notice provisions hereof) is an “Exercise Date.” The Holder shall not be required to deliver the original Warrant in order to effect an exercise hereunder. Execution and delivery of the Exercise Notice shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original Warrant and issuance of a New Warrant evidencing the right to purchase the remaining number of Warrant Shares, if any.
The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this section, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.
- Delivery of Warrant Shares.
Upon exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall promptly (but in no event later than the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period following the Exercise Date), upon the request of the Holder, cause the Transfer Agent to credit such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock specified by the Holder in the Exercise Notice and to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise (the “Exercise Shares”) to (i) the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) through its Deposit Withdrawal At Custodian system or (ii) in book-entry form via a direct registration system (“DRS”) maintained by or on behalf of the Transfer Agent, in each case, so long as either (A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant Shares to or the resale of such Warrant Shares by the Holder or (B) the Exercise Shares are eligible for resale by the Holder without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (assuming cashless exercise of this Warrant). If (A) and (B) above are not true, the Company shall cause the Transfer Agent to either (i) record the Exercise Shares in the name of the Holder or its designee on the certificates reflecting the Exercise Shares with an appropriate legend regarding restriction on transferability, which shall be issued and dispatched by overnight courier to the address as specified in the Exercise Notice, and on the Company’s share register or (ii) issue such Exercise Shares in the name of the Holder or its designee in restricted book-entry form in the Company’s share register. The Holder, or any Person so designated by the Holder to receive Warrant Shares, shall be deemed to have become the holder of record of such Warrant Shares as of the Exercise Date, irrespective of the date such Warrant Shares are credited to the Holder’s DTC account, the date of the book entry positions or the date of delivery of the certificates evidencing such Exercise Shares, as the case may be.
In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to deliver to the Holder or its designee Exercise Shares in the manner required pursuant to Section 5(a) within the Standard Settlement Period following the Exercise Date (other than a failure caused by incorrect or incomplete information provided by Holder to the Company) and the Holder or the Holder’s broker on its behalf purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “Buy-In”) but did not receive within the Standard Settlement Period, then the Company shall, within two Trading Days after the Holder’s request and in the Holder’s sole discretion, promptly honor its obligation
to deliver to the Holder or its designee the Exercise Shares pursuant to Section 5(a) and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased in the Buy-In, less the product of (A) the number of shares of Common Stock purchased in the Buy-In, times (B) the Closing Sale Price of a share of Common Stock on the Exercise Date. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice promptly after the occurrence of a Buy-In, indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In together with applicable confirmations and other evidence reasonably requested by the Company.
To the extent permitted by law and subject to Section 5(b), the Company’s obligations to issue and deliver Warrant Shares in accordance with and subject to the terms hereof (including the limitations set forth in Section 11 below) are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by the Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Company or any violation or alleged violation of law by the Holder or any other Person, and irrespective of any other circumstance that might otherwise limit such obligation of the Company to the Holder in connection with the issuance of Warrant Shares. Subject to Section 5(b), nothing herein shall limit the Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver Exercise Shares; provided, however, that the Holder shall not be entitled to both (i) require the Company to reinstate the portion of the Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not timely honored and (ii) receive the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued if the Company had timely complied with its delivery requirements under Section 5(a).
Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance and delivery of Exercise Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax, transfer agent fee or other incidental tax or expense (excluding any applicable stamp duties) in respect of the issuance of such shares, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the registration of any Warrant Shares or the Warrants in a name other than that of the Holder or an Affiliate thereof. The Holder shall be responsible for all other tax liability that may arise as a result of holding or transferring this Warrant or receiving Warrant Shares upon exercise hereof.
Replacement of Warrant. If this Warrant is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation hereof, or in lieu of and substitution for this Warrant, a New Warrant, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction (in such case) and, in each case, a customary and reasonable contractual indemnity, if requested by the Company. If a New Warrant is requested as a result of a mutilation of this Warrant, then the Holder shall deliver such mutilated Warrant to the Company as a condition precedent to the Company’s obligation to issue the New Warrant.
Reservation of Warrant Shares. The Company covenants that it will, at all times while this Warrant is outstanding, reserve and keep available out of the aggregate of its authorized but unissued and otherwise unreserved Common Stock, solely for the purpose of enabling it to issue Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant as herein provided, the number of Warrant Shares that are initially issuable and deliverable upon the exercise of this entire Warrant, free from preemptive rights or any other contingent purchase rights of persons other than the Holder (taking into account the adjustments and restrictions of Section 9). The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares so issuable and deliverable shall, upon issuance and the payment of the applicable Exercise Price in accordance with the terms hereof, be duly and validly authorized, issued and fully paid and non-assessable. The Company will take all such action as may be reasonably necessary to assure that such shares of Common Stock may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of any securities exchange or automated quotation system upon which the Common Stock may be listed. The Company further covenants that it will not, without the prior written consent of the Holder, take any actions to increase the par value of the Common Stock at any time while this Warrant is outstanding.
Certain Adjustments. The Exercise Price and number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant (the “Number of Warrant Shares”) are subject to adjustment from time to time as set forth in this Section 9.
Stock Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (i) pays a stock dividend on its Common Stock or otherwise makes a distribution on any class of capital stock issued and outstanding on the Original Issue Date and in accordance with the terms of such stock on the Original Issue Date or as amended, that is payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivides its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares of Common Stock, (iii) combines its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock or (iv) issues by reclassification of shares of capital stock any additional shares of Common Stock of the Company, then in each such case the Number of Warrant Shares shall be multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to clause (i) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution, provided, however, that if such record date shall have been fixed and such dividend is not fully paid on the date fixed therefor, the Number of Warrant Shares shall be recomputed accordingly as of the close of business on such record date and thereafter the Number of Warrant Shares shall be adjusted pursuant to this paragraph as of the time of actual payment of such dividends. Any adjustment pursuant to clause (ii), (iii) or (iv) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such subdivision, combination or issuance.
Pro Rata Distributions. If, on or after the Original Issue Date, the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other pro rata distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property, options, evidence of indebtedness or any other assets by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction, but, for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any distribution of shares of Common Stock subject to Section
9(a), any distribution of Purchase Rights (as defined below) subject to Section 9(c) and any Fundamental Transaction (as defined below) subject to Section 9(d)) (a “Distribution”) then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations or restrictions on exercise of this Warrant, including without limitation, the Maximum Percentage (as defined below)) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution; provided, that to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Distribution would result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to such extent (and shall not be entitled to beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Distribution to such extent) and the portion of such Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time or times as its right thereto would not result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, at which time or times the Holder shall be granted such Distribution (and any Distributions declared or made on such initial Distribution or on any subsequent Distribution held similarly in abeyance) to the same extent as if there had been no such limitation.
Purchase Rights. If at any time on or after the Original Issue Date, the Company grants, issues or sells any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property, in each case pro rata to the record holders of any class of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations or restrictions on exercise of this Warrant, including without limitation, the Maximum Percentage) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights; provided, that to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (and shall not be entitled to beneficial ownership of such Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right (and beneficial ownership) to such extent) and at the Holder’s election, in its sole discretion, either (1) such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time or times as its right thereto would not result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, at which time or times the Holder shall be granted such right (and any Purchase Right granted, issued or sold on such initial Purchase Right or on any subsequent Purchase Right to be held similarly in abeyance) to the same extent as if there had been no such limitation or (2) the Company shall offer the Holder the right upon exercise of such Purchase Right to acquire a security (e.g. a pre-funded warrant) that would not result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage but will otherwise to the extent possible have economic and other rights, preferences and privileges substantially consistent and on par with the securities or other property issuable upon exercise of the originally offered Purchase Rights. As used in this Section 9(c), (i) “Options” means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or
purchase shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities and (ii) “Convertible Securities” mean any stock or securities (other than Options) directly or indirectly convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock.
Fundamental Transactions. If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding (i) the Company effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, in which the Company is not the surviving entity or in which the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such merger or consolidation do not own, directly or indirectly, at least 50% of the voting power of the surviving entity immediately after such merger or consolidation, (ii) the Company effects any sale to another Person of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) pursuant to any tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person), holders of capital stock tender shares representing more than 50% of the voting power of the capital stock of the Company and the Company or such other Person, as applicable, accepts such tender for payment, (iv) the Company consummates a stock purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with another Person whereby such other Person acquires more than 50% of the voting power of the capital stock of the Company (except for any such transaction in which the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such transaction maintain, in substantially the same proportions, the voting power of such Person immediately after the transaction) or (v) the Company effects any reclassification of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property (other than as a result of a subdivision or combination of shares of Common Stock covered by Section 9(a) above) (in any such case, a “Fundamental Transaction”), then following such Fundamental Transaction the Holder shall have the right to receive, upon exercise of this Warrant, the same amount and kind of securities, cash or property as it would have been entitled to receive upon the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction if it had been, immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction, the holder of the number of Warrant Shares then issuable upon exercise in full of this Warrant (including any Distributions or Purchase Rights then held in abeyance pursuant to Sections 9(b) or 9(c) above) without regard to any limitations on exercise contained herein (the “Alternate Consideration”). The Company shall not effect any Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the surviving entity or the Alternate Consideration includes securities of another Person unless (i) the Alternate Consideration is solely cash and the Company provides for the simultaneous “cashless exercise” of this Warrant pursuant to Section 10 below or (ii) prior to or simultaneously with the consummation thereof, any successor to the Company, surviving entity or other Person (including any purchaser of assets of the Company) shall assume the obligation to deliver to the Holder such Alternate Consideration as, in accordance with the foregoing provisions, the Holder may be entitled to receive, and the other obligations under this Warrant. The provisions of this paragraph (d) shall similarly apply to subsequent transactions analogous to a Fundamental Transaction type.
Number of Warrant Shares. Simultaneously with any adjustment to the Number of Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 9, the Exercise Price shall be increased or decreased proportionately, so that after such adjustment the aggregate Exercise Price payable hereunder for the increased or decreased Number of Warrant Shares shall be the same as the aggregate Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in no event may the Exercise Price be adjusted below the par value of the Common Stock then in effect.
Calculations. All calculations under this Section 9 shall be made to the nearest one-tenth of one cent or the nearest share, as applicable.
Notice of Adjustments. Upon the occurrence of each adjustment pursuant to this Section 9, the Company at its expense will, at the written request of the Holder, promptly compute such adjustment, in good faith, in accordance with the terms of this Warrant and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment, including a statement of the adjusted Exercise Price and adjusted number or type of Warrant Shares or other securities issuable upon exercise of this Warrant (as applicable), describing the transactions giving rise to such adjustments and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment is based. Upon written request, the Company will promptly deliver a copy of each such certificate to the Holder and to the Company’s transfer agent.
Notice of Corporate Events. If, while this Warrant is outstanding, the Company (i) declares a dividend or any other distribution of cash, securities or other property in respect of its Common Stock, including, without limitation, any granting of rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any capital stock of the Company or any subsidiary, (ii) authorizes or approves, enters into any agreement contemplating or solicits stockholder approval for any Fundamental Transaction or (iii) authorizes the voluntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then the Company shall deliver to the Holder a notice of such transaction at least ten days prior to the applicable record or effective date on which a Person would need to hold Common Stock in order to participate in or vote with respect to such transaction; provided, however, that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be described in such notice. In addition, if while this Warrant is outstanding, the Company authorizes or approves, enters into any agreement contemplating or solicits stockholder approval for any Fundamental Transaction contemplated by Section 9(d), other than a Fundamental Transaction under clause (iii) of Section 9(d), the Company shall deliver to the Holder a notice of such Fundamental Transaction at least 30 days prior to the date such Fundamental Transaction is consummated. Holder agrees to maintain any information disclosed pursuant to this Section 9(h) in confidence until such information is publicly available, and shall comply with applicable law with respect to trading in the Company’s securities following receipt of any such information.
- Payment of Exercise Price. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the
contrary, the Holder may, in its sole discretion, satisfy its obligation to pay the Exercise Price through a “cashless exercise”, in which event the Company shall issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares in an exchange of securities effected pursuant to Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, determined as follows:
X = Y [(A-B)/A] where:
equals the number of Warrant Shares to be issued to the Holder;
equals the total number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant is then being exercised;
equals the Closing Sale Price of the shares of Common Stock (as reported by Bloomberg Financial Market) as of the Trading Day on the date immediately preceding the Exercise Date); and
equals the Exercise Price then in effect for the applicable Warrant Shares at the time of such exercise.
For purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, it is intended, understood and acknowledged that the Warrant Shares issued in a “cashless exercise” transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have commenced, on the Original Issue Date (provided that the Commission continues to take the position that such treatment is proper at the time of such exercise). If the Warrant Shares are issued in such a cashless exercise, the Company acknowledges and agrees that, in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, the Exercise Shares issued in such exercise shall take on the registered characteristics of the Warrants being exercised and may be tacked on to the holding period of the Warrants being exercised. Except as set forth in Section 5(b) (Buy-in Remedy) and Section 12 (No Fractional Shares), in no event will the exercise of this Warrant be settled in cash.
- Limitations on Exercise.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Company shall not effect the exercise of any portion of this Warrant, and the Holder of this Warrant shall not have the right to exercise any portion of the Warrant, and any such exercise shall be null and void ab initio and treated as if the exercise had not been made, to the extent that immediately prior to or following such exercise, the Holder, together with the Attribution Parties, beneficially owns or would beneficially own as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder, in excess of [19.99]/[4.99]% (the “Maximum Percentage”) of the Common Stock that would be issued and outstanding following such exercise. For purposes of calculating beneficial ownership for determining whether the Maximum Percentage is or will be exceeded, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock held and/or beneficially owned by the Holder together with the Attribution Parties, shall include the number of shares of Common Stock held and/or beneficially owned by the Holder together with the Attribution Parties plus the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the relevant Warrant with respect to which the determination is being made but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, unexercised Warrant held and/or beneficially owned by the Holder or the Attribution Parties and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company held and/or beneficially owned by such Holder or any Attribution Party (including, without limitation, any convertible notes, convertible stock or warrants) that are subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein. For purposes of this Paragraph 11(a), beneficial ownership of the Holder or the Attribution Parties shall, except as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, be calculated and determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this Warrant, in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, a Holder of this Warrant may rely on the
number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (1) the Company’s most recent Form 10-K, Form 10-Q, Current Report on Form 8-K or other public filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as the case may be, (2) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (3) any other notice by the Company or the Company’s transfer agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (such issued and outstanding shares, the “Reported Outstanding Share Number”). For any reason at any time, upon the written or oral request of the Holder, the Company shall within one business day confirm orally and in writing or by electronic mail to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. The Holder shall disclose to the Company the number of shares of Common Stock that it, together with the Attribution Parties holds and/or beneficially owns and has the right to acquire through the exercise of derivative securities and any limitations on exercise or conversion analogous to the limitation contained herein contemporaneously or immediately prior to submitting an Exercise Notice for the relevant Warrant. If the Company receives an Exercise Notice from the Holder at a time when the actual number of outstanding shares of Common Stock is less than the Reported Outstanding Share Number, the Company shall (i) notify the Holder in writing of the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding and, to the extent that such Exercise Notice would otherwise cause the Holder’s, together with the Attribution Parties’, beneficial ownership, as determined pursuant to this Section 11(a), to exceed the Maximum Percentage, the Holder must notify the Company of a reduced number of Warrant Shares to be purchased pursuant to such Exercise Notice (the number of shares by which such purchase is reduced, the “Reduction Shares”) and (ii) as soon as reasonably practicable, the Company shall return to the Holder any exercise price paid by the Holder for the Reduction Shares. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Warrant, by the Holder and the Attribution Parties since the date as of which the Reported Outstanding Share Number was reported. In the event that the issuance of Common Stock to the Holder upon exercise of this Warrant results in the Holder, together with the Attribution Parties, being deemed to beneficially own, in the aggregate, more than the Maximum Percentage of the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock (as determined under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act), the number of shares so issued by which the Holder’s, together with the Attribution Parties’, aggregate beneficial ownership exceeds the Maximum Percentage (the “Excess Shares”) shall be deemed null and void and shall be cancelled ab initio, and the Holder and/or the Attribution Parties shall not have the power to vote or to transfer the Excess Shares. As soon as reasonably practicable after the issuance of the Excess Shares has been deemed null and void, the Company shall return to the Holder the exercise price paid by the Holder for the Excess Shares. By written notice to the Company, a Holder of this Warrant may from time to time increase or decrease the Maximum Percentage to any other percentage not in excess of 19.99% specified in such notice; provided that any increase in the Maximum Percentage will not be effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Company and shall not negatively affect any partial exercise effected prior to such change.
(b) This Section 11 shall not restrict the number of shares of Common Stock which a Holder or the Attribution Parties may receive or beneficially own in order to determine the amount of securities or other consideration that such Holder or the Attribution Parties may receive in the event of a Fundamental Transaction as contemplated in Section 9(c) of this Warrant. For purposes of clarity, the shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the terms of this Warrant in excess of the Maximum Percentage shall not be deemed to be beneficially owned by the Holder or the Attribution Parties for any purpose including for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange
Act and the rules promulgated thereunder or Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder, including Rule 16a-1(a)(1). No prior inability to exercise this Warrant pursuant to this paragraph shall have any effect on the applicability of the provisions of this paragraph with respect to any subsequent determination of exercisability. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 11 to the extent necessary to correct this paragraph or any portion of this paragraph which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended beneficial ownership limitation contained in this Section 11 or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitation contained in this paragraph may not be waived and shall apply to a successor holder of this Warrant.
No Fractional Shares. No fractional Warrant Shares will be issued in connection with any exercise of this Warrant. In lieu of any fractional shares that would otherwise be issuable, the number of Warrant Shares to be issued shall be rounded down to the next whole number and the Company shall pay the Holder in cash the fair market value (based on the Closing Sale Price) for any such fractional shares.
Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries hereunder (including, without limitation, any Exercise Notice) shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered confirmed e-mail at the e-mail address specified in the books and records of the Transfer Agent prior to 5:30 P.M., New York City time, on a Trading Day, (ii) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via confirmed e-mail at the e-mail address specified in the books and records of the Transfer Agent on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 P.M., New York City time, on any Trading Day, (iii) the Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by nationally recognized overnight courier service specifying next business day delivery, or (iv) upon actual receipt by the Person to whom such notice is required to be given, if by hand delivery.
Warrant Agent. The Company shall initially serve as warrant agent under this Warrant. Upon 30 days’ notice to the Holder, the Company may appoint a new warrant agent. Any corporation into which the Company or any new warrant agent may be merged or any corporation resulting from any consolidation to which the Company or any new warrant agent shall be a party or any corporation to which the Company or any new warrant agent transfers substantially all of its corporate trust or shareholders services business shall be a successor warrant agent under this Warrant without any further act. Any such successor warrant agent shall promptly cause notice of its succession as warrant agent to be mailed (by first class mail, postage prepaid) to the Holder at the Holder’s last address as shown on the Warrant Register.
Warrant Reissuance. Beginning on the date that is 15 days after the issuance of Warrant Shares pursuant to the exercise of this Warrant, upon the written request of the Holder, the Company shall promptly effect an exchange of Warrant Shares issued upon such exercise and then held by the Holder for warrants to purchase an equivalent number of shares of Common Stock (the “Replacement Warrants”). The Replacement Warrants shall have an exercise price equal to the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such exchange and shall otherwise be on substantially the same terms and conditions as this Warrant, unless otherwise mutually agreed by the Company and the Holder.
Miscellaneous.
No Rights as a Stockholder. Except as otherwise set forth in this Warrant, the Holder, solely in such Person’s capacity as a holder of this Warrant, shall not be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of share capital of the Company for any purpose, nor shall anything contained in this Warrant be construed to confer upon the Holder, solely in such Person’s capacity as the Holder of this Warrant, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote, give or withhold consent to any corporate action (whether any reorganization, issue of stock, reclassification of stock, consolidation, merger, amalgamation, conveyance or otherwise), receive notice of meetings, receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise, prior to the issuance to the Holder of the Warrant Shares which such Person is then entitled to receive upon the due exercise of this Warrant. In addition, nothing contained in this Warrant shall be construed as imposing any liabilities on the Holder to purchase any securities (upon exercise of this Warrant or otherwise) or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liabilities are asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.
Further Assurances. Except and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder, the Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation, amending its certificate or articles of incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of Holder as set forth in this Warrant against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will (a) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value, (b) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and non-assessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant, and (c) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof as may be necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant. Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable or in the Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary from any public regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction thereof.
Successors and Assigns. Subject to compliance with applicable securities laws, this Warrant may be assigned by the Holder. This Warrant may not be assigned by the Company without the written consent of the Holder, except to a successor in the event of a Fundamental Transaction. This Warrant shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of the Company and the Holder and their respective successors and assigns. Subject to the preceding sentence, nothing in this Warrant shall be construed to give to any Person other than the Company and the Holder any legal or equitable right, remedy or cause of action under this Warrant.
Amendment and Waiver. This Warrant may be amended only in writing signed by the Company and the Holder, or their successors and assigns. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Company may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act
herein required to be performed by it, only if the Company has obtained the written consent of the Holder.
Acceptance. Receipt of this Warrant by the Holder shall constitute acceptance of and agreement to all of the terms and conditions contained herein.
Governing Law; Jurisdiction. ALL QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY, ENFORCEMENT AND INTERPRETATION OF THIS WARRANT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW THEREOF. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE HOLDER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS SITTING IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR WITH ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR DISCUSSED HEREIN (INCLUDING WITH RESPECT TO THE ENFORCEMENT OF ANY OF THE TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS), AND HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, AND AGREES NOT TO ASSERT IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, ANY CLAIM THAT IT IS NOT PERSONALLY SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE HOLDER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF PROCESS AND CONSENTS TO PROCESS BEING SERVED IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF VIA REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL OR OVERNIGHT DELIVERY (WITH EVIDENCE OF DELIVERY) TO SUCH PERSON AT THE ADDRESS IN EFFECT FOR NOTICES TO IT AND AGREES THAT SUCH SERVICE SHALL CONSTITUTE GOOD AND SUFFICIENT SERVICE OF PROCESS AND NOTICE THEREOF. NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED TO LIMIT IN ANY WAY ANY RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE HOLDER HEREBY WAIVES ALL RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY.
Headings. The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Warrant and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.
(h) Severability. If any part or provision of this Warrant is held unenforceable or in conflict with the applicable laws or regulations of any jurisdiction, the invalid or unenforceable part or provisions shall be replaced with a provision which accomplishes, to the extent possible, the original business purpose of such part or provision in a valid and enforceable manner, and the remainder of this Warrant shall remain binding upon the parties hereto.
[REMAINDER OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Amended and Restated Pre-Funded Warrant to Purchase Common Stock to be duly executed by its authorized officer as of the date first indicated above.
ELOXX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
By:_______________________________
Name: Sumit Aggarwal
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
Acknowledged and Accepted:
[ ]
By:_______________________________
Name:
Title:
DOCPROPERTY "CUS_DocIDChunk0" 75339482.1
SCHEDULE 1
FORM OF EXERCISE NOTICE
[To be executed by the Holder to purchase shares of Common Stock under the Warrant]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
- The undersigned is the Holder of Warrant No. [___] (as amended and restated, the “Warrant”) issued by Eloxx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings set forth in the Warrant.
(2) The undersigned hereby exercises its right to purchase [___] Warrant Shares pursuant to the Warrant.
(3) The Holder intends that payment of the Exercise Price shall be made as (check one):
| ☐ | Cash Exercise |
|---|---|
| ☐ | “Cashless Exercise” under Section 10 of the Warrant |
| --- | --- |
(4) If the Holder has elected a Cash Exercise, the Holder shall pay the sum of $ _____ in immediately available funds to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.
(5) Pursuant to this Exercise Notice, the Company shall deliver to the Holder Warrant Shares determined in accordance with the terms of the Warrant. The Warrant Shares shall be delivered (check one):
| ☐ | to the following DWAC Account Number: _______________________________ |
|---|---|
| ☐ | in book-entry form via a direct registration system |
| ☐ | by physical delivery of a certificate to: ______________________________________________________<br><br>_______________________________________________________ |
| ☐ | in restricted book-entry form in the Company’s share register |
(6) By its delivery of this Exercise Notice, the undersigned represents and warrants to the Company that in giving effect to the exercise evidenced hereby the Holder (i) is an “accredited investor” as defined in Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and (ii) will not beneficially own in excess of the number of shares of Common Stock (as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) permitted to be owned under Section 11(a) of the Warrant to which this notice relates.
| Dated: |
|---|
| Name of Holder: |
| By: |
| Name: |
| Title: |
(Signature must conform in all respects to name of Holder as specified on the face of the Warrant)
DOCPROPERTY "CUS_DocIDChunk0" 75339482.1
EX-31.1
Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATION
I, Sumit Aggarwal, certify that:
- I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Eloxx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.;
- Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
- Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
- The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
- Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
- Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
- Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
- Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
- The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
- All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
- Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
| Date: May 4, 2026 |
|---|
| /s/ Sumit Aggarwal |
| Sumit Aggarwal |
| Chief Executive Officer |
| (Principal Executive Officer) |
EX-31.2
Exhibit 31.2
CERTIFICATION
I, Daniel E. Geffken, certify that:
- I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Eloxx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.;
- Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
- Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
- The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
- Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
- Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
- Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
- Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
- The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
- All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
- Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
| Date: May 4, 2026 |
|---|
| /s/ Daniel E Geffken |
| Daniel E Geffken |
| Interim Chief Financial Officer |
| (Principal Financial Officer) |
EX-32.1
Exhibit 32.1
CERTIFICATION
Pursuant to the requirement set forth in Rule 13a-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code (18 U.S.C. §1350), as adopted by §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, I, Sumit Aggarwal, Chief Executive Officer of Eloxx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”), hereby certify that, to the best of my knowledge:
- The Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2026, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Quarterly Report”), fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, and
- The information contained in the Quarterly Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has set their hands hereto as of the 4th day of May 2026.
| /s/ Sumit Aggarwal |
|---|
| Sumit Aggarwal |
| Chief Executive Officer<br><br>(Principal Executive Officer) |
EX-32.2
Exhibit 32.2
CERTIFICATION
Pursuant to the requirement set forth in Rule 13a-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code (18 U.S.C. §1350), as adopted by §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, I, Daniel E. Geffken, Interim Chief Financial Officer of Eloxx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”), hereby certify that, to the best of my knowledge:
- The Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2026, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Quarterly Report”), fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, and
- The information contained in the Quarterly Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has set their hands hereto as of the 4th day of March 2026.
| /s/ Daniel E. Geffken |
|---|
| Daniel E. Geffken |
| Interim Chief Financial Officer<br><br>(Principal Financial Officer) |