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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 26, 2026

 

 

INHIBIKASE THERAPEUTICS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-39676   26-3407249

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

1000 N. West Street, Suite 1200

Wilmington, DE

  19801
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (302) 295-3800

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

 

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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

 

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common Stock, $0.001 par value   IKT   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

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

Emerging growth company

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. ☐

 

 
 


Item 5.02.

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensation Arrangements of Certain Officers.

The 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Inhibikase Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on June 26, 2026 in a virtual-only format via live webcast. As further described in Item 5.07 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, at the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s 2020 Equity Incentive Plan to increase the authorized number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance by 3,000,000 shares (the “2020 Plan Amendment”). A summary of the 2020 Plan Amendment was contained in the Company’s definitive proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”) filed on April 30, 2026 with the Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is incorporated herein by reference. The 2020 Plan Amendment was previously approved by the Company’s board of directors, subject to approval by the Company’s stockholders.

The foregoing description of the 2020 Plan Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the 2020 Plan Amendment, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.03.

Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Years.

As further described in Item 5.07 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, at the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Amendment”) to limit the liability of certain officers of the Company as permitted by Delaware law. A summary of the Certificate of Amendment was contained in the Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference. The Certificate of Amendment was previously approved by the Company’s board of directors, subject to approval by the Company’s stockholders.

On June 26, 2026, the Company filed the Certificate of Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and the Certificate of Amendment became effective upon filing.

The foregoing description of the Certificate of Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Certificate of Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.07.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The Annual Meeting was held on June 26, 2026. The following proposals were approved at the Annual Meeting by the votes indicated:

Proposal One: To elect two Class III directors, Arvind Kush and Dennis Berman, to the Board of Directors, each to serve until the Company’s 2029 annual meeting of stockholders and until his successor is duly elected and qualified, or until his earlier death, resignation or removal.

Arvind Kush and Dennis Berman were duly elected to the Board of Directors as Class III directors, each to serve until the Company’s 2029 annual meeting of stockholders, or until his successor is duly elected and qualified, or until his earlier death, resignation or removal:

 

Name

   Total Votes
for Director
     Total Votes
withheld from
Director
     Total Broker
Non-Votes
 

Arvind Kush

     70,338,595        12,770,121        23,911,956  

Dennis Berman

     64,127,395        18,981,321        23,911,956  

Proposal Two: To ratify the appointment of CohnReznick LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026.

 


     Total Votes  

For

     106,910,712  

Against

     96,428  

Abstain

     13,532  

Broker Non-Votes

     0  

Proposal Three: To approve an amendment to the Company’s certificate of incorporation to limit the liability of certain officers of the Company as permitted by Delaware law.

 

     Total Votes  

For

     82,321,246  

Against

     779,416  

Abstain

     8,054  

Broker Non-Votes

     23,911,956  

Proposal Four: To approve an amendment to the Company’s 2020 Equity Incentive Plan to increase the authorized number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance by 3,000,000 shares.

 

     Total Votes  

For

     60,795,802  

Against

     22,135,512  

Abstain

     177,402  

Broker Non-Votes

     23,911,956  

Proposal Five: To approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

 

     Total Votes  

For

     61,237,304  

Against

     21,648,671  

Abstain

     222,741  

Broker Non-Votes

     23,911,956  

Proposal Six: To vote, on a non-binding, advisory basis, on the frequency of future non-binding, advisory votes on compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

 

     Total Votes  

1 Year

     77,456,671  

2 Years

     1,379  

3 Years

     5,363,879  

Abstain

     286,787  

Broker Non-Votes

     23,911,956  

Based on these voting results, and the recommendation of the Board that was included in the Proxy Statement, the Company has determined that it will hold future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers on an annual basis until the next stockholder advisory vote on the frequency of future votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

No other matters were submitted to or voted on by the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting.

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Number

  

Description

3.1    Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant.
10.1#    Amendment No. 4 to Inhibikase Therapeutics, Inc. 2020 Equity Incentive Plan.
104    Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

 

#

Indicates a management contract or any compensatory plan, contract or arrangement.


SIGNATURES

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

 

Date: June 27, 2026   INHIBIKASE THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    By:  

/s/ Mark Iwicki

      Mark Iwicki
      Chief Executive Officer

Exhibit 3.1

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

TO THE

AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

INHIBIKASE THERAPEUTICS, INC.

Inhibikase Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Corporation”), a corporation organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, DOES HEREBY CERTIFY THAT:

First: Article IX of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety to read as follows:

“Section 1. To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as the same exists or as may hereafter be amended from time to time, a director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. If the DGCL is amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as so amended.

Section 2. To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as the same exists or as may hereafter be amended from time to time, an officer (as defined below) of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as an officer. If the DGCL is amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of officers, then the liability of an officer of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as so amended. For purposes of this Article IX, “officer” shall mean an individual who has been duly appointed as an officer of the Corporation and who, at the time of an act or omission as to which liability is asserted, is deemed to have consented to service of process to the registered agent of the Corporation as contemplated by 10 Del. C. § 3114(b).

Section 3. The Corporation shall indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any director or officer of the Corporation who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “Proceeding”) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any such Proceeding. The Corporation shall be required to indemnify a person in connection with a Proceeding initiated by such person only if the Proceeding was authorized by the Board of Directors.

Section 4. The Corporation shall have the power to indemnify, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any such Proceeding.

Section 5. Neither any amendment nor repeal of any Section of this Article IX, nor the adoption of any provision of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws inconsistent with this Article IX, shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this Article IX in respect of any matter occurring, or any cause of action, suit, claim or proceeding accruing or arising or that, but for this Article IX, would accrue or arise, prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision.”


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation to be signed by its Chief Executive Officer, on June 26, 2026.

INHIBIKASE THERAPEUTICS, INC.

 

By:  

/s/ Mark Iwicki

Name: Mark Iwicki
Title: Chief Executive Officer

Exhibit 10.1

AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO THE

INHIBIKASE THERAPEUTICS, INC.

2020 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

The Inhibikase Therapeutics, Inc. 2020 Equity Incentive Plan (as amended, the “Plan”) is hereby amended, effective as of the date of adoption of this Amendment by the Board of Directors of Inhibikase Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”), but subject to approval by the Company’s stockholders in accordance with Section 11 of the Plan:

1. Section 3(a) of the Plan is amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

(a) Shares Subject to the Plan. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 3(c) of the Plan, the maximum aggregate number of Shares that may be issued in respect of Awards under the Plan is 41,386,723 (the “Plan Limit”), plus on January 1, 2027 and each January 1 thereafter, the Plan Limit shall be cumulatively increased by the lesser of (i) 4 percent of the number of shares of Stock issued and outstanding and the number of shares of Stock issuable pursuant to the exercise of any outstanding, pre-funded warrants to acquire Stock for a nominal exercise price on the immediately preceding December 31 or (ii) such lesser number of Shares determined by the Committee (the “Annual Increase”). Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 3(c) of the Plan, the maximum aggregate number of Shares that may be issued under the Plan in respect of Incentive Stock Options is 41,386,723, as cumulatively increased on January 1, 2027 and each January 1 thereafter, by the lesser of (i) the Annual Increase or (ii) 7,532,534 Shares. Any Shares issued hereunder may consist, in whole or in part, of authorized and unissued Shares or treasury shares. Any Shares issued by the Company through the assumption or substitution of outstanding grants in connection with the acquisition of another entity shall not reduce the maximum number of Shares available for delivery under the Plan.

 

  (i)

If any award granted under the Inhibikase Therapeutics, Inc. 2011 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the “2011 Plan”) expires, terminates, is canceled or is forfeited for any reason after the Effective Date, the Shares subject to that award will be added to the Plan Limit and become available for issuance hereunder.

 

  (ii)

The maximum total grant date fair value of Awards (as measured by the Company for financial accounting purposes) granted to any Participant in his or her capacity as a Non-Employee Director in any single calendar year shall not exceed $750,000.

*   *   *

Except as amended hereby, the terms and conditions of the Plan shall otherwise continue in full force and effect.

INHIBIKASE THERAPEUTICS, INC.

 

By:  

/s/ Mark Iwicki

Name: Mark Iwicki
Title: Chief Executive Officer