Current Report

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) December 12, 2025

Lightwave Logic, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada

001-40766

82-0497368

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

369 Inverness Parkway, Suite 350, Englewood, CO 80112

(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)

(720) 340-4949

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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:

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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, par value $0.001 per share

LWLG

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 1.02 Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.

On December 12, 2025, Lightwave Logic, Inc. (the "Company") delivered notice to Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC ("Lincoln Park") terminating the Purchase Agreement, dated March 17, 2025 (the "Purchase Agreement"), with Lincoln Park effective December 15, 2025 (the "Termination Date"). The Purchase Agreement provided that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions and limitations set forth therein, the Company had the right to sell to Lincoln Park up to $30 million of shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.001 per share ("Common Stock"), from time to time over the 36-month term of the Purchase Agreement. The Purchase Agreement provided the Company could terminate the Purchase Agreement for any reason or for no reason with one business day notice to Lincoln Park. Certain provisions in the Purchase Agreement survive termination, as more fully described in the Purchase Agreement.

The description above of the Purchase Agreement contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the copy of the Purchase Agreement filed as Exhibit 10.33 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K on March 18, 2025.

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.

LIGHTWAVE LOGIC, INC.

By:	/s/ James S. Marcelli
Name:	James S. Marcelli
Title:	Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer

Dated: December 15, 2025

Lightwave Logic Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement