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    Lixte Biotechnology Holdings Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities, Financial Statements and Exhibits

    12/31/25 4:00:47 PM ET
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    false 0001335105 0001335105 2025-12-30 2025-12-30 iso4217:USD xbrli:shares iso4217:USD xbrli:shares

     

     

     

    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 30, 2025

     

    LIXTE BIOTECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, INC.

    (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     

    delaware   001-39717   20-2903526

    (State or other jurisdiction

    of incorporation)

     

    (Commission

    File Number)

     

    (I.R.S. Employer

    Identification Number)

     

    433 Plaza Real, Suite 275

    Boca Raton, Florida 33432

    (Address of principal executive offices)

     

    (631) 830-7092

    (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 (See General Instruction A.2. below):

     

    ☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR 230.425)
       
    ☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
       
    ☐ 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(e) 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, par value $0.0001 per share   LIXT   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 1.01. Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement

     

    On December 30, 2025, Lixte Biotechnology Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into a Share Exchange Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Orbit Capital Inc., a Cayman Islands corporation (“Orbit”).

     

    Pursuant to the Agreement, Orbit exchanged 2,700 shares of the Company’s Series C Preferred Stock (the “Series C Shares”) for 700,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), and 200 ordinary shares, representing 20% of the outstanding securities, of the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary Liora Technologies Europe Ltd., a corporation organized under the laws of England and Wales (“Liora”). Upon closing of the exchange contemplated by the Agreement, all of the Company’s Series C Shares were cancelled and the Company held 800 ordinary shares of Liora.

     

    Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

     

    The disclosure set forth above in Item 1.01 of this Form 8-K relating to exchange of the Series C Shares for Common Stock to Orbit pursuant to the Agreement, is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.

     

    The exchange of the Common Stock to be issued in connection with the exchange of the Series C Shares pursuant to the Agreement was made in reliance upon the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”), as amended and/or Rule 506 of Regulation D of the Securities Act and in reliance on similar exemptions under applicable state laws. This Form 8-K shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of any offer to buy the securities discussed herein, nor shall there be any offer, solicitation, or sale of the securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state. 

     

    The Agreement with Orbit Capital Inc. is being filed as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the agreement, which is filed herewith as Exhibits 10.1.

     

    Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

     

    (d) Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed herewith.

     

    Exhibit

    Number

      Description
    10.1   Share Exchange Agreement dated December 30, 2025, among Orbit Capital Inc. and Lixte Biotechnology Holdings,
    104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the inline XBRL Document)

     

     

     

     

    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: December 31, 2025 LIXTE BIOTECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, INC.
      (Registrant)
         
      By: /s/ Geordan Pursglove
        Geordan Pursglove
        Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

     

     

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