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): January 27, 2026
Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-14888 | 33-0969592 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
660 W. Germantown Pike, Suite 110
Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(267) 440-4200
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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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, $0.001 par value | INO | 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).
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| Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On January 27, 2026, Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) amended each of its outstanding Series A warrants issued on July 7, 2025 (the “Series A Warrants”) to extend the expiration date of each outstanding Series A Warrant to 5:00 p.m. New York City time on March 31, 2026 (the “Amendment”).
The Series A Warrants were issued in the Company’s July 2025 underwritten public offering. The outstanding Series A Warrants are exercisable for up to 13,564,268 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”) (or pre-funded warrants, each representing the right to purchase one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.001 (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”) in lieu thereof), and have an exercise price of $1.75 per share (or $1.749 per Pre-Funded Warrant) and would otherwise have expired at 5:00 p.m. New York City time on January 28, 2026, which is 30 days following the Company’s public announcement of the acceptance of a Biologic License Application for INO-3107 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. All other terms of the Series A Warrants remain unchanged.
A prospectus supplement amendment relating to the Amendment will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The foregoing summary of the Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Amendment, the form of which is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 3.03 | Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders. |
The information contained in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.03.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit | Description | |
| 4.1 | Form of Amendment to the Series A Warrant. | |
| 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.
| INOVIO PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. | ||||||
| Date: January 27, 2026 | By: | /s/ Peter Kies | ||||
| Peter Kies | ||||||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||