ovid-20260420
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): April 17, 2026
Ovid Therapeutics Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
| Delaware | 001-38085 | 46-5270895 | ||||||
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) | ||||||
441 Ninth Avenue, 14th Floor New York, New York | 10001 | |||||||
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |||||||
Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: 646-661-7661
Not Applicable
(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, par value $0.001 per share | OVID | 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 8.01 Other Events.
On April 17, 2026, the Series A Warrants (the “Series A Warrants”) issued by Ovid Therapeutics Inc. (the “Company”) in connection with its October 2025 private placement expired. The aggregate number of common shares underlying the Series A Warrants was 38,481,325, and investors elected to exercise the warrants into 33,597,860 shares of the Company’s common stock for $1.40 per share and 4,883,464 pre-funded warrants for $1.399 per share, resulting in gross proceeds to the Company of approximately $53.9 million.
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: April 20, 2026 | ||||||||
| OVID THERAPEUTICS INC. | ||||||||
| By: | /s/ Jeffrey Rona | |||||||
Jeffrey Rona | ||||||||
| Chief Business and Financial Officer | ||||||||