Onconetix (ONCO) announced the September 22, 2025 signing and closing of a private placement of shares of the Company’s Series D Convertible Preferred Stock, $0.00001 par value, and warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 4,362,827 shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.00001 par value per share, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $12.9 million. Approximately $9.3 million was paid in cash and the balance was used to offset certain amounts owed by the Company to certain investors. The Series D Preferred Stock are initially convertible into an aggregate of 4,362,827 shares of Common Stock, subject to certain anti-dilution adjustments. The Warrants will have an initial exercise price of $3.6896 per share, subject to certain anti-dilution adjustments, and are exercisable beginning on the issuance date and expiring on the third anniversary of the Initial Exercisability Date. The Company has filed a Current Report on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 26, 2025, with additional details of the transaction. The Company agreed to seek stockholder approval for the issuance of all of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series D Preferred Stock and exercise of the Warrants in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Nasdaq Stock Market. In full satisfaction of the Company’s approximately $8.8 million debt to Veru (VERU), Inc., approximately $6.3 million of the cash proceeds from the Financing Transaction was paid to Veru, Inc., and the remaining $2.5 million of debt was converted into 3,125 shares of Series D Preferred Stock and 846,975 warrants as part of the Financing Transaction. The Company intends to use the remaining net cash proceeds from the Financing Transaction to cover costs and expenses associated with the termination of a previously contemplated business combination with Ocuvex, Inc., and for working capital and general corporate purposes.
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