Lipocine (LPCN) establishes $50M at-the-market common stock sales plan
Rhea-AI Filing Summary
Lipocine Inc. has activated a stock sales program that lets it issue and sell up to $50,000,000 of common stock through A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners as its sales agent. These shares may be sold from time to time into the market under an existing equity distribution agreement first signed in April 2024.
The company also provided a legal opinion from Dorsey & Whitney LLP confirming the validity of the shares to be issued under this arrangement.
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| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
On April 26, 2024, Lipocine Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a sales agreement (the “Sales Agreement”) with A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners as sales agent (the “Sales Agent”) to offer and sell shares of its common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), from time to time through the Sales Agent. On February 26, 2026, the Company filed a prospectus supplement under the Sales Agreement for an aggregate of $50,000,000 of shares of Common Stock to be sold under the Sales Agreement. A copy of the legal opinion of Dorsey & Whitney LLP, relating to the validity of the shares in connection with the Equity Distribution Agreement is filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (d) | Exhibits |
The following exhibits are filed with this report:
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 5.1 | Opinion of Dorsey & Whitney LLP | |
| 23.1 | Consent of Dorsey & Whitney LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1) | |
| 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.
| LIPOCINE INC. | ||||
| Date: | March 4, 2026 | By: | /s/ Mahesh V. Patel | |
| Mahesh V. Patel | ||||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||