[8-K] Medicus Pharma Ltd. Reports Material Event

Rhea-AI Filing Summary

Medicus Pharma Ltd. (NASDAQ: MDCX) filed an 8-K on 14 July 2025 disclosing a capital-raising transaction structured as a warrant-exercise inducement.

Key terms of the Inducement Agreement

• The company persuaded one accredited/institutional holder to immediately exercise 1,340,000 outstanding warrants (strike = $2.80) in exchange for $3.75 million gross proceeds.
• As consideration, the holder will receive 2,680,000 new five-year warrants (two equal series) exercisable at $3.75. One series carries a forced-exercise feature if the share VWAP ≥ $10 for 10 trading days.
• Closing is expected on 14 July 2025; Maxim Group will receive a 6 % cash fee on gross proceeds.
• The company will file a Form S-1 within 120 days to register resale of the shares underlying the new warrants.

Additional equity sales under SEPA

• On 9 July and 14 July 2025 the company issued 490,000 common shares to Yorkville for $1.521 million (avg. price ≈ $3.10) under the February 2025 Standby Equity Purchase Agreement.
• Proceeds will partly prepay Yorkville debentures; future draws under the SEPA remain available.

Use of proceeds: ongoing clinical trials, general working capital and costs related to the pending acquisition of Antev Limited.

Investor takeaways

• The transactions inject roughly $5.3 million of fresh capital before fees.
• Potential dilution includes up to 2.68 million new warrant shares plus the 490 k SEPA shares already issued.
• Forced-exercise and VWAP-based adjustments could accelerate cash inflows but also amplify future share issuance.

Positive

• $3.75 million in immediate gross proceeds improves near-term liquidity for clinical and M&A objectives.
• New warrants carry a $3.75 exercise price, above both the prior $2.80 strike and recent SEPA share prices, implying some pricing discipline.
• Forced-exercise clause at a $10 VWAP could accelerate additional cash inflows if the share price appreciates.

Negative

• Issuance of 2.68 million new warrants plus 490 k SEPA shares represents meaningful potential dilution for existing shareholders.
• Inducement agent fee of 6 % reduces net proceeds; Yorkville may resell SEPA shares, adding market overhang.
• Reliance on unregistered securities and frequent exempt offerings signals ongoing need for external capital.

Insights

Securities Analyst

TL;DR Small cash infusion improves liquidity but substantial warrant overhang tempers upside; overall market impact likely neutral.

The inducement generates $3.75 million at a modest 6 % fee, providing near-term cash for trials and the Antev deal. However, the consideration—2.68 million new $3.75 warrants—more than doubles the exercised amount, creating a sizeable future supply of stock. The forced-exercise feature at a $10 VWAP could accelerate capital if shares rally, yet also caps upside if holders hedge. Additional SEPA draws add flexibility but signal continued reliance on dilutive financing. Given the company’s small-cap biotech profile, the aggregate $5.3 million raise is helpful but not transformative. I classify the disclosure as neutral because liquidity gains are largely offset by dilution risk.

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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): July 14, 2025

MEDICUS PHARMA LTD.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Ontario	001-42408	98-1778211
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission	(IRS Employer
of incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)

300 Conshohocken State Road, Suite 200
Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, United States 19428
(Address of principal executive offices) (ZIP Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (610) 540-7515

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class		Trading Symbols		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common shares, no par value		MDCX		NASDAQ Capital Market
Warrants, each exercisable for one common share at an exercise price of $4.64 per share		MDCXW		NASDAQ Capital Market

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.

Warrant Inducement Agreement

On July 14, 2025, Medicus Pharma Ltd. (the "Company") entered into an inducement offer (the "Agreement") with a certain accredited and institutional holder (the "Holder") to exercise existing warrants to purchase up to 1,340,000 of the Company's common shares ("Common Shares") issued on March 10, 2025 and with an exercise price of $2.80 per Common Share (the "Existing Warrants"). Pursuant to the Agreement, the Holder, upon exercise, will receive new unregistered warrants (the "New Warrants") to purchase up to 2,680,000 Common Shares upon the exercise of the New Warrants (the "New Warrant Shares"), pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Securities Act").

The New Warrants, which will be issued in two series, each containing 50% of the New Warrants, will have an exercise price of $3.75 per Common Share, will be exercisable following the date of issuance and will expire on the five-year anniversary of such date. In addition, one of the series of New Warrants will contain a right for the Company to force the Holder to exercise such New Warrants, subject to certain conditions described in the New Warrants, in the event that the average VWAP of the Common Shares during any ten (10) Trading Day period shall equal or exceed $10.00. The exercise price and the number of New Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of each New Warrant are subject to appropriate adjustments in the event of certain share dividends and distributions, share splits, share consolidations, reclassifications or similar events affecting the Common Shares. In addition, in certain circumstances, upon a fundamental transaction (as defined in the New Warrants), a holder of New Warrants will be entitled to receive, upon exercise of the New Warrants, the kind and amount of securities, cash or other property that such holder would have received had they exercised the New Warrants immediately prior to the fundamental transaction. Additionally, as more fully described in the New Warrants, in the event of certain fundamental transactions, the holders of the New Warrants will be entitled to receive consideration in an amount equal to the Black Scholes value of the New Warrants on the date of consummation of the transaction.

The closing is expected to take place on or about July 14, 2025, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions. Gross proceeds to the Company from the exercise of the Existing Warrants is expected to be approximately $3.75 million, prior to deducting placement agent fees as further described below. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for ongoing clinical trials, working capital and general corporate purposes, which includes costs associated with the Company's agreement to acquire Antev Limited.

The issuance of the Common Shares underlying the Existing Warrants will be qualified pursuant to the Company's Offering Statement on Form 1-A (File No. 024-12573).

The Company agreed in the Agreement to file a registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") providing for the resale of the New Warrant Shares as soon as practicable, and in any event within one-hundred and twenty (120) calendar days of the date of the Agreement (the "Initial Filing Date), and to use commercially reasonable efforts to have such registration statement declared effective by the SEC on or prior to the thirtieth (30) calendar day after the Initial Filing Date. Pursuant to the Agreement, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to keep such registration statement effective at all times until the original holder of the New Warrants may sell its New Warrant Shares without volume or manner of sale limitation under Rule 144.

In connection with the transactions contemplated in the Agreement, the Company agreed to pay its inducement agent, Maxim Group, LLC, a cash fee equal to 6.0% of the gross proceeds received by the Company in the transactions contemplated by the Agreement.

The foregoing descriptions of the New Warrants and Agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the New Warrants and the Agreement, forms of which are attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibits 4.1 and 10.1, respectively.

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

The disclosure regarding the Existing Warrants, New Warrants and the New Warrant Shares set forth under Item 1.01 is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02. The Company expects to issue the New Warrants in reliance on the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, provided by Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act in a transaction not involving a public offering. Neither the New Warrants nor the New Warrant Shares have been registered under the Securities Act, and such securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws.

In addition, on July 9, 2025 and July 14, 2025, pursuant to the previously disclosed Standby Equity Purchase Agreement (the "SEPA") dated February 10, 2025 between Medicus Pharma Ltd. (the "Company") and YA II PN, Ltd. ("Yorkville"), the Company sold 155,000 Common Shares to Yorkville for approximately $3.2841 per share, or approximately $509,000 in consideration and 335,000 Common Shares to Yorkville for approximately $3.0216 per share, or approximately $1,012,000 in consideration, respectively (together, the "SEPA Advances"). The Company sold, in the aggregate, 490,000 Common Shares to Yorkville through the SEPA Advances and received aggregate net proceeds of approximately $1,521,000. The Company may cause Yorkville to purchase additional Common Shares under the SEPA from time to time, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions and limitations set forth in the SEPA. The Company intends to use part of the net proceeds from the SEPA Advances to prepay a portion of the debentures the Company has outstanding with Yorkville, as described in that certain Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 20, 2025. The Common Shares were issued and sold to Yorkville in reliance upon the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") afforded by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. The Company is relying on this exemption from registration based in part on representations made by Yorkville in the SEPA. Yorkville may resell the Common Shares it has purchased from the Company under the SEPA from time to time pursuant to that certain effective registration statement on form S-1 (File No. 333-287582), which has been filed by the Company in accordance with its requirements under the SEPA.

This report shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

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Exhibit No.	Description
4.1	Form of New Warrant
10.1	Form of Warrant Inducement Agreement
104.1	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the inline XBRL document).

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain information in this news release constitutes "forward-looking information" under applicable securities laws. "Forward-looking information" is defined as disclosure regarding possible events, conditions or financial performance that is based on assumptions about future economic conditions and courses of action and includes, without limitation, statements regarding the closing of the Company's issuance of the New Warrants and the timing thereof, the Company's aim to fast fast-track the clinical development program and convert the SKNJCT-003 exploratory clinical trial into a pivotal clinical trial, and approval from the FDA and the timing thereof, the commencement of the SKNJCT-004 study and the potential results of and benefits of such study, the Antev transaction, including the closing of the transaction or the timing thereof, the potential benefits of the Antev transaction, if consummated, including plans and expectations concerning, and future outcomes relating to, the development, advancement and commercialization of Teverelix, and the potential market opportunities related thereto, the results of the interim analysis, which may or may not correlate with the findings of the clinical study report that will be compiled following completion of the phase 2 study, the Company's plans and expectations concerning, and future outcomes relating to, the submission and advancement of the phase 2 clinical protocol, the randomization of patients and size of the study. Forward-looking statements are often but not always, identified by the use of such terms as "may", "on track", "aim", "might", "will", "will likely result", "would", "should", "estimate", "plan", "project", "forecast", "intend", "expect", "anticipate", "believe", "seek", "continue", "target" or the negative and/or inverse of such terms or other similar expressions. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements, including those risk factors described in the Company's public filings on EDGAR and on SEDAR+, which may impact, among other things, the trading price and liquidity of the Company's common shares. Forward-looking statements contained in this news release are expressly qualified by this cautionary statement and reflect our expectations as of the date hereof and thus are subject to change thereafter. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

Readers are cautioned that the foregoing list is not exhaustive, and readers are encouraged to review the Company's long form prospectus accessible on the Company's profile on EDGAR at www.sec.gov and on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca. Readers are further cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as there can be no assurance that the plans, intentions or expectations upon which they are placed will occur. Such information, although considered reasonable by management at the time of preparation, may prove to be incorrect and actual results may differ materially from those anticipated.

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.

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	MEDICUS PHARMA LTD.
	By:		/s/ Raza Bokhari
	Name:		Dr. Raza Bokhari
	Title:		Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

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Dated: July 14, 2025​​

FAQ

How much cash will Medicus Pharma (MDCX) receive from the warrant inducement?

The company expects approximately $3.75 million in gross proceeds before fees from the exercise of 1,340,000 existing warrants.

What are the terms of the new warrants issued by MDCX?

Medicus will issue 2,680,000 unregistered warrants exercisable at $3.75 per share, expiring five years from issuance; one series can be forced if VWAP ≥ $10 for 10 days.

How many shares did Yorkville purchase under the SEPA and for how much?

Yorkville bought 490,000 common shares for $1.521 million at an average price of about $3.10 per share on 9 & 14 July 2025.

What will Medicus Pharma use the new funds for?

Proceeds are earmarked for ongoing clinical trials, working capital, and expenses linked to the planned acquisition of Antev Limited.

Will the new warrant shares be registered for resale?

Yes. MDCX committed to file a Form S-1 within 120 days and seek effectiveness within 30 days thereafter to register the resale of the new warrant shares.

What fees are associated with the warrant inducement?

The company will pay Maxim Group a 6 % cash fee on the gross proceeds from the warrant exercise.