LeonaBio’s SEC filings document the company’s transition from Athira Pharma, including the corporate name change, amended charter and bylaws, Nasdaq ticker change, and continuing public-company reporting on The Nasdaq Capital Market. Form 8-K reports cover operating and financial results, Regulation FD disclosures, material agreements, and the completed acquisition of rights related to the lasofoxifene development program.
Registration statements and proxy materials describe securities offered or issuable, pre-funded warrants and other warrant exercises, shareholder voting matters under Nasdaq rules, and capital-structure limits. The filings also disclose governance, risk factors, product-candidate development, and the historical Athira pipeline, including ATH-1105 and HGF-system small-molecule programs.
LeonaBio, Inc. reported full-year 2025 results and highlighted a major strategic shift toward oncology and neurodegeneration. For the year ended December 31, 2025, cash, cash equivalents and investments rose to $88.3 million from $51.3 million, helped by a $90 million private placement of common stock and warrants that could bring in up to an additional $146 million if fully exercised.
Research and development expenses increased to $85.6 million, mainly from $68.1 million of acquired in‑process R&D tied to the lasofoxifene license, while general and administrative expenses fell to $16.7 million. Net loss widened modestly to $105.6 million, or $24.70 per share, compared with $96.9 million, or $25.19 per share, in 2024.
The company acquired an exclusive global license (excluding Asia and certain Middle East countries) to late‑stage breast cancer drug candidate lasofoxifene and is running the Phase 3 ELAINE‑3 trial, expecting enrollment completion in 4Q 2026 and topline data in 2H 2027. Its ALS candidate ATH‑1105 showed favorable Phase 1 safety and CNS penetration, with a Phase 2 proof‑of‑concept study in ALS planned to start in the second half of 2026.
LeonaBio, Inc. reported results of a special stockholder meeting where several major equity actions were approved. Stockholders adopted a new 2026 Equity Incentive Plan allowing issuance of up to 5,700,000 shares, plus up to 1,300,000 additional shares recycled from certain expired or forfeited awards under the prior 2020 plan, and an annual increase tied to up to 5% of outstanding common stock and pre-funded warrants.
Stockholders also approved potential issuances of common stock upon exercise of a Sermonix pre-funded warrant for 5,502,402 shares and additional warrant exercises by Perceptive Advisors that could raise their beneficial ownership above 19.99%, consistent with Nasdaq Rules 5635(a)(2) and 5635(b). In a major capital structure change, authorized common stock increased from 90,000,000 to 400,000,000 shares and total authorized capital stock from 190,000,000 to 500,000,000 shares via a certificate of amendment filed on March 18, 2026.
LeonaBio, Inc. President and CEO Mark James Litton reported several equity transactions involving company stock. On March 3, 2026, 22,254 restricted stock units were exercised at $0.00 per share, converting into the same number of common shares and bringing his direct common stock holdings to 63,082 shares.
On March 4, 2026, 5,156 common shares were sold at a weighted-average price of $5.37 per share to cover tax withholding obligations triggered by the RSU vesting under the company’s mandatory “sell to cover” policies; no additional shares were sold. After this tax-related sale, he directly owned 57,926 common shares. Separate irrevocable trusts established for his children each held 656 common shares as indirect ownership.
LeonaBio, Inc.’s chief financial officer reported routine equity activity involving restricted stock units and a small tax-related sale. On March 3, 3,900 restricted stock units vested and converted into the same number of common shares. On March 4, 906 common shares were sold at a weighted-average price of $5.37 solely to cover tax withholding obligations under a mandatory “sell to cover” policy, leaving 15,851 common shares held directly.
LeonaBio, Inc. executive Mark Worthington reported a mix of share transactions tied to vesting equity awards. On March 3, 2026, 5,726 restricted stock units were exercised into the same number of common shares at $0.00 per share, reflecting a standard RSU conversion.
On March 4, 2026, 1,328 common shares were sold in an open-market transaction at a weighted-average price of $5.37 per share to cover tax withholding obligations under LeonaBio’s mandatory “sell to cover” policies, which the filing notes was not a discretionary sale. After these transactions, Worthington directly held 18,376 common shares.
LeonaBio, Inc. Chief Scientific Officer Kevin Church reported RSU vesting and related share transactions. On March 3, he exercised 5,856 restricted stock units, each converting into one share of common stock at a stated price of $0.00 per share.
Those RSUs, originally granted as 5,856 units on March 3, 2025 and vesting in full one year later, increased his common stock holdings. On March 4, 1,359 common shares were sold in open-market transactions at a weighted-average price of $5.37 per share solely to cover tax withholding obligations under LeonaBio’s mandatory “sell to cover” policy.
After these transactions, Church directly held 25,178 shares of LeonaBio common stock.
LeonaBio, Inc.’s chief medical officer Javier San Martin reported equity compensation activity and a related tax sale. On March 3, 2026, 7,418 restricted stock units (RSUs) fully vested and were converted into 7,418 shares of common stock at a stated price of $0.00 per share.
On March 4, 2026, 1,720 shares of common stock were sold in open-market transactions at a weighted-average price of $5.37 per share, solely to cover tax withholding obligations under LeonaBio’s mandatory “sell to cover” policies, and not as a discretionary sale. After these transactions, Javier San Martin directly owned 15,887 shares of LeonaBio common stock.
LeonaBio, Inc. (ATHA) filed a Rule 144 notice to sell 22,254 shares of common stock tied to an equity compensation event.
The filing also reports 2,586 shares sold in the past three months and lists a 03/04/2026 transaction date for the restricted stock lapse.
LeonaBio, Inc. is asking stockholders to approve several capital and governance proposals at a virtual special meeting on March 18, 2026. The company seeks approval to issue 5,502,402 shares of common stock upon exercise of a pre-funded warrant held by Sermonix, and to allow Sermonix and Perceptive to exercise their warrants even if their ownership exceeds 19.99%, as required by Nasdaq Rule 5635(b). Stockholders are also asked to approve a new 2026 Equity Incentive Plan with an initial reserve of 5,700,000 shares plus an evergreen increase, amend the charter to increase authorized common stock, and permit adjournment if more time is needed to secure votes. If key proposals fail, LeonaBio may owe Sermonix up to $7.5 million in redemptions and would have fewer shares available for future financings and incentives.