Envoy Medical (NASDAQ: COCH) raises $4M in stock, issues warrants

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Envoy Medical, Inc. entered into a financing in which it will sell 3,007,524 shares of Class A common stock in a registered direct offering at $1.33 per share, for expected gross proceeds of about $4.0 million before fees and expenses. At the same time, the company will issue Private Warrants in a concurrent private placement to purchase up to 9,022,572 additional shares at $1.33 per share, which could bring in about $12.0 million in additional gross proceeds if fully exercised in cash.

The Private Warrants are immediately exercisable and will expire two years after the resale registration for the warrant shares becomes effective. Envoy agreed to file a resale registration statement on Form S-1 within 30 days and to seek effectiveness within 90 days of closing. The company also granted H.C. Wainwright & Co. cash fees on the offering and warrant exercises and issued it Placement Agent Warrants for up to 225,564 shares at an exercise price of $1.6625 per share. Envoy plans to use the net proceeds for working capital and general corporate purposes.

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Envoy raises cash through discounted stock plus sizable short-term warrants.

Envoy Medical is using a combined registered direct offering and concurrent private placement to raise equity capital. It is selling 3,007,524 common shares at $1.33 per share for expected gross proceeds of about $4.0 million, and issuing Private Warrants for up to 9,022,572 additional shares with the same exercise price. This structure brings in immediate cash while creating potential follow-on cash inflows if investors exercise the warrants.

The Private Warrants are immediately exercisable and expire two years after the related resale registration becomes effective, so the window for additional capital is defined and relatively short. Beneficial ownership caps of 4.99% or, at the holder’s option, 9.99% limit any single holder’s post-exercise stake, which may help manage ownership concentration. Envoy must file a Form S-1 within 30 days and use commercially reasonable efforts to have it effective within 90 days of closing, so subsequent disclosures around this registration will be important for understanding warrant resale dynamics.

H.C. Wainwright & Co. receives a 7.5% cash fee plus a 1.0% management fee on gross proceeds from the offering, and additional fees and warrant coverage tied to any future warrant exercises. Envoy also accepted a 15-day lock-up on new equity and agreed not to enter into variable rate transactions for one year, which shapes near-term financing flexibility while this structure is in place.

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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): October 7, 2025

ENVOY MEDICAL, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		001-40133		86-1369123
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

4875 White Bear Parkway White Bear Lake, MN		55110
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (877) 900-3277

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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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
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share		COCH		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Redeemable Warrants, each whole Warrant exercisable for one share of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share		COCHW		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 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

On October 7, 2025, Envoy Medical, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with certain accredited and institutional investors named therein (the “Purchasers”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell, in a registered direct offering by the Company directly to the Purchasers (the “Registered Offering”) 3,007,524 shares (the “Shares”) of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (“Common Stock”), at a purchase price of $1.33 per share. The Shares were offered pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-282474) and a related prospectus supplement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, in a concurrent private placement (the “Private Placement” and together with the Registered Offering, the “Offering”), the Company agreed to issue to the Purchasers warrants (the “Private Warrants”) to purchase up to an aggregate of 9,022,572 shares of Common Stock (the “Warrant Shares”). The Private Warrants have an exercise price of $1.33 per share, will be immediately exercisable and will expire on the second anniversary of the date on which the registration statement registering the resale of the Warrant Shares becomes effective (the “Effective Date”). Neither the issuance of the Private Warrants nor the Warrant Shares was registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Private Warrants were offered pursuant to the exemption provided in Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act and Rule 506(b) promulgated thereunder.

The Purchase Agreement contains customary representations and warranties and agreements of the Company and the Purchasers and customary indemnification rights and obligations of the parties. Pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed to certain restrictions on the issuance and sale of its Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) during the 15-day period following the closing of the Offering (the “Lock-up Period”). Additionally, the Company agreed not to enter into a variable rate transaction for a period of one year following the closing of the Offering, subject to certain exceptions.

Unless elected by the holder, a holder of a Private Warrant (together with its affiliates) may not exercise any portion of the Private Warrants to the extent that the holder would own more than 4.99% (or, at the holder's option upon issuance, 9.99%) of the Company's outstanding Common Stock immediately after exercise. However, upon at least 61 days' prior notice from the holder to the Company, a holder with a 4.99% ownership blocker may increase the amount of ownership of outstanding Common Stock after exercising the holder's Private Warrants up to 9.99% of the number of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the exercise, as such percentage ownership is determined in accordance with the terms of the Private Warrants.

Pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Company agreed, as soon as practicable and in any event within 30 days of the date of the Purchase Agreement, to file a registration statement on Form S-1 providing for the resale by the holders of shares of the Warrant Shares and to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective within 90 calendar days following the closing of the Offering and to keep such registration statement effective at all times until the Purchasers do not own any Private Warrants or Warrant Shares.

The Offering is expected to close on October 9, 2025, subject to customary closing conditions. The Offering is expected to result in aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of approximately $4.0 million, before deducting the Placement Agent fees and related Offering expenses. Additionally, if the holders of Private Warrants exercise such Private Warrants in full, the Company would receive additional gross proceeds of approximately $12.0 million. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering for working capital and other general corporate purposes.

On September 17, 2025, the Company entered into an engagement letter in connection with the Offering (the “Engagement Letter”) with H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC (the “Placement Agent”), pursuant to which the Placement Agent agreed to serve as the exclusive placement agent for the issuance and sale of securities of the Company pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. As compensation for such placement agent services, the Company has agreed to pay the Placement Agent an aggregate cash fee equal to 7.5% of the gross proceeds received by the Company from sales to the Purchasers in the Offering, plus a management fee equal to 1.0% of the gross proceeds received by the Company from the Offering. The Company also agreed to reimburse the Placement Agent for up to $50,000 of its fees and expenses of legal counsel and other out-of-pocket expenses, $20,000 for non-accountable expenses, and up to $15,950 of clearing expenses.

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The Company has also agreed to issue to the Placement Agent or its designees warrants to purchase up to that number of shares of Common Stock equal to 7.5% of the aggregate number of Shares sold in the Offering or up to 225,564 shares of Common Stock (the “Placement Agent Warrants” and, together with the Private Warrants, the “Warrants”). The Placement Agent Warrants are immediately exercisable, will expire on the earlier of (i) two years from the Effective Date and (ii) October 7, 2030, and have an exercise price of $1.6625 per share. Neither of the Placement Agent Warrants nor the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Placement Agent Warrants (the “Placement Agent Warrant Shares”) are registered under the Securities Act. The Placement Agent Warrants and the Placement Agent Warrant Shares were issued in reliance on the exemptions from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act and Regulation D thereunder.

In addition, in connection with any future exercise of the Private Warrants, the Company has agreed to (A) pay the Placement Agent (i) a cash fee equal to 7.5% of the aggregate gross exercise price paid in cash with respect to the exercise of such Private Warrants and (ii) a management fee equal to 1.0% of the aggregate gross exercise price paid in cash with respect to the exercise of such Private Warrants and (B) issue to Placement Agent or its designees additional Placement Agent Warrants to purchase that number of shares equal to 7.5% of the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock underlying such Private Warrants that have been exercised.

The foregoing summaries of the form of Purchase Agreement, the form of Private Warrant and the form of Placement Agent Warrant do not purport to be complete and are subject to, and qualified in their entirety by, such documents attached as Exhibits 10.1, 4.1, and 4.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which are incorporated herein by reference.

This Current Report on Form 8-K does not constitute an offer to sell any securities or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of any securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

A copy of the opinion of Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. relating to the legality of the issuance and sale of the Shares is attached as Exhibit 5.1 hereto.

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

The information set forth in Item 1.01 above with respect to the Common Warrants, the Warrant Shares, the Placement Agent Warrants and the Placement Agent Warrant Shares is incorporated herein by reference to this Item 3.02.

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On October 8, 2025, the Company issued a press release announcing the pricing of the Offering described above, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.

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Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K other than statements of historical facts, including statements relating to the potential purchases of shares of common stock by Lincoln Park under the Purchase Agreement, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “will,” “plan,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements reflect management’s present expectations regarding future events and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by any forward-looking statements. These risks, uncertainties and other factors include, among others: risks that a counterparty may appeal a jury verdict, which could cause a lengthy delay in the Company’s ability to collect the damage award or overturn the verdict or reduce the damages award; potential delays in expected litigation and other milestones, risks related to the Company’s plans for its intellectual property, including its strategies for monetizing, licensing, expanding, and defending its patent portfolio; risks associated with patent infringement litigation initiated by the Company, or by others against the Company, as well as the costs and unpredictability of any such litigation; risks associated with the Company’s product sales, including the market and demand for products sold by the Company and its ability to successfully develop and launch new products that are attractive to the market; the success of product, joint development and licensing partnerships; the competitive landscape of the Company’s industry; and general economic, political and market conditions, and additional risks and uncertainties set forth in the “Risk Factors” section of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the SEC on March 31, 2025, and other reports the Company has filed with the SEC. In light of these risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, the Company cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance, achievements, or events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will occur. The Company is under no duty to update any of these forward-looking statements after the date of this press release to conform these statements to actual results or revised expectations, except as required by law.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit Number		Description
4.1		Form of Private Warrant
4.2		Form of Placement Agent Warrant
5.1		Opinion of Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
10.1		Form of Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 7, 2025, by and between the Company and the Purchasers party thereto.
23.1		Consent of Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. (included in Exhibit 5.1).
99.1		Envoy Medical, Inc. Press Release, dated October 8, 2025.
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

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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.

	ENVOY MEDICAL, INC.
October 9, 2025	By:	/s/ Brent T. Lucas
		Brent T. Lucas
		Chief Executive Officer

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FAQ

What financing did Envoy Medical (COCH) announce in this 8-K?

Envoy Medical entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement for a registered direct offering of 3,007,524 shares of Class A common stock at $1.33 per share, alongside a concurrent private placement of warrants to purchase up to 9,022,572 additional shares.

How much cash could Envoy Medical (COCH) receive from this offering and warrants?

The stock sale is expected to generate approximately $4.0 million in gross proceeds before fees and expenses. If the Private Warrants are exercised in full for cash, Envoy could receive an additional approximately $12.0 million in gross proceeds.

What are the key terms of the Private Warrants issued by Envoy Medical (COCH)?

The Private Warrants allow holders to buy up to 9,022,572 shares at an exercise price of $1.33 per share, are immediately exercisable, and expire on the second anniversary of the date when the resale registration statement for the warrant shares becomes effective. They include ownership blockers at 4.99% or, at the holder’s option, 9.99% of outstanding common stock after exercise.

What registration commitments did Envoy Medical (COCH) make for the warrant shares?

Envoy agreed to file a resale registration statement on Form S-1 for the warrant shares as soon as practicable and within 30 days of the Purchase Agreement date, to use commercially reasonable efforts to make it effective within 90 days after closing, and to keep it effective until the Purchasers no longer hold Private Warrants or warrant shares.

What compensation is H.C. Wainwright & Co. receiving in this Envoy Medical (COCH) transaction?

H.C. Wainwright & Co. will receive an aggregate cash fee equal to 7.5% of gross proceeds from the offering, a 1.0% management fee on those proceeds, reimbursement of certain expenses, and Placement Agent Warrants to buy up to 225,564 shares at an exercise price of $1.6625 per share. It is also entitled to similar fees and additional warrants tied to any future cash exercises of the Private Warrants.

How will Envoy Medical (COCH) use the net proceeds from this offering?

Envoy Medical plans to use the net proceeds from the offering for working capital and other general corporate purposes.

Are there any restrictions on Envoy Medical (COCH) issuing additional equity after this deal?

Under the Purchase Agreement, Envoy agreed to certain restrictions on issuing or selling common stock or equivalents for 15 days after closing and agreed not to enter into a variable rate transaction for one year following the closing, subject to specified exceptions.