Lightwave Logic, Inc. filings document formal disclosures for a Nevada technology company developing proprietary electro-optic polymers and polymer-based optical modulator technology. Recent 8-K reports cover material definitive agreements, common-stock financing arrangements, public offering activity, amendments to sales agreements and termination of a prior equity purchase arrangement.
The company’s regulatory record also includes proxy materials for annual stockholder matters, executive appointments and compensation arrangements, Regulation FD investor-presentation disclosures, and an accounting non-reliance determination tied to previously issued interim financial statements. These filings describe governance, capital structure, reporting controls and securities-registration matters for the company’s common stock.
Lightwave Logic, Inc. (LWLG) director Edward H. Kennedy reported direct ownership of 10,000 shares of Common Stock as of September 23, 2026.
Lightwave Logic, Inc. appointed Edward Kennedy as a Class I director effective September 23, 2026, filling a vacancy created by increasing the board from six members to seven. Kennedy has more than 30 years of experience across telecom, networking and enterprise infrastructure and has served as principal of Kenko Partners since 2018. His prior executive roles include CEO of CENX and Tollgrade Communications; he has also served on the board of Extreme Networks since 2011. Kennedy had not been appointed to a board committee as of September 23, 2026. He will be compensated similarly to the company’s other non-employee directors.
Lightwave Logic, Inc. (LWLG) director and CEO Yves Le Maitre reported an automatic share disposition related to equity compensation. On September 12, 2026, 310,750 shares of common stock were withheld by the company at $5.23 per share to cover withholding taxes on the vesting of restricted stock units, described as a net settlement. Following this tax-withholding event, Le Maitre’s directly held stake totaled 1,900,203 common shares. No transactions were reported under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.
Lightwave Logic, Inc. (LWLG) has a notice of proposed sale of restricted or control securities under Rule 144. The filing covers a proposed sale of 386 shares of common stock for the account of Quan Snizhana, with UBS Financial Services Inc. acting as broker. The shares relate to RSU vesting dated 08/31/2026, with the proposed sale date of 09/01/2026 on the NSDQ market.
Lightwave Logic, Inc. is an early-stage electro‑optic polymer materials company that began commercial operations in 2023 and remains in a pre‑volume revenue phase. For the quarter ended June 30, 2026, it generated net sales of $32,751, all from a single Swiss customer under a material supply and license agreement.
The company posted a quarterly net loss of $6.6 million and a six‑month net loss of $12.9 million, driven by heavy investment in research and development ($7.4 million year‑to‑date) and general and administrative costs ($6.7 million). Losses widened year over year as headcount, stock‑based compensation, professional services, and wafer fabrication activity increased.
Liquidity strengthened through equity offerings and an at‑the‑market program. As of June 30, 2026, cash and cash equivalents were $47.2 million with marketable securities of $48.7 million, supporting total assets of $108.1 million and no debt. Management states that existing cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities are sufficient to fund operations through at least December 2027, while customer programs progress toward potential production revenues, which are not expected in meaningful volume before 2027.
BlackRock, Inc. reports beneficial ownership of 12,040,420 shares of Lightwave Logic, Inc. common stock on a Schedule 13G. This position represents 7.8% of the outstanding common shares.
BlackRock has sole voting power over 11,776,540 shares and sole dispositive power over all 12,040,420 shares, with no shared voting or dispositive power. Various underlying clients have rights to dividends or sale proceeds, but no single client holds more than five percent of Lightwave Logic’s outstanding common stock.
Graffam Fred reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Lightwave Logic, Inc. reported that Chief Financial Officer Fred Graffam received a grant of 396,694 RSUs of common stock as equity compensation under the company’s 2025 Equity Incentive Plan. According to the grant terms, 99,178 RSUs will vest on July 24, 2027, and the remaining RSUs will vest in twelve quarterly installments of 24,793 RSUs each, beginning on October 24, 2027. Following this award, Graffam directly holds 396,694 shares of common stock.
Lightwave Logic, Inc. identifies Fred Graffam, its Chief Financial Officer, as a reporting insider for SEC ownership purposes. This initial report lists no stock purchases, sales, derivative exercises, gifts, or other equity holdings, with all buy, sell, and related share counts reported as zero.
Lightwave Logic, Inc. appointed Fred A. Graffam III as Chief Financial Officer, effective July 20, 2026. He brings more than 20 years of operational and financial leadership, including prior public-company CFO roles at Fidium/Consolidated Communications, Ascent Capital/Monitronics (Brinks Home Security), and senior finance positions at DigitalGlobe, Level 3 Communications and Comcast.
Under his employment agreement, Mr. Graffam will receive a $450,000 annual base salary, a discretionary annual performance bonus of up to 40% of base salary, a $70,000 sign-on cash bonus subject to pro rata repayment if he resigns without good reason within 12 months, and a sign-on equity award of restricted stock units with a grant-date value of $2,400,000 that vest over four years. If terminated without cause or for good reason, he is eligible for salary and target bonus severance, 12 months of COBRA premium reimbursement and partial acceleration of the sign-on equity; if such a termination occurs within 12 months after a change in control, these severance amounts increase to two times salary and target bonus with full acceleration of time-based equity. Snizhana "Ana" Quan transitions to Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller, and a press release announcing the appointment was issued the same day.
Lightwave Logic, Inc. has filed a Form S-3 shelf registration dated June 11, 2026 to register the potential offering of its common stock, preferred stock, warrants and units, and to permit certain selling stockholders to offer and sell shares from time to time. The prospectus states that offerings may occur "from time to time after this Registration Statement becomes effective" and that the company will not receive proceeds from sales by selling stockholders. The prospectus discloses authorized share capital of 250,000,000 common shares and 1,000,000 preferred shares, and that 154,124,842 shares of common stock were outstanding as of June 11, 2026. The company’s common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol LWLG, with a reported last sale price of $9.23 per share on June 10, 2026. Specific offering amounts, prices, and selling‑holder allocations will be provided in future prospectus supplements.