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IRD The company filed a Form 8-K detailing the results of its annual stockholder meeting. Key proposals, including director elections, auditor ratification, executive compensation advisory vote, and an increase in authorized shares, were voted on. The outcomes of these votes are reported without indicating a specific positive or negative outlook for the company's stock.

8-K — Opus Genetics, Inc.

Accession: 0001140361-26-015990

Filed: 2026-04-22

Period: 2026-04-20

CIK: 0001228627

SIC: 2834 (PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS)

Item: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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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): April 20, 2026

Opus Genetics, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-34079

11-3516358

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

8 Davis Drive, Suite 220

Durham, NC

27713

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

(984) 884-6030

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(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)

☐

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share

IRD

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 5.07.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Opus Genetics, Inc. (the “Company”), held on April 20, 2026, the Company’s

stockholders (i) elected nine directors to the board of directors of the Company, each to serve a one-year term until the Company’s 2027 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified or until their earlier

death, resignation, or removal (the “Board Election Proposal”), (ii) ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026 (the “Auditor Ratification Proposal”), (iii) approved, on

an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers (the “Say-On-Pay Proposal”), and (iv) approved an amendment to the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the

number of authorized shares of the Company’s common stock from 125 million shares to 250 million shares (the “Stock Increase Proposal”).

The results of the voting at the Annual Meeting are shown below:

Proposal 1 – Board Election Proposal:

Nominee

Votes For

Votes Withheld

Broker Non-Votes

Sean Ainsworth

35,063,423

169,848

12,043,097

Dr. Jean Bennett

35,005,873

227,398

12,043,097

Susan K. Benton

35,018,757

214,514

12,043,097

Cam Gallagher

35,020,569

212,702

12,043,097

Dr. Adrienne Graves

35,025,204

208,067

12,043,097

Dr. George Magrath

35,054,118

179,153

12,043,097

Dr. James S. Manuso

33,885,159

1,348,112

12,043,097

Richard Rodgers

35,049,948

183,323

12,043,097

Dr. Benjamin R. Yerxa

35,051,244

182,027

12,043,097

Proposal 2 – Auditor Ratification Proposal:

Votes For

Votes Against

Abstentions

46,844,680

315,324

116,364

Proposal 3 – Say-On-Pay Proposal:

Votes For

Votes Against

Abstentions

Broker Non-Votes

34,862,743

259,749

110,779

12,043,097

Proposal 4 – Stock Increase Proposal:

Votes For

Votes Against

Abstentions

45,360,642

1,486,247

429,479

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.

OPUS GENETICS, INC.

Date: April 22, 2026

By:

/s/ Dr. George Magrath

Dr. George Magrath

Chief Executive Officer

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