Form 8-K

8-K — Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp.

Accession: 0001999371-26-010226

Filed: 2026-05-07

Period: 2026-05-07

CIK: 0001430306

SIC: 2834 (PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS)

Item: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

Item: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Item: Financial Statements and Exhibits

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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): May 7, 2026

TONIX

PHARMACEUTICALS HOLDING CORP.

(Exact

name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada

001-36019

26-1434750

(State

or Other Jurisdiction

Incorporation)

(Commission

File

Number)

(IRS

Employer

Identification

No.)

200 Connell Drive, Suite 3100, Berkeley Heights,

New Jersey, 07922

(Address

of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s

telephone number, including area code: (862) 799-8599

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

☐

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

TNXP

The

NASDAQ Global

Select 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 ☐

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 5.02. Departure

of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers;

Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(e)           On

May 7, 2026, Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of shareholders (“Annual Meeting”).

At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders of the Company approved the Company’s 2026 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”)

in accordance with the voting results set forth below under Item 5.07. The Plan was previously adopted by the Company’s Board of

Directors, subject to and effective upon shareholder approval.

The

material terms of the Plan are described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission

on March 30, 2026, pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Proxy Statement”),

under the caption “Proposal No. 4: Approval of 2026 Stock Incentive Plan”. The Plan authorizes the grants of various types

of equity-based incentive awards to employees, directors and key consultants of the Company and its subsidiaries, as more fully described

in the Proxy Statement.

The

above description of the Plan does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Plan,

a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.07. Submission

of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

May 7, 2026, the Company held its Annual Meeting, at which the Company’s shareholders approved four proposals. Shareholders representing

7,267,759 shares, or 54.22%, of the common shares outstanding as of the March 19, 2026, record date, were represented at the meeting

by proxy. The proposals are described in detail in the Proxy Statement.

Proposal

The

Company’s shareholders elected nine individuals to the Board of Directors as set forth below:

Name

Votes

For

Votes

Withheld

Broker

Non-Votes

Seth

Lederman

3,188,336

575,166

3,504,257

Richard

Bagger

3,278,146

485,356

3,504,257

Margaret

Smith Bell

3,274,181

489,321

3,504,257

David

Grange

3,275,761

487,741

3,504,257

James

Hunter

3,291,721

471,781

3,504,257

Adeoye

Olukotun

3,277,352

486,150

3,504,257

Newcomb Stillwell

3,279,883

483,619

3,504,257

Carolyn

Taylor

3,280,942

482,560

3,504,257

James

Treco

3,279,367

484,135

3,504,257

Proposal

The

Company’s shareholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public

accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026, as set forth below:

Votes

For

Votes

Against

Abstentions

Broker

Non-Votes

6,910,516

189,838

167,405

Proposal

The

Company’s shareholders approved a proposal to authorize the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), in its

discretion at any time within two years of May 7, 2026, to effect on or more reverse stock splits of then-outstanding shares of the Company’s

common stock, at an aggregate ratio of not less than one-for-two (1:2) and not greater than one-for-two-hundred-and-fifty (1:250), with

the exact ratio, number and timing of the reverse stock splits to be determined by the Board and included in a public announcement, as

set forth below:

Votes

For

Votes

Against

Abstentions

Broker

Non-Votes

4,400,765

2,826,586

40,408

Proposal

The

Company’s shareholders approved a proposal to approve the Plan, as set forth below:

Votes

For

Votes

Against

Abstentions

Broker

Non-Votes

2,019,646

1,624,412

119,444

3,504,257

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)

Exhibit

No.

Description.

10.01

Tonix

Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp. 2026 Stock Incentive Plan, incorporated herein by reference to Annex A to our Definitive Proxy Statement

on Schedule 14A (File No. 001-36019), filed with the Commission on March 30, 2026*

104

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Denotes a management compensatory agreement or arrangement.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant

to the requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the

undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

TONIX PHARMACEUTICALS HOLDING CORP.

Date: May

7, 2026

By:

/s/

Bradley Saenger

Chief Financial Officer

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