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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On September 4, 2025, Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Warrant Exchange Agreement (the “Exchange Agreement”) with certain accredited investors (the “Holders”) of existing Series C common stock purchase warrants (the “Exchanged Warrants”) to purchase an aggregate of 559,395 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”). The Exchanged Warrants were originally issued pursuant to a securities purchase agreement, dated as of June 20, 2025 by and between the Company and each Holder. Pursuant to the Exchange Agreement, the Company agreed to exchange with the Holders, respectively, the Exchanged Warrants for an aggregate of 559,395 shares of Common Stock (the “New Shares”).
The foregoing description of the Exchange Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the form of Exchange Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
The disclosure required by this Item and included in Item 1.01 of this Current Report is incorporated herein by reference. The New Shares will be issued without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in reliance on the exemption provided by Section 3(a)(9).
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. | Exhibit | |
| 10.1 | Form of Warrant Exchange Agreement | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the 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, thereunto duly authorized.
| Date: September 4, 2025 | Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | |
| By: | /s/ Datuk Dr. Doris Wong Sing Ee | |
| Name: | Datuk Dr. Doris Wong Sing Ee | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director | |
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