8-K: Current report
Published on March 20, 2026
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On March 18, 2026, Lixte Biotechnology Holdings, Inc., (the “Company”), and Geordan Pursglove, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (the “CEO”), entered into an Amendment to the Employment Agreement (the “Amendment”). The original employment agreement (the “Employment Agreement”) between the Company and the CEO was entered in on June 16, 2025.
Pursuant to the Amendment, the CEO’s annual base salary was increased from $240,000 to $360,000 effective as of January 1, 2026. The Amendment was approved by the Company’s Compensation Committee and Board of Directors.
The Amendment is being filed as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment, which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed herewith.
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| 10.1 | Amendment to Employment Agreement dated March 18, 2026, between Lixte Biotechnology Holdings. Inc., and Geordan Purglove. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the inline XBRL Document) |
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.
| Date: March 20, 2026 | LIXTE BIOTECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, INC. | |
| (Registrant) | ||
| By: | /s/ Geordan Pursglove | |
| Geordan Pursglove | ||
| Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer | ||