---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-008511"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SMTK"
cik: "0001817760"
company_name: "SmartKem, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-01-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T06:02:29.656735+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SmartKem raises $680,500 in registered direct offering of common stock and pre-funded warrants

## Summary
- Issued 677,129 shares at $0.50/share and 683,871 pre-funded warrants at $0.4999 each to an institutional investor.
- Gross proceeds of $680,500; net proceeds to be used for working capital and general corporate purposes.
- Pre-funded warrants have exercise price of $0.0001/share and are immediately exercisable, subject to 9.99% beneficial ownership limitation.
- Closing occurred on January 30, 2026, under effective shelf registration statement (File No. 333-281608).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-008511
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SMTK
- cik: 0001817760
- company_name: SmartKem, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-01-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1817760/000110465926008511/0001104659-26-008511-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1817760/000110465926008511/tm264567d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-008511.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  SmartKem, Inc. entered into "Purchase Agreement" with an institutional investor valued at $680,500 (effective 2026-01-30).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: equity purchase
  - Counterparty: an institutional investor
  - Value: $680,500
  - Effective: 2026-01-30
  source text: On January 30, 2026, SmartKem, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with an institutional investor
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1817760/000110465926008511/0001104659-26-008511-index.htm

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