---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-063271"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FENC"
cik: "0001211583"
company_name: "FENNEC PHARMACEUTICALS INC."
filed_at: "2026-05-18T21:12:12+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-18T21:15:02.210541+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Fennec grants 50,000 stock options to three new employees as inducement awards

## Summary
- Options exercisable at $9.75/share, 10-year term, vest over 3 years (1/3 on first anniversary, then monthly over 24 months).
- Grants approved May 11, 2026, under 2026 Equity Inducement Plan; grant date May 18, 2026.
- Awards are material inducements per Nasdaq Rule 5635(c)(4) for new non-executive hires.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-063271
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FENC
- cik: 0001211583
- company_name: FENNEC PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
- filed_at: 2026-05-18T21:12:12+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1211583/000110465926063271/0001104659-26-063271-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1211583/000110465926063271/fencf-20260518x8k.htm

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