---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-23-019495"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LIXT"
cik: "0001335105"
company_name: "LIXTE BIOTECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, INC."
filed_at: "2023-05-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T11:24:31.670102+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lixte Biotechnology shareholders approve reverse stock split up to 1-for-10

## Summary
- Stockholders approved granting Board authority to effect a reverse stock split at a ratio up to 1-for-10.
- Exact split ratio to be determined by Board in its sole discretion.
- Votes: 11,122,681 for, 577,844 against, 2,841 abstentions, 275,345 broker non-votes.
- Special meeting held May 26, 2023; amendment to Certificate of Incorporation approved.
- Company has 16,659,093 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-23-019495
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LIXT
- cik: 0001335105
- company_name: LIXTE BIOTECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-05-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1335105/000149315223019495/0001493152-23-019495-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1335105/000149315223019495/form8-k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  LIXTE BIOTECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, INC. shareholders approved Approval of Granting the Board discretionary authority to effectuate the Reverse Stock Split at the 2023-05-26 meeting.
  - Proposal: reverse split
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-26
  source text: On May 26, 2023, the Company held a special meeting of stockholders (the “Special Meeting”). At the Special Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation to combine the Company’s outstanding shares of common stock into a lesser number of outstanding shares (the “Reverse Stock Split”) at a specific ratio up to a maximum of 1-for-10 split, with the exact ratio to be determined by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), in its sole discretion. Set forth below are the final voting results for the Reverse Stock Split Proposal: Proposal 1 – Approval of Granting the Board discretionary authority to effectuate the Reverse Stock Split. Stockholders of the Company approved granting the Board authority to effectuate the Reverse Stock Split. The voting results were as follows, based on 16,659,093 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 11,122,681 577,844 2,841 275
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1335105/000149315223019495/0001493152-23-019495-index.htm

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