---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-007368"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "REFR"
cik: "0000793524"
company_name: "RESEARCH FRONTIERS INC"
filed_at: "2026-02-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T02:14:50.792341+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Research Frontiers raises $1.1M in private placement of 1.1M shares and warrants

## Summary
- Issued 1.1M shares at $1.00 each to accredited investors including director's family and a licensee.
- Each share includes a warrant to buy one share at $1.10-$1.50, expiring Feb 28, 2031.
- Proceeds of $1.1M; shares unregistered with 6-month holding period.
- The price matched the Feb 13, 2026 closing market price.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-007368
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: REFR
- cik: 0000793524
- company_name: RESEARCH FRONTIERS INC
- filed_at: 2026-02-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/793524/000149315226007368/0001493152-26-007368-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/793524/000149315226007368/form8-k.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  RESEARCH FRONTIERS INC entered into subscription agreements with a group of private accredited investors, which included family members of a director of the Company, as well as the owner of a licensee of the Company valued at $1.1 million (effective 2026-02-18).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: equity purchase
  - Counterparty: a group of private accredited investors, which included family members of a director of the Company, as well as the owner of a licensee of the Company
  - Value: $1.1 million
  - Effective: 2026-02-18
  source text: On February 18, 2026, the Company entered into subscription agreements with a group of private accredited investors, which included family members of a director of the Company, as well as the owner of a licensee of the Company licensed to produce SPD-SmartGlass products including SPD-SmartGlass products for the retrofit architectural glass market.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/793524/000149315226007368/0001493152-26-007368-index.htm

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