---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001603978-26-000023"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AQB"
cik: "0001603978"
company_name: "AQUABOUNTY TECHNOLOGIES INC"
filed_at: "2026-02-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T03:01:55.127268+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AquaBounty raises ~$1.15M in registered direct offering at $0.86/share

## Summary
- Sold 1,269,509 shares of common stock and pre-funded warrants for 67,706 shares at $0.86 per share or $0.859 per warrant.
- Gross proceeds of approximately $1.15M; net proceeds for working capital and general corporate purposes.
- Placement agent Univest Securities receives 7% cash fee; closing expected February 13, 2026.
- Pre-funded warrants exercisable immediately at $0.001 per share, do not expire, with 4.99% or 9.99% beneficial ownership limitation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001603978-26-000023
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AQB
- cik: 0001603978
- company_name: AQUABOUNTY TECHNOLOGIES INC
- filed_at: 2026-02-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1603978/000160397826000023/0001603978-26-000023-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1603978/000160397826000023/aqb-20260211x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001603978-26-000023.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  AQUABOUNTY TECHNOLOGIES INC entered into Placement Agency Agreement with Univest Securities, LLC valued at 7.0% of the aggregate gross proceeds (effective 2026-02-11).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: underwriting
  - Counterparty: Univest Securities, LLC
  - Value: 7.0% of the aggregate gross proceeds
  - Effective: 2026-02-11
  source text: On February 11, 2026, the Company entered into a Placement Agency Agreement (the “Placement Agency Agreement”) with Univest Securities, LLC (the “Placement Agent”), pursuant to which the Company engaged the Placement Agent to act as its exclusive placement agent on a reasonable best efforts basis. Under the Placement Agency Agreement, the Company has agreed to pay the Placement Agent a cash fee equal to 7.0% of the aggregate gross proceeds received by the Company in the Offering and to reimburse certain of the Placement Agent’s expenses, including legal fees, in an amount not to exceed $30,000.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1603978/000160397826000023/0001603978-26-000023-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  AQUABOUNTY TECHNOLOGIES INC entered into Securities Purchase Agreement with certain purchasers named therein valued at approximately $1,150,000 (effective 2026-02-11).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: equity purchase
  - Counterparty: certain purchasers named therein
  - Value: approximately $1,150,000
  - Effective: 2026-02-11
  source text: On February 11, 2026, AquaBounty Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”) with certain purchasers named therein (the “Purchasers”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell an aggregate of 1,269,509 shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), pre - funded warrants to purchase an aggregate of 67,706 shares of Common Stock (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”), and the 67,706 shares of Common Stock underlying the Pre-Funded Warrants (the “Pre-Funded Warrant Shares” and, together with the Pre-Funded Warrants and the Common Stock, the “Offering Securities”), at an offering price of $0.86 per share of Common Stock or $0.859 per Pre-Funded Warrant, as applicable, in a registered direct offering (the “Offering”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1603978/000160397826000023/0001603978-26-000023-index.htm

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