---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001640334-26-000903"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARTL"
cik: "0001621221"
company_name: "ARTELO BIOSCIENCES, INC."
filed_at: "2026-05-15T20:00:27+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T20:02:40.968634+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Artelo Biosciences terminates ATM offering agreement with R.F. Lafferty; minimal prior sales

## Summary
- Termination notice issued May 11, 2026; effective May 18, 2026.
- Agreement allowed up to $6.5M in common stock sales; only 50,858 shares sold for $451,527 gross proceeds.
- ATM program was entered July 18, 2025 and never significantly utilized.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001640334-26-000903
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARTL
- cik: 0001621221
- company_name: ARTELO BIOSCIENCES, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-05-15T20:00:27+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1621221/000164033426000903/0001640334-26-000903-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1621221/000164033426000903/artl_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  ARTELO BIOSCIENCES, INC. terminated Sales Agreement with R.F. Lafferty & Co., Inc. valued at up to $6,500,000 (effective 2026-05-18).
  - Action: termination
  - Agreement: atm program
  - Counterparty: R.F. Lafferty & Co., Inc.
  - Value: up to $6,500,000
  - Effective: 2026-05-18
  source text: On May 11, 2026, Artelo Biosciences, Inc. (the “Company”) provided notice to R.F. Lafferty & Co., Inc. (“R.F. Lafferty”) of its election to terminate that certain At-The-Market Offering Agreement, dated July 18, 2025, by and between the Company and R.F. Lafferty (the “Sales Agreement”), which termination will be effective on May 18, 2026, in accordance with the terms of the Sales Agreement.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1621221/000164033426000903/0001640334-26-000903-index.htm

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