# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000034956
**File Stem:** 0001193125-26-257400
**Filing Date:** 2026-6
**Character Count:** 5661
**Document Hash:** f9ffb6187e978c4ff9a482aa7dcde644
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-26-257400.hdr.sgml**: 20260604

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-26-257400

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 11

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260602

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260604

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260604

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** TENAX THERAPEUTICS, INC.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000034956
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 03 Life Sciences
- **EIN:** 262593535
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-34600
- **FILM NUMBER:** 261065019

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 101 GLEN LENNOX DRIVE
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 300
- **CITY:** CHAPEL HILL
- **STATE:** NC
- **ZIP:** 27517
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 919-855-2100

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 101 GLEN LENNOX DRIVE
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 300
- **CITY:** CHAPEL HILL
- **STATE:** NC
- **ZIP:** 27517

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** OXYGEN BIOTHERAPEUTICS, INC.
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20080703

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** SYNTHETIC BLOOD INTERNATIONAL INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19920703

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** SINEQUANON CORP
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19901219

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### UNITED STATES

### SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

#### Washington, D.C. 20549

### FORM 8-K

#### CURRENT REPORT

#### Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d)

#### of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

#### Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 2, 2026

## Tenax Therapeutics, Inc.

#### (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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| **Delaware** | **001-34600** | **26-2593535** |
| **(State or other jurisdiction**<br> **of incorporation)** | **(Commission**<br> **File Number)** | **(IRS Employer**<br> **Identification No.)** |

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#### 101 Glen Lennox Drive, Suite 300

#### Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27517

#### (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

#### 919-855-2100

#### (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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| **Title of each class** | **Trading<br>Symbol(s)** | **Name of each exchange<br>on which registered** |
| Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share | TENX | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR 230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR 240.12b-2).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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| **Item 5.07** | **Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.**  |

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On June 2, 2026, Tenax Therapeutics, Inc. (the "Company") held its 2026 annual meeting of stockholders (the "Annual Meeting"). The following proposals were voted upon at the Annual Meeting and the final voting results with respect to each such proposal are set forth below.

#### Proposal 1: Election of Directors
The Company's stockholders elected each of the following individuals to the Company's Board of Directors for a one-year term expiring in 2027, or until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified, by the votes indicated below.

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| **Members** | **For** | **Withheld** | **Broker Non-Votes** |
|  June Almenoff | 17362177 | 214449 | 3742678 |
|  Michael Davidson | 15762162 | 1814464 | 3742678 |
|  Declan Doogan | 17394626 | 182000 | 3742678 |
|  Christopher T. Giordano | 17397265 | 179361 | 3742678 |
|  Robyn M. Hunter | 17394848 | 181778 | 3742678 |
|  Gerald T. Proehl | 17393189 | 183437 | 3742678 |
|  Stuart Rich | 17397413 | 179213 | 3742678 |

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#### Proposal 2: Auditor Ratification
The Company's stockholders ratified the appointment of Cherry Bekaert LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026 by the votes indicated below.

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| **For** | **Against** | **Abstain** | **Broker Non-Votes** |
| 21304543 | 3688 | 11073 | None |

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#### SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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| Date: June 4, 2026 | **Tenax Therapeutics, Inc.** | **Tenax Therapeutics, Inc.** |
|  | By: | /s/ Christopher T. Giordano |
|  |  | Christopher T. Giordano |
|  |  | President and Chief Executive Officer |

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