# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001325964
**File Stem:** 0001079973-25-001824
**Filing Date:** 2025-12
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**Document Hash:** 96db8e97820cb46e9d026e9648a04876
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001079973-25-001824.hdr.sgml**: 20251208

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001079973-25-001824

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 13

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20251208

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Regulation FD Disclosure

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20251208

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20251208

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Lightwave Logic, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001325964
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** MISCELLANEOUS PLASTIC PRODUCTS [3080]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 08 Industrial Applications and Services
- **EIN:** 820497368
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** NV
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-40766
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251556911

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 369 INVERNESS PARKWAY
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 350
- **CITY:** ENGLEWOOD
- **STATE:** CO
- **ZIP:** 80112
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** (720) 340-4949

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 369 INVERNESS PARKWAY
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 350
- **CITY:** ENGLEWOOD
- **STATE:** CO
- **ZIP:** 80112

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** THIRD-ORDER NANOTECHNOLOGIES INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20070320

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** THIRD-ORDER NANOTECHNOLOIES INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20070222

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** PSI TEC HOLDINGS INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20050503

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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) **December 8, 2025**

**Lightwave Logic, Inc.**

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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| **Nevada** | **001-40766** | **82-0497368** |
| (State or other jurisdiction<br> of incorporation) | (Commission<br> File Number) | (IRS Employer<br> Identification Number) |

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**369 Inverness Parkway, Suite 350, Englewood, CO 80112**

(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)

**(720) 340-4949**

(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)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ 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, par value $0.001 per share | LWLG | 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 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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. ☐

**Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.**

On December 8, 2025, Tom Zelibor, the President of Lightwave Logic, Inc. (the "Company") notified the Board of Directors of the Company of his intention to retire. Mr. Zelibor will remain with the Company in his current capacity through December 31, 2025. Yves LeMaitre, the Company's Chief Executive Officer, will assume the role of President on January 1, 2026.

**Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.**

On December 8, 2025, the Company issued a press release announcing Mr. Zelibor's retirement. The press release is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

The information included in this Item 7.01 and in Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "<u>Exchange Act</u>"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

**Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.** 

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| **Exhibit<br> No.** | **Description** |
| 99.1 | [Press Release of Lightwave Logic, Inc. dated December 8, 2025](ex99x1.htm) |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |

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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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| **LIGHTWAVE LOGIC, INC.** | **LIGHTWAVE LOGIC, INC.** |
| By: | /s/ James S. Marcelli |
| Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | James S. Marcelli |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer |

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Dated: December 8, 2025

## Exhibit 99.1

Exhibit 99.1

**Lightwave Logic, Inc. Announces Retirement of President Thomas E. Zelibor** 

*CEO Yves LeMaitre to assume President role*

**ENGLEWOOD, Colo., December 8, 2025 -- Lightwave Logic, Inc. (NASDAQ: LWLG) (the "Company")**, a technology platform company leveraging its proprietary electro-optic (EO) polymers to transmit data at higher speeds with less power in a small form factor, announced today that President Tom Zelibor has informed the Company of his intention to retire from his position, effective December 31, 2025, citing personal reasons. Yves LeMaitre will become the CEO and President of the Company on January 1, 2026.

During his tenure, Mr. Zelibor successfully led operational initiatives to position the Company for commercial scalability. This included the implementation of processes and workstreams to ensure the reliability and compatibility of the Company's material with industry standards as well as the acquisition of equipment to support future volume production. Mr. Zelibor also served as Lightwave Logic's CEO from 2011-2017 and Board Chair from 2011-2022.

 

"Tom came out of retirement at a critical time for the Company and played an invaluable role helping to reposition Lightwave Logic for commercial success," said Yves LeMaitre, CEO of Lightwave Logic. "Tom's efforts over the past year have strengthened our internal systems and laid the groundwork for the planned scale-up of our manufacturing operations. I would like to personally thank him for his hard work, dedication and years of service to the Company, and we wish him all the best in his well-deserved retirement."

Mr. Zelibor said, "It has been a privilege to return to Lightwave Logic during such an exciting period. With a clear mission and defined goals, I'm proud of what we've accomplished, and I now feel it is the right time to devote more attention to my family. I want to thank the Board and Yves for their trust and confidence, as well as the entire Lightwave team for their hard work and dedication over the past year. I look forward to watching the Company's continued success."

**About Lightwave Logic, Inc.**

Lightwave Logic, Inc. (NASDAQ: LWLG) www.lightwavelogic.com is a technology platform company leveraging its proprietary engineered electro-optic (EO) polymers to transmit data at higher speeds with less power in a small form factor. The Company's high activity and high stability organic polymers allow it to create next-generation photonic EO devices that convert data from electrical signals into light/optical signals for applications in telecommunications, and for data transmission potentially used to support generative AI.

**Safe Harbor Statement** 

The information posted in this release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You can identify these statements by use of the words "may," "will," "should," "plans," "explores," "expects," "anticipates," "continue," "estimate," "project," "intend," and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or anticipated. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, lack of available funding; general economic and business conditions; competition from third parties; intellectual property rights of third parties; regulatory constraints; changes in technology and methods of marketing; delays in completing various engineering and manufacturing programs; changes in customer order patterns; changes in product mix; success in technological advances and delivering technological innovations; shortages in components; production delays due to performance quality issues with outsourced components; those events and factors described by us in Item 1.A "Risk Factors" in our most recent Form 10-K and 10-Q; other risks to which our company is subject; other factors beyond the company's control.

**Contacts:**

Ryan Coleman or Nick Teves

Alpha IR Group for Lightwave Logic

lwlg@alpha-ir.com

312-445-2870