Onconetix Announces Financing Through a $12.9 Million Private Placement of Series D Preferred Stock and Warrants, Termination of Merger Agreement with Ocuvex, Inc. and Settlement of $8.8 Million Debt with Veru, Inc.

CINCINNATI, OH, Sept. 26, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Onconetix, Inc. (Nasdaq: ONCO) ("Onconetix" or the “Company”) a commercial stage biotechnology company focused on the research, development and commercialization of innovative solutions for men’s health and oncology, announced the September 22, 2025 signing and closing of a private placement of (i) shares of the Company's Series D Convertible Preferred Stock, $0.00001 par value (the "Series D Preferred Stock"), and (ii) warrants (the "Warrants") to purchase up to an aggregate of 4,362,827 shares of the Company's common stock, $0.00001 par value per share (the "Common Stock"), for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $12.9 million (the “Financing Transaction”). Approximately $9.3 million was paid in cash and the balance was used to offset certain amounts owed by the Company to certain investors. The Series D Preferred Stock are initially convertible into an aggregate of 4,362,827 shares of Common Stock, subject to certain anti-dilution adjustments. The Warrants will have an initial exercise price of $3.6896 per share, subject to certain anti-dilution adjustments, and are exercisable beginning on the issuance date (the "Initial Exercisability Date") and expiring on the third anniversary of the Initial Exercisability Date.

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