Item 1.02 Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.

On December 12, 2025, Lightwave Logic, Inc. (the "Company") delivered notice to Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC ("Lincoln Park") terminating the Purchase Agreement, dated March 17, 2025 (the "Purchase Agreement"), with Lincoln Park effective December 15, 2025 (the "Termination Date"). The Purchase Agreement provided that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions and limitations set forth therein, the Company had the right to sell to Lincoln Park up to $30 million of shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.001 per share ("Common Stock"), from time to time over the 36-month term of the Purchase Agreement. The Purchase Agreement provided the Company could terminate the Purchase Agreement for any reason or for no reason with one business day notice to Lincoln Park. Certain provisions in the Purchase Agreement survive termination, as more fully described in the Purchase Agreement.

The description above of the Purchase Agreement contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the copy of the Purchase Agreement filed as Exhibit 10.33 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K on March 18, 2025.