
FORM 10-K (Mark One) ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 ☒For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 or TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period fromto Commission file number: 333-269188 Channel Therapeutics Corporation(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 86-3335449 (I.R.S. EmployerIdentification No.) 4400 Route 9 South, Suite 1000Freehold, NJ 07728(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:(877) 265-8266 Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: The NYSE American LLC Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None(Title of class) Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes☐No☒ Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes☐No☒ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during thepreceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90days. Yes☒No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T(§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes☒No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerginggrowth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of theExchange Act. 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 revisedfinancial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control overfinancial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.☐ If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect thecorrection of an error to previously issued financial statements.☒ Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of theregistrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b).☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes☐No☒ The aggregate market value of the Common Stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant, as of June 28, 2024, the last business day of the second fiscal quarter, wasapproximately $6.8 million based on a closing price of $1.32 per share on such date. Shares of Common Stock held by each director, each officer and each person whoowns 10% or more of the outstanding Common Stock have been excluded from this calculation in that such persons may be deemed to be affiliates. The determinationof affiliate status is not necessarily conclusive. The registrant had 6,103,813 shares of its common stock outstanding as of March 26, 2025. References in this Annual Report on Form 10-K to the “Company,” “Channel,” “we,” “us,” or “our” mean Channel Therapeutics Corporation unless otherwiseexpressly stated or the context indicates otherwise. Documents Incorporated By Reference:None. SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS This Annual Report on Form 10-K (this “Report”) contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private SecuritiesLitigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of theSecurities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Forward-looking statements include information concerning ourstrategy, future operations, future financial position, future revenue, projected expenses, prospects and plans and objectives ofmanagement. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical facts and can be identified by terms such as“anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict, “project,” “seek,”“should,” “ta