Ronald A. Bucchi - 23 Jan 2026 Form 4 Insider Report for Lightwave Logic, Inc. (LWLG)

Role: Director
Signature: /s/ Ronald A. Bucchi
Issuer symbol: LWLG
Transactions as of: 23 Jan 2026
Net transactions value: +$34,000
Form type: 4
Filing time: 27 Jan 2026, 19:44:51 UTC
Previous filing: 05 Jan 2026
Next filing: 05 Feb 2026
SEC: View on sec.gov

Reporting Owners (1)

Name	Relationship	Address	Signature	Signature date	CIK
Bucchi Ronald A	Director	369 INVERNESS PARKWAY,, SUITE 350, ENGLEWOOD	/s/ Ronald A. Bucchi	27 Jan 2026	0001523014

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	LWLG	Common Stock	Options Exercise	$34,000	+50,000	+24%	$0.6800	255,744	23 Jan 2026	Direct	F1
holding	LWLG	Common Stock						3,000	23 Jan 2026	By Spouse

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Underlying Class	Amount	Exercise Price	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	LWLG	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	Options Exercise	$0	-50,000	-100%	$0.000000	0	23 Jan 2026	Common Stock	50,000	$0.6800	Direct	F2

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	Includes 23,511 shares of common stock issued pursuant to a restricted stock award pursuant to the Company's 2016 Equity Incentive Plan, 3,931 shares of restricted stock vested on June 18, 2024, with the remaining restricted stock awards vesting in 10 equal quarterly installments beginning on July 1, 2024, subject to continued service with the Company through the applicable vesting dates. Any unvested portion is subject to forfeiture..
F2	On February 1, 2016, the reporting person received an option to purchase up to 50,000 shares of company stock that vested pursuant to the following schedule: 20,000 options vested immediately, and the remaining options vested in three equal quarterly installments of 10,000 options per quarter commencing on April 1, 2016.

Content

Includes 23,511 shares of common stock issued pursuant to a restricted stock award pursuant to the Company's 2016 Equity Incentive Plan, 3,931 shares of restricted stock vested on June 18, 2024, with the remaining restricted stock awards vesting in 10 equal quarterly installments beginning on July 1, 2024, subject to continued service with the Company through the applicable vesting dates. Any unvested portion is subject to forfeiture..

On February 1, 2016, the reporting person received an option to purchase up to 50,000 shares of company stock that vested pursuant to the following schedule: 20,000 options vested immediately, and the remaining options vested in three equal quarterly installments of 10,000 options per quarter commencing on April 1, 2016.