OKYO Pharma Announces Public Offering of Ordinary Shares

LONDON and NEW YORK, Feb. 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OKYO Pharma Limited (Nasdaq: OKYO), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing investigational therapies for the treatment of neuropathic corneal pain (NCP) and for inflammatory eye diseases, today announced that it intends to offer to sell its ordinary shares in an underwritten public offering (the “Offering”). All of the ordinary shares are to be sold by the Company. The Company expects to grant the underwriter a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 15% of the number of ordinary shares sold in this Offering at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions. The Offering is subject to market conditions and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the Offering may be completed, or as to the size or terms of the Offering.

Piper Sandler & Co. is acting as the sole book-running manager for the Offering. 

The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering primarily for clinical development of its product candidates, general corporate purposes and working capital.

The securities are being offered and sold pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-293145), including a base prospectus, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 2, 2026, and declared effective on February 10, 2026. The Offering is being made only by means of a prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus, as may be further supplemented by any free writing prospectus that the Company may file with the SEC. A preliminary prospectus supplement describing the terms of the proposed Offering has been filed with the SEC and is available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The final prospectus supplement relating to the Offering will be filed with the SEC and will also be available on the SEC’s website.  Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement, the final prospectus supplement (when available) and the accompanying base prospectus relating to the Offering can also be obtained from Piper Sandler & Co. at 350 North 5th Street, Suite 1000, Minneapolis, MN 55401, Attn: Prospectus Department, or via email at  or telephone at (800) 747-3924.

About OKYO Pharma
OKYO Pharma Limited (Nasdaq: OKYO) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative therapies for the treatment of neuropathic corneal pain (NCP) and inflammatory eye diseases, with ordinary shares listed for trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market. OKYO is focused on the discovery and development of novel molecules to treat neuropathic corneal pain and other ocular diseases. OKYO recently completed a successful phase 2 trial of its flagship drug urcosimod in patients with NCP and plans to initiate a ~150 subject Phase 2b/3 multiple-dose study of urcosimod to treat NCP in the first half of this year.