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Lucid Diagnostics (LUCD) Risk Analysis
Risk Overview Q2, 2026
Source: the company's latest filing for the period ended Jun 30, 2026, filed Aug 12, 2026
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Risk Highlights Q2, 2026
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Risk Factors Full Breakdown - Total Risks 67
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 1To raise capital, we have issued a significant amount of convertible securities under which we expect to issue a correspondingly significant amount of shares of our common stock upon conversion thereof. In addition, we may issue shares of our capital stock or debt securities in the future in order to raise capital to fund our operations. All of the foregoing would dilute the equity interest of our stockholders and might cause a change in control of our ownership.
Our certificate of incorporation authorizes the issuance of up to 300,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $.001 per share, and 20,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $.001 per share. There are 123,054,028 authorized but unissued shares of our common stock available for issuance as of March 23, 2026 (inclusive of granted but unvested restricted stock awards granted as of each such date under the Lucid Diagnostics 2018 Long-Term Incentive Equity Plan). In 2024, we issued shares of Series B Preferred Stock and Series B-1 Preferred Stock. In March 2026, the Company issued 29,270,685 shares of common stock to the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock, upon the conversion thereof (inclusive of the annual dividend payable thereon). As a result of the application of the beneficial ownership limitations in the Series B Certificate of Designations, 13,294,267 shares of common stock otherwise issuable upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock are held in abeyance until such time that they can be issued without exceeding any such limitations. We also anticipate that on or about May 6, 2026, the Company shall issue 16,823,762 shares of common stock to the holders of the Series B-1 Preferred Stock, upon the conversion thereof (inclusive of the annual dividend payable thereon, but subject to any applicable beneficial ownership limitations). As of March 23, 2026, 21,975,000 shares of our common stock were issuable under the 2024 Convertible Notes, assuming the noteholders elected to convert the notes in full on such date at the fixed conversion price of $1.00 per share (based on $21.975 million in aggregate principal amount outstanding as of such date and no accrued and unpaid interest thereon). The number of shares of our common stock to be issued under the 2024 Convertible Notes may be substantially greater than this amount because (i) in the event of certain issuances of additional securities by the Company at a price per share less than the then applicable conversion price, such conversion price may be adjusted to such lower price per share, and (ii) the holders may elect that we make interest payments in shares of our common stock, and in such event the number of shares to be issued will be determined based on the then current market price. In August 2024, we entered into a ninth amendment to the MSA with PAVmed, pursuant to which PAVmed may elect to receive payment of the monthly fee under the management services agreement in cash or in shares of our common stock valued at a price based on the current market price, subject to a floor price and a maximum number of shares. Under the amendment, the monthly fee due from the Company to PAVmed was increased from $0.83 million to $1.05 million (the parties also entered in a tenth amendment to the MSA in December 2025, to provide for a one-time increase in the monthly fee by an additional $1.2 million, to cover certain one-time employee-related expenses paid by PAVmed on behalf of the Company). To the extent PAVmed elects for us to satisfy our obligations under the MSA and PBERA in shares of our common stock in the future, the interest of other shareholders of the Company would be diluted. Furthermore, we have issued and expect to continue to issue equity awards, including stock options, under our 2018 Long-Term Incentive Equity Plan (the "Lucid Diagnostics Inc. 2018 Equity Plan") and our Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Lucid Diagnostics Inc. ESPP"). In May 2025, the Company entered into a Controlled Equity Offering Agreement (ATM) between us and Maxim Group LLC for up to $25.0 million of our common stock that may be offered and sold from time to time (replacing a similar facility the Company had previously maintained with Cantor). Also in November 2022, we entered into the PBERA with PAVmed, pursuant to which PAVmed will continue to pay certain payroll and benefit-related expenses on our behalf and we will reimburse PAVmed, in cash or, subject to approval by each of our boards of directors, in shares of our common stock valued at a price based on the current market price, subject to a floor price and a maximum number of shares. In addition, we may issue a substantial number of additional shares of our common stock or preferred stock or incur indebtedness, or issue or incur a combination of common and preferred stock and indebtedness, to raise additional funds or in connection with any strategic acquisition or as compensation to our officers, directors, employees and consultants or to fund investments in our current operations. The issuance of additional shares of our common stock or any number of shares of our preferred stock, and the availability for sale of such shares in the public markets: - may significantly dilute the equity interest of our current investors;- may subordinate the rights of holders of common stock if preferred stock is issued with rights senior to those afforded to our common stockholders;- may cause a change in control if a substantial number of our shares of common stock are issued, which may affect, among other things, our ability to use our net operating loss carryforwards, if any, and most likely also result in the resignation or removal of some or all of our present officers and directors; and - may adversely affect prevailing market prices for our common stock. Similarly, if we incur indebtedness, it could result in: - default and foreclosure on our assets if our operating revenues are insufficient to pay our debt obligations and we are not able to refinance such obligations;- acceleration of our obligations to repay the indebtedness even if we have made all principal and interest payments when due if the debt security contains covenants that require the maintenance of certain financial ratios or reserves, and any such covenant is breached without a waiver or renegotiation of that covenant;- our immediate payment of all principal and accrued interest, if any, if the debt security is payable on demand and a demand is made;- our inability to obtain additional financing, if necessary, if the debt security contains covenants restricting our ability to obtain additional financing while such security is outstanding; and - our inability to conduct acquisitions, joint ventures or similar arrangements if the debt security contains covenants restricting such transactions or the funding thereof or requiring prior approval of the debt holders.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 2Our officers and directors have fiduciary obligations to other companies and, accordingly, may have conflicts of interest in determining to which entity a particular business opportunity should be presented.
Certain of our officers and directors have fiduciary obligations to other companies engaged in medical device business activities. Accordingly, they may participate in transactions and have obligations that may be in conflict or competition with our business. As a result, a potential business opportunity may be presented by certain members of our board or management team to another entity prior to its presentation to us and we may not be afforded the opportunity to engage in such a transaction.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 3PAVmed holds more voting stock than any of our other shareholders and thus it (or any successor to its stake in the Company), may have significant influence over certain actions requiring a stockholder vote.
PAVmed owns approximately 27.5% as of December 31, 2025 and 27.1% as of March 23, 2026 of our issued common stock (with such percentage inclusive of shares of our common stock underlying granted but unvested restricted stock awards), but excluding the voting power of any convertible securities. Although presently PAVmed controls less than 50% of the combined voting power of our common stock and our convertible securities, for as long as PAVmed is our largest shareholder, PAVmed will have significant influence in the election of all the members of our board of directors. In addition, as long as PAVmed continues to control more of our voting securities than any of our other shareholders, PAVmed will also have significant influence over any other action that requires shareholder approval. If PAVmed does not provide any requisite consent allowing us to take any such action when requested, we may not be able to engage in the related activities if we do not get the required consent from our other shareholders and, as a result, our business and our operating results may be harmed. PAVmed's interests and objectives as a stockholder may not align with, or may even directly conflict with, your interests and objectives as a stockholder. For example, PAVmed may be more or less interested in us entering into a transaction or conducting an activity due to the impact such transaction or activity may have on PAVmed as a company, independent of us. In such instances, PAVmed may exercise its influence over us in a way that is beneficial to PAVmed, and you may not be able to affect the outcome so long as PAVmed continues to hold more shareholder votes than any other shareholder. In the event PAVmed is acquired or otherwise undergoes a change of control, any acquiror or successor will be entitled to exercise the voting control and contractual rights of PAVmed and may do so in a manner that could vary significantly from that of PAVmed.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 4Certain conflicts of interest may arise between us and our affiliated companies, including PAVmed, and in some cases we have waived certain rights with respect thereto.
Our certificate of incorporation includes a provision stating that we renounce any interest or expectancy in, or being offered an opportunity to participate in, any business opportunities, that are presented to our officers, directors, employees or stockholders, or affiliates thereof, who are also officers, directors, employees or stockholders of PAVmed or affiliates thereof, each a "PAVmed Party," and in which a PAVmed Party may have an interest or expectancy, a "PAVmed Opportunity," except as may be prescribed by any written agreement between us and PAVmed approved by our Board of Directors. In addition, no PAVmed Party will have any duty to communicate or present such business opportunities to us, and no PAVmed Party will be liable to our company or our stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty, including by reason of a PAVmed Party pursuing or acquiring any PAVmed Opportunity. Pursuant to the management services agreement, no PAVmed Party will pursue any opportunity related to commercializing the EsoGuard diagnostic test and the EsoCheck cell collection device or developing and commercializing other products that use or enhance the same underlying technology. As a result of the foregoing, a potential business opportunity may be presented by certain members of our management team to another entity prior to its presentation to us and we may not be afforded the opportunity to engage in such a transaction. In addition, if any PAVmed Party becomes aware of a potential business opportunity that is a PAVmed Opportunity (other than those specified in the management services agreement), including any such opportunity relating to any other diagnostic test or medical device, he or she will be entitled to present those opportunities to another PAVmed Party prior to presenting them to us. Accordingly, any conflicts of interest among us and our officers, directors, stockholders or their affiliates, including PAVmed and certain of our officers and directors, relating to business opportunities may not be resolved in our favor, and in cases where the business opportunity is a PAVmed Opportunity and it is presented to another PAVmed Party, we have waived our right to monetary damages in the event of any such conflict.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 5If securities or industry analysts do not publish research, or publish inaccurate or unfavorable research, about our business, our stock price and trading volume could decline.
The trading market for our common stock will depend, in part, on the research and reports that securities or industry analysts publish about us or our business. Securities and industry analysts currently publish research on our company, but there is no assurance that they will continue to do so. If no securities or industry analysts cover our company, the trading price for our common stock would likely be negatively impacted. If one or more of the analysts who cover us downgrade our stock or publish inaccurate or unfavorable research about our business, our stock price would likely decline. In addition, if our operating results fail to meet the forecast of analysts, our stock price would likely decline. If one or more of these analysts cease coverage of our company or fail to publish reports on us regularly, demand for our common stock could decrease, which might cause our stock price and trading volume to decline.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 6Nasdaq may in the future delist our common stock, which could limit investors' ability to make transactions in our securities and subject us to additional trading restrictions.
Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market. We are required to meet certain financial and liquidity criteria to maintain the listing of our common stock on Nasdaq (and we while we are currently in compliance with such requirements, from time to time we have failed to comply with the Nasdaq's minimum bid price requirement). If we violate the Nasdaq continued listing requirements or fail to meet any of Nasdaq's continued listing standards, our common stock may be delisted. In addition, while we have no present intention to do so, our Board of Directors may determine that the cost of maintaining our listing on a national securities exchange outweighs the benefits of such listing. If Nasdaq delists our common stock from trading on its exchange, or we voluntarily remove our common stock from listing, we could face significant material adverse consequences, including: - a limited availability of market quotations for our common stock;- reduced liquidity with respect to our common stock;- a determination that our shares of common stock are "penny stock" which will require brokers trading in our shares of common stock to adhere to more stringent rules, possibly resulting in a reduced level of trading activity in the secondary trading market for our shares of common stock;- a limited amount of news and analyst coverage for our company; and - a decreased ability to issue additional securities or obtain additional financing in the future.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 7Our stock price may be volatile, and holders of our common stock could incur substantial losses.
Our stock price is likely to be volatile. The stock market in general, and the market for life science companies, and medical device companies in particular, have experienced extreme volatility that has often been unrelated to the operating performance of particular companies. As a result of this volatility, investors may experience losses on their investment in our common stock. For example, on March 23, 2026, the last reported sale price of our common stock was $1.25. In the last six months, between September 23, 2025 and March 23, 2026, the intra-day sale price of our common stock fluctuated between a reported low sale price of $0.99 and a reported high sale price of $1.63. We may incur rapid and substantial increases or decreases in our stock price in the foreseeable future that may or may not coincide in timing with the disclosure of news or developments by us. The market price for our common stock may be influenced by many broad market and industry factors. These broad market and industry factors may seriously harm the market price of our common stock, regardless of our operating performance. In addition, the market price for our common stock may be subject to price movements that may not comport with macro, industry or company-specific fundamentals, including, without limitation, the sentiment of retail investors (including as may be expressed on financial trading and other social media sites and online forums), the direct access by retail investors to broadly available trading platforms, the amount and status of short interest in our securities, access to margin debt, trading in options and other derivatives on our common stock and any related hedging and other trading factors. In the past, following periods of volatility in the market, securities class-action litigation has often been instituted against companies. Such litigation, if instituted against us, could result in substantial costs and diversion of management's attention and resources, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and growth prospects.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 8We are an "emerging growth company," and we cannot be certain if the reduced reporting requirements applicable to emerging growth companies will make our common stock less attractive to investors.
We are an "emerging growth company," as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, or the JOBS Act, which was enacted in April 2012. For as long as we continue to be an emerging growth company, we may take advantage of exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies, including not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. We could be an emerging growth company for up to five years, although circumstances could cause us to lose that status earlier. We will remain an emerging growth company until the earlier of (1) the last day of the fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the completion of our initial public offering (i.e., December 31, 2026), (2) the last day of the fiscal year in which we have total annual gross revenue of at least $1.07 billion, (3) the date on which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer, which means the market value of our common stock that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700.0 million as of the prior June 30th, and (4) the date on which we have issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt securities during the prior three-year period. We cannot predict if investors will find our common stock less attractive because we may rely on these exemptions. If some investors find our common stock less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our common stock and our stock price may suffer or be more volatile. Under the JOBS Act, emerging growth companies can delay adopting new or revised accounting standards issued subsequent to the enactment of the JOBS Act until such time as those standards apply to private companies. We have elected to use the extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards that have different effective dates for public and private companies until the earlier of the date we (i) are no longer an emerging growth company or (ii) affirmatively and irrevocably opt out of the extended transition period under the JOBS Act.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 9Provisions in our corporate charter documents and under Delaware law could make an acquisition of us more difficult and may prevent attempts by our stockholders to replace or remove our current management.
Provisions in our corporate charter and our bylaws may discourage, delay or prevent a merger, acquisition or other change in control of us that stockholders may consider favorable, including transactions in which stockholders might otherwise receive a premium for their shares. These provisions could also limit the price that investors might be willing to pay in the future for shares of our common stock, thereby depressing the market price of our common stock. In addition, these provisions may frustrate or prevent any attempts by our stockholders to replace or remove our current management by making it more difficult for stockholders to replace members of our Board of Directors. Because our Board of Directors is responsible for appointing the members of our management team, these provisions could in turn affect any attempt by our stockholders to replace current members of our management team. Among others, these provisions include the following. - our Board of Directors will be divided into three classes with staggered three-year terms which may delay or prevent a change of our management or a change in control; - our Board of Directors will have the right to elect directors to fill a vacancy created by the expansion of our Board of Directors or the resignation, death or removal of a director, which will prevent stockholders from being able to fill vacancies on our Board of Directors; - our certificate of incorporation will not permit cumulative voting in the election of directors, which limits the ability of minority stockholders to elect director candidates; and - our stockholders will be required to provide advance notice and additional disclosures in order to nominate individuals for election to our Board of Directors or to propose matters that can be acted upon at a stockholders' meeting, which may discourage or deter a potential acquirer from conducting a solicitation of proxies to elect the acquirer's own slate of directors or otherwise attempting to obtain control of our company. Moreover, because we are incorporated in Delaware, we are governed by the provisions of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which prohibits a person who owns in excess of 15% of our outstanding voting stock from merging or combining with us for a period of three years after the date of the transaction in which the person acquired in excess of 15% of our outstanding voting stock, unless the merger or combination is approved in a prescribed manner.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 10Our charter provides, subject to limited exceptions, that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware will be the sole and exclusive forum for certain stockholder litigation matters, which could limit our stockholders' ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers, employees or stockholders.
Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation will require, to the fullest extent permitted by law, subject to limited exceptions, that derivative actions brought in our name, actions against directors, officers and employees for breach of fiduciary duty and other similar actions may be brought only in the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware and, if brought outside of Delaware, the stockholder bringing the suit will be deemed to have consented to service of process on such stockholder's counsel in any action brought to enforce the exclusive forum provision. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of our capital stock shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the forum provisions in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Section 27 of the Exchange Act creates exclusive federal jurisdiction over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder. In addition, Section 22 of the Securities Act creates concurrent jurisdiction for federal and state courts over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder. As a result, the exclusive forum provision will provide that the Court of Chancery and the federal district court for the District of Delaware will have concurrent jurisdiction over any action arising under the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder, and the exclusive forum provision will not apply to suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder or any other claim for which the federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction. To the extent the exclusive forum provision restricts the courts in which our stockholders may bring claims arising under the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, there is uncertainty as to whether a court would enforce such provision. Investors cannot waive compliance with the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. This exclusive forum provision may limit a stockholder's ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with us or any of our directors, officers, other employees or stockholders, which may discourage lawsuits with respect to such claims. By requiring a stockholder to bring such a claim in the Court of Chancery (or the federal district court for the District of Delaware, in the case of an action under the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder), the exclusive forum provision also may increase the costs to a stockholder of bringing such a claim. Alternatively, if a court were to find the exclusive forum provision contained in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation to be inapplicable or unenforceable in an action, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving such action in other jurisdictions, which could harm our business, operating results and financial condition.
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