UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of ~~earliest~~Earliest ~~event~~Event Reported): November 1221, 2025

XOMA ROYALTY CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Nevada

001-39801

52-2154066

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

2200 Powell Street, Suite 310~~, Emeryville, California 94608 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)~~

Emeryville, California 94608

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(510) 204-7200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	~~Trading symbol~~TradingSymbol(s)	Name of each ~~exchange~~exchangeon on which registered
Common Stock, $0.0075 par value	XOMA	The Nasdaq Global Market
8.625% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $0.05 per share	XOMAP	The Nasdaq Global Market
Depositary Shares (each representing 1/1000th interest in a share of 8.375% Series B Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $0.05 per share)	XOMAO	The Nasdaq Global Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

Emerging growth company ☐

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 revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 2.0201 ~~Results~~Completion of ~~Operations~~Acquisition ~~and~~or ~~Financial~~Disposition ~~Condition~~of Assets.

OnAs ~~November 12,~~previously ~~2025~~disclosed, XOMA Royalty Corporation ~~issued~~(“XOMA”) entered into a ~~press~~share ~~release~~purchase ~~announcing~~agreement, ~~its~~dated ~~financial~~August 3, ~~results~~2025 ~~for~~(as amended to date, the ~~fiscal~~“Purchase ~~quarter~~Agreement”), ~~ended~~with ~~September~~LAVA Therapeutics N.V., a public limited liability company (naamloze vennootschap) organized under the laws of The Netherlands (the “LAVA”). In accordance with the Purchase Agreement, on August 3015, 2025, XOMA commenced a tender offer (the “Offer”) to purchase all of LAVA’s issued and outstanding common shares, with a nominal value of €0.12 ~~The~~per ~~full~~share ~~text~~(“Shares”) for a price per Share of (i) $1.04 (the ~~press~~“Cash ~~release~~Amount”), ~~issued~~payable subject to any applicable tax withholding and without interest, and (ii) one non-transferable contractual contingent value right (“CVR”) for each Share, which shall represent the right to receive potential payments, in ~~connection~~cash, described in, and subject to and in accordance with the ~~announcement~~terms isand ~~attached~~conditions of, the CVR Agreement (as ~~Exhibit~~described 99below).1 toCapitalized ~~this~~terms ~~Current~~used ~~Report~~and on not otherwise defined in this Form 8-K ~~and is~~ ~~incorporated~~shall ~~herein~~have bythe ~~reference~~meanings assigned to such terms in the Offer to Purchase (as defined below).

~~The~~Pursuant ~~information~~to ~~in this Form 8-K and~~ the ~~Exhibit~~Purchase ~~attached~~Agreement ~~hereto~~and ~~shall~~the ~~not~~Amended beand ~~deemed~~Restated ~~“filed”~~Offer ~~for~~to ~~purposes~~Purchase, ofdated ~~Section~~October 1817, of2025 ~~the Securities~~(together ~~Exchange~~with ~~Act~~any ofsubsequent ~~1934,~~amendments asor ~~amended~~supplements (thereto, the “~~Exchange~~Offer ~~Act~~to Purchase”), orand ~~otherwise~~upon the terms and subject to the ~~liabilities~~conditions ofthereof, ~~that~~(i) the ~~section~~Subsequent Offering Period expired as scheduled, ~~nor~~one ~~shall~~minute itafter be11:59 ~~deemed~~p.m. ~~incorporated~~Eastern byTime ~~reference~~on inThursday, ~~any~~November 20, ~~filing~~2025 ~~under~~and (ii) XOMA and LAVA effectuated the Post-Offer Reorganization, which became effective on November ~~Securities~~20, ~~Act~~2025. Upon completion of ~~1933~~those transactions, aseach ~~amended~~LAVA shareholder that did not tender its Shares prior to the expiration of the Subsequent Offering Period ceased to hold any Shares and will receive, orpursuant to the ~~Exchange~~ ~~Act~~Post-Offer Reorganization, ~~except~~an asamount ~~expressly~~in ~~set~~cash ~~forth~~and CVRs, without interest and subject to any required tax withholding, equal to the Offer Consideration multiplied by ~~specific~~the ~~reference~~number inof Shares held by such aminority ~~filing~~shareholder immediately prior to the effective time of the Downstream Merger.

The foregoing descriptions of the Purchase Agreement, the CVR Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Purchase Agreement and the CVR Agreement, copies of which are filed as Exhibit 2.1, Exhibit 2.2 and Exhibit 2.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated by reference herein.

Item 8.01

Other Events.

On November 21, 2025, XOMA issued a press release announcing the expiration of the Subsequent Offering Period and effectuation of the Post-Offer Reorganization. The full text of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(a) Financial Statements of Business Acquired.

The financial statements of LAVA and related notes as of and for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 and the unaudited financial statements of LAVA as of September 30, 2025 and 2024 and for the periods then ended and related notes will be included in an exhibit that will be filed in an amendment to this Current Report on Form 8-K within the period specified in Item 9.01(a)(3) of Form 8-K.

(b) Pro Forma Financial Information.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information of XOMA and LAVA as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and the year ended December 31, 2024 and the related notes will be included in an exhibit that will be filed in an amendment to this Current Report on Form 8-K within the period specified in Item 9.01(a)(3) of Form 8-K.

(d) Exhibits.

Number		Description of Document
Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press release entitled “XOMA Royalty Reports Third Quarter and Year to Date 2025 Financial Results and Highlights Recent Business Achievements” dated November 12, 2025.
2.1		Share Purchase Agreement, by and among XOMA Royalty Corporation and LAVA Therapeutics N.V., dated August 3, 2025 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to LAVA’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 4, 2025).
2.2		Amendment to Share Purchase Agreement, by and among XOMA Royalty Corporation and LAVA Therapeutics N.V., dated October 17, 2025 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to LAVA’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 17, 2025).
2.3		Form of Contingent Value Rights Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit C of Exhibit 2.1 to LAVA’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 17, 2025).
99.1		Press Release issued by XOMA Royalty Corporation on November 21, 2025 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (a)(5)(D) to the Schedule TO-T/A filed by XOMA Royalty Corporation on November 21, 2025).
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

~~SIGNATURE~~SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	XOMA ROYALTY CORPORATION	~~XOMA ROYALTY CORPORATION~~
Date: November 12, 2025		By:	/s/ Thomas Burns
Date: November 21, 2025	By:	/s/ Owen Hughes
			Thomas Burns
		Name:	Owen Hughes
			Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
		Title:	Chief Executive Officer

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