Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Use of Estimates and Assumptions

The preparation of financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions such as the fair value of warrants and stock options and to accrue for clinical trials in process that affect the reported amounts in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

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Principles of Consolidation

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The condensed consolidated financial statements include Soligenix, Inc., and its wholly and majority owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated as a result of consolidation.

Operating Segments

Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise about which separate financial information is available that is evaluated on a regular basis by the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”), which is the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, in deciding how to allocate resources to an individual segment and in assessing the performance of the segment. The Company divides its operations into two operating segments: Specialized BioTherapeutics and Public Health Solutions.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company considers all highly liquid investments with maturities of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

Furniture and equipment and right of use assets with finite lives are evaluated and reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable.

The Company did not record any impairment of long-lived assets for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Fair Value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Disclosures about the fair value of financial instruments are based on pertinent information available to the Company on March 31, 2026. Accordingly, the estimates presented in these financial statements are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that could be realized on disposition of the financial instruments.

Fair Value valuation techniques include a three-level hierarchy based on whether the inputs to those valuation techniques are observable or unobservable. Observable inputs reflect market data obtained from independent sources, while unobservable inputs reflect market assumptions. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurement) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurement).

The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:

In instances where the determination of the fair value measurement is based on inputs from different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the entire fair value measurement falls is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The Company’s assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment and considers factors specific to the asset or liability.

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The carrying amounts reported in the condensed consolidated balance sheet for cash and cash equivalents, contracts and grants receivable, accounts payable, accrued expenses, and accrued compensation approximate their fair value based on the short-term maturity of these instruments.

Deferred Issuance Costs

The Company capitalizes certain legal, professional, accounting and other third-party fees that are directly associated with in-process equity financings as deferred issuance costs until such financings are consummated. After consummation of the equity financing, these costs are recorded in shareholders’ equity as a reduction of additional paid-in capital generated as a result of the issuance.

Research and Development Costs

Research and development costs are charged to expense when incurred in accordance with applicable accounting guidance. Research and development includes costs such as clinical trial expenses, contracted research and license agreement fees with no alternative future use, supplies and materials, salaries, share-based compensation, employee benefits, equipment depreciation and allocation of various corporate costs.

Share-Based Compensation

Stock options are issued with an exercise price equal to the market price on the date of grant. Stock options issued to directors upon re-election vest quarterly for a period of one year (new director issuances are fully vested upon issuance). Stock options issued to employees generally vest 25% on the grant date, then 25% each subsequent year for a period of three years. These options have a ten-year life for as long as the individuals remain employees or directors. In general, when an employee or director terminates their position, the options will expire within three months, unless otherwise extended by the Board.

From time to time, the Company issues restricted shares of common stock to vendors and consultants as compensation for services performed under the Company’s 2025 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2025 Plan”) and 2015 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2015 Plan”). The 2025 Plan and 2015 Plan provide for the grant of stock options, restricted stock, deferred stock and unrestricted stock to the Company’s employees and non-employees (including consultants). The shares issued under the 2025 Plan and the 2015 Plan are registered on Form S-8. Stock compensation expense for equity-classified awards to non-employees is measured on the date of grant and is recognized when the services are performed.

There were no options issued during the three months ended March 31, 2026 or 2025.

Leases

The Company accounts for leases in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification Topic 842, Leases (“ASC 842”). At contract inception, the Company determines if an arrangement is or contains a lease and

whether the lease is classified as an operating lease or finance lease. The Company recognizes a right-of-use asset and a corresponding lease liability at the lease commencement date for all leases with a term greater than twelve months. Lease liabilities are measured at the present value of future lease payments, discounted using the interest rate implicit in the lease when readily determinable. If the implicit rate is not readily determinable, the Company uses its incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the lease commencement date. The lease term includes the noncancelable period of the lease together with periods covered by renewal options that the Company is reasonably certain to exercise and periods covered by termination options that the Company is reasonably certain not to exercise. The Company recognizes operating lease expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term which is included in operating expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Foreign Currency Transactions

The Company recognizes foreign currency-related transaction gains or losses as a component of net loss when incurred. Such transaction-related foreign currency gains or losses were de minimis for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025.

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Loss Per Share

Basic earnings per share (“EPS”) is computed by dividing loss applicable to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the period.

The following table summarizes outstanding instruments which were not included in the computation of diluted EPS as to do so would have been antidilutive:

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