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02 Departure of Directors or Certain

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. On November 13, 2025, the President and Chief Executive Officer of ProtoKinetix, Incorporated (the "Company"), Clarence E. Smith, died in a tragic accident. Mr. Smith was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer for the Company on February 19, 2015, and was previously appointed a member of the Board of Directors of the Company on June 1, 2014, and served in those roles until his untimely death. On November 16, 2025, pursuant to the Company's bylaws, the Company's sole remaining director, Ed McDonough, appointed Mr. Guzzetta as Chairman of the Board of Directors, President, and Chief Executive Officer, to serve until his successor is duly elected and qualified. Mr. Guzzetta will continue to serve as the Company's Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer. Mr. Guzzetta's compensation pursuant to his employment agreement effective November 14, 2017, has not been modified at this time. Mr. Guzzetta currently serves as the Company's Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer, and a director of the Company. He was appointed as the Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary of the Company effective November 14, 2017 and continues to serve in such roles. Mr. Guzzetta is a Certified Public Accountant with a practice located in Central & Northeast Ohio providing services including business and individual taxation, non-profit accounting, corporate policy and procedure development, business organization and consulting. Prior to opening his practice he spent 20 years in corporate management in the communications and energy industries. Between 2014 and 2015, Mr. Guzzetta served as Treasurer and principal financial officer of Trans Energy Inc., a publicly traded energy company, where his responsibilities included corporate banking, risk management, maintaining fiscal control, budgeting, taxation and S

01. Regulation FD Disclosure

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure. On November 17, 2025, the Company posted a press release on its website announcing the death of the Company's Chairman, President, and CEO, and the appointment of Michael Guzzetta as his successor. The full text of the press release referenced herein is furnished hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference. The information in this Item 7.01 of the Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, is furnished and shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing made by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits. Exhibit No. Description 99.1 Press release dated November 17, 2025 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

SIGNATURES

SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on the 17th day of November 2025. ProtoKinetix, Inc. By: /s/ Michael Guzzetta Michael Guzzetta, President, CEO & CFO

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