UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K/A

(Amendment No. 1)

(Mark One)

For the fiscal year ended: December 31, 2023

OR

For the transition period from ___________ to ___________

Commission file number: 001-41173

NexGel, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (215) 702-8550

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

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☐ No ☒

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ☐ No ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☐ No ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a nonaccelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

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. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☐

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes ☐ No ☒

The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of June 30, 2023, the last business day of the registrant’s second fiscal quarter, was approximately $10,695,605 based on the price at which the registrant last sold common equity.

As of April 10, 2024, the registrant had 6,227,624 shares of common stock outstanding.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

None in this Amendment No. 1 to Form 10-K/A.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

References to the “Company,” “NexGel,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to NexGel, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries, unless the context requires otherwise.

This Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A (the “Amendment”) amends the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, as filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April 10, 2024 (the “Original Report”). Specifically, this Amendment amends and restates Part II, Item 9A, “Controls and Procedures” in its entirety to include management’s annual report on internal control over financial reporting as required by Item 308(a) of Regulation S-K, The Original Report, as amended by this Amendment, is referred to as the “Annual Report.”

The Company inadvertently failed to include management’s annual report on internal control over financial reporting in the Original Report. The omission of the disclosure had no impact on the consolidated financial statements and other disclosures contained in the Original Report. Management is aware of its responsibility for establishing adequate internal controls over financial reporting, had such internal controls in place at that time, and complied with the procedures established by the internal controls framework. The specific disclosure item was inadvertently omitted from the Original Report as we had previously relied on an exemption established by the SEC for newly public companies that allowed us to exclude management’s report on internal control over financial reporting.

Except as described above, no other changes have been made to the Original Report. The Annual Report continues to speak as of the original filing date of April 10, 2024. This Amendment is only being filed to revise Item 9A and does not change the previously reported financial statements or any of the other disclosures contained in the Original Report. The Company has not updated or amended any other disclosures contained therein to reflect any events which occurred after April 10, 2024, other than as expressly indicated in this Amendment. In addition, the certifications required under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are filed as exhibits to this Amendment.

Item 9A. Controls and Procedures

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

As of December 31, 2023, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our “disclosure controls and procedures” (“Disclosure Controls”), as defined by Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). The Disclosure Controls evaluation was done under the supervision and with the participation of management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer. There are inherent limitations to the effectiveness of any system of disclosure controls and procedures. Accordingly, even effective disclosure controls and procedures can only provide reasonable assurance of achieving their control objectives. Based upon this evaluation, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer have concluded that our Disclosure Controls and Procedures were effective as of December 31, 2023 at a reasonable level of assurance.

Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting and Attestation Report of the Registered Accounting Firm

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act). Management conducted an assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting based on the criteria set forth in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework). Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting is not intended to provide absolute assurance that a misstatement of our financial statements would be prevented or detected. Based on that assessment, management has concluded that its internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2023 to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Given we are neither an accelerated filer nor a large accelerated filer, we are not required to include an attestation report regarding the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting of our independent registered public accounting firm in our Annual Report.

Change in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART IV

ITEM 15. EXHIBITS.

The following documents are filed as part of this Amendment:

No financial statements are filed with this Amendment. These items were included as part of the Original Report.

None.

The exhibits listed in the Original Reports are required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K. A list of the exhibits filed with this Amendment are provided below

*Filed herewith

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.