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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington D.C. 20549

FORM 20-F

☐ REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

OR

☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2026

OR

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from __________ to __________

OR

☐ SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of event requiring this shell company report ___________

Commission file number 000-49843

ALTERITY THERAPEUTICS LIMITED

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter and translation of Registrant’s name into English)

Australia

(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

Level 15, 500 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia

(Address of principal executive offices)

David Stamler, Chief Executive Officer

Level 15, 500 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia

+61 3 9349 4906 (phone)

(Name, telephone, e-mail and/or facsimile number and address of company contact person)

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

Title of each classTrading SymbolName of each exchange on which registered
American Depositary Shares, each representing 12 Ordinary SharesATHENasdaq Capital Market

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:None

Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act:None

Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report:

Ordinary Shares, as of June 30, 2026:217,508,862

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

Yes ☐No ☒

If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes ☐No ☒

Note – Checking the box above will not relieve any registrant required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 from their obligations under those Sections.

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 non-accelerated filer, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer ☐Accelerated filer ☐
Emerging growth company ☐Non-accelerated filer ☒

If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, 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. ☐

† The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.

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 which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:

U.S. GAAP ☐International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board ☒Other ☐

If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow:

Item 17 ☐ Item 18 ☐

If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes☐ No ☒

This Annual Report on Form 20-F is incorporated by reference into our Registration Statements on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-228671, 333-248980 and 333-251073) and our Registration Statements on Form F-3 (File Nos. 333-274816).

INTRODUCTION

Alterity Therapeutics Limited (formerly Prana Biotechnology Limited) was incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Australia on November 11, 1997. Our mission is to develop therapeutic drugs designed to treat neurodegenerative diseases, currently focusing on Parkinsonian and other movement disorders.

The principal listing of our ordinary shares and listed options to purchase our ordinary shares is on the Australian Securities Exchange, or ASX. Since September 5, 2002, our American Depositary Shares, or ADSs, have traded on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “PRAN.” On April 8, 2019, we changed our name to Alterity Therapeutics Limited and our ADSs have traded under the symbol “ATHE” since that date. The Bank of New York, acting as depositary, issues American Depositary Receipts, or ADRs, each of which evidences an ADS, which in turn represents 12 of our ordinary shares. As used in this annual report, the terms “we”, “us”, “our”, “the Company”, “the Group” and “Alterity” mean Alterity Therapeutics Limited and its subsidiaries, unless otherwise indicated.

Our consolidated financial statements appearing in this annual report are prepared in Australian dollars and in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards, or IFRS, as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, or IASB and Australian equivalents to International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the Australian Accounting Standards Board.

Our ordinary shares are primarily quoted on the Australian Securities Exchange (“ASX”) in addition to the listing of our ADSs on the Nasdaq Capital Market. As part of our ASX listing, we are required to comply with additional disclosure requirements as set out under the AustralianCorporations Act 2001and theASX Listing Rules. Information furnished under the sub-heading “Australian Disclosure Requirements” is intended to comply with theASX Listing Rules andCorporations Act 2001disclosure requirements and is not intended to fulfill information required by this Annual Report on Form 20-F.

In this annual report, all references to “U.S. dollars” or “U.S.$” are to the currency of the United States, and all references to “Australian dollars” or “A$” are to the currency of Australia.

Statements made in this annual report concerning the contents of any contract, agreement or other document are summaries of such contracts, agreements or documents and are not complete descriptions of all of their terms. If we filed any of these documents as an exhibit to this annual report or to any registration statement or annual report that we previously filed, you may read the document itself for a complete description of its terms.

Forward-Looking Statements

Except for the historical information contained in this annual report, the statements contained in this annual report are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended, with respect to our business, financial condition and results of operations. Such forward-looking statements reflect our current view with respect to future events and financial results. We urge you to consider that statements which use the terms “anticipate,” “believe,” “do not believe,” “expect,” “plan,” “intend,” “estimate,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. We remind readers that forward-looking statements are merely predictions and therefore inherently subject to uncertainties and other factors and involve known and unknown risks that could cause the actual results, performance, levels of activity, or our achievements, or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, performance, levels of activity, or our achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Except as required by applicable law, including the securities laws of the United States, we undertake no obligation to publicly release any update or revision to any forward-looking statements to reflect new information, future events or circumstances, or otherwise after the date hereof. We have attempted to identify significant uncertainties and other factors affecting forward-looking statements in the Risk Factors section that appears in Item 3.D. “Key Information-Risk Factors.”

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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PART I1
ITEM 1.IDENTITY OF DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND ADVISERS1
ITEM 2.OFFER STATISTICS AND EXPECTED TIMETABLE1
ITEM 3.KEY INFORMATION1
A.[Reserved]1
B.Capitalization and Indebtedness1
C.Reasons for the Offer and Use of Proceeds1
D.Risk Factors1
ITEM 4.INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY14
A.History and Development of the Company14
B.Business Overview15
C.Organizational Structure26
D.Property, Plant and Equipment26
ITEM 4A.UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS26
ITEM 5.OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW AND PROSPECTS26
A.Operating Results26
B.Liquidity and Capital Resources29
C.Research and Development, Patents and Licenses31
D.Trend Information31
E.Critical Accounting Estimates31
ITEM 6.DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES32
A.Directors and Senior Management32
B.Compensation33
C.Board Practices39
D.Employees41
E.Share Ownership41
F.Disclosure of a registrant’s action to recover erroneously awarded compensation45
ITEM 7.MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS45
A.Major Shareholders45
B.Related Party Transactions45
C.Interests of Experts and Counsel45
ITEM 8.FINANCIAL INFORMATION45
A.Financial Statements and Other Financial Information45
B.Significant Changes45
ITEM 9.THE OFFER AND LISTING45
A.Offer and Listing Details45
B.Plan of Distribution46
C.Markets46
D.Selling Shareholders46
E.Dilution46
F.Expenses of the Issue46
ITEM 10.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION46
A.Share Capital46
B.Memorandum and Articles of Association46
C.Material Contracts47
D.Exchange Controls47
E.Taxation47
F.Dividends and Paying Agents52
G.Statement by Experts52
H.Documents on Display52
I.Subsidiary Information52

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ITEM 11.QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK52
ITEM 12.DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES OTHER THAN EQUITY SECURITIES53
PART II54
ITEM 13.DEFAULTS, DIVIDEND ARREARAGES AND DELINQUENCIES54
ITEM 14.MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE RIGHTS OF SECURITY HOLDERS AND USE OF PROCEEDS54
ITEM 15.CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES54
ITEM 16.RESERVED54
ITEM 16A.AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT54
ITEM 16B.CODE OF ETHICS55
ITEM 16C.PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES55
ITEM 16D.EXEMPTIONS FROM THE LISTING STANDARDS FOR AUDIT COMMITTEES55
ITEM 16E.PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY THE ISSUER AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS55
ITEM 16F.CHANGES IN REGISTRANT’S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT55
ITEM 16G.CORPORATE GOVERNANCE55
ITEM 16H.MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE56
ITEM 16IDISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS56
ITEM 16JINSIDER TRADING POLICIES56
ITEM 16KCYBER SECURITY56
PART III58
ITEM 17.FINANCIAL STATEMENTS58
ITEM 18.FINANCIAL STATEMENTS58
ITEM 19.EXHIBITS60
SIGNATURES61

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