Datavault AI Inc 8-K, filed Nov 26, 2025
Datavault AI Inc. (DVLT)
About this 8-K
Datavault AI Inc filed this 8-K on November 26, 2025, reporting on events of November 24, 2025.
Items reported
- Item 1.01: Entered into a material agreement
- Item 2.01: Completed an acquisition or sale of assets
- Item 5.03: Charter or bylaw amendment, or fiscal year change
- Item 5.07: Shareholder vote results
- Item 9.01: Financial statements and exhibits
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Securities Purchase Agreement
As previously disclosed, on September 25, 2025, Datavault AI Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Scilex Holding Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Purchaser”), pursuant to which the Purchaser agreed to purchase from the Company in a registered offering, (a) 15,000,000 shares (the “Shares”) of common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), and (b) a pre-funded warrant (the “Pre-Funded Warrant”) to purchase 263,914,094 shares (the “Pre-Funded Warrant Shares”) of Common Stock, for an aggregate purchase price of $150,000,000 in the native currency of the Bitcoin blockchain (“BTC”), which was valued at the spot exchange rate for BTC as published by Coinbase.com at 8:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the trading day immediately prior to the Initial Closing Date, or September 25, 2025. The closing with respect to the Shares took place on September 26, 2025 (the “Initial Closing Date”).
On November 25, 2025, pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and following the approval of the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting (as defined below) with respect to the issuance of the Pre-Funded Warrant Shares, the Company received payment of the purchase price for the Pre-Funded Warrant in BTC, and issued the Pre-Funded Warrant to the Purchaser. Upon issuance of the Pre-Funded Warrant, the Purchaser immediately exercised the Pre-Funded Warrant for all of the Pre-Funded Warrant Shares.
The Pre-Funded Warrant and the Pre-Funded Warrant Shares were offered and sold by the Company pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-288538), which was initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on July 7, 2025, and was declared effective by the SEC on July 9, 2025.
The foregoing descriptions of the Purchase Agreement and the Pre-Funded Warrant are not complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of such documents, copies of which are attached as exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K (this “Form 8-K”) and are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.
The disclosure required by this Item in connection with the closing with respect to the Pre-Funded Warrant pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and included in Item 1.01 of this Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.
As previously disclosed, on November 3, 2025, the Company and the Purchaser entered into a License Agreement (the “License Agreement”). The terms of the License Agreement were summarized in, and a copy thereof was attached to, the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 5, 2025.
Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
On November 24, 2025, at the Annual Meeting, the stockholders of the Company voted to approve an amendment to the Company’s certificate of incorporation, as amended (“Certificate of Incorporation”), to increase the number of authorized shares of capital stock that the Company may issue from 320,000,000 shares to 2,020,000,000 shares, of which 2,000,000,000 shares are classified as common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Charter Amendment”), which was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware the same day.
The foregoing summary of the Charter Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Charter Amendment, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On November 24, 2025, the Company held its 2025 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). Set forth below are the proposals that were voted on at the Annual Meeting and the stockholder votes on each such proposal, as certified by the inspector of elections for the Annual Meeting. These proposals are described in further detail in the definitive proxy statement filed by the Company with the SEC on October 27, 2025 (the “Proxy Statement”).
As of the close of business on September 26, 2025, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were an aggregate of 186,842,741 shares of Common Stock issued, outstanding and entitled to vote. Stockholders holding an aggregate of 85,796,677 shares of Common Stock were present at the Annual Meeting, in person or represented by proxy, which constituted a quorum.
Proposal 1 – The nine (9) nominees named in the Proxy Statement were elected at the Annual Meeting to serve as the Company’s directors until the Company’s 2026 annual meeting of stockholders and until each of their respective successors are elected and qualified or until each of their earlier resignation or removal. The final voting results with respect to the election of each such nominee were as follows:
| Nominee | For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | ||||
| Nathaniel Bradley | 64,554,073 | 699,167 | 20,543,437 | ||||
| Brett Moyer | 64,621,660 | 631,850 | 20,543,167 | ||||
| Kimberly Briskey | 64,572,549 | 680,691 | 20,543,437 | ||||
| Dr. Jeffrey M. Gilbert | 64,638,633 | 614,607 | 20,543,437 | ||||
| David Howitt | 64,635,364 | 617,886 | 20,543,427 | ||||
| Helge Kristensen | 64,579,124 | 674,116 | 20,543,437 | ||||
| Sriram Peruvemba | 64,631,063 | 622,177 | 20,543,437 | ||||
| Robert Tobias | 64,680,472 | 572,768 | 20,543,437 | ||||
| Wendy Wilson | 64,574,944 | 678,296 | 20,543,437 |
Proposal 2 – The appointment of BPM LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025 was ratified by the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting. The final voting results were as follows:
| For | Against | Abstain | ||
| 85,095,370 | 437,174 | 264,132 |
Proposal 3 – The approval of an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation to increase the Company’s authorized shares of capital stock from 320,000,000 shares to 2,020,000,000 shares, of which 2,000,000,000 shares would be Common Stock, was approved by the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting. The final voting results were as follows:
| For | Against | Abstain | ||
| 75,919,893 | 8,712,491 | 1,164,293 |
Proposal 4 – For purposes of Rule 5635(a) and Rule 5635(b) of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, the issuance of 20% or more of outstanding shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrant by the Purchaser was approved by the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting. The final voting results were as follows:
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 60,700,898 | 2,011,744 | 280,188 | 22,803,847 |
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Date: November 26, 2025 | DATAVAULT AI INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Nathaniel Bradley | ||
| Name: | Nathaniel Bradley | ||
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | ||
Exhibit 3.1
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF
DATAVAULT AI INC.
Datavault AI Inc., a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), does hereby certify that:
FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Datavault AI Inc.
SECOND: This Certificate of Amendment (this “Certificate of Amendment”) amends the provisions of the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and any amendments thereto (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), last amended by a certificate of amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation filed with the Secretary of State on September 25, 2025.
THIRD: The first sentence of Article Fourth of the Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended to read in its entirety as set forth below:
“Fourth: The total amount of stock that this corporation is authorized to issue is 2,020,000,000 shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of which 2,000,000,000 shares shall be common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and 20,000,000 shares shall be designated as blank check preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”).”
FOURTH: This Certificate of Amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Sections 212 and 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
FIFTH: This Certificate of Amendment shall be effective as of the date written below.
SIXTH: All other provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation shall remain in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Amendment to be signed by its officer thereunto duly authorized this 24th day of November, 2025.
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| DATAVAULT AI INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Nathaniel Bradley | |
| Name: Nathaniel Bradley | ||
| Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||