EMPD 8-K
Empery Digital Inc. (EMPD)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d)
of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event
reported): December 6, 2024 (
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On December 6, 2024, Volcon, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release (“Agreement”) with GLV Ventures (“GLV”) pursuant to which the Company and GLV agreed to terminate the Supplier Agreement dated March 11, 2022 for the development and engineering of the Volcon Stag vehicle prototypes; the Supplier Agreement dated May 29, 2022 for the manufacturing of the Volcon Grunt EVO motorcycle; and the Supplier Agreement dated August 11, 2022 for the manufacturing of the Volcon Stag vehicle (collectively, the “Supplier Agreements”). Pursuant to the Agreement, among other items, the Company and GLV agreed to indemnify each other with respect to certain outstanding vendor payables and the Company agreed to pay GLV a termination fee of $125,000 per month for a period of twenty-two months.
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On December 5, 2024, the Company’s Board of Directors agreed to appoint Orn Olason as an independent member of the Company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Olason has not been appointed to any Board committees at this time. Mr. Olason will participate in the Company’s standard compensation program for non-employee directors, which provides for an annual cash fee of $50,000. Mr. Olason will also receive an option to purchase shares of Company common stock valued at $100,000 using a Black-Scholes model calculation vesting over one year, subject to the approval by the Company’s shareholders of an increase in the number of shares available for issuance under the Volcon 2021 Stock Plan.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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| Date: December 6, 2024 | /s/ Greg Endo |
| Greg Endo Chief Financial Officer |
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