Tessera Defense & Homeland Security Inc 8-K, filed Oct 23, 2026
Tessera Defense & Homeland Security Inc. (HLSQ)
About this 8-K
Tessera Defense & Homeland Security Inc filed this 8-K on October 23, 2026, reporting on events of October 20, 2026.
Tessera Defense and Homeland Security Inc. issued 5,332,617 restricted shares to Mandragola Ltd. through cashless warrant exercises; stockholders approved increasing the 2026 Equity Incentive Plan reserve to 6,000,000 shares. AI summary
Items reported
- Item 3.02: Unregistered sale of equity
- Item 5.02: Director or officer change, or executive pay
- Item 5.07: Shareholder vote results
- Item 9.01: Financial statements and exhibits
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Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
Between October 20, 2026 and October 23, 2026, Tessera Defense and Homeland Security Inc. (the “Company”) issued 5,332,617 restricted shares of common stock to Mandragola Ltd. (the “Warrant Shares”) in three tranches upon cashless exercises by Mandragola of portions of the five-year warrant issued (the “DFSL Warrant”) to Mandragola on April 13, 2026 in connection with the Company’s acquisition of a 60% interest in Dr. Frucht Systems Ltd. (“DFSL”).
The DFSL Warrant is exercisable on a cashless basis for such number of shares of common stock equal to the Black-Scholes value of a Warrant Share, as set out in the DFSL Warrant, using the lower of the closing bid prices of the Company’s common stock in the two trading days preceding the exercise, subject to a floor of $0.10 per share (as adjusted). The DFSL Warrant may not be exercised to the extent that Mandragola, together with its affiliates, would beneficially own more than 9.99% of the Company’s outstanding common stock after the exercise.
The Warrant Shares were issued in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The shares are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act.
As of October 23, 2026, after giving effect to the issuances described above, the Company had 25,995,794 shares of common stock outstanding.
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
At the Special Meeting described in Item 5.07 below, the stockholders of the Company approved Amendment No. 2 to the Company’s 2026 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), which the Company’s Board of Directors adopted on September 24, 2026, subject to stockholder approval. Amendment No. 2 increased the number of shares of the Company’s common stock reserved and available for issuance under the Plan by 5,315,000 shares, from 685,000 shares to 6,000,000 shares, in each case after giving effect to the Company’s one-for-ten reverse stock split effected on September 9, 2026. A summary of the Plan, as amended by Amendment No. 2, is included under “Proposal 1” in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 6, 2026 (the “Proxy Statement”), and is incorporated herein by reference. That summary and the foregoing description are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of Amendment No. 2, which is attached as Annex A to the Proxy Statement and incorporated herein by reference.
As a result of the stockholder approval, the equity awards to Michael Oster, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, and David Rokach, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, described in Item 5.02 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 7, 2026, which were subject to stockholder approval of Amendment No. 2, are no longer subject to that condition.
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The Company held a Special Meeting of Stockholders (the “Special Meeting”) on October 20, 2026 in a virtual meeting format. As of October 5, 2026, the record date for the Special Meeting, there were 9,026,478 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), outstanding and entitled to vote. A total of 3,728,434 shares were represented in person (virtually) or by proxy at the Special Meeting, representing approximately 41.3% of the shares entitled to vote and constituting a quorum. There were no broker non-votes at the Special Meeting because each proposal was considered a non-routine matter. The vote results detailed below represent the final results as certified by the Inspector of Election. Each proposal is described in detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 6, 2026.
Proposal 1: Approval of Amendment to the 2026 Equity Incentive Plan.
The Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s 2026 Equity Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares of Common Stock reserved and available for issuance under the plan by 5,315,000 shares, from 685,000 shares to 6,000,000 shares, in each case after giving effect to the Company’s one-for-ten reverse stock split effected on September 9, 2026. The voting results were as follows:
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 3,540,463 | 187,380 | 591 | 0 |
Proposal 2: Adjournment Proposal.
The Company’s stockholders approved the proposal to adjourn the Special Meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there were insufficient votes to approve Proposal 1. The voting results were as follows:
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 3,598,806 | 128,987 | 641 | 0 |
Because Proposal 1 received sufficient votes for approval, no adjournment of the Special Meeting was necessary.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
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SIGNATURE
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.
| TESSERA DEFENSE AND HOMELAND SECURITY INC. | ||
| Date: October 23, 2026 | By: | /s/ Michael Oster |
| Name: | Michael Oster | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
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