SMX (Security Matters) Public Ltd Co 6-K, filed May 15, 2026
SMX (Security Matters) Public Ltd Co (SMX)
About this 6-K
SMX (Security Matters) Public Ltd Co filed this 6-K on May 15, 2026.
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of May 2026
Commission File Number: 001-41639
SMX (SECURITY MATTERS) PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Mespil Business Centre, Mespil House
Sussex Road, Dublin 4, Ireland
Tel: +353-1-920-1000
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F. Form 20-F ☒ Form 40-F ☐
SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited Company (the “Company”) further amended its 2022 Incentive Equity Plan, as amended (the “Incentive Plan”), to increase the number of authorized Ordinary Shares under the Incentive Plan from approximately 237,730 to 696,105 (the “Amendment”). As a Foreign Private Issuer, Nasdaq Rule 5615(a)(3) allows the Company to rely on home country corporate governance practices in lieu of certain of the rules in the Nasdaq Rule 5600 Series and Rule 5250(d) and, accordingly, the Company so elected to approve the Amendment without stockholder approval. Thereafter, the Company granted an aggregate of 458,375 restricted stock units, vesting 75% on the grant date and 25% on December 1, 2026, to its executive officers and directors, and to certain consultants, employees and advisors to the Company.
The information included in this Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K is hereby incorporated by reference into the registration statements on Form F-3 (File Numbers 333-294122 and 333-293520) and Form S-8 (File Numbers 333-288722, 333290452 and 333-294122) of the Company (including any prospectuses forming a part of such registration statements), and shall be a part thereof from the date on which this report is filed, to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished.
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 thereunto duly authorized.
Date: May 15, 2026
| SMX (SECURITY MATTERS) PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | ||
| By: | /s/ Haggai Alon | |
| Name: | Haggai Alon | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |