---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-146442"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "OMEX"
cik: "0000798528"
company_name: "ODYSSEY MARINE EXPLORATION INC"
filed_at: "2026-04-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T06:57:44.917118+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Odyssey Marine to acquire AOM in reverse merger; existing OMEX holders to own ~6.7%

## Summary
- AOM shareholders receive 4.5017 OMEX shares per AOM share; OMEX holders own ~6.7% of pro forma combined company.
- AOM secures $156M PIPE and $75.6M bridge financing; closing requires AOM to have min $100M cash.
- Odyssey to spin off ORM (Mexican phosphate) interests into trust for pre-merger OMEX stockholders.
- Combined company renamed 'American Ocean Minerals Corporation' at closing.
- Odyssey issues up to $5M secured note to AOM at 8% interest; additional pre-closing notes possible.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-146442
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: OMEX
- cik: 0000798528
- company_name: ODYSSEY MARINE EXPLORATION INC
- filed_at: 2026-04-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.02, 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/798528/000119312526146442/0001193125-26-146442-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/798528/000119312526146442/d67670d8k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: ce233670506ebec3f2736f792d181ee14016d3f1
  claim: ODYSSEY MARINE EXPLORATION INC entered into Agreement and Plan of Merger with American Ocean Minerals Corporation (effective 2026-04-08).
  evidence_excerpt: On April 8, 2026, Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. (“Odyssey”), Oceanus Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Odyssey (“Merger Sub”), and American Ocean Minerals Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“AOM,” and together with Odyssey and Merger Sub, the “Parties”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”)
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/798528/000119312526146442/0001193125-26-146442-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.