---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-26-001257"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ISPC"
cik: "0001558569"
company_name: "iSpecimen Inc."
filed_at: "2026-01-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T11:39:38.321043+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# iSpecimen pays IR Agency $2M upfront for 4-month marketing consulting

## Summary
- Aggregate cash fee of $2,000,000 paid upon execution from Series C Preferred Stock placement proceeds.
- Four-month term beginning December 31, 2025, for marketing, advertising, and digital community-building services.
- Consultant is not a broker-dealer and will not solicit investors or effect securities transactions.
- Agreement may be terminated with or without cause; fees deemed earned upon receipt and non-refundable if client terminates.
- Company funded the fee from net proceeds of its private placement of Series C Convertible Non-Voting Preferred Stock.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-26-001257
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ISPC
- cik: 0001558569
- company_name: iSpecimen Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-01-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1558569/000121390026001257/0001213900-26-001257-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1558569/000121390026001257/ea0271900-8k_ispecimen.htm

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- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-26-001257.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-26-001257.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  iSpecimen Inc. entered into Consulting Agreement with IR Agency LLC valued at aggregate cash fee of $2,000,000 (effective 2025-12-31).
  - Action: entry
  - Counterparty: IR Agency LLC
  - Value: aggregate cash fee of $2,000,000
  - Effective: 2025-12-31
  source text: On December 31, 2025, the Company entered into a Consulting Agreement (the “Consulting Agreement”) with IR Agency LLC (the “Consultant”), pursuant to which the Consultant agreed to provide marketing, advertising and investor communications services to the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1558569/000121390026001257/0001213900-26-001257-index.htm

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