secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Alpha Cognition Inc. (ACOG)
CIK:        0001655923
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-15T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001213900-26-004765
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.25
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Alpha Cognition grants equity awards to CEO, COO, and interim CFO
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- CEO Michael McFadden receives 190,549 RSUs vesting 1/3 annually over 3 years, 177,576 stock options with quarterly vesting after first year.
- CEO also granted 76,220 performance share units with vesting tied to stock price targets ranging from $12 to $28 per share.
- COO Lauren D'Angelo receives 137,195 RSUs (3-year vesting) and 106,545 stock options (first 1/3 at one year, then quarterly).
- Interim CFO Henry Du receives 20,579 RSUs and 15,982 stock options with same vesting schedules.
- All grants made under the 2025 Stock and Incentive Plan on January 9, 2026.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1655923/000121390026004765/0001213900-26-004765-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1655923/000121390026004765/ea027312401-8k_alpha.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-26-004765

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