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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-26-104861"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "ZDGE"
cik: "0001667313"
company_name: "Zedge, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-09-30T10:38:55+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T13:56:06.674993+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Zedge closes $7.675M private placement led by Vice Chairman Howard Jonas's Chartwell

## Summary
- Issued 2,616,447 shares of Class B common stock and warrants to purchase 2,354,803 shares; placement completed September 25, 2026 for gross proceeds of $7,675,000.
- Chartwell Holding LLC, whose sole beneficiaries are Howard Jonas and his wife, invested $6.5M for 2,218,430 shares and warrants on 1,996,587 shares.
- Warrant exercise prices: $3.22/share for Chartwell and director Elliott Gibber; $3.28/share for the remaining purchaser; exercisable only after NYSE American stockholder approval.
- Warrant exercisability also gated by a six-month hold: March 11, 2027 for Gibber and March 25, 2027 for Chartwell and the remaining purchaser.
- Proceeds intended to accelerate growth of DataSeeds.AI and expand its team and reach; Zedge cites 20 million monthly active users. No placement agent commissions paid.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-26-104861
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: ZDGE
- cik: 0001667313
- company_name: Zedge, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-09-30T10:38:55+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1667313/000121390026104861/0001213900-26-104861-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1667313/000121390026104861/ea0306984-8ka1_zedge.htm

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