---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001214659-26-004751"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VRME"
cik: "0001104038"
company_name: "VerifyMe, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-04-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T05:42:26.307013+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# VerifyMe extends merger closing deadline with Open World to August 31, 2026

## Summary
- Outside date under Merger Agreement extended from June 30, 2026 to August 31, 2026.
- Amendment entered on April 15, 2026, effective April 13, 2026.
- Other terms of the merger remain unchanged.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001214659-26-004751
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VRME
- cik: 0001104038
- company_name: VerifyMe, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-04-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1104038/000121465926004751/0001214659-26-004751-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1104038/000121465926004751/p4162658k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001214659-26-004751.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: da7e78adf7b7e9e41e1f6ae7cd9d2b01f18fdedc
  claim: VerifyMe, Inc. amended Amendment (effective 2026-04-13).
  evidence_excerpt: On April 15, 2026, the Parties entered into the First Amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Merger Agreement effective as of April 13, 2026, pursuant to which the outside date was extended from June 30, 2026 to August 31, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1104038/000121465926004751/0001214659-26-004751-index.htm

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