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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-23-012786"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DSS"
cik: "0000771999"
company_name: "DSS, INC."
filed_at: "2023-04-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T01:01:38.669081+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# DSS subsidiary settles $540k interest on SHRG note with 28.9M shares

## Summary
- Second Letter Agreement dated April 17, 2023 between DSSI and SHRG settles interest from Jan 1 to Mar 31, 2023.
- SHRG will issue 28,877,005 shares of common stock at $0.0187 per share to satisfy $540,000 in accrued interest.
- Shares issued in lieu of cash for interest on the $27.0 million convertible note (8% annual rate, due May 2024).
- Prior settlement used 26,285,714 shares for interest through Dec 31, 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-23-012786
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DSS
- cik: 0000771999
- company_name: DSS, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-04-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/771999/000149315223012786/0001493152-23-012786-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/771999/000149315223012786/form8-k.htm

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