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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-23-029523"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CISO"
cik: "0001777319"
company_name: "CISO Global, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-08-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T06:23:40.892738+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CISO Global adopts 2023 Equity Incentive Plan with 40M shares reserved

## Summary
- Stockholders holding 90.86M shares (51% of outstanding) approved the plan via written consent on Aug 15, 2023.
- Plan reserves 40M shares plus any shares remaining under the 2019 Plan for future equity awards.
- Plan becomes effective 20 calendar days after mailing of an information statement to stockholders.
- No further awards will be made under the 2019 Plan once the 2023 Plan is effective.
- Approximately 6 directors, 445 employees, and 8 consultants are eligible to participate.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-23-029523
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CISO
- cik: 0001777319
- company_name: CISO Global, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-08-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1777319/000149315223029523/0001493152-23-029523-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1777319/000149315223029523/form8-k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-029523
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-029523.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-029523.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  CISO Global, Inc. shareholders approved Approval of the 2023 Equity Incentive Plan at the 2023-08-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-08-15
  source text: On August 15, 2023, stockholders holding an aggregate of 90,860,000 shares of our common stock, or approximately 51.0% of our issued and outstanding common stock, executed a written consent (the “Written Consent”) in lieu of a special meeting of stockholders approving the 2023 Plan.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1777319/000149315223029523/0001493152-23-029523-index.htm

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