---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-25-026798"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "QCLS"
cik: "0001321834"
company_name: "Q/C TECHNOLOGIES, INC."
filed_at: "2025-12-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T13:45:56.918976+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Q/C Technologies hires Martin Shkreli as strategic advisor; issues warrants and restricted shares

## Summary
- Monthly consulting fee of $12,500 ($150,000 annually) to Ocean Avenue Holdings, Shkreli's entity.
- Warrants to purchase 212,500 shares at $5.097 per share, vesting quarterly over 12 months.
- 212,500 restricted shares of common stock granted, also vesting quarterly over 12 months.
- Term of consulting agreement is 12 months; Shkreli will advise on acquisitions, technology, and board introductions.
- Shkreli joins James Altucher on the advisory team; company highlights optical computing focus.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-25-026798
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: QCLS
- cik: 0001321834
- company_name: Q/C TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-12-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321834/000149315225026798/0001493152-25-026798-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321834/000149315225026798/form8-k.htm

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## Key facts
- Equity Issuances
  Q/C TECHNOLOGIES, INC. issued up to an aggregate of 212,500 shares of common stock of warrant to Ocean Avenue Holdings LLC.
  - Security: warrant
  - Shares: up to an aggregate of 212,500 shares of common stock
  - Purchaser: Ocean Avenue Holdings LLC
  source text: (ii) issue warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 212,500 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”), of the Company at an exercise price equal to $5.097 per share
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321834/000149315225026798/0001493152-25-026798-index.htm
- Equity Issuances
  Q/C TECHNOLOGIES, INC. issued 212,500 restricted shares of Common Stock of common stock to Ocean Avenue Holdings LLC.
  - Security: common stock
  - Shares: 212,500 restricted shares of Common Stock
  - Purchaser: Ocean Avenue Holdings LLC
  source text: (iii) grant to the Consultant 212,500 restricted shares of Common Stock, which vest in four substantially equal installments on the quarterly anniversaries of the issuance date
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321834/000149315225026798/0001493152-25-026798-index.htm

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