---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-014289"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DSS"
cik: "0000771999"
company_name: "DSS, INC."
filed_at: "2026-03-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T08:18:21.153414+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# DSS enters $2.45M convertible note and warrant deal with related party Alset International

## Summary
- Loan of $2,450,000 via convertible promissory note at 3% simple interest.
- Note convertible at $0.74/share; warrants for 16,554,055 shares at $0.93.
- Transaction with Alset International Limited, a related party under common control of Chan Heng Fai.
- Closing subject to stockholder approval; interested directors recused from vote.
- Maturity and warrant expiry each five years from issuance.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-014289
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DSS
- cik: 0000771999
- company_name: DSS, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-03-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/771999/000149315226014289/0001493152-26-014289-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/771999/000149315226014289/form8-k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-26-014289
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-26-014289.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-26-014289.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  DSS, INC. entered into Securities Purchase Agreement with Alset International Limited valued at $2,450,000 (effective 2026-03-26).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: equity purchase
  - Counterparty: Alset International Limited
  - Value: $2,450,000
  - Effective: 2026-03-26
  source text: on March 26, 2026, DSS, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “SPA”) with Alset International Limited (“Alset International Limited”), a majority-owned subsidiary of Alset Inc., pursuant to which Alset International Limited will loan the Company $2,450,000, in exchange for a convertible promissory note (the “Note”) and warrant to purchase 16,554,055 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Warrants”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/771999/000149315226014289/0001493152-26-014289-index.htm

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