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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-015646"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CISO"
cik: "0001777319"
company_name: "CISO Global, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-04-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T06:55:00.739658+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CISO Global files SEC no-action request for investor-consent share lending program

## Summary
- Program requires beneficial owners to affirmatively opt in before their shares can be lent; consent can be withdrawn at any time.
- Request seeks SEC Staff confirmation of no enforcement action under Rule 17Ad-20 for adopting the consent framework.
- Company cites review of short-volume data, late-2025 fails-to-deliver, and shareholder-record discrepancies.
- Nick Morgan and Mark Hiraide of Investor Choice Advocates Network (ICAN) are representing CISO pro bono.
- No assurance that SEC Staff will grant relief; program would operate through existing intermediary relationships.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-015646
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CISO
- cik: 0001777319
- company_name: CISO Global, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-04-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1777319/000149315226015646/0001493152-26-015646-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1777319/000149315226015646/form8-k.htm

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