secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     HEALTHY CHOICE WELLNESS CORP. (HCWC)
CIK:        0001948864
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-10-07T21:06:08+00:00
Accession:  0001493152-26-046165
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.22
Item codes: 1.01, 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

Host Digital grants 342,864 restricted shares, 74,286 to CFO Ollet, vesting Nov 30, 2026
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- Board granted 342,864 restricted Class A shares to certain employees effective Oct 1, 2026; CFO John Ollet received 74,286 of them.
- Restricted shares vest in full Nov 30, 2026 and are forfeited only on voluntary resignation or termination for cause, per the Restricted Stock Award Agreement (Exhibit 10.2).
- Grants fulfill Section 7.5 of the May 27, 2026 merger agreement among Healthy Choice Wellness Corp., Healthy Choice Wellness II Corp. and Host Digital Infrastructure LLC, completed Sept 17, 2026.
- Registration Rights Agreement (Oct 1, 2026) requires a shelf registration statement for resale of up to 342,864 Class A shares, filed within 30 days of Sept 17, 2026.
- Shares issued under Section 4(a)(2)/Rule 506(b); holders get registration rights, expense payment and indemnification, and accrued dividends on unvested shares pay within 30 days of vesting.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1948864/000149315226046165/0001493152-26-046165-index.htm
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