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accession: "0001641172-25-025235"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SBET"
cik: "0001981535"
company_name: "Sharplink, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-08-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T10:40:56.736892+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SharpLink Gaming adopts inducement award plan, reserving 3M shares for new-hire equity grants

## Summary
- Board adopted Inducement Award Plan on August 19, 2025, without stockholder approval under Nasdaq Rule 5635(c)(4).
- Plan reserves 3,000,000 shares of common stock for issuance to new employees as material inducement to employment.
- Awards include nonqualified stock options, SARs, restricted stock, RSUs, performance awards, and other stock-based awards.
- Only new hires or rehires following bona fide employment interruption are eligible for grants under the plan.
- Plan administered by Compensation Committee or independent board members; incentive stock options not permitted.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001641172-25-025235
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SBET
- cik: 0001981535
- company_name: Sharplink, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-08-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1981535/000164117225025235/0001641172-25-025235-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1981535/000164117225025235/form8-k.htm

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