---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001683168-24-005112"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EMPD"
cik: "0001829794"
company_name: "Empery Digital Inc."
filed_at: "2024-07-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T15:46:10.130499+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Volcon appoints Adrian Solgaard as independent director; committee assignments set

## Summary
- Adrian Solgaard appointed independent director effective July 29, 2024.
- Will serve on audit, compensation, and nominating & governance committees.
- Standard non-employee director compensation: $50,000 annual cash fee.
- Also receives option to purchase shares valued at $100,000 (Black-Scholes), vesting over one year, subject to shareholder approval.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001683168-24-005112
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EMPD
- cik: 0001829794
- company_name: Empery Digital Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-07-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1829794/000168316824005112/0001683168-24-005112-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1829794/000168316824005112/volcon_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-24-005112.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Adrian Solgaard was appointed as independent member of the Board of Directors at Empery Digital Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: independent member of the Board of Directors
  source text: On July 29, 2024, the Board of Directors of Volcon, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Adrian Solgaard as an independent member of the Company’s Board of Directors effective on such date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1829794/000168316824005112/0001683168-24-005112-index.htm

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