{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001683168-26-007957","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"EMPD","cik":"0001829794","company_name":"Empery Digital Inc.","filed_at":"2026-10-19T20:05:16+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-10-19T20:06:00.256796+00:00","generated_at":"2026-10-19T20:06:27.017714+00:00","sec_items":["5.07"],"event_type":"other_material","sentiment":"negative","materiality_score":0.65,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.15,"confidence":"high","headline":"Empery Digital shareholders reject 2025 equity plan; ATG files Delaware Section 225 suit over Ian Read seat","bullets":["Nine directors elected at the Oct 14, 2026 annual meeting, including Ian Read; Orn Olason failed with 11,321,399 votes for vs 14,361,815 withheld.","Proposal 2, the 2025 Equity Incentive Plan covering 6,846,589 reserved shares, was rejected: 8,897,192 for, 11,798,429 against, 4,991,973 abstain.","MaloneBailey, LLP ratified as independent auditor for FY2026 and quarterly reviews through Sept 30, 2027: 21,693,136 for, 1,296,401 against.","On Oct 16, 2026, ATG Capital Opportunities Fund LP filed a Delaware Section 225 action to sterilize Empery Asset Management votes and replace Ian Read with Gabriel Gliksberg.","ATG nominees James C. Elbaor, Gabriel D. Gliksberg and Meredith S. Kirshenbaum were defeated; Aaron T. Morris appeared on both slates and was elected."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-26-007957","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-26-007957.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-26-007957.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-26-007957.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1829794/000168316826007957/0001683168-26-007957-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1829794/000168316826007957/empery_8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-10-19T20:06:27.017714+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}