secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Empery Digital Inc. (EMPD)
CIK:        0001829794
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-10-19T20:05:16+00:00
Accession:  0001683168-26-007957
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.15
Item codes: 5.07
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

Empery Digital shareholders reject 2025 equity plan; ATG files Delaware Section 225 suit over Ian Read seat
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- 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.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1829794/000168316826007957/0001683168-26-007957-index.htm
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