Form 4 for EMPD Empery Digital Inc.

Accepted 2025-07-21 00:00:00 ET · period of report 2025-07-17 · accession 0001683168-25-005265 · SEC index · Original document

Summary rows

Aggregated the way they appear in lists: one row per insider, transaction code and security table.

X	Filed	Traded	Ticker	Insider	Title	Type	Price	Qty	Owned	ΔOwn	Value
DI	2025-07-21	2025-07-21	EMPD	READ IAN C	Dir	A - Grant	$10.00	+30.0K	30.0K	New	+$300.0K
D	2025-07-21	2025-07-17	EMPD	READ IAN C	Dir	A - Grant	—	+298.8K	298.8K	New	—

Purchase Sale Sale after option exercise All abbreviations

#	Table	Security	Date	Code	A/D	Shares	Price	Owned after	Own	Exercise / expiry	Underlying	Footnotes
1	Common	Common Stock	2025-07-21	A	A	30,000	$10.00	30,000	I See Footnote	—	—	(F1) The shares of common stock were purchased by the Reporting Person in the Issuer's recently announced private placement with certain accredited and institutional investors, which closed on July 21, 2025. (F2) The shares of common stock were purchased by the Ian Charles Read Revocable Trust the ("Trust"). The Reporting Person is the trustee of the trust and may be deemed to have sole voting and dispositive power over the shares held by the Trust. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
2	Derivative	Stock options (right to buy)	2025-07-17	A	A	298,802	—	298,802	D	$10.00 · — to 2035-07-17	298,802 Common Stock	(F3) The stock options vest based upon the daily volume weighted average price ("VWAP") of the Issuer's common stock, vesting as to 20% of the underlying shares of common stock upon the VWAP reaching $10 and then in incremental 20% installments until becoming fully vested upon a VWAP of $30. All vesting is subject to the approval by the Issuer's stockholder of a new stock option plan.