07/21/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 07/21/2025 19:56
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | |||
Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number. | SEC 1474 (9-02) |
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) |
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) |
4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) |
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) |
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) |
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4) |
8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) |
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) |
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) |
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) |
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Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||||||
Stock options (right to buy) | $10 | 07/17/2025 | A | 1,792,812 | (4) | 07/17/2035 | Common Stock | 1,792,812 | (5) | 1,792,812 | D |
Reporting Owner Name / Address | Relationships | |||
Director | 10% Owner | Officer | Other | |
Lane Ryan M. C/O VOLCON, INC. 3121 EAGLES NEST STREET, SUITE 120 ROUND ROCK, TX 78665 |
X | Co-Chief Executive Officer |
/s/ Ryan Matthew Lane | 07/21/2025 | |
**Signature of Reporting Person | Date |
* | If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). |
** | Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). |
(1) | 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. |
(2) | The shares of common stock were purchased by each of Empery Asset Master, LTD, Empery Tax Efficient, LP and Empery Tax Efficient III, LP (collectively the "Empery Purchasers") in in the Issuer's recently announced private placement with certain accredited and institutional investors, which closed on July 21, 2025. |
(3) | Empery Asset Management, LP (the "Investment Manager"), serves as the investment manager to each of the Empery Purchasers and certain other funds holding shares of the Issuer's common stock (collectively, the "Empery Funds"). The Reporting Person is a Managing Member of Empery AM GP, LLC (the "General Partner"), the general partner of the Investment Manager. The Investment Manager may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of all of the common stock held by the Empery Funds. The Reporting Person, as Managing Member of the General Partner of the Investment Manager with the power to exercise investment discretion, may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of all of the common stock held by the Empery Funds. The Reporting Person is the Issuer's Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of its board of directors. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. |
(4) | 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. |
(5) | The stock options were issued by the Issuer in connection with the Reporting Person's employment service as Co-Chief Executive Officer and chairman of the board of directors of the Issuer on July 17, 2025. All vesting is subject to the approval by the Issuer's stockholders of a new stock option plan. |