UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
| Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): | April 15, 2026 |
VerifyMe, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Nevada | 001-39332 | 23-3023677 | ||||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||||
| 801 International Parkway, Fifth Floor, Lake Mary, Florida | 32746 | |||||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||||
| Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: | (585) 736-9400 | |||||
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) |
Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
| Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share | VRME | The Nasdaq Capital Market |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
| Emerging growth company ¨ |
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨
EXPLANATORY NOTE
As previously disclosed, VerifyMe, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), VRME Subsidiary Corp., a Nevada corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”) and Open World Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Open World” and, together with the Company and Merger Sub, the “Parties”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated February 11, 2026 (the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which Merger Sub will merge with and into Open World, Merger Sub will cease to exist and Open World will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Merger”).
| Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On April 15, 2026, the Parties entered into the First Amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Merger Agreement effective as of April 13, 2026, pursuant to which the outside date was extended from June 30, 2026 to August 31, 2026.
The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, the full text of the Amendment, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 2.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 2.1 | First Amendment to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated April 13, 2026, by and among VerifyMe, Inc., VRME Subsidiary Corp., and Open World, Ltd., (incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit 2.2 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4, filed on April 15, 2026). | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| VerifyMe, Inc. | ||
| Date: April 16, 2026 | By: | /s/ Adam Stedham |
| Adam Stedham | ||
| Chief Executive Officer |