Empery Digital (EMPD) Proxy filing summary

Executive summary

• Solicitation promotes the board slate and urges shareholders to vote the white proxy card by Oct. 14.

• The campaign highlights board experience in governance, capital allocation, digital assets, and branding.

Voting matters and shareholder proposals

• Shareholders are asked to vote FOR all nine nominees on the white proxy card by Oct. 14.

• Okapi Partners is identified as the proxy solicitation firm for voting questions and assistance.

Board of directors and corporate governance

• Ian Read served as Pfizer CEO and then Executive Chair from 2010–2019; materials cite -198% TSR during that period and -104% and -240% TSR at DXC Technology and Kimberly-Clark during his board tenures.

• Read chairs the independent Nominating & Governance Committee; Ryan Lane is chairman and co-CEO, and materials credit him with capital-markets expertise.

• Lane co-founded Empery Asset Management in 2008; its flagship fund had greater than 20% net annualized returns from inception through June 2026, with 2008–2025 results audited and 2026 results unaudited.

• Lane led a $500M+ capital raise and the sector’s largest buyback, which materials say lifted bitcoin per share 39% in one month; he also architected the Hunt Properties partnership, whose namesake is the largest individual shareholder.

• Rohan Chauhan brings digital-asset and public-market experience; Örn Ólason has over two decades in branding and marketing and shapes shareholder and market communications.