EX-4.24 2 empery_ex0424.htm DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT'S SECURITIES

Exhibit 4.24

DESCRIPTION OF THE REGISTRANT’S SECURITIES

The following summary is a description of the material terms of the capital stock of Empery Digital Inc. (the “Company,” “we,” “our” or “us”). This summary is not complete, and is qualified by reference to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation (as amended), our third amended and restated bylaws, the certificate of designations designating Series A Preferred Stock (the “certificate of designations”), and the Rights Agreement (as defined herein), each of which are filed as exhibits to this Annual Report on Form 10-K and are incorporated by reference herein. We encourage you to read our amended and restated certificate of incorporation (together with all amendments thereto, our “certificate of incorporation”), our third amended and restated bylaws, the Rights Agreement and the applicable provisions of the Delaware General Corporations Law for additional information.

General

As of March 25, 2026, the Company had two classes of securities registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, our common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, and rights to purchase shares of Series A Preferred Stock, par value $0.00001 per share.

As of March 25, 2026, there were 30,247,668 shares of common stock issued and outstanding.

As of March 25, 2026, there were 30,247,668 Rights issued and outstanding.

Authorized Capital Stock

Our certificate of incorporation authorizes us to issue 255,000,000 shares of capital stock consisting of 250,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.00001 per share and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.00001 per share.

Common Stock

Shares of our common stock have the following rights, preferences and privileges:

Voting

Each holder of common stock is entitled to one vote for each share of common stock held on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders. Any action at a meeting at which a quorum is present will be decided by the affirmative vote by the holders of a majority in voting power of the votes cast (excluding abstentions and broker non-votes) on such matter, except in the case of any election of directors, which will be decided by a plurality of votes cast. There is no cumulative voting.

Dividends

Holders of our common stock are entitled to receive dividends when, as and if declared by our board of directors out of funds legally available for payment, subject to the rights of holders, if any, of any class of stock having preference over the common stock. Any decision to pay dividends on our common stock will be at the discretion of our board of directors. Our board of directors may or may not determine to declare dividends in the future. The board’s determination to issue dividends will depend upon our profitability and financial condition, any contractual restrictions, restrictions imposed by applicable law and the SEC, and other factors that our board of directors deems relevant.

Liquidation Rights

In the event of a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, the holders of our common stock will be entitled to share ratably on the basis of the number of shares held in any of the assets available for distribution after we have paid in full, or provided for payment of, all of our debts and after the holders of all outstanding series of any class of stock have preference over the common stock, if any, have received their liquidation preferences in full.

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Other

Our issued and outstanding shares of common stock are fully paid and nonassessable. Holders of shares of our common stock are not entitled to preemptive rights. Shares of our common stock are not convertible into shares of any other class of capital stock, nor are they subject to any redemption or sinking fund provisions.

Preferred Stock

We are authorized to issue up to 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock. Our certificate of incorporation authorizes our board of directors to issue these shares in one or more series, to determine the designations and the powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, including the dividend rights, conversion or exchange rights, voting rights (including the number of votes per share), redemption rights and terms, liquidation preferences, sinking fund provisions and the number of shares constituting the series. Our board of directors could, without stockholder approval, issue preferred stock with voting and other rights that could adversely affect the voting power and other rights of the holders of common stock which could have the effect of making it more difficult for a third party to acquire, or of discouraging a third party from attempting to acquire, a majority of our outstanding voting stock.

On February 3, 2026, our board of directors designated 100,000 shares of preferred stock as Series A Preferred Stock, par value $0.00001 per share. The Series A Preferred Stock has certain rights and preferences, as set forth in the certificate of designation, that are greater than, and may materially limit or qualify, the rights of our common stock.

The Series A Preferred Stock is reserved for issuance in connection with the Rights (as defined below) pursuant to the Rights Agreement. Upon issuance, each holder of the Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to 1,000 votes, subject to adjustment as described in the certificate of designation, for each share of Series A Preferred Stock held on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders. The Series A Preferred Stock ranks junior to any other series of our preferred stock. Subject to any preference rights of holders of any superior stock that we may issue in the future, and upon issuance of any Series A Preferred Stock, holders of our Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive quarterly dividends, if any are declared by our board of directors out of legally available funds, in an amount per share (rounded to the nearest cent), subject to adjustment as described in the certificate of designation, equal to 1,000 multiplied by the aggregate per share amount of all cash dividends, and 1,000 multiplied by the aggregate per share amount (payable in kind) of all non-cash dividends or other distributions, other than a dividend payable in shares of common stock or a subdivision of the outstanding shares of common stock (by reclassification or otherwise) declared on the common stock since the immediately preceding quarterly dividend payment date or, with respect to the first quarterly dividend payment date, since the first issuance of any share or fraction of a share of Series A Preferred Stock.

In the event of our liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the holders of our outstanding Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to receive an amount per share equal to 1,000 multiplied by the aggregate amount to be distributed in respect of the common stock upon such liquidation, dissolution or winding up.

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Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaw Provisions

Our certificate of incorporation and third amended and restated bylaws include a number of anti-takeover provisions that may have the effect of encouraging persons considering unsolicited tender offers or other unilateral takeover proposals to negotiate with our board of directors rather than pursue non-negotiated takeover attempts. These provisions include:

Advance Notice Requirements. Our third amended and restated bylaws establish advance notice procedures with regard to stockholder proposals relating to the nomination of candidates for election as directors or new business to be brought before meetings of stockholders. These procedures provide that notice of stockholder proposals must be timely and given in writing to our corporate Secretary. Generally, to be timely, notice must be received at our principal executive offices not less than 90 calendar days nor more than 120 calendar days prior to the one-year anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting of stockholders. The notice must contain the information required by the third amended and restated bylaws, including information regarding the proposal and the proponent.

Special Meetings of Stockholders. Our certificate of incorporation provides that, subject to the special rights of the holders of one or more series of Preferred Stock, special meetings of stockholders may be called , for any purpose or purposes, at any time only by or at the direction of our board of directors, the chairperson of the board of directors, the Chief Executive Officer or President , and shall not be called by any other person or persons.

No Written Consent of Stockholders. Our certificate of incorporation provides that any action required or permitted to be taken by stockholders must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of stockholders at which a quorum is present, and may not be effected by any consent in writing by such stockholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any action required or permitted to be taken by the holders of any series of preferred stock, voting separately as a series or separately as a class with one or more other such series, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, to the extent expressly so provided by the applicable certificate of designations relating to such series of preferred stock, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding shares of the relevant series of preferred stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to us in accordance with the applicable provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”).

Board of Directors. Our third amended and restated bylaws provide that each director, including a director elected to fill a vacancy or newly created directorship, shall hold office until the expiration of the term of the class, if any, for which elected and until such director’s successor is elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier death, resignation, disqualification or removal. Our board of directors is not classified, and all directors are elected annually at the annual meeting of stockholders.

Amendment of Bylaws. Our board of directors is expressly empowered to adopt, amend or repeal our third amended and restated bylaws. Our stockholders may also adopt, amend or repeal any provisions of our third amended and restated bylaws by obtaining , in addition to any other vote required by our certificate of incorporation or applicable law, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all the then-outstanding shares of voting stock of the Company with the power to vote generally in an election of directors, voting together as a single class.

Preferred Stock. Our certificate of incorporation authorizes our board of directors to create and issue rights entitling our stockholders to purchase shares of our stock or other securities. The ability of our board to establish the rights and issue substantial amounts of preferred stock without the need for stockholder approval may delay or deter a change in control of us. See the section titled “Preferred Stock” above.

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Delaware Takeover Statute

We are subject to Section 203 of the DGCL (“Section 203”) which, subject to certain exceptions, prohibits a Delaware corporation from engaging in any “business combination” (as defined below) with any interested stockholder for a period of three years following the date that such stockholder became an interested stockholder, unless: (1) prior to such date, the board of directors of the corporation approved either the business combination or the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder; (2) on consummation of the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the voting stock of the corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding for purposes of determining the voting stock outstanding those shares owned (x) by persons who are directors and also officers and (y) by employee stock plans in which employee participants do not have the right to determine confidentially whether shares held subject to this plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer; or (3) on or subsequent to such date, the business combination is approved by the board of directors and authorized at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of at least 66 2⁄3% of the outstanding voting stock that is not owned by the interested stockholder.

Section 203 defines generally “business combination” to include: (1) any merger or consolidation involving the corporation and the interested stockholder; (2) any sale, transfer, pledge or other disposition of 10% or more of the assets of the corporation involving the interested stockholder; (3) subject to certain exceptions, any transaction that results in the issuance or transfer by the corporation of any stock of the corporation to the interested stockholder; (4) any transaction involving the corporation that has the effect of increasing the proportionate share of the stock of any class or series of the corporation beneficially owned by the interested stockholder; or (5) the receipt by the interested stockholder of the benefit of any loans, advances, guarantees, pledges or other financial benefits provided by or through the corporation. In general, Section 203 defines an “interested stockholder” as any entity or person beneficially owning 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation and any entity or person affiliated with or controlling or controlled by such entity or person.

Description of Rights to Purchase Series A Preferred Stock

On February 3, 2026, our board of directors declared a dividend of one preferred stock purchase right (a “Right”) for each share of common stock outstanding as of February 13, 2026, pursuant to a Rights Agreement with Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Rights Agent (the “Rights Agreement”). The following is a summary description of the Rights as of March 25, 2026 and is qualified in its entirety by the detailed terms and conditions of the Rights Agreement and the certificate of designations, each of which are filed as exhibits to this Annual Report on Form 10-K and are incorporated by reference herein.

Each Right entitles the holder to purchase one one-thousandth of a share of Series A Preferred Stock at a purchase price of $15.00, subject to adjustment. The Rights are initially attached to all common stock and will separate and become exercisable upon a person or group acquiring beneficial ownership of 12.5% or more of the outstanding common stock (an “Acquiring Person”), subject to certain exceptions for the Company, its employee benefit plans, grandfathered stockholders, and passive institutional investors filing on Schedule 13G. The Rights will expire on February 2, 2027, and may be redeemed by our board of directors at $0.00001 per Right prior to any person becoming an Acquiring Person.

Distribution Date; Exercisability; Expiration

Initially, the Rights will be attached to all certificates of common stock, and no separate certificates evidencing the Rights (“Right Certificates”) will be issued. Until the Distribution Date (as defined below), the Rights will be transferred with and only with the common stock. As long as the Rights are attached to the common stock, the Company will issue one Right with each new common stock so that all such common stock will have Rights attached.

The Rights will separate and begin trading separately from the common stock, and Right Certificates will be caused to evidence the Rights, on the earlier to occur of (i) the Close of Business (as such term is defined in the Rights Agreement) on the 10th day following a public announcement, or the public disclosure of facts indicating (or our board of directors becoming aware), that a Person (as such term is defined in the Rights Agreement) or group of affiliated or associated Persons has acquired Beneficial Ownership (as defined below) of 12.5% or more of the outstanding common stock (an “Acquiring Person”) (or, in the event our board of directors determines to effect an exchange in accordance with Section 24 of the Rights Agreement and our board of directors determines that a later date is advisable, then such later date) or (ii) the Close of Business on the 10th Business Day (as such term is defined in the Rights Agreement) (or such later date as may be determined by action of our board of directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) following the commencement of a tender offer or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in the Beneficial Ownership by a Person or group of 12.5% or more of the outstanding common stock (the earlier of such dates, the “Distribution Date”). As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, unless the Rights are recorded in book-entry or other uncertificated form, the Company will prepare and cause the Right Certificates to be sent to each record holder of common stock as of the Distribution Date.

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As of the close of business on February 3, 2026, there were approximately 36.1 million common stock outstanding.

An “Acquiring Person” will not include (i) the Company, (ii) any Subsidiary (as such term is defined in the Rights Agreement) of the Company, (iii) any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, (iv) any entity holding common stock for or pursuant to the terms of any such employee benefit plan or (v) any Person who or which, together with all Affiliates and Associates (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement) of such Person, at the time of the first public announcement of the Rights Agreement, is a Beneficial Owner (as such term is defined in the Rights Agreement) of 12.5% or more of the common stock then outstanding (a “Grandfathered Stockholder”). However, if a Grandfathered Stockholder becomes, after such time, the Beneficial Owner of any additional common stock (regardless of whether, thereafter or as a result thereof, there is an increase, decrease or no change in the percentage of common stock then outstanding Beneficially Owned (as such term is defined in the Rights Agreement) by such Grandfathered Stockholder) then such Grandfathered Stockholder shall be deemed to be an Acquiring Person unless, upon such acquisition of Beneficial Ownership of additional common stock, such person is not the Beneficial Owner of 12.5% or more of the common stock then outstanding. In addition, upon the first decrease of a Grandfathered Stockholder’s Beneficial Ownership below 12.5% of the common stock then outstanding, such Grandfathered Stockholder will no longer be deemed to be a Grandfathered Stockholder. In the event that after the time of the first public announcement of the Rights Agreement, any agreement, arrangement or understanding pursuant to which any Grandfathered Stockholder is deemed to be the Beneficial Owner of common stock expires, is settled in whole or in part, terminates or no longer confers any benefit to or imposes any obligation on the Grandfathered Stockholder, any direct or indirect replacement, extension or substitution of such agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to the same or different common stock that confers Beneficial Ownership of common stock shall be considered the acquisition of Beneficial Ownership of additional common stock by the Grandfathered Stockholder and render such Grandfathered Stockholder an Acquiring Person for purposes of the Rights Agreement unless, upon such acquisition of Beneficial Ownership of additional common stock, such person is not the Beneficial Owner of 12.5% or more of the common stock then outstanding.

An “Acquiring Person” shall not include any Person which, together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, is the Beneficial Owner of common stock representing less than 20% of the common stock then outstanding, and which is entitled to file, and files, a statement on Schedule 13G pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b) or 13d-1(c) of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), with respect to the common stock Beneficially Owned by such Person (a “13G Investor”); provided, that a Person shall not qualify as a 13G Investor if it has filed a statement on Schedule 13D (“Schedule 13D”) in the past five years with respect to common stock Beneficially Owned by such Person pursuant to Rule 13d-1(a), 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g) of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act; provided, further, that a Person who was a 13G Investor shall no longer be a 13G Investor if it either (i) files a statement on Schedule 13D or (ii) becomes no longer entitled to file a statement on Schedule 13G (the earlier to occur of (i) and (ii), the “13D Event”), and such Person shall be an Acquiring Person if it is the Beneficial Owner (together with all Affiliates and Associates) of 12.5% or more of the common stock then outstanding at any point from and after the time of the 13D Event; provided, however, such Person shall not be an Acquiring Person if (i) on the first Business Day after the 13D Event such Person notifies the Company of its intent to reduce its Beneficial Ownership to below 12.5% as promptly as practicable and (ii) such Person reduces its Beneficial Ownership (together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person) to below 12.5% of the common stock as promptly as practicable (but in any event not later than 10 days from such time); provided, further, that such Person shall become an “Acquiring Person” if, after reducing its Beneficial Ownership to below 12.5%, it subsequently becomes the Beneficial Owner of 12.5% or more of the common stock then outstanding or if, prior to reducing its Beneficial Ownership to below 12.5%, it increases (or makes any offer or takes any other action that would increase) its Beneficial Ownership of the then-outstanding common stock above the lowest Beneficial Ownership of such Person at any time during such 10-day period.

“Beneficial Ownership” is defined in the Rights Agreement to include any securities (i) which a Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 or 13d-5 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act or has the right or ability to vote, or the right to acquire, pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding (except under limited circumstances), (ii) which are directly or indirectly Beneficially Owned by any other Person with which a Person has any agreement, arrangement or understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of such securities, or obtaining, changing or influencing control of the Company, or (iii) which are the subject of, or the reference securities for, or that underlie, certain Derivative Positions (as such term is defined in the Rights Agreement) of any Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates.

The Rights are not exercisable until the Distribution Date. The Rights will expire on the Close of Business on February 2, 2027 (the “Final Expiration Date”).

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Exempt Persons and Transactions

The board of directors may, in its sole and absolute discretion, determine that a Person is exempt from the Rights Agreement (an “Exempt Person”), so long as such determination is made prior to such time as such Person becomes an Acquiring Person. Any Person will cease to be an Exempt Person if our board of directors makes a contrary determination with respect to such Person regardless of the reason therefor. In addition, our board of directors may, in its sole and absolute discretion, exempt any transaction from triggering the Rights Agreement so long as the determination in respect of such exemption is made prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person.

Qualifying Offer Exemption

The Rights Agreement includes a “qualifying offer” provision, whereby the Rights will automatically expire concurrently with (but no earlier than 90 Business Days after the commencement of a Qualifying Offer (as defined in the Rights Agreement)) the acceptance, for purchase or exchange, of more than two-thirds of the common stock then outstanding on a fully diluted basis (excluding from the calculation of the number of common stock purchased or exchanged any common stock Beneficially Owned by the offeror or its Affiliates and Associates) pursuant to a tender or exchange offer for all of the common stock then outstanding for the same consideration, provided that the offeror irrevocably commits to purchase all remaining untendered common stock for the same per share consideration actually paid pursuant to the offer.

Flip-in Event

If a Person or group becomes an Acquiring Person at any time after the date of the Rights Agreement (with certain limited exceptions), the Rights will become exercisable for common stock having a value equal to two times the exercise price of the Right. From and after the announcement that any Person has become an Acquiring Person, if the Rights evidenced by a Right Certificate are or were acquired or Beneficially Owned by an Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of an Acquiring Person, such Rights shall become void, and any holder of such Rights shall thereafter have no right to exercise such Rights. If our board of directors so elects, the Company may deliver upon payment of the exercise price of a Right, an amount of cash, securities, or other property equivalent in value to the common stock issuable upon exercise of a Right.

Exchange

At any time after any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, our board of directors may exchange the Rights (other than Rights owned by any Person which have become void), in whole or in part, at an exchange ratio of one common stock per Right (subject to adjustment). The Company may issue, transfer or deposit such common stock (or other property as permitted under the Rights Agreement) to or into a trust or other entity created upon such terms as our board of directors may determine and may direct that all holders of Rights receive such common stock or other property only from the trust. In the event our board of directors determines, before the Distribution Date, to effect an exchange, our board of directors may delay the occurrence of the Distribution Date to such time as it deems advisable.

Flip-over Event

If, at any time after a Person becomes an Acquiring Person, (i) the Company consolidates with, or merges with, any other Person (or any Person consolidates with, or merges with, the Company) and, in connection with such consolidation or merger, all or part of the common stock are or will be changed into or exchanged for stock or other securities of any other Person or cash or any other property; or (ii) 50% or more of the Company’s consolidated assets or Earning Power (as defined in the Rights Agreement) are sold, then proper provision will be made so that each holder of a Right will thereafter have the right to receive, upon the exercise thereof at the then current exercise price of the Right, that number of shares of common stock of the acquiring company which at the time of such transaction will have a market value of two times the exercise price of the Right.

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Redemption

At any time prior to the time any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, our board of directors may redeem the Rights in whole, but not in part, at a price of $0.00001 per Right (the “Redemption Price”). The redemption of the Rights may be made effective at such time, on such basis and with such conditions as our board of directors in its sole discretion may establish. Immediately upon any redemption of the Rights, the right to exercise the Rights will terminate and the only right of the holders of Rights will be to receive the Redemption Price.

Amendment

The terms of the Rights may be amended by our board of directors without the consent of the holders of the Rights, except that from and after such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person no such amendment may adversely affect the interests of the holders of the Rights (other than the Acquiring Person and its Affiliates and Associates).

Preferred Stock Rights

Each one-thousandth of a Preferred Stock will entitle the holder thereof to the same dividends and liquidation rights as if the holder held one common stock and will be treated the same as a common stock in the event of a merger, consolidation or other share exchange.

Rights of Holders

Until a Right is exercised, the holder thereof, as such, will have no rights as a stockholder of the Company, including, without limitation, the right to vote or to receive dividends.

Limitations on Liability and Indemnification of Officers and Directors

Our certificate of incorporation and third amended and restated bylaws limit the liability of our officers and directors and provide that we will indemnify our officers and directors, in each case, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL.

Listing

Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “EMPD”.

Transfer Agent

The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is Computershare Trust Company, N.A. The transfer agent’s address is 150 Royall Street, Canton, Massachusetts 02021.

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