VerifyMe, Inc. (VRME) reported two direct stock-option awards to Global Corporate President Russel Harold McMeekin on September 30, 2026: 216,356 options with a $2.19 exercise price and 468,649 with a $6.54 exercise price. The options were received in exchange for options to acquire OpenWorld, Ltd. shares in its merger into OpenWorld, Inc.
Subject to continuous service, the options vest one-third on the first anniversary of the September 15, 2024 vesting commencement date, then one-thirty-sixth on the same day of each succeeding month, becoming fully vested on the third anniversary. The options expire December 10, 2035, and August 25, 2036, respectively.
VerifyMe, Inc. (symbol: VRME) is the issuer of record for a Form 4 filing submitted to the SEC.
VerifyMe, Inc. lists Chief Executive Officer and director Matthew Ian Shaw with three common-stock acquisitions dated September 30, 2026: 685,923 shares held directly, 685,923 held through Beech Holdings Ltd., and 4,989,997 held through Webslinger Holdings Inc. The notes state the shares were received in exchange for OpenWorld, Ltd. shares in its merger into OpenWorld, Inc.; they also state Shaw has sole beneficial ownership of the two entity-held positions.
VerifyMe, Inc.'s Form 3 identifies Russel Harold McMeekin as Global Corporate President.
VerifyMe, Inc. (renamed OpenWorld, Inc. effective October 1, 2026) reported Adam H. Stedham's beneficial ownership of 83,361 common shares, or 0.6%, as of September 30, 2026. Stedham, President of Precision Logistics, had sole voting and dispositive power. His reported amount includes 2,860 vested RSUs payable one-for-one in shares upon separation from the issuer. After the merger closed on September 30, Stedham ceased to be a five-percent-or-greater beneficial owner.
On September 30, 55,000 of his RSUs vested into shares, and 18,590 shares were withheld for tax obligations at $8.14 per share. The reported figures reflect the issuer's 1-for-10 reverse stock split effected September 29, 2026.