Amendment: Fold Holdings Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K/A

(Amendment No. 2)

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 21, 2025

Fold Holdings, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(866) 365-3277

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Amendment No. 2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K/A is being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to amend the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Fold Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) on May 5, 2025 (the “Original Form 8-K”), as amended on May 22, 2025, to amend and supplement the disclosure under Item 5.02 of the Original Form 8-K regarding Mr. McManus’s annual base salary, bonus, and eligibility for certain payments and benefits under the Company’s Executive Severance Plan (as defined below). This Amendment No. 2 continues to speak as of the date of the Original Form 8-K, and the Company has not updated the disclosures contained therein to reflect any events that occurred at a later date.

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On May 22, 2025, the Compensation Committee approved Mr. McManus’s annual base salary of $360,000 plus the ability to earn a bonus of up to 50% of such base salary per year, in each case less applicable withholdings and deductions. Additionally, on May 23, 2025, the Compensation Committee approved Mr. McManus’s participation in the Company’s Executive Severance Plan (the “Executive Severance Plan”).

In accordance with the terms of the Executive Severance Plan, in the event of a termination of employment by the Company without “cause” or by Mr. McManus for “good reason” (each as defined in the Executive Severance Plan) (each, a “Qualifying Termination”), Mr. McManus will be eligible to receive the following payments and benefits: (i) continued payment of Mr. McManus’s base salary for nine months following the Qualifying Termination; (ii) Company-subsidized COBRA continuation for Mr. McManus and his covered dependents for up to nine months following the Qualifying Termination; and (iii) each outstanding Company equity award held by Mr. McManus as of the date of the Qualifying Termination will be treated in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable Company equity plan and award agreement governing such equity award.

In the event of Mr. McManus’s Qualifying Termination during the 12-month period following the consummation of a “change in control” of the Company (as defined in the 2025 Incentive Award Plan or successor equity incentive plan) or, solely if such Qualifying Termination is at the request of the acquirer in the change in control or otherwise related to the change in control, during the three-month period prior to the consummation of such change in control, Mr. McManus will be eligible to receive the following payments and benefits (in lieu of the payments and benefits described above): (i) an amount equal to 12 months of base salary, payable in a lump sum; (ii) Company-subsidized COBRA continuation for Mr. McManus and his covered dependents for up to 12 months following the Qualifying Termination; (iii) an amount equal to 100% of Mr. McManus’s target annual cash performance bonus for the Company fiscal year in which such Qualifying Termination occurs, payable in a lump sum; and (iv) except to the extent that the applicable Company equity plan or award agreement governing an equity award provides otherwise, full accelerated vesting of outstanding and unvested Company equity awards, with any performance goals applicable to such equity awards deemed achieved at target performance.

Mr. McManus’s right to receive the applicable severance payments and benefits is subject to his execution, delivery, and, as applicable, non-revocation of a general release of claims in favor of the Company and its affiliates, and continued compliance with any applicable restrictive covenants. Additionally, if any payments under the Executive Severance Plan, together with any other amounts paid to Mr. McManus, would subject Mr. McManus to an excise tax under Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code, such payments will be reduced to the extent that such reduction would produce a better net after-tax result for Mr. McManus.

The foregoing summary of the Executive Severance Plan is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Executive Severance Plan, a copy of which was attached as Exhibit 10.17 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 14, 2025, and incorporated herein by reference.

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.