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    Western Acquisition Ventures Corp. filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Financial Statements and Exhibits

    10/30/24 5:05:04 PM ET
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    UNITED STATES

    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

    WASHINGTON, DC 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): October 30, 2024

     

    WESTERN ACQUISITION VENTURES CORP.

    (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

     

    Delaware   001-42124   86-3720717
    (State or other jurisdiction
    of incorporation)
      (Commission
    File Number)
      (IRS Employer
    Identification No.)

     

    42 Broadway, 12th Floor
    New York, NY
      10004
    (Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

     

    Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (310) 740-0710

     

    Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

     

    ¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

     

    ¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

     

    ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

     

    ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

     

    Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

     

    Title of each class  

    Trading

    Symbol

      Name of each exchange on which
    registered
    Units, each consisting of one share of common stock and one redeemable warrant   WAVSU   The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
    Common stock, par value $0.001 per share   WAVS   The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
    Redeemable warrants, each exercisable for a share of common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share   WAVSW   The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

     

     

    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 x

     

    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. ¨

     

     

     

     

     

     

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

     

    On October 30, 2024, Western Acquisition Ventures Corp., a company incorporated in Delaware (the “Company”) and James P. McCormick (the “Executive”) entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the employment agreement between the Company and the Executive, dated December 27, 2023 (the “Agreement”), amending the terms of the Agreement. Pursuant to the Amendment, the Company agreed to pay to the Executive a total compensation of $200,000, including $40,000 in cash at the closing of the business combination (“Business Combination”) with Cycurion, Inc. (“Cycurion”) and the remaining $160,000 in cash from the proceeds that the Company receives from any capital raising transaction following the closing of the Business Combination, including the proceeds from an equity line of credit to be entered into by and among the Company, Cycurion and the investors named therein; provided that the Company shall only be obligated to apply up to 15% of the proceeds from each capital raise until the Executive’s compensation of $200,000 has been paid in full. The foregoing summary of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the Amendment filed by the Company as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

     

     

    ITEM 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

     

    (d) Exhibits

     

    Exhibit No.   Description
    10.1   Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated October 30, 2024
    104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

     

     

     

     

    SIGNATURES

     

    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

     

      WESTERN ACQUISITION VENTURES CORP.
         
    Date: October 30, 2024 By: /s/ James P McCormick
        James P. McCormick, President and CEO

     

     

     

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