Empery Digital (EMPD) Empery Asset Management (10% Owner) Buys 1.4M Shares

What Happened

• Empery Asset Management, LP (reported as a 10% owner) made open‑market purchases of Empery Digital Inc. (EMPD) common stock. On 2026‑08‑12 it purchased 650,000 shares at a weighted average price of $2.82 (total $1,833,715), and on 2026‑08‑13 it purchased 750,000 shares at a weighted average price of $2.98 (total $2,238,375). Combined purchases = 1,400,000 shares for $4,072,090.
• These transactions are purchases (transaction code P), i.e., buys rather than sales.

Key Details

• Transaction dates: Aug 12, 2026 (650,000 shares @ $2.82, $1,833,715) and Aug 13, 2026 (750,000 shares @ $2.98, $2,238,375).
• Total purchased: 1,400,000 shares; total value ≈ $4.07 million.
• Report filed: Form 4 accession 0001683168‑26‑006443, filed Aug 14, 2026. Filing appears timely (within the usual 2 business‑day window).
• Shares owned after transactions (per footnotes): reporting persons’ holdings reported as (i) 100,000 shares directly by Ryan M. Lane plus 3,580,345 shares held of record by funds affiliated with Empery Asset Management (after the first reported row) and (ii) 100,000 directly plus 4,330,345 held by the Empery Funds (after the second reported row). Totals imply beneficial ownership figures of ~3.68M and ~4.43M shares on the respective rows (reporting persons may be deemed to beneficially own fund‑held shares).
• Notable footnotes:
  • Purchases were made by Empery Asset Master, Ltd. and Empery Tax Efficient, LP (the “EAM Funds”); Empery Asset Management, LP is the investment manager and may be deemed to beneficially own the fund shares, subject to disclaimers of ownership except to the extent of pecuniary interest (F1, F3, F5).
  • Reported prices are weighted averages; Aug 12 purchases were made at prices in the $2.65–$2.897079 range (F2); Aug 13 purchases ranged $2.75–$3.10 (F4). The filer will provide per‑trade breakdowns on request.

Context

• These purchases were made by an institutional 10% owner (manager and affiliated funds), not necessarily personal trading by an executive. Institutional buys can reflect portfolio/investment decisions rather than a company's insider sentiment.
• The filing and footnotes are factual and do not state motives; purchases are informational (a possible bullish signal) but do not prove future company performance.