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8-K — SurgePays, Inc.

Accession: 0001493152-26-029648

Filed: 2026-06-22

Period: 2026-06-16

CIK: 0001392694

SIC: 4813 (TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS (NO RADIO TELEPHONE))

Item: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Item: Financial Statements and Exhibits

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UNITED

STATES

SECURITIES

AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington,

D.C. 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): June 16, 2026

SURGEPAYS,

INC.

(Exact

name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada

001-40992

98-0550352

(State

or other jurisdiction

of

incorporation)

(Commission

File

Number)

(IRS

Employer

Identification

No.)

3124

Brother Blvd., Suite 104

Bartlett,

TN 38133

(Address

of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s

telephone number, including area code: (901) 302-9587

(Former

name or former address, if changed since last report)

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(s)

Name

of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock

SURG

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 ☐

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

5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On

June 16, 2026, SurgePays, Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual

Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, an aggregate of 17,275,798 shares of voting common stock, or approximately 68.8% of the

Company’s 25,121,895 total outstanding voting shares of common stock as of May 5, 2026, the record date for the Annual Meeting

(the “Record Date”), were present virtually at or were voted at the Annual Meeting, constituting a quorum. The following

proposals were voted on at the Annual Meeting (as described in greater detail in the Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the

Securities and Exchange Commission on May 7, 2026 (the “Proxy Statement”)), with the results of such voting as set

forth below. Capitalized terms have the meanings given to such terms in the Proxy Statement, and this Form 8-K should be read in connection

with the Proxy Statement.

Proposal

1

For

Against

Abstain/Withheld

Election of Directors

Kevin Brian Cox

10,084,499

0

1,540,604

David N. Keys

9,956,546

0

1,668,557

David May

10,015,873

0

1,609,230

Laurie Weisberg

9,843,283

0

1,781,820

Proposal

2

For

Against

Abstain/Withheld

Ratification of the appointment of TAAD, LLP as the

Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026.

15,872,799

1,389,370

13,629

Proposal

3

For

Against

Abstain/Withheld

Approval of the terms of securities purchase agreements

entered into between the Company and certain institutional investors (the “Investors”) in 2025 and 2026, the transactions

contemplated thereby (the “Transactions”), and the issuance of shares of common stock to the Investors in the

Transactions equal to 20% or more of the Company’s common stock.

10,076,231

1,127,018

421,854

As

a result of the above voting, each of the proposals was approved by the requisite vote of the Company’s stockholders, and the four

directors set forth above were reelected to the Company’s Board of Directors.

Item

9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)

Exhibits

Exhibit

No.

Description

104

Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within Inline

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SIGNATURES

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.

SURGEPAYS, INC.

Date: June 22, 2026

By:

/s/ Kevin

Brian Cox

Name:

Kevin Brian Cox

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

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