Form 8-K

8-K — Aspire Biopharma Holdings, Inc.

Accession: 0001493152-26-017054

Filed: 2026-04-16

Period: 2026-04-10

CIK: 0001847345

SIC: 2834 (PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS)

Item: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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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)

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date

of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 10, 2026

ASPIRE

BIOPHARMA HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact

name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-41293

33-3467744

(State

or other jurisdiction

incorporation)

(Commission

File

Number)

(IRS

Employer

Identification

No.)

23150

Fashion Drive, Suite 230

Estero,

Florida

33928

(Address

of principal executive offices)

(Zip

Code)

Registrant’s

telephone number, including area code: (908) 987-3002

Not

Applicable

(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, par value $0.0001 per share

ASBP

The

Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Warrants,

each exercisable for one share of common stock

ASBPW

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 ☒

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.

April 10, 2026,

at the Special Meeting of Stockholders (the “Meeting”) of Aspire Biopharma Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), the

Company’s stockholders constituting a quorum voted on, and approved, the matters described below.

approve one or more amendments to our Charter to effect (a) one or more reverse splits of the Company’s issued and outstanding

shares of capital stock at a ratio of 1-for-5 to 1-for-500, in the aggregate, with the exact ratio within such range to be determined

by the Board of Directors of the Company at its discretion (the “Reverse Split”), and (b) the reverse stock split, if

at all, within one year of the date the proposal is approved by stockholders, each subject to the Board’s authority to abandon

such amendments (the “Reverse Stock Split Proposal”). The number of shares that voted for, against, and withheld from

voting for this Reverse Stock Split Proposal is summarized in the table below:

Votes For

Votes Against

Votes Abstain

Broker Non-Votes

2,096,356

582,185

12,852

authorize, for purposes of complying with Nasdaq listing rule 5635(d), (i) the issuance of the shares of common stock of the Company

issuable upon conversion of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Conversion Shares”), including the

issuance of all of the Conversion Shares in excess of 19.99% of the issued and outstanding Common Stock on February 6, 2026, and

(ii) the floor price (the “Floor Price”) at which the Series A Preferred Stock may be converted, equal to 20% of the

Minimum Price (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, Rule 5635(d)(1)(A) (the “Series

A Preferred Issuance Proposal”). The number of shares that voted for, against, and withheld from voting for this Series A Preferred

Issuance Proposal is summarized in the table below:

Votes For

Votes Against

Votes Abstain

Broker Non-Votes

1,466,141

203,756

8,652

1,012,844

approve, for purposes of complying with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(d), the issuance of 19.99% or more of our issued and outstanding

common stock pursuant to that certain Purchase Agreement (the “ELOC Agreement”) between the Company and Arena Business

Solutions Global SPC II, Ltd., dated November 11, 2025 (the “ELOC Issuance Proposal”. The number of shares that voted

for, against, and withheld from voting for this ELOC Issuance Proposal is summarized in the table below:

Votes For

Votes Against

Votes Abstain

Broker Non-Votes

1,469,985

203,926

4,638

1,012,844

approve an amendment to the articles of incorporation to increase the authorized shares of common stock from 490,000,000 shares to

700,000,000 shares (the “Authorized Common Stock Increase Proposal”). The number of shares that voted for, against, and

withheld from voting for this Authorized Common Stock Increase Proposal is summarized in the table below:

Votes For

Votes Against

Votes Abstain

Broker Non-Votes

1,925,368

524,501

7,403

234,122

approve one or more adjournments of the Special Meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies in favor of the

Reverse Stock Split Proposal, Series A Preferred Issuance Proposal, the ELOC Issuance Proposal and the Authorized Common Stock Increase

Proposal, if there are not sufficient votes at the Special Meeting to approve and adopt the Reverse Stock Split Proposal, Series

A Preferred Issuance Proposal, the ELOC Issuance Proposal and the Authorized Common Stock Increase Proposal (the “Adjournment

Proposal”). The number of shares that voted for, against, and withheld from voting for this Adjournment Proposal is summarized

in the table below:

Votes For

Votes Against

Votes Abstain

Broker Non-Votes

1,893,737

551,855

11,679

234,122

Exhibit

No.

Description

104

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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.

ASPIRE

BIOPHARMA HOLDINGS, INC.

Dated:

April 16, 2026

By:

/s/

Kraig Higginson

Kraig

Higginson

Chief

Executive Officer

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