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10K WIZARD 6:09 AM ET Jul-01-2026 

http://archive.fast-edgar.com/20260701/AVBZN22C8Z229JZZ2RZN2ZZZMAAHZ2Q2ZB86

Filed on: July 1, 2026

ChatGPT summary:

Quantum eMotion Corp. Form 6-K — filed June 30 / archived July 1, 2026

This is a promotional / visibility-focused 6-K with a compensation disclosure attached. It is not an earnings release, contract announcement, financing, customer win, or product launch. The only exhibit is a June 30, 2026 news release titled “Quantum eMotion to Sponsor AI for Good Global Summit and Participate in Cybersecurity Panel.”

Core announcement

Quantum eMotion says it will sponsor the AI for Good Global Summit 2026, organized by the International Telecommunication Union with UN partners, in Geneva from July 8–11, 2026. CEO Francis Bellido is scheduled to participate in a panel on AI security, cyber resilience, and the need for quantum-secure infrastructure in next-generation AI ecosystems.

The company frames the event as aligned with its push into secure AI infrastructure, saying its portfolio of quantum entropy, post-quantum cryptography, and runtime cryptographic protection technologies is positioned for AI systems, critical infrastructure, and sovereign digital ecosystems.

The more important investor item: CEO option grant

The bigger substantive disclosure is the stock option grant to CEO Francis Bellido.

Quantum eMotion’s board approved options for Bellido to purchase up to 2,475,000 common shares at an exercise price of $4.32 per share. The options expire on June 29, 2036, vest in four equal annual installments on June 30 of 2027, 2028, 2029, and 2030, and are subject to performance milestones.

Using the May 14, 2026 share count of 219,369,670 common shares outstanding, this grant equals roughly 1.13% of the company’s outstanding common shares before any future dilution effects. The exercise value of the full grant is about $10.69 million at the $4.32 exercise price.

Why this grant matters in context

This comes immediately after shareholders approved the company’s move to a 10% rolling stock option plan. On June 18, shareholders approved converting the plan from a fixed 24,750,000-share reserve to a rolling plan equal to up to 10% of outstanding common shares, with cashless exercise features added. That proposal passed with 97.52% support.

Based on the May proxy circular, the 10% rolling cap represented 21,936,967 shares, while 17,333,737 shares were already issuable under outstanding options. That implied about 4,603,230 shares of option-plan headroom at that point. A new 2,475,000-share CEO grant would consume roughly 54% of that indicated headroom, assuming the share count and option count had not materially changed.

Governance angle

This filing is especially notable because Bellido had just received only 52.95% support in the annual meeting director vote, with 47.05% of votes cast against him. John Young also had very high opposition, with 48.45% against. So, within days of a near-split vote on Bellido’s board election, the board granted him a large long-term option package.

That does not mean the grant is improper. It does mean the timing is governance-sensitive. Investors may reasonably ask what the performance milestones are, because the release says vesting is milestone-based but does not disclose the actual milestones.

Business substance

The AI for Good sponsorship is positive from a branding and strategic-positioning standpoint, especially because Quantum eMotion is trying to attach its story to AI security, post-quantum cybersecurity, critical infrastructure, sovereign systems, and runtime cryptographic protection. But the filing does not disclose:

• revenue,
• a commercial deployment,
• a paying customer,
• a signed partnership,
• FIPS validation progress beyond prior language,
• financing,
• backlog,
• or technical validation data.

Bottom line

This 6-K has two layers:

Headline layer: Quantum eMotion is sponsoring and speaking at the UN-linked AI for Good Global Summit, reinforcing its positioning around AI security and quantum-secure infrastructure.

Investor layer: the more material item is the 2.475 million-option grant to CEO Francis Bellido, coming right after approval of the 10% rolling option plan and shortly after Bellido received unusually weak shareholder support in the director vote. The key follow-up question is what performance milestones must be met before those options vest.

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Make of this what you will.

SEC FILINGS - 10K WIZARD Jun-26-2026 10:04 a.m. ET

http://archive.fast-edgar.com/20260626/AB22D22CJ222S2N2222G22E2A7KNN2222282

Filed on: June 26, 2026

ChatGPT summary:

Summary — Quantum eMotion Corp. Schedule 13G filed June 26, 2026

This filing is a Schedule 13G beneficial-ownership report for Quantum eMotion Corp. It was triggered by an event dated June 18, 2026 and filed on June 26, 2026. The securities covered are Quantum eMotion common shares, no par value. (archive.fast-edgar.com)

Main takeaway

A Susquehanna-linked group is reporting beneficial ownership of 24,234,055 Quantum eMotion common shares, representing 11.0% of the company’s outstanding shares. The reporting persons are:

Reporting person	Role / jurisdiction	Reported beneficial ownership
Capital Ventures International	Cayman Islands entity	24,234,055 shared; 23,259,949 sole
Susquehanna Advisors Group, Inc.	Pennsylvania	24,234,055 shared
Susquehanna Securities, LLC	Delaware broker-dealer	24,234,055 shared; 974,106 sole

The filing says Susquehanna Advisors Group is the investment manager to Capital Ventures International and may exercise voting and dispositive power over CVI’s shares. Susquehanna Securities is described as an independent broker-dealer that, together with CVI and Susquehanna Advisors, may be deemed a group. (archive.fast-edgar.com)

Ownership math

The filing uses 219,369,670 shares outstanding as of May 14, 2026, taken from Quantum eMotion’s annual meeting/proxy materials. Against that denominator, 24,234,055 shares equals about 11.0%. The filing also notes that Susquehanna Securities’ reported amount includes options to buy 300 shares. (archive.fast-edgar.com)

Is this activist or control-related?

The filing includes the standard 13G certification that the shares were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of changing or influencing control of Quantum eMotion. That makes this look like a passive or non-control beneficial ownership filing, not an activist 13D-style filing. (archive.fast-edgar.com)

Why it matters

This is meaningful because an institutional/Susquehanna-linked ownership group has crossed or reported a position above the 5% beneficial ownership disclosure threshold, and in this case the position is sizable at 11%. It does not announce a financing, partnership, merger, operational milestone, or technology update. The investor-relevant point is ownership concentration: Quantum eMotion now has a large disclosed holder/group tied to Susquehanna entities.

ChatGPT read

For Quantum eMotion, this is moderately bullish from an attention/liquidity/validation standpoint, because a sophisticated trading/investment complex is now disclosed as an 11% beneficial owner. But it is not automatically strategic or activist. The 13G language explicitly distances the position from control intent, and Susquehanna Securities’ broker-dealer role means some of the exposure may be trading/market-structure related rather than a long-only conviction stake.

“ Federal officials have four months to draw up plans for migrating systems to encryption methods that could protect against the future cybersecurity threats posed by quantum computing.

In a new memorandum, the Office of Management and Budget set deadlines for agencies to establish migration plans for post-quantum cryptography (PQC), giving agency heads 120 days from its publication to finalize those documents”

https://fedscoop.com/agencies-four-months-finalize-quantum-migration-plans-pqc/

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Always worth zooming out and asking what changed between AGM 2025 until 2026 that could have caused the vote results we observed. Figured this was worth a few observations.

NYSE American uplisting (February 2026) — is the single biggest structural change, bringing US institutional investors into the shareholder base for the first time.

Catherine Loubier was added to the board (May 2026) — a positive governance signal but very late, just weeks before the AGM

Larry Moore stepped down from the board — reducing insider representation.

A rolling 10% stock option plan was proposed to replace the fixed 24.75M reserve — a known ISS red flag.

First-ever revenue posted (CAD $10,580 in Q1 2026) — meaningful milestone but tiny in absolute terms against a widening net loss of CAD $3.59M.

$200,000/month marketing agreement with Sideways Frequency — likely raised eyebrows on capital allocation discipline.

What most likely drove the 47-48% against votes:

The NYSE uplisting is likely the root cause of everything. It imported a completely new class of voters — US institutional holders who subscribe to ISS/Glass Lewis — into what had previously been a retail-dominated TSXV shareholder base that voted sympathetically toward management.

Those new institutional voters almost certainly received ISS/Glass Lewis recommendations flagging Bellido (CEO serving as director) and Young (perceived management alignment) as governance concerns. The option plan amendment, minimal insider ownership at 3.2%, and the gap between executive compensation and revenue generation likely reinforced those negative recommendations.

The vote itself isn't a crisis — both passed. But it's a clear message that QeM's governance structure, built for a small TSXV junior company, hasn't yet adapted to the expectations of a NYSE-listed company with institutional shareholders.

ISS and Glass Lewis influence a large segment/majority of institutional AGM voting actions. Worth appreciating the context for votes that were cast.

Even a broken clock is right twice a day

“Section 1.  Background and Policy.  The advent of large-scale quantum computers, particularly in the hands of adversaries, will pose a significant threat to widely used cryptographic security systems.  Ongoing cyber activity against our Nation also presents the risk of adversaries collecting United States information now, and decrypting it later once large-scale quantum computers are operational.  In light of these threats, the United States must take steps to strengthen cryptographic protections for the Nation’s sensitive data, critical infrastructure, and digital economy.
It is the policy of the United States to safeguard national security and maintain technological leadership by responsibly and effectively executing the transition of Federal information systems to National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)-approved Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) for Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC), and to assist critical infrastructure owners and operators with their transitions.”

10K WIZARD 8:01 AM ET Jun-22-2026 

http://archive.fast-edgar.com/20260622/AVB2N22C8Z22B2ZU22ZN22ZZM9AH72Z2Z286

Filed on: June 22, 2026

ChatGPT Summery:

Quantum eMotion Corp. Form 6-K — filed June 22, 2026

This Form 6-K is an annual-meeting results filing. It includes two exhibits: a June 19, 2026 news release titled “Quantum eMotion Reports Annual General Meeting Results and Highlights Strategic Progress” and the formal Report of Voting Results for the annual general meeting held on June 18, 2026. The 6-K was signed by CFO Marc Rousseau on June 22, 2026.

Core result

Shareholders approved all resolutions presented at the AGM:

1. Election of all five director nominees.
2. Reappointment of Richter LLP as auditors.
3. Approval of amendments to the company’s stock option plan.

The stock option plan amendment is the same major governance item previewed in the May 26 proxy package: it converts the plan from a fixed 24,750,000-share reserve to a 10% rolling plan, adds cashless exercise features, and updates the plan to align with TSX Venture Exchange requirements. It passed with 97.52% of votes cast in favor.

Director voting: the big governance signal

The most important detail is not just that the directors were elected, but how narrowly two insiders were elected.

Nominee	Votes For	% For	Votes Against	% Against
Francis Bellido	25,173,943	52.95%	22,366,076	47.05%
Tullio Panarello	45,895,157	96.54%	1,644,862	3.46%
David Teeple	46,207,070	97.20%	1,332,949	2.80%
Catherine Loubier	47,417,211	99.74%	122,808	0.26%
John Young	24,506,954	51.55%	23,033,065	48.45%

Francis Bellido and John Young were elected, but both received very high opposition: 47.05% against Bellido and 48.45% against Young. That is the standout item in the filing. The document does not explain why those two nominees received such large against votes, but the result suggests meaningful shareholder dissatisfaction or governance concern directed specifically at them.

Auditor vote

Richter LLP was reappointed as auditor with 98.86% support and 1.14% withheld. That result looks routine and non-controversial.

Strategic progress highlighted by the company

The company used the AGM press release to recap what it calls a transformational year. It highlighted its NYSE American uplisting, launch of the eShield-Q runtime cybersecurity platform, acquisition and integration of SecureKeys technologies, progress on quantum-secure semiconductor initiatives, and expansion into sectors including AI data centers, energy storage, healthcare, defense, financial services, government, and critical infrastructure.

Looking forward, Quantum eMotion says it is focused on accelerating eShield-Q deployments, advancing its universal quantum-secure system-on-chip initiatives through collaboration with JMEM TEK and other partners, moving toward NIST FIPS validation, and deepening partnerships across enterprise, sovereign, and critical-infrastructure markets.

Option acceleration for former director/consultant

One small but notable compensation/governance item: the board approved accelerated vesting of 125,000 stock optionspreviously granted to Larry Moore, described as a consultant and former director.

ChatGPT read

This is a clean approval filing on the surface, but the director votes make it more interesting. The auditor vote and option-plan amendment passed easily, but nearly half of the votes cast opposed Francis Bellido and John Young. That is a meaningful governance signal.

The investable takeaways are:

• The company now has shareholder approval for a more flexible 10% rolling option plan.
• Management is emphasizing commercialization of eShield-Q, SecureKeys integration, quantum-secure chips, and critical-infrastructure markets.
• Shareholders showed strong support for the option-plan amendment but surprisingly weak support for two key board nominees.
• The filing contains no financial results, revenue update, customer contract announcement, balance sheet update, or new financing disclosure.

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