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: June 16, 2021

(Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

 

FDCTECH, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   333-221726   81-1265459

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

200 Spectrum Center Drive, Suite 300

Irvine, CA 92618

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(877) 445-6047

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

 

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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).

 

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

 

APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS

 

On June 15, 2021, the Board of Directors of FDCTech, Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of its Board from three to four directors and appointed Jonathan Baumgart, age 39, to the vacancy. Mr. Baumgart is independent under NYSE and NASDAQ listing standards. Accordingly, the Company will compensate Mr. Baumgart for his services on the Board in cash and stock-based equity.

 

Jonathan Baumgart

 

Mr. Baumgart is the founder of Atomiq Consulting and has been its Chief Executive Officer since May 2014. Atomiq specializes in the retail forex industry and the trading of other high-growth financial assets. In February 2015, Mr. Baumgart co-founded Money Matter, a boutique financial investments services firm based in Krakow, Poland. Between September 2010 and March 2014, Mr. Baumgart was the Director of Training at Boston Technologies, a technology, market maker, high-frequency trading, and inter-broker broker-dealer in the retail forex, precious metals, and other over-the-counter financial securities. In 2004, Mr. Baumgart completed his undergraduate degree in International Affairs & Economics from the Whittemore School of Business and Economics, University of New Hampshire, Durham.

 

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

The disclosure under Item 5.02 in this report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference herein.

 

On June 16, 2021, The Company issued a press release announcing the appointment of Mr. Baumgart. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference.

 

Information in this report on form 8-K shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise incorporated by reference into any filing pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as otherwise expressly stated in such filing.

 

ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

  Exhibit Number   Description
       
  99.1   Press release dated as of June 16, 2021.

 

     
 

 

SIGNATURE

 

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

 

    FDCTECH, INC.
       
June 16, 2021   By: /s/ Mitchell Eaglstein
Date     Mitchell Eaglstein
      Chief Executive Officer
      (Principal Executive Officer)

 

     

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

 

FDCTech appoints Jonathan Baumgart as the new independent Director

 

Jonathan Baumgart has a prominent career spanning over two decades in over-the-counter brokerage, regulations, technology, sales, and marketing, focusing on retail forex and high-growth financial assets. Jonathan is an industry thought leader, having published over a hundred articles to date.

 

Irvine, CA: June 10, 2021, FDCTech, Inc. (“FDC” or the “Company,” OTCQB: FDCT), a fintech company with a full suite of digital financial services solutions, today announced the Board of Directors of the Company increased the size of its Board from three to four directors and appointed Jonathan Baumgart, age 39, to the vacancy. Mr. Baumgart is independent under NYSE and NASDAQ listing standards. Accordingly, the Company will compensate Mr. Baumgart for his services on the Board in cash and stock-based equity. The Company has two non-executive directors – Warwick Kerridge, Chairman, and Jonathan Baumgart, Director. The two executive directors are Mitchell Eaglstein, Co-Founder, CEO, and Imran Firoz, Co-Founder, CFO.

 

“I'm both thrilled and honored to be part of a team that is pioneering the future of online trading. FDCTech has an amazing suite of multi-asset trading technologies that investors and traders around the world in a short time will view as the industry standard,” said Jonathan Baumgart, newly appointed Director of the Company.

 

Mr. Baumgart is the founder of Atomiq Consulting and has been its Chief Executive Officer since May 2014. Atomiq specializes in the retail forex industry and the trading of other high-growth financial assets. In February 2015, Mr. Baumgart co-founded Money Matter, a boutique financial investments services firm based in Krakow, Poland. Between September 2010 and March 2014, Mr. Baumgart was the Director of Training at Boston Technologies, a technology, market maker, high-frequency trading, and inter-broker broker-dealer in the retail forex, precious metals, and other over-the-counter financial securities. In 2004, Mr. Baumgart completed his undergraduate degree in International Affairs & Economics from the Whittemore School of Business and Economics, University of New Hampshire, Durham.

 

“I'm very excited to welcome Jonathan to the Board of Directors. As an early thought leader in the online trading space, Jonathan has developed deep insights and knowledge about the entire forex brokerage ecosystem, a rare skill set. Jonathan’s illustrious career in online foreign exchange started in 2010 at a marque forex brokerage firm which led him to become Director of Business Development at a US-based startup fintech that rapidly grew to become the Inc.500 within three years. The appointment of such renowned expert signals the strength of our Company, to attract top-level industry talent and our ability to integrate existing and potential acquisitions of financial service companies,” said Mitchell Eaglstein, Co-Founder and CEO of the Company.

 

Please visit our SEC filings or Company’s website for more information on the full results and management’s plan.

 

About Genesis Financial, Inc., a subsidiary of the Company

 

Genesis is a fintech-powered wealth management company offering financial services through two Australian-regulated entities in wealth management, credit license, and tax and accounting advisory services.

 

     
 

 

FDCTech, Inc.

 

FDCTech, Inc. (“FDC”), formerly known as Forex Development Corporation, is a US-based, fully integrated financial technology company. FDC develops and delivers a full suite of technology infrastructure solutions to FX, Crypto, Wealth Management, and other future-proof financial sectors.

 

Press Release Disclaimer

 

Some of the statements in this press release may be forward-looking statements or statements of future expectations based on currently available information. Such statements are naturally subject to risks and uncertainties. Factors such as the development of general economic conditions, future market conditions, unusual catastrophic loss events, changes in the capital markets, and other circumstances may cause the actual events or results to be materially different from those anticipated by such statements. The Company does not make any representation or warranty, express or implied, regarding the accuracy, completeness, or updated status of such forward-looking statements or information provided by the third-party. Therefore, in no case whatsoever will Company and its affiliate companies be liable to anyone for any decision made or action taken in conjunction with the information and/or statements in this press release or any related damages.

 

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FDCTech, Inc.

info@fdctech.com

www.fdctech.com

+1 877-445-6047

200 Spectrum Drive, Suite 300,

Irvine, CA, 92618