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): April 20, 2021

IDEANOMICS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

001-35561

(Commission File Number)

1441 Broadway, Suite 5116, New York, NY 10018

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

212-206-1216

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: 

Stock Purchase Agreement with FNL Technologies, Inc.

On April 20, 2021, Ideanomics, Inc. (“Ideanomics”) entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with FNL Technologies, Inc., the owner and operator of the social media platform Hoo.be (“FNL”), pursuant to which Ideanomics made an investment into FNL which included the investment of $2,876, 431 cash into FNL and the sale of 100% of Grapevine Logic, Inc., a subsidiary of Ideanomics, to FNL. Ideanomics received 633,675 shares of common stock of FNL at a subscription price of $8.09 per share of common stock, and Ideanomics also converted a $250,000 Simple Agreement for Future Equity into 39,903 shares of common stock. Ideanomics will have approximately 20% ownership of FNL. FNL will appoint Alfred Poor, Ideanomics’ Chief Executive Officer, to be a member of its board of directors.

FNL Technologies owns and operates social media platform hoo.be, a popular online platform which enables online influencers, artists, athletes, personalities, and businesses to provide followers with a single place to access all official social media platforms. Hoo.be is used by leading online influencers, artists, athletes, and more, including 50 Cent, Chris Paul, Manon Mathews, and Steve Aoki.

Ideanomics issued a Press Release on April 21, 2021 announcing the Purchase Agreement, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-k and is incorporated by reference herein.

The foregoing description of the Purchase Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Purchase Agreement, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.

d) Exhibits

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.