Fred Volk III - 01 Jan 2026 Form 4 Insider Report for VerifyMe, Inc. (VRME)

Role: VP-Ops, PeriShip Global LLC
Signature: /s/ Adam Stedham, Attorney-in-fact for Fred Volk III
Issuer symbol: VRME
Transactions as of: 01 Jan 2026
Net transactions value: -$2,524
Form type: 4
Filing time: 05 Jan 2026, 16:32:43 UTC
Previous filing: 04 Nov 2025
SEC: View on sec.gov

Reporting Owners (1)

Name	Relationship	Address	Signature	Signature date	CIK
Volk Fred III	VP-Ops, PeriShip Global LLC	C/O VERIFYME, INC., 801 INTERNATIONAL PARKWAY, FIFTH FLOOR, LAKE MARY	/s/ Adam Stedham, Attorney-in-fact for Fred Volk III	05 Jan 2026	0001926084

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	VRME	Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share	Options Exercise	$20,000	+12,500	+19%	$1.60	77,309	01 Jan 2026	Direct	F1
transaction	VRME	Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share	Tax liability	$2,524	-4,201	-5.4%	$0.6008	73,108	01 Jan 2026	Direct	F2

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Underlying Class	Amount	Exercise Price	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	VRME	Restricted Stock Units	Options Exercise	$20,000	-12,500	-100%	$1.60	0	01 Jan 2026	Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share	12,500	$0.000000	Direct	F1
holding	VRME	Restricted Stock Units						75,000	01 Jan 2026	Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share	75,000	$0.000000	Direct	F3

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	These restricted stock units, which convert into common stock on a one-for-one basis (the "RSUs"), were granted pursuant to the issuer's salary reduction program, pursuant to which the number of RSUs was determined by dividing the amount of the reporting person's salary reduction by $1.60, and vested on 1/1/2026.
F2	Shares withheld to cover tax withholdings obligations upon the vesting of RSUs.
F3	These RSUs vest in three tranches. Tranche 1 will vest 20,000 shares of common stock after the Reporting Person's continued employment on or after June 18, 2025 if the price of the Company's common stock increases to $2.21 per share and trades at or above that price for 20 consecutive trading days prior to June 18, 2027. Tranche 2 will vest 25,000 shares after the Reporting Person's continued employment on or after June 18, 2025 if the price of the Company's common stock increases to $2.94 per share and trades at or above that price for 20 consecutive trading days prior to June 18, 2027. Tranche 3 will vest 30,000 shares after the Reporting Person's continued employment on June 18, 2027 if the price of the Company's common stock increases to $3.68 per share and trades at or above that price for 20 consecutive trading days prior to June 18, 2027.