IZEA Worldwide, Inc.
For the period ended Dec 31, 2025. Filed Mar 17, 2026.
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FY2025 · Filed Mar 17, 2026
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Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
(a)The following documents are filed as part of this Annual Report:
(1)Financial Statements (see “Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” at Item 8 and incorporated herein by reference).
(2)Financial Statement Schedules (Schedules to the Financial Statements have been omitted because the information required to be set forth therein is not applicable or is shown in the accompanying Financial Statements or notes thereto).
(3)Exhibits
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 3.1 | Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of IZEA, Inc. (as amended through June 16, 2023) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 12, 2025). | |
| 3.2 | Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of IZEA Worldwide, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 28, 2024) | |
| 3.3 | Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of IZEA Worldwide, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 17, 2024) | |
| 4.1 | * | Description of Common Stock of the Company registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 |
| 10.1(a) | Amended and Restated 2011 Equity Incentive Plan, As Amended October 15, 2024 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 16, 2024). | |
| 10.2(a) | 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, As Amended and Restated December 18, 2018 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 20, 2018). | |
| 10.3 | *(a) | Summary of director compensation plan. |
| 10.4(a) | Employment Agreement between IZEA, Inc. and Peter Biere effective April 1, 2021 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 18, 2021). | |
| 10.5(a) | First Amendment to Executive Employment Agreement between IZEA Worldwide, Inc. and Peter J. Biere dated January 28, 2022 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 25, 2022). | |
| 10.6(a) | Second Amendment to Executive Employment Agreement between IZEA Worldwide, Inc. and Peter J. Biere dated January 9, 2023 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 12, 2023). | |
| 10.7 | *(a) | Executive Employee Agreement between IZEA Worldwide, Inc. and Peter J. Biere, effective September 1, 2023. |
| 10.8(a) | Forms of grant notice, stock option agreement, and notice of exercise under the IZEA Worldwide, Inc. 2011 Equity Incentive Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 31, 2023). | |
| 10.9(a) | Forms of restricted stock unit grant notice and award agreement under the IZEA Worldwide, Inc. 2011 Equity Incentive Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 31, 2023).. | |
| 10.1(a) | Forms of restricted stock award grant notice and award agreement under the IZEA Worldwide, Inc. 2011 Equity Incentive Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 31, 2023).. | |
| 10.11(a) | IZEA Worldwide, Inc. 2023 Inducement Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 6, 2023). | |
| 10.12(a) | Form of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement under the IZEA Worldwide, Inc. 2023 Inducement Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 6, 2023). |
| 10.13(a) | Form of Time-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement under the IZEA Worldwide, Inc. 2023 Inducement Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 6, 2023). | |
| 10.14(a) | Employment Agreement effective as of September 6, 2024, between the Company and Patrick J. Venetucci (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 9, 2024) | |
| 10.15 | Cooperation Agreement, dated as of September 6, 2024, by and between the Company and GP Cash Management, Ltd. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 10, 2024) | |
| 10.16 | 10b5-1 Issuer Repurchase Instructions (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 30, 2024) | |
| 19 | Insider Trading Policy (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 27, 2025). | |
| 21.1 | * | List of Subsidiaries of IZEA Worldwide, Inc. |
| 23.1 | * | Consent of GRANT THORNTON, LLP, independent registered public accounting firm. |
| 31.1 | * | Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
| 31.2 | * | Certification of Principal Financial and Accounting Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
| 32.1 | * (b) | Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
| 32.2 | * (b) | Certification of Principal Financial and Accounting Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
| 97.1 | * (a) | IZEA Worldwide Inc. Compensation Recoupment Policy |
| 101 | * (c) | The following materials from IZEA Worldwide, Inc.'s Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2024 are formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss, (iii) the Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity, (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow, and (v) the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements. |
- Filed or furnished herewith.
(a) Denotes management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.
(b) In accordance with Item 601of Regulation S-K, this Exhibit is hereby furnished to the SEC as an accompanying document and is not deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933.
(c) In accordance with Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, the XBRL related information in Exhibit 101 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
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