Creatd to Regain Majority Control of Vocal, Advances Uplisting Plans
Creatd Inc. announced board-approved transactions to increase its ownership in Vocal from 20% to 51%, aligning with its SEC re-registration and uplisting strategy, while also updating its annual shareholder meeting to June 25, 2026.
Creatd, Inc. (OTCQB: CRTD) on Thursday announced a strategic equity realignment that will restore its majority ownership of creator platform Vocal, as the company pushes forward with its SEC re-registration and planned uplisting to a national exchange. The company also updated the dates for its annual shareholder meeting.
The board of directors and requisite shareholders of Vocal have approved a targeted equity realignment and repurchase initiative designed to increase Creatd’s ownership in Vocal from approximately 20% to 51% on a post-transaction basis. The repurchase includes certain Vocal common shares and Series A Preferred equity interests from current and former stakeholders, based on Vocal’s previously established independent 409A valuation.
Vocal has historically been developed, funded, and majority-owned by Creatd. The company’s chairman and CEO, Jeremy Frommer, emphasized the strategic importance of regaining majority control. “We believe establishing majority ownership of Vocal is an important strategic step for Creatd as we continue advancing our uplisting objectives and broader restructuring initiatives,” Frommer said in a statement. “Vocal has always been foundational to the Company. Increasing our ownership from approximately 20% to 51% better reflects Vocal’s role in our operating structure, our capital markets strategy, and the value we believe can be created for shareholders.”
The initiative follows Creatd’s completed sale of Fly Flyte, Inc. and represents the next step in its broader corporate reorganization, SEC re-registration process, and planned uplisting to a national exchange. The company recently completed its 2025 audit and submitted an amended draft registration statement on Form S-1 to the SEC.
Vocal remains a creator-focused platform that reaches approximately 30 million monthly unique visitors and supports nearly 10,000 premium creators. The platform is within several months of launching Vocal 3.0, the next major evolution featuring AI-enabled infrastructure, enhanced creator tools, improved content distribution, and expanded monetization capabilities. According to Creatd, these advancements will allow Vocal to scale beyond its existing audience and creator base while strengthening its role as a core technology, media, and brand-services asset.
Beyond the creator platform, Vocal has expanded its agency and brand-services side, working with brands to connect with authentic, measurable audiences through human editorial judgment, AI-enabled processes, and audience data. Frommer noted that this operating relationship gives Creatd a natural positive-selection process for evaluating companies before pursuing deeper strategic opportunities, including potential M&A transactions.
“Vocal has evolved into more than a publishing platform,” Frommer continued. “It has become a combined creator, media, technology, and brand-services asset. Vocal is also becoming the tip of the spear through which Creatd identifies, acquires, and integrates advanced processes, technology relationships, and AI-enabled development capabilities at the frontier of human and artificial intelligence collaboration.”
The company also updated the record date for its annual shareholder meeting from April 17, 2026 to May 26, 2026, with the virtual meeting rescheduled from May 21 to June 25, 2026. Shareholders of record as of May 26 will be entitled to vote. The meeting will address proposals related to strategic initiatives, governance matters, and the company’s future direction.
“We are continuing to complete the necessary steps associated with our SEC re-registration process, audited financial statements, corporate reorganization, and shareholder meeting preparation,” said Frommer. “We believe the updated timing will allow the Company to better align these milestones with our annual meeting and broader corporate initiatives.”
More information about Creatd and its announcements is available in the company’s newsroom at https://tinyurl.com/crtdnewsroom.