# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000008504
**File Stem:** 0001493152-25-013044
**Filing Date:** 2025-9
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**Document Hash:** 263f3cf2225205bfb1ea3008b300a536
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001493152-25-013044.hdr.sgml**: 20250911

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001493152-25-013044

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 14

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20250911

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Other Events

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250911

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20250911

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000008504
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** AIRCRAFT [3721]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 04 Manufacturing
- **EIN:** 880422242
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** NV
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-36492
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251307321

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 8201 E. 34TH CIR N
- **CITY:** WICHITA
- **STATE:** KS
- **ZIP:** 67226
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** (620) 325-6363

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 8201 E. 34TH CIR N
- **CITY:** WICHITA
- **STATE:** KS
- **ZIP:** 67226

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** EnerJex Resources, Inc.
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20060926

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** MILLENNIUM PLASTICS CORP
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20000525

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** AURORA CORP
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19990825

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**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): **September 11, 2025**

**AGEAGLE AERIAL SYSTEMS INC.**

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

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| **Nevada** | **001-36492** | **88-0422242** |
| (State or other jurisdiction<br> of incorporation) | (Commission<br> File Number) | (IRS Employer<br> Identification No.) |

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| <br> **8201 E. 34th Street N, Suite 1307, Wichita, Kansas** | **67226** |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |

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Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (**620) 325-6363**

(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:

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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

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| **Title of each class** | **Trading Symbol(s)** | **Name of each exchange on which registered** |
| Common Stock | UAVS | NYSE American |

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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). ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

**8.01** **Other Events** 

On September 11, 2025, AgEagle Aerial Systems, Inc. issued a press release announcing its rebranding to EagleNXT. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

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| **Exhibit**<br> **Number** | **Description** |
| 99.1 | [Press Release, dated September 11, 2025 (furnished herewith)](ex99-1.htm) |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |

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**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.

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| Dated: September 11, 2025 | **AGEAGLE AERIAL SYSTEMS INC.** | **AGEAGLE AERIAL SYSTEMS INC.** |
|  | By: | */s/ Alison Burgett* |
|  | Name: | Alison Burgett |
|  | Title: | Chief Financial Officer<br>|

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## Exhibit 99.1

**Exhibit 99.1**

![](ex99-1_001.jpg)

**AgEagle Aerial Systems Rebrands as EagleNXT to Drive Next Phase of Growth and Innovation** 

*Rebrand reflects strategic evolution and positions EagleNXT to capture global expansion opportunities across defense, agriculture, and commercial drone markets*

**WICHITA, Kan., September 11, 2025 —** AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc. (NYSE: UAVS), a leading provider of advanced drone and aerial imaging solutions, today announces it has completed a comprehensive rebrand and will begin operating under the name EagleNXT. The new brand reflects the Company's evolution, its sharpened strategic focus, and its mission to deliver the intelligence that safeguards and empowers the world.

EagleNXT CEO Bill Irby commented, "For years, we have built a reputation as a trusted leader in aerial intelligence—designing products our partners rely on – whether commercial, agricultural, or for defense -- forging relationships across critical industries, and assembling a team dedicated to creating what comes next. As EagleNXT, we honor our legacy while embracing our future. Our solutions will continue to evolve, our innovations will advance, and our reach will expand into new, high-growth markets. At our core, we remain committed to delivering intelligence that strengthens security, improves productivity, and drives sustainable value for our customers and shareholders."

The rebrand to EagleNXT underscores the Company's commitment to advancing best-in-class drones, sensors, and software that serve both government and commercial markets. With over one million global flights, record-setting contracts, and industry-first regulatory approvals, EagleNXT is well positioned to expand its leadership in rapidly growing markets including defense, public safety, agriculture, and environmental monitoring and research.

The Company's mission statement- *EagleNXT protects what matters most: lives, land, and the pursuit of peace*– serves as the foundation of the rebrand and communicates EagleNXT's focus on innovation, resilience, and long-term value creation.

**About EagleNXT**

AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc. (dba, EagleNXT) (NYSE: UAVS) is a leading developer of high-performance drones, advanced sensors, and intelligent software solutions that deliver critical aerial intelligence to customers around the world. With more than one million flights conducted globally, EagleNXT's platforms are trusted across defense, public safety, agriculture, infrastructure, and environmental monitoring applications. The Company's drone systems have achieved multiple industry firsts, including FAA approvals for Operations Over People (OOP) and Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS), as well as EASA C2 certification in Europe and inclusion on the U.S. Department of Defense's Blue UAS list. EagleNXT's sensors are integrated on more than 150 different drone models and are used in over 100 research publications worldwide, reinforcing its leadership in precision agriculture, surveying, and environmental sustainability initiatives.

**Forward-Looking Statements**

Certain statements in this press release may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, contained in this press release are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements contained in this press release may be identified by the use of words such as "anticipate," "believe," "contemplate," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "seek," "may," "might," "plan," "potential," "predict," "project," "suggest," "target," "aim," "should," "will," "would," or the negative of these words or other similar expressions, although not all forward-looking statements contain these words. Forward-looking statements are based on the Company's current expectations and are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and assumptions that are difficult to predict, including risks related to the timing and fulfilment of current and future purchase orders relating to the Company's products, the success of new programs and software updates, the ability to implement a new strategic plan and the success of a new strategic plan. Further, certain forward-looking statements are based on assumptions as to future events that may not prove to be accurate. For a further discussion of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those expressed in these forward-looking statements, as well as risks relating to the business of the Company in general, see the risk disclosures in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2024, and in subsequent reports on Forms 10-Q and 8-K and other filings made with the SEC by the Company. All such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise these statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

**Media Contact**

Andy Woodward

+1 (469) 451-2344

<u>Andy.woodward@EagleNXT.com</u>

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**Investor Relations**

Email: UAVS@EagleNXT.com