# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000798528
**File Stem:** 0001193125-26-166793
**Filing Date:** 2026-4
**Character Count:** 6315
**Document Hash:** f7a592ad8c68bbd5d595c4f94038705c
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-26-166793.hdr.sgml**: 20260421

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-26-166793

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: DEFA14A

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 10

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260421

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260421

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** ODYSSEY MARINE EXPLORATION INC
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000798528
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** WATER TRANSPORTATION [4400]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 01 Energy & Transportation
- **EIN:** 841018684
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** NV
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** DEFA14A
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-31895
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26879527

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 205 S. HOOVER BLVD.
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 210
- **CITY:** TAMPA
- **STATE:** FL
- **ZIP:** 33609
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** (813) 876-1776

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 205 S. HOOVER BLVD.
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 210
- **CITY:** TAMPA
- **STATE:** FL
- **ZIP:** 33609

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** UNIVERSAL CAPITAL CORP
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19920703

**UNITED STATES** 

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION** 

**Washington, D.C. 20549** 

**SCHEDULE 14A** 

**(Rule 14a-101)** 

**SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION** 

**Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the** 

**Securities Exchange Act of 1934** 

**(Amendment No.)** 

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## ODYSSEY MARINE EXPLORATION, INC.
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| <br>**Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc.**<br>**Annual Meeting of Stockholders**<br>Monday, June 1, 2026 9:30 AM, Eastern Time<br>Hampton Inn & Suites located at 5329 Avion Park Drive, Tampa, Florida 33607<br>**For a convenient way to view proxy materials, VOTE, and obtain directions to attend the meeting go to www.proxydocs.com/OMEX**<br>**To vote your proxy while visiting this site, you will need the 12 digit control number in the box below.**<br>This communication presents only an overview of the more complete proxy materials that are available to you on the Internet. This is not a ballot. You cannot use this notice to vote your shares. We encourage you to access and review all of the important information contained in the proxy materials before voting.<br>Under United States Securities and Exchange Commission rules, proxy materials do not have to be delivered in paper. Proxy materials can be distributed by making them available on the internet.<br>If you want to receive a paper or e-mail copy of the proxy material, you must request one. There is no charge to you for requesting a copy. In order to receive a paper package in time for this year's meeting, you must make this request on or before May 18, 2026.<br>| ![LOGO](g36396g55m08.jpg)  | <br>**Meeting Materials:** Notice of Meeting and Proxy Statement & Form 10-K<br>**Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Stockholders Meeting To Be Held On June 1, 2026 For Stockholders of record as of April 9, 2026**<br>**To order paper materials, use one of the following methods.**<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ![LOGO](g36396g01f04.jpg) <br>**Internet:**<br> **www.investorelections.com/OMEX**<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ![LOGO](g36396g01f05.jpg) <br> **Call:**<br> **1-866-648-8133**<br>![LOGO](g36396g01f06.jpg) <br> **Email:**<br> **paper@investorelections.com**<br>\* If requesting material by e-mail, please send a blank e-mail with the 12 digit control number (located below) in the subject line. No other requests, instructions OR other inquiries should be included with your e-mail requesting material.<br>![LOGO](g36396g01f07.jpg) <br>|
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**FOR** PROPOSALS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, AND 6

 <br> **PROPOSAL**<br>

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| 1. | To elect five directors of the Company to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified; |
|  | 1.01 Mark D. Gordon |
|  | 1.02 Mark B. Justh |
|  | 1.03 Larrisa T. Pommeraud |
|  | 1.04 Jon D. Sawyer |
|  | 1.05 Todd E. Siegel |
| 2. | To ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent registered certified public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026; |
| 3. | To amend the Company's articles of incorporation to implement an increase in the number of shares of authorized common stock from 75,000,000 to 82,000,000 shares; |
| 4. | To amend the Company's 2019 Stock Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares authorized for issuance under the plan by 2,000,000 shares; |
| 5. | To approve a reverse stock split of the Company's common stock at a ratio in the range from 1-for-20 to 1-for-25; and |
| 6. | To obtain non-binding advisory approval of the compensation of our named executive officers. |
| Note: | Such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting of Stockholders or at any adjournments or postponements thereof. |

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