Vivakor Resets Record Date of Special Dividend of Adapti, Inc. Shares for September 5, 2025
Dallas, TX, Aug. 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Vivakor, Inc. (Nasdaq: VIVK) (“Vivakor” or the “Company”), an integrated provider of energy transportation, storage, reuse, and remediation services, today announced it would reset the record date of the previously-announced special dividend to Vivakor shareholders from August 20, 2025 to September 5, 2025.
Vivakor currently holds 206,595 (approximately 13.5% of the outstanding common) shares of Adapti, Inc., a company set to merge with a multi-platform sports agency representing amateuer and professional athletes at all levels that they intend to integrate withtheir pre-existing AdaptAI software platform that matches products with influencers to market athletic careers and associated branding opportunities.
Based on Vivakor’s current shares outstanding of approximately 47,297,347 and excluding 20,963,229 shares held by the Company’s Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer and former Chief Financial Officer, who waived their right to the dividend, each Vivakor shareholder will be entitled to receive approximately 0.0079 shares of Adapti, Inc. common stock per Vivakor share. Based on the current $2.50 share price of Adapti’s common stock, the special dividend is currently valued at approximately $0.515 million.
Adapti, Inc., formerly known as Scepter Holdings, Inc., filed its Form 10 Registration Statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in September 2024 and has since become a mandatory SEC reporting company. Adapti, Inc. filed its Annual Report on 10K for the period ended March 31, 2025 on July 3, 2025.
The Ballengee Group, LLC, is a Dallas-based sports management agency which represents approximately 200 professional athletes. It was acquired by Adapti, Inc. on July 14, 2025. Additional information regarding this transaction can be found in Adapti, Inc.’s filings with the SEC.
About Vivakor, Inc.
Vivakor, Inc. is an integrated provider of transportation, storage, reuse, and remediation services. Its corporate mission is to develop, acquire, accumulate, and operate assets, properties, and technologies in the energy sector. Vivakor’s integrated facilities assets provide crude oil storage, transportation, future reuse, and remediation services under long-term contracts. Vivakor’s oilfield waste remediation facilities will facilitate the recovery, reuse, and disposal of petroleum byproducts and oilfield waste products.
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