Genius Group Limited announced that it has fixed February 13, 2026 as the official share count date under its Asset Purchase Agreement with Entrepreneur Resorts Ltd. This exercise addresses a long-standing gap between the 54.4 million GNS shares recorded by brokers at the spin-off in August 2023 and the 17.4 million shares verified by Genius Group. By engaging the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation to obtain a full roster of GNS holdings and re-verifying investor records, the Company aims to reconcile the unexplained 37.0 million share shortfall and ensure accurate distribution of the 50 million GNS shares allocated to ERL shareholders.

At the original share count date of August 31, 2023, 74.0 million GNS shares had been issued. Of these, 54.4 million were held in street name at brokers but only 17.4 million could be matched to actual investors. Over two years of outreach by ERL and its partner Upstream Exchange yielded verification of just 32% of broker-reported holdings. The remaining 20.4 million GNS shares tied to 6.8 million ERL shares remain unallocated. By resetting the count date, Genius Group will identify mis-reported positions, recover mis-assigned shares where possible, and earmark truly unclaimed shares for ERL treasury if no claimant emerges by February 13.

Following the share count, Genius Group will automatically enroll all newly verified ERL share recipients—totaling 16.7 million GNS shares—in its Bitcoin Loyalty Payment Program. This will boost participating shares from 2.3 million to 19.0 million, a 726% jump. Qualifying investors who maintain book-entry holdings through May 28, 2026 will receive a $0.10 per-share bonus, equivalent to a 32% annualized return based on early January reference valuations. Shareholders may opt out between February 13 and May 28, but those remaining will strengthen overall program engagement and tighten the post-APA float.

Genius Group has formally requested complete account listings from the DTCC and will publish detailed findings after February 13. Investors who held GNS on August 31, 2023 and have not yet completed ERL verification can email investor@geniusgroup.ai with historical broker statements to claim their entitlements. Any shares still unclaimed by the new count date will be held in ERL’s treasury, effectively reducing the public float and potentially supporting share liquidity and price stability.