{"url_path":"/sec/cik-0001661779/10-q/2026/item-6","section_key":"item-6","section_title":"Item 6 Exhibits.","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"10-Q","doc_date":"2026-05-20","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1661779/0001104659-26-064442-index.html","accession_number":"0001104659-26-064442","cik":"0001661779","ticker":null,"issuer_name":"StartEngine Inc.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1661779/0001104659-26-064442-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001661779","primary_entity_name":"STARTENGINE CROWDFUNDING, INC."},"word_count":524,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 6. Exhibits.\n\nCopies of the following documents are included as exhibits to this report pursuant to Item 601 of Regulation S-K.\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n**Exhibit No.**\n\n**Title of Document**\n\n**Form**\n\n**File No.**\n\n**Exhibit**\n\n**Filing Date**\n\n**Filed Herewith**\n\n3.1\n\n[Seventh Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1661779/000110465924059746/tm2413944d1_ex3-1.htm)\n\n8-K\n\n000-56415\n\n3.1\n\nMay 10, 2024\n\n​\n\n3.2\n\n[Second Amended and Restated Bylaws](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1661779/000110465924059746/tm2413944d1_ex3-2.htm) \n\n8-K\n\n000-56415\n\n3.2\n\nMay 10, 2024\n\n​\n\n4.1\n\n[Second Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1661779/000110465920032597/tm2012060d1_ex3-1.htm)\n\n1-A\n\n024-11177\n\n3.1\n\nMarch 12, 2020\n\n​\n\n10.1\n\n[Amended and Restated 2015 Equity Incentive Plan](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1661779/000110465923019873/tm236154d1_ex6-1.htm)\n\n1-A\n\n024-11806\n\n6.1\n\nFebruary 13, 2023\n\n​\n\n10.2+*\n\n[Employment Agreement effective as of January 1, 2024 (Howard Marks)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1661779/000155837024005129/tmb-20231231xex10d2.htm)\n\n10-K\n\n000-56415\n\n10.2\n\nMarch 31, 2025\n\n​\n\n10.3\n\n[Asset Purchase Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1661779/000110465922122400/tm2231329d1_ex99-2.htm)\n\n8-K\n\n000-56415\n\n99.2\n\nNovember 28, 2022\n\n​\n\n10.4\n\n[2025 Equity Incentive Plan](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1661779/000155837025007905/stgc-20250331xex10d4.htm)\n\n10-Q\n\n000-56415\n\n10.4\n\nMay 15, 2025\n\n​\n\n10.5\n\n[Merger Agreement dated March 17, 2026](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1661779/000110465926033376/tm269376d1_ex10-1.htm)\n\n8-K\n\n000-56415\n\n10.1\n\nMarch 23, 2026\n\n​\n\n19.1\n\n[Insider Trading Policy](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1661779/000155837025010454/stgc-20250630xex19d1.htm)\n\n10-Q\n\n000-56415\n\n19.1\n\nAugust 6, 2025\n\n​\n\n31.1\n\n[Certification of Howard Marks, principal executive officer, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002](stgc-20260331xex31d1.htm)\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\nX\n\n31.2\n\n[Certification of Hunter Strassman, principal financial officer, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002](stgc-20260331xex31d2.htm)\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\nX\n\n32.1 #\n\n[Certification of Howard Marks, principal executive officer, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002](stgc-20260331xex32d1.htm)\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\nX\n\n32.2 #\n\n[Certification of Hunter Strassman, principal financial officer, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002](stgc-20260331xex32d2.htm)\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\nX\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n101.INS\n\nInline XBRL Instance Document (the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document).\n\n​\n\n​\n\n101.SCH\n\nInline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document\n\n​\n\n​\n\n101.CAL\n\nInline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.\n\n​\n\n​\n\n101.DEF\n\nInline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.\n\n​\n\n​\n\n101.LAB \n\nInline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document.\n\n​\n\n​\n\n101.PRE\n\nInline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.\n\n​\n\n​\n\n104\n\nCover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n+\n\nManagement contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.\n\n​\n\n​\n\n*\n\nPortions of this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to the instructions to Item 601(a) of Regulation S-K.\n\n​\n\n​\n\n#\n\nThis certification is deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Exchange Act), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n40\n\n[Table of Contents](#TOC)\n\nSIGNATURES\n\nPursuant 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 thereunto duly authorized.\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n**STARTENGINE CROWDFUNDING, INC.**\n\n \n\n \n\n(Registrant)\n\nDate: May 20, 2026\n\n \n\nBy:\n\n*/s/ Howard Marks*\n\n \n\n \n\nHoward Marks\n\n \n\nChief Executive Officer\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\nDate: May 20, 2026\n\n \n\nBy:\n\n*/s/ Hunter Strassman*\n\n \n\n \n\nHunter Strassman\n\n \n\nChief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n41"}