{"url_path":"/sec/wast/10-k/2026/item-5","section_key":"item-5","section_title":"Item 5 MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES**","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"10-K","doc_date":"2026-07-14","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1515139/0001493152-26-033196-index.html","accession_number":"0001493152-26-033196","cik":"0001515139","ticker":"WAST","issuer_name":"WASTE ENERGY CORP.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1515139/0001493152-26-033196-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001515139","primary_entity_name":"WASTE ENERGY CORP."},"word_count":545,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**ITEM\n5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES**\n\n \n\n**Market\nInformation**\n\n \n\nOur common stock is quoted on the OTCQB operated\nby the OTC Markets Group and is listed under the trading symbol “WAST”. On May 7, 2025 the Company received a cease trade\norder in Canada due to the non-filing of their December 31, 2024 financial statements. It is our anticipation that we will have the order\nremoved by September 30, 2026.\n\n \n\nTrading\nin stocks quoted on the OTCQB is often thin and is characterized by wide fluctuations in trading prices due to many factors that may\nbe unrelated or have little to do with a company’s operations or business prospects. We cannot assure you that there will be a\nmarket for our common stock in the future.\n\n \n\n**Holders\nof Common Stock**\n\n \n\nAs of July 7, 2026, the 149,220,840 issued\nand outstanding shares of our common stock were held by a total of 131 stockholders of record.\n\n \n\n**Dividends**\n\n \n\nWe\nhave not declared any dividends since incorporation and do not anticipate that we will do so in the foreseeable future. We intend to\nretain future earnings, if any, for use in our operations and the expansion of our business.\n\n \n\n**Securities\nAuthorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans**\n\n \n\nThe\nfollowing table summarizes certain information regarding our equity compensation plans as of December 31, 2025:\n\n \n\nPlan category \n\nNumber of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options\n\n(a)\n  \n\n**Number\nof securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding warrants and rights**\n\n**(b)**\n  \n\nThe weighted average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights\n\n (c)\n  \n\nNumber of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a + b))\n\n (d)\n \n\nEquity compensation plans approved by security holders (2017 Equity Incentive Plan) \n 35,213,334  \n 7,437,500  \n$    0.21  \n 4,086,666 \n\n  \n    \n    \n    \n   \n\nEquity compensation plans not approved by security holders \n Nil  \n Nil  \n$N/A  \n Nil \n\n  \n    \n    \n    \n   \n\nTotal \n 35,213,334  \n 7,437,500  \n$0.21  \n 4,086,666 \n\n \n\n15\n\n \n\n \n\n**Recent\nSales of Unregistered Securities**\n\n \n\nOther\nthan as disclosed below and in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K filed during the year ended December 31, 2025, we have issued shares of our common stock in connection with the conversion of convertible notes, the exercise\nof warrants and options, the settlement of liabilities, consulting arrangements, and other financing and compensation-related transactions.\nSuch issuances were made in reliance upon exemptions from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,\nand/or Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder, as applicable.\n\n \n\nExcept as otherwise disclosed below, we have not sold any equity securities during the year ended December 31, 2025 that were not previously reported in a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or Current Report on Form 8-K.\n\n \n\n**Purchases\nof Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers**\n\n \n\nOn March 22, 2024, the Company elected\nto convert a $400,000 promissory note receivable from Fogdog along with $46,071 in accrued interest and now the Company holds 11.5% equity\nstake in Fogdog. The allowance for doubtful accounts for the notes receivable converted to shares in the quarter ended June 30, 2024\nwas recovered resulting in a gain of $446,071. The investment was booked at cost and its full cost was impaired, incurring an impairment\nloss of $446,071."}