UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 19, 2019

IDEANOMICS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada	20-1778374
(State or other jurisdiction	(IRS Employer
of incorporation)	Identification No.)

001-35561

(Commission File Number)

55 Broadway, 19^th Floor, New York, NY 10006

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

212-206-1216

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On February 19, 2019, Ideanomics, Inc. (“Ideanomics”) entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Asset Purchase Agreement”) with SolidOpinion, Inc., a Deleware corporation (“SolidOpinion”), Pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement, Ideanomics issued 4,500,000 shares of its common stock in exchange for $2,500,000 and certain intellectual property, including SolidOpinion’s CommentsRadar product and technology. The parties agreed that 450,000 of such shares of common stock will be held in escrow in connection with SolidOpinion’s indemnity obligations pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement.

In connection with the above transaction, the Company also entered into a piggyback registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with SolidOpinion pursuant to which SolidOpinion received piggyback registration rights.

The foregoing description of the Asset Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement is not purported to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of such agreement which will be filed as an exhibit to a Form 10-Q of the Company, as required.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant 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 hereunto duly authorized.

	Ideanomics, Inc.
Date: February 25, 2019	By:	/s/ Alfred Poor
	Alfred Poor
	Chief Executive Officer