---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000045919-24-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HHS"
cik: "0000045919"
company_name: "HARTE HANKS INC"
filed_at: "2024-01-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T03:36:24.051265+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Harte Hanks extends credit line to June 2025; appoints Elizabeth Ross to board

## Summary
- Extended $25M ABL credit facility with Texas Capital Bank; maturity now June 30, 2025 (from Dec 2024); SOFR + 2.25%.
- Appointed Elizabeth Ross (CEO, Shift Paradigm) to Board effective Jan 2, 2024; annual retainer $60,000.
- Credit facility supports working capital and growth initiatives under Elevate transformation plan.
- Ross brings agency experience from Target, United Health, PepsiCo, Walmart, and Microsoft.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000045919-24-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HHS
- cik: 0000045919
- company_name: HARTE HANKS INC
- filed_at: 2024-01-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/45919/000004591924000003/0000045919-24-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/45919/000004591924000003/hhs-20231229.htm

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## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  HARTE HANKS INC amended revolving credit of $25,000,000 with Texas Capital Bank at SOFR plus a margin of 2.25% per annum maturing June 30, 2025.
  - Instrument: revolving credit
  - Principal: $25,000,000
  - Counterparty: Texas Capital Bank
  - Rate: SOFR plus a margin of 2.25% per annum
  - Maturity: June 30, 2025
  - Event: amendment
  source text: Act. ☐ Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. Harte Hanks, Inc. (as “Harte Hanks” or as the “Company”) previously secured (on December 21, 2021) a three-year, $25,000,000 asset-based revolving credit facility (the “ABL Agreement”) with Texas Capital Bank ("TCB"). On December 29, 2029, Harte Hanks, Inc. and various subsidiaries serving as guarantors
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/45919/000004591924000003/0000045919-24-000003-index.htm
- Executive change
  Elizabeth Ross was appointed as member of the Board at HARTE HANKS INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: member of the Board
  source text: On December 29, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Harte Hanks appointed Elizabeth Ross as a member of the Board, effective as of January 2, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/45919/000004591924000003/0000045919-24-000003-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  HARTE HANKS INC amended Amended Credit Facility with Texas Capital Bank (effective 2023-12-29).
  - Action: amendment
  - Agreement: credit facility
  - Counterparty: Texas Capital Bank
  - Effective: 2023-12-29
  source text: On December 29, 2029, Harte Hanks, Inc. and various subsidiaries serving as guarantors (collectively as the "Company") entered into an amendment to this ABL Agreement (the "Amended Credit Facility"),
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/45919/000004591924000003/0000045919-24-000003-index.htm

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