---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-25-092258"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACU"
cik: "0000002098"
company_name: "ACME UNITED CORP"
filed_at: "2025-07-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-18T10:56:41.299892+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Acme United extends $65M revolver maturity to May 31, 2027

## Summary
- Amendment No. 11 to Loan Agreement extends maturity of $65M secured revolving credit facility from May 2026 to May 31, 2027.
- All other terms of the credit facility remain unchanged; facility amount remains $65 million.
- Lender is HSBC Bank USA, N.A.; amendment executed June 26, 2025.
- Fifth amended and restated secured revolving note issued in substitution of prior note.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-25-092258
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACU
- cik: 0000002098
- company_name: ACME UNITED CORP
- filed_at: 2025-07-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2098/000095017025092258/0000950170-25-092258-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2098/000095017025092258/acu-20250701.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-25-092258.txt

## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  ACME UNITED CORP amended revolving credit of $65 million with HSBC Bank USA, N.A. maturing May 31, 2027.
  - Instrument: revolving credit
  - Principal: $65 million
  - Counterparty: HSBC Bank USA, N.A.
  - Maturity: May 31, 2027
  - Event: amendment
  source text: Amendment No. 11 extends the scheduled maturity of the $65 million dollar secured revolving credit facility under the Loan Agreement from May 31, 2026 to May 31, 2027.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2098/000095017025092258/0000950170-25-092258-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.