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8-K filed June 1, 2026, 8:45 AM ET ticker VATE CIK 0001006837
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INNOVATE Corp. (VATE): debt financing — INNOVATE to sell 75% of Broadcasting to CONX Corp.; $105M bridge loan refinances existing debt

INNOVATE Corp.

Key facts

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Debt Financings SEC 8-K Item 2.03/2.04 confidence 0.9

INNOVATE Corp. incurred loan of aggregate principal amount of $105 million with HC2 Merger Sub, LLC at 8.00% per annum, payable quarterly in kind maturing first anniversary of the Loan Closing Date.

Instrument
loan
Principal
aggregate principal amount of $105 million
Counterparty
HC2 Merger Sub, LLC
Rate
8.00% per annum, payable quarterly in kind
Maturity
first anniversary of the Loan Closing Date
Event
incurrence
Exact text from the filing
On May 29, 2026 (the “Loan Closing Date”), Broadcasting entered into a loan agreement (the “New Loan Agreement”), as borrower, with Merger Sub, as lender and HC2 Holdco and certain of Broadcasting’s subsidiaries, as guarantors. The New Loan Agreement provides for a bridge loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of $105 million (the “Bridge Loan Facility”), to be funded in a single drawing on the Loan Closing Date.
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Material Agreements SEC 8-K Item 1.01/1.02 confidence 0.9

INNOVATE Corp. entered into New Loan Agreement with Merger Sub valued at $105 million (effective 2026-05-29).

Action
entry
Agreement
credit facility
Counterparty
Merger Sub
Value
$105 million
Effective
2026-05-29
Exact text from the filing
On May 29, 2026 (the “Loan Closing Date”), Broadcasting entered into a loan agreement (the “New Loan Agreement”), as borrower, with Merger Sub, as lender and HC2 Holdco and certain of Broadcasting’s subsidiaries, as guarantors.
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Material Agreements SEC 8-K Item 1.01/1.02 confidence 0.9

INNOVATE Corp. entered into Agreement and Plan of Merger with CONX Corp. (effective 2026-05-29).

Action
entry
Agreement
merger
Counterparty
CONX Corp.
Effective
2026-05-29
Exact text from the filing
On May 29, 2026, HC2 Broadcasting Holdings Inc. (“Broadcasting”) and HC2 Broadcasting Holdco, LLC (“HC2 Holdco”), each an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of INNOVATE Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with HC2 Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Merger Sub”), and CONX Corp., a Nevada corporation (“CONX”), pursuant to which Merger Sub will merge with and into Broadcasting (the “Merger”), with Broadcasting surviving the Merger as a subsidiary of CONX (the “Surviving Entity”).
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