---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001079973-26-000107"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ASTI"
cik: "0001350102"
company_name: "Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-01-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T07:51:34.379703+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ascent Solar raises up to $25M in private placement; $10M upfront with warrant exercise potential

## Summary
- $10M gross from 1.82M shares/pre-funded warrants at $5.50/share plus warrants for up to 1.82M Series A and 909K Series B shares at $5.50.
- Net proceeds ~$9.2M after fees; funds for working capital.
- Series A warrants expire 5 years, Series B warrants expire 18 months from registration effective date.
- Amendment to Dec 2025 purchase agreement allows ATM issuance at ≥$7.00 per share during restricted period.
- Placement agent H.C. Wainwright; closing on Jan 26, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001079973-26-000107
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ASTI
- cik: 0001350102
- company_name: Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-01-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1350102/000107997326000107/0001079973-26-000107-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1350102/000107997326000107/asti_8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001079973-26-000107
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001079973-26-000107.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001079973-26-000107.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. entered into Registration Rights Agreement with certain institutional and accredited investors (effective 2026-01-23).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: equity purchase
  - Counterparty: certain institutional and accredited investors
  - Effective: 2026-01-23
  source text: In connection with the Private Placement, the Company entered into a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), dated as of January 23, 2026, with the Investors
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1350102/000107997326000107/0001079973-26-000107-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. entered into Purchase Agreement with certain institutional and accredited investors valued at approximately $9.2 million (effective 2026-01-23).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: equity purchase
  - Counterparty: certain institutional and accredited investors
  - Value: approximately $9.2 million
  - Effective: 2026-01-23
  source text: On January 23, 2026, Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with certain institutional and accredited investors (the “Investors”)
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1350102/000107997326000107/0001079973-26-000107-index.htm

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