{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001104659-26-019105","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"XELB","cik":"0001083220","company_name":"XCel Brands, Inc.","filed_at":"2026-02-24T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:02:34.515281+00:00","generated_at":"2026-05-16T00:38:26.741840+00:00","sec_items":["1.01","2.03","9.01"],"event_type":"debt","sentiment":"negative","materiality_score":0.6,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.6,"confidence":"high","headline":"Xcel Brands enters Fifth Amendment to loan agreement, commits $500K prepayment, extends closing to Mar 6","bullets":["Xcel committed to prepay $500,000 on Term Loan A from its blocked account immediately following the Fifth Amendment effective date.","Liquid asset covenant requirement reduced to $500,000 at all times before full repayment of First Out Obligations.","Transaction closing date for Specified Asset Sale or Refinancing Alternative extended to March 6, 2026.","Prepayment is not subject to any prepayment fee, per the amendment."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-019105","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-019105.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-019105.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-019105.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1083220/000110465926019105/0001104659-26-019105-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1083220/000110465926019105/tm267182d1_8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-05-16T00:38:26.741840+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"3b36b9f958c3189d19c35c8af8c00c9cc329684e","claim":"XCel Brands, Inc. amended term loan with FEAC Agent, LLC.","evidence_excerpt":"On February 20, 2026, Xcel Brands, Inc. (“Xcel”) entered into the Fifth Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement (the “Amendment”), by and among Xcel, the other Credit Parties party thereto, each Lender party thereto under the Loan and Security Agreement dated as of December 12, 2024, and FEAC Agent, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as administrative agent and collateral agent for the Lenders (in such capacities, together with its successors and assigns in such capacities, the “Administrative Agent”). Pursuant to the Amendment, (i) the Company committed to make a prepayment of $500,000 on Term Loan A (paid from the Blocked Account (as defined in the Loan and Security Agreement) to the extent there are sufficient funds); (ii) the liquid asset covenant requirement, at all times prior to the repayment in full of the First Out Obligations (as defined in the Loan and Security Agreement), was reduced to $500,000; and (iii) the transaction closing date was extended to March 6, 2026.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 2.03/2.04","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1083220/000110465926019105/0001104659-26-019105-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"Debt Financings","details":[{"label":"Instrument","value":"term loan"},{"label":"Counterparty","value":"FEAC Agent, LLC"},{"label":"Event","value":"amendment"}],"fact_type":"debt_financing"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}