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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001185185-25-001554"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EDUC"
cik: "0000031667"
company_name: "EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CORP"
filed_at: "2025-10-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T02:02:55.815284+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Educational Development Corp sells HQ for $32.2M, repays $30M bank debt, enters sale-leaseback

## Summary
- Sale of Hilti Complex for $32.2M to 10Mark 10K Industrial; proceeds repaid all BOKF debt (~$30M).
- Executed 10-year triple-net lease at $8/sq ft with 2.5% annual escalations; two 5-year renewal options.
- Annual cash flow expected to improve ~$1.0M after lease payments and rental income from other tenants.
- Retained 17-acre excess land valued at $2.0M; no early termination penalties incurred.
- CEO Craig White says transaction strengthens cash flow and allows company to return to normal operations.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001185185-25-001554
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EDUC
- cik: 0000031667
- company_name: EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CORP
- filed_at: 2025-10-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 1.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31667/000118518525001554/0001185185-25-001554-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31667/000118518525001554/educ8k102825.htm

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