---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-199683"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FOSL"
cik: "0000883569"
company_name: "Fossil Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-09-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T07:11:58.720937+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Fossil commences exchange offer and rights offering for its 7% Senior Notes due 2026

## Summary
- Exchange any/all 7.00% Senior Notes due 2026 for 9.500% First-Out or 7.500% Second-Out Secured Notes due 2029, plus warrants.
- Rights offering allows holders to buy First-Out Notes with common stock incentive; $12.9M offered to non-Supporting Holders.
- Supporting Holders (~60% of Old Notes) agreed to exchange, consent to amendments, and back a potential UK proceeding.
- Consent solicitation seeks to remove covenants, subordinate Old Notes to New Notes, and change governing law to England/Wales.
- Exchange offer expires October 7, 2025; registration statements filed but not yet effective.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-199683
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FOSL
- cik: 0000883569
- company_name: Fossil Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-09-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/883569/000119312525199683/0001193125-25-199683-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/883569/000119312525199683/d947081d8k.htm

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