---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-017221"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VRM"
cik: "0001580864"
company_name: "Vroom, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-01-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T09:17:59.994916+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Vroom subsidiary issues $22.5M in preferred units to SPE Holdings 2026-1

## Summary
- Vroom Automotive LLC issued 15,000 Series A and 7,500 Series B preferred units for $22.5M total proceeds.
- Series A distribution rate: SOFR + 8.25%; Series B: SOFR + 9%, payable quarterly.
- Proceeds to be used for loan to UACC, special distribution to Vroom Finance Holdings, and general corporate purposes.
- Series B preferred units are convertible into common units of Vroom Automotive; Series A are non-convertible.
- Origination fee and reimbursement expenses deducted from purchase price; details redacted.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-017221
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VRM
- cik: 0001580864
- company_name: Vroom, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-01-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1580864/000119312526017221/0001193125-26-017221-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1580864/000119312526017221/vrm-20260116.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  Vroom, Inc. entered into Preferred Unit Purchase Agreement with SPE Holdings 2026-1 valued at Issue 15,000 Series A and 7,500 Series B preferred units for $22,500,000 gross proceeds (effective 2026-01-16).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: equity purchase
  - Counterparty: SPE Holdings 2026-1
  - Value: Issue 15,000 Series A and 7,500 Series B preferred units for $22,500,000 gross proceeds
  - Effective: 2026-01-16
  source text: On January 16, 2026, Vroom Automotive LLC (“ Vroom Automotive ”), a Delaware limited liability company and a subsidiary of Vroom, Inc. (the “ Company ”), holding intellectual property licenses and other financial assets, issued to SPE Holdings 2026-1, a Delaware statutory trust (“ SPE Holdings ”), 15,000 newly issued Series A preferred units (the “ Series A Preferred Units ”) and 7,500 newly issued Series B preferred units (the “ Series B Preferred Units ” and together with the Series A Preferred Units, the “ Vroom Automotive Preferred Units ”) for aggregate gross proceeds of $22,500,000.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1580864/000119312526017221/0001193125-26-017221-index.htm

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