---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-26-020214"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DFNS"
cik: "0001787518"
company_name: "T3 Defense Inc."
filed_at: "2026-02-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T00:24:31.600495+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# T3 Defense enters up to $20M private placement; director resigns

## Summary
- Up to $20M committed private placement from Esousa Group, an existing shareholder, in two tranches.
- Initial $10M close Feb 26; second $10M subject to registration, stockholder approval, and Nasdaq conditions.
- Issues Series B Convertible Preferred (stated value $50K/unit) convertible at $2.13/share, plus warrants exercisable at $0.0125.
- Proceeds to accelerate roll-up acquisition strategy in defense industrial base; Dawson James as placement agent.
- Director Aviya Volodarsky resigned from board effective Feb 23, 2026 for personal reasons.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-26-020214
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DFNS
- cik: 0001787518
- company_name: T3 Defense Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-02-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.02, 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1787518/000121390026020214/0001213900-26-020214-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1787518/000121390026020214/ea0278308-8k_t3defense.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-26-020214.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  T3 Defense Inc. entered into Securities Purchase Agreement with an accredited investor valued at $20,000,000 (effective 2026-02-24).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: equity purchase
  - Counterparty: an accredited investor
  - Value: $20,000,000
  - Effective: 2026-02-24
  source text: On February 24, 2026, T3 Defense Inc. (the "Company") entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with an accredited investor (the "Securities Purchase Agreement") for a private placement (the "Private Placement") pursuant to which the investor (the "Purchaser") agreed to purchase from the Company 400 units for an aggregate purchase price of $20,000,000, or a per unit price of $50,000.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1787518/000121390026020214/0001213900-26-020214-index.htm

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