---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-26-050957"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BRLS"
cik: "0001852973"
company_name: "Borealis Foods Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T00:22:17.715144+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Borealis Foods enters $17M term loan with Oxus, repays Frontwell; potential equity conversion up to $33.3M

## Summary
- Borrowed $17M from Oxus Capital at 12% interest, maturing 2031; used ~$16.2M to repay Frontwell credit facility.
- Conversion Agreement: $29.1M principal + $4.2M accrued interest may convert to common shares if $70M equity raise not done by July 1, 2026.
- Oxus may also convert ~$2M Year 1 interest into shares at its election.
- Chief Restructuring Officer Jeffrey T. Varsalone terminated effective immediately; role no longer required.
- Board must be reconstituted by May 11, 2026, with two Oxus designees.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-26-050957
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BRLS
- cik: 0001852973
- company_name: Borealis Foods Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 1.02, 2.03, 3.02, 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1852973/000121390026050957/0001213900-26-050957-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1852973/000121390026050957/ea0288749-8k_borealis.htm

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