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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-007478"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001277250"
company_name: "Charge Enterprises, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-03-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T22:51:00.194637+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 1.0
calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Charge Enterprises files prepackaged Chapter 11; plans to cancel all stock, convert Arena debt to equity

## Summary
- Filed Chapter 11 petition on March 7, 2024; prepackaged plan with Arena Investors.
- Plan cancels all existing preferred and common stock; Arena's secured debt converted to new equity.
- DIP financing up to $10M approved; confirmation hearing set for April 23, 2024.
- Company warns stockholders could experience significant or complete loss on investment.
- Stock trades OTC since Feb 29, 2024; Arena foreclosure actions stayed by bankruptcy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-007478
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001277250
- company_name: Charge Enterprises, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-03-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 1.0
- calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 1.03, 2.03, 2.04, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1277250/000143774924007478/0001437749-24-007478-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1277250/000143774924007478/crge20240311c_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-007478.txt

## Key facts
- Distress & Bankruptcy
  Charge Enterprises, Inc. entered chapter 11 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (petition 2024-03-07).
  - Proceeding: chapter 11
  - Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
  - Petition: 2024-03-07
  source text: On March 7, 2024, the Company filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 in the Bankruptcy Court.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1277250/000143774924007478/0001437749-24-007478-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.