---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-019065"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LIQT"
cik: "0001307579"
company_name: "LIQTECH INTERNATIONAL INC"
filed_at: "2026-06-01T21:17:04+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T21:19:17.682027+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# LiqTech to convert $3M of $6M debt to equity, pay $3M cash in restructuring

## Summary
- LiqTech enters Debt Cancellation Agreement to extinguish $6M senior notes; $3M converted to common stock at offering price.
- Company to pay $3M plus accrued interest in cash to note holders; notes fully retired after closing.
- Exchange contingent on closing of underwritten public offering; S-1 filed May 26, 2026.
- Shares issued in private placement under Section 4(a)(2)/506(b); registration rights granted.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-019065
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LIQT
- cik: 0001307579
- company_name: LIQTECH INTERNATIONAL INC
- filed_at: 2026-06-01T21:17:04+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1307579/000143774926019065/0001437749-26-019065-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1307579/000143774926019065/liqt20260601_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-019065.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 78d0cd85b918b74ad628b289762f4e3e8540a46e
  claim: LIQTECH INTERNATIONAL INC entered into Debt Cancellation Agreement with affiliates of Bleichroeder L.P., 21 April Fund, L.P., and 21 April Fund, Ltd. valued at $3.0 million (effective 2026-05-26).
  evidence_excerpt: On May 26, 2026, LiqTech International, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Debt Cancellation Agreement (the “Debt Cancellation Agreement”) with affiliates of Bleichroeder L.P., 21 April Fund, L.P., and 21 April Fund, Ltd. (the “Note Holders”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1307579/000143774926019065/0001437749-26-019065-index.htm

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