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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-033069"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BNZI"
cik: "0001826011"
company_name: "Banzai International, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-10-21T13:08:48+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-21T13:10:09.469375+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Banzai to repurchase 1.66M warrants for $1.5M, grants investor $6M offering participation right

## Summary
- Repurchase Agreement dated Oct. 20, 2026 calls for Banzai to pay $1.5M cash to cancel warrants for up to 1,662,862 shares, exercisable at $1.245 each.
- Repurchase closes concurrently with a public offering; investor can participate for at least $6M, or a lesser amount Banzai specifies.
- Investor agreed to an 18-trading-day standstill on converting the Existing Note, starting when the offering registration statement is publicly filed.
- Waivers make the public offering an Excluded Security and not a Variable Rate/Price Transaction; Evergreen Note is Permitted Indebtedness; Sections 7(d) and 4(s) waived.
- Existing Note is a senior secured convertible note dated Aug. 12, 2026 under a June 27, 2025 SPA; Banzai pays $20,000 of investor legal fees.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-033069
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BNZI
- cik: 0001826011
- company_name: Banzai International, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-10-21T13:08:48+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1826011/000143774926033069/0001437749-26-033069-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1826011/000143774926033069/para20261021_8k.htm

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