---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-022526"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SAFX"
cik: "0002019793"
company_name: "XCF Global, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-12T21:09:30+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-12T21:13:44.355860+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# XCF Global settles $16.7M debt with Encore DEC via 37M share issuance at $0.451/share

## Summary
- $16.7M accounts payable and property liens settled by issuing 37,033,386 Class A shares at $0.451/share.
- Encore DEC is 100% owned by majority shareholder Randy Soule; transaction is a related-party settlement.
- Issuance increases Soule's beneficial ownership to approximately 30.56% of outstanding Class A common stock.
- Debt and liens fully discharged upon share issuance; no further amounts owed.
- CEO Chris Cooper states agreement improves balance sheet and demonstrates key stakeholder confidence.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-022526
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SAFX
- cik: 0002019793
- company_name: XCF Global, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-12T21:09:30+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 3.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2019793/000149315226022526/0001493152-26-022526-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2019793/000149315226022526/form8-k.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  XCF Global, Inc. entered into Encore Agreement payable acknowledgement and settlement agreement with Encore DEC, LLC valued at $16,700,000 debt settled via 37,033,386 shares of Class A Common Stock at $0.451 per share (effective 2026-05-06).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: settlement
  - Counterparty: Encore DEC, LLC
  - Value: $16,700,000 debt settled via 37,033,386 shares of Class A Common Stock at $0.451 per share
  - Effective: 2026-05-06
  source text: On May 6, 2026, the Company, New Rise Renewables Reno, LLC (“ New Rise Reno ”), a subsidiary of the Company, and Encore DEC, LLC (“ Encore ”) entered into a payable acknowledgement and settlement agreement (the “ Encore Agreement ”), pursuant to which approximately $16.7 million of outstanding accounts payable due to Encore DEC will be settled through the issuance of 37,033,386 shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2019793/000149315226022526/0001493152-26-022526-index.htm

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