---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-026988"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HCWC"
cik: "0001948864"
company_name: "HEALTHY CHOICE WELLNESS CORP."
filed_at: "2026-06-03T16:18:36+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T16:20:38.510848+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Healthy Choice Wellness exchanges $1.43M debt for 5.3M shares at $0.27/share

## Summary
- Exchanged $1,431,000 principal of Notes for 5,315,450 Class A common shares at $0.27 per share.
- Approximately $2.1M of debt remains outstanding under the Credit Agreement after the exchange.
- Exchange executed under Section 3(a)(9) of Securities Act; no registration required.
- Notes were originally issued under July 2024 Loan and Security Agreement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-026988
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HCWC
- cik: 0001948864
- company_name: HEALTHY CHOICE WELLNESS CORP.
- filed_at: 2026-06-03T16:18:36+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1948864/000149315226026988/0001493152-26-026988-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1948864/000149315226026988/form8-k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-26-026988.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  HEALTHY CHOICE WELLNESS CORP. entered into Exchange Agreement with certain holders of the Company’s indebtedness valued at $1,431,000 of principal (effective 2026-05-28).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: equity purchase
  - Counterparty: certain holders of the Company’s indebtedness
  - Value: $1,431,000 of principal
  - Effective: 2026-05-28
  source text: On May 28, 2026, Healthy Choice Wellness Corp. (the “Company”) entered into an agreement (an “Exchange Agreement”) with certain holders (the “Holders”) of the Company’s indebtedness (the “Notes”) to exchange in an aggregate amount of $1,431,000 of principal of the Notes for 5,315,450 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock (the “Common Stock”) at a price per share of $0.27 (the “Exchange”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1948864/000149315226026988/0001493152-26-026988-index.htm

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