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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-045262"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BNZI"
cik: "0001826011"
company_name: "Banzai International, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-10-01T12:20:33+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T14:16:45.371824+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Banzai CEO Joe Davy buys 115,965 Class B shares at $0.70 in $81,176 private placement

## Summary
- Davy purchased 115,965 shares of Class B Common Stock at $0.70/share for an aggregate $81,176 in cash, priced at the consolidated closing bid of the Class A stock just before signing.
- After the purchase, Davy holds a 25.6% voting interest in Banzai's voting securities; he is CEO and Chairman of the Board, making this a related-party subscription.
- The Acquired Shares carry a six-month contractual lock-up from the closing date and were issued unregistered as a private placement to an accredited investor.
- Class B shares generally are not convertible into Class A stock except in limited circumstances under the charter, so Davy does not get Class A holder benefits.
- Closing occurs on a mutually agreed date with payment by wire; shares are delivered in book entry with a restrictive legend citing the Securities Act.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-045262
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BNZI
- cik: 0001826011
- company_name: Banzai International, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-10-01T12:20:33+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1826011/000149315226045262/0001493152-26-045262-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1826011/000149315226045262/form8-k.htm

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