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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-046595"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SOAR"
cik: "0001853070"
company_name: "Volato Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-10-09T21:16:45+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T14:58:26.288981+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Volato Group signs $1B equity line with DFU, LLC; issues commitment preferred and common shares

## Summary
- Volato Group entered an Oct. 8, 2026 ELOC purchase agreement with DFU, LLC for up to $1,000,000,000 of Class A common stock.
- Commitment Securities include 3,646,974 common shares and 13,058 Series B preferred shares convertible into 56,528,082 common shares.
- Issuance is capped at 19.99% of outstanding shares absent stockholder approval; puts are limited to $6,000,000 aggregate with a $0.21 floor price.
- Registration Rights Agreement requires a resale registration statement filing by Nov. 22, 2026; Series B ranks senior to common but junior to Series A and A-1.
- The Form 8-K was signed Oct. 9, 2026 by CFO Mark Heinen; Class A common trades as SOAR and warrants as SOARW.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-046595
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SOAR
- cik: 0001853070
- company_name: Volato Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-10-09T21:16:45+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.02, 3.03, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1853070/000149315226046595/0001493152-26-046595-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1853070/000149315226046595/form8-k.htm

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