---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-027522"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WKHS"
cik: "0001425287"
company_name: "Workhorse Group Inc."
filed_at: "2026-04-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T03:47:04.752076+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Workhorse Group amends credit agreements, increases cash flow facility by $10M, defers rent

## Summary
- Cash flow credit agreement commitment increased from $10M to $20M; customer order commitment reduced from $40M to $30M.
- CEO Scott Griffith receives employment letter with $600K base salary, 50% target bonus, and specified severance benefits.
- Rent deferral on Union City manufacturing facility for five months from May to September 2026, lump sum due by Sept 30, 2026.
- Amendment involves lender Motive GM Holdings II LLC and multiple guarantor subsidiaries.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-027522
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WKHS
- cik: 0001425287
- company_name: Workhorse Group Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-04-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1425287/000162828026027522/0001628280-26-027522-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1425287/000162828026027522/wkhs-20260425.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 8b67a958b379184fb79233f62afe1a7f5ef10289
  claim: Workhorse Group Inc. amended credit facility of $20,000,000 with Motive GM Holdings II LLC.
  evidence_excerpt: amends the Cash Flow Credit Agreement to increase the Commitment (as defined in the Cash Flow Credit Agreement) thereunder from $10,000,000 to $20,000,000
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1425287/000162828026027522/0001628280-26-027522-index.htm
- claim_id: ae9c95a6750bc24f4b96debaad0db3912b9c96d1
  claim: Workhorse Group Inc. amended credit facility with Motive GM Holdings II LLC.
  evidence_excerpt: amends the Cash Flow Credit Agreement to defer interest payments on the additional $10,000,000 Loan made pursuant to the Omnibus Amendment until the first Interest Payment Date (as defined in the Cash Flow Credit Agreement) occurring after September 30, 2026
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1425287/000162828026027522/0001628280-26-027522-index.htm
- claim_id: f321ad61f2262d259e760ce0ec712383e983fcbf
  claim: Workhorse Group Inc. amended credit facility of $30,000,000 with Motive GM Holdings II LLC.
  evidence_excerpt: amends the Customer Order Credit Agreement to reduce the Commitment thereunder from $40,000,000 to $30,000,000
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1425287/000162828026027522/0001628280-26-027522-index.htm
- claim_id: 89837fea6c6502db76eed211d3cbd004b03bbb85
  claim: Workhorse Group Inc. amended Omnibus Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreements with Motive GM Holdings II LLC valued at from $10,000,000 to $20,000,000 (effective 2026-04-25).
  evidence_excerpt: On April 25, 2026, Workhorse Group Inc. (“Workhorse” or the “Company”) entered into an Omnibus Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreements (the “Omnibus Amendment”), which amends the Company’s (i) Credit Agreement (Customer Orders) (the “Customer Order Credit Agreement”) and (ii) Credit Agreement (Cash Flow) (the “Cash Flow Credit Agreement” and together with the Customer Order Credit Agreement, the “Credit Agreements” and such transactions, collectively, the “Closing Debt Financing”), each dated as of December 15, 2025, by and among Workhorse, as borrower, certain subsidiaries of Workhorse, as guarantors, and Motive GM Holdings II LLC (“MGMH”), as lender.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1425287/000162828026027522/0001628280-26-027522-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.