---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001641172-25-015324"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VENU"
cik: "0001770501"
company_name: "Venu Holding Corp"
filed_at: "2025-06-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-19T04:51:45.540263+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Venu issues Series B convertible preferred to Aramark for $10.125M; Russell 3000 inclusion withdrawn

## Summary
- Aramark invests $10.125M via 675 shares of Series B 4% Convertible Preferred Stock at $15,000/share.
- Aramark becomes exclusive provider of food, beverage, custodial, and maintenance services at three amphitheaters.
- Series B pays 4% cumulative annual dividend, convertible into common at $15/share; mandatory conversion trigger at $20.
- Holders can force redemption if amphitheaters not completed by Aug 14, 2027, or on change of control.
- Russell 3000 inclusion withdrawn due to free float verification; Company believes eligible for 2026 reconstitution.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001641172-25-015324
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VENU
- cik: 0001770501
- company_name: Venu Holding Corp
- filed_at: 2025-06-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.03, 3.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1770501/000164117225015324/0001641172-25-015324-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1770501/000164117225015324/form8-k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001641172-25-015324.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  Venu Holding Corp: Filed Certificate of Designation for Series B 4% Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock (effective 2025-06-16).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2025-06-16
  source text: On June 16, 2025, the Company and Aramark closed on the definitive agreements contemplated by the LOI for the purchase and sale of the Series B Preferred Stock, and the Company filed a Certificate of Designation, Preferences, and Rights of Series B 4% Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Certificate of Designation”) with the Colorado Secretary of State to create the Series B Preferred Stock.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1770501/000164117225015324/0001641172-25-015324-index.htm

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