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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001663577-26-000301"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SWRD"
cik: "0001795851"
company_name: "Stewards, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-09-21T23:45:12+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-22T10:06:17.189561+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Stewards terminates $20M Hawthorne purchase; settles deposit dispute, recovers $900k

## Summary
- Purchase agreement for 196 Shore Road, Chatham, MA (The Hawthorne) terminated; $20M deal off.
- Settlement: escrow returns $900k of $1M deposit to Stewards Real Estate, pays $100k to Swenson.
- Parties agreed to dismiss litigation (2672CV00329) with prejudice after settlement amounts distributed.
- Mutual general releases and no admission of liability; each party bears its own attorneys' fees.
- Company will not acquire the property; no separate early termination penalty stated.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001663577-26-000301
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SWRD
- cik: 0001795851
- company_name: Stewards, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-09-21T23:45:12+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.02, 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1795851/000166357726000301/0001663577-26-000301-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1795851/000166357726000301/swrd_8k091726.htm

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