secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary ====================================== Issuer: Stewards, Inc. (SWRD) CIK: 0001795851 Form: 8-K Filed at: 2026-09-21T23:45:12+00:00 Accession: 0001663577-26-000301 Event type: litigation Sentiment: neutral Materiality: 0.60 Item codes: 1.02, 8.01 LLM model: deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2 Stewards terminates $20M Hawthorne purchase; settles deposit dispute, recovers $900k -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 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. Source: EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1795851/000166357726000301/0001663577-26-000301-index.htm Primary doc: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1795851/000166357726000301/swrd_8k091726.htm HTML page: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001663577-26-000301 License: Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer