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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001723580-24-000055"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001723580"
company_name: "BurgerFi International, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-09-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T04:17:52.383540+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.95
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.95
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BurgerFi files Chapter 11, gets interim DIP financing, faces Nasdaq delisting

## Summary
- Filed Chapter 11 on Sept 11, 2024 with 114 affiliates; 144 locations operate normally; 67 corporate stores included.
- Interim court approval for $3.5M of $5.18M DIP financing from TREW Capital; final hearing Oct 7.
- Nasdaq to suspend trading Sept 23 for failure to meet listing rules; Company will not appeal.
- Director David Heidecorn resigned Sept 16, no disagreement.
- Company plans sale process with lender support under DIP agreement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001723580-24-000055
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001723580
- company_name: BurgerFi International, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-09-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.95
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.95
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 1.03, 2.04, 3.01, 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1723580/000172358024000055/0001723580-24-000055-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1723580/000172358024000055/bfi-20240911.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001723580-24-000055.txt

## Key facts
- Distress & Bankruptcy
  BurgerFi International, Inc. entered chapter 11 in United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (petition 2024-09-11).
  - Proceeding: chapter 11
  - Court: United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
  - Petition: 2024-09-11
  source text: On September 11, 2024, BurgerFi International, Inc. (the " Company ") and one hundred fourteen (114) affiliates
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1723580/000172358024000055/0001723580-24-000055-index.htm
- Executive change
  David Heidecorn resigned as director at BurgerFi International, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: director
  source text: On September 16, 2024, David Heidecorn resigned from the board of directors of the Company, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1723580/000172358024000055/0001723580-24-000055-index.htm

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