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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001828972-26-000146"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BZFD"
cik: "0001828972"
company_name: "BuzzFeed, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-09-16T20:21:43+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-16T20:23:14.937529+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BuzzFeed sells 1.7M new shares to Byron Allen affiliate for $1.8M

## Summary
- Allen Family Digital LLC buys 1,700,000 newly issued Class A shares at $1.06/share, ~$1.8M total.
- Related-party deal: Byron Allen Folks is BuzzFeed Chairman; he abstained from approval.
- Audit committee and four disinterested directors approved as fair and reasonable.
- Shares issued unregistered under Section 4(a)(2); closing on Sept 11, 2026.
- Proceeds are ~$1.8M; no stated use beyond general corporate purposes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001828972-26-000146
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BZFD
- cik: 0001828972
- company_name: BuzzFeed, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-09-16T20:21:43+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828972/000182897226000146/0001828972-26-000146-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828972/000182897226000146/bzfd-20260911.htm

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