---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001829126-25-010272"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VIVK"
cik: "0001450704"
company_name: "Vivakor, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-12-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T12:14:51.934885+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Vivakor shareholders approve reverse split, authorized share increase; signs LOI to buy Coyote Oilfield Services

## Summary
- Shareholders approved reverse stock split, increase in authorized shares, and other proposals at Dec 22 special meeting.
- Authorized shares increased to 515M total (500M common, 15M preferred) via Certificate of Amendment filed Dec 23.
- Signed non-binding LOI to acquire Coyote Oilfield Services, expected to close on or before Feb 28, 2026.
- Coyote adds pipeline, terminal, and oilfield services capabilities to Vivakor's midstream platform.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001829126-25-010272
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VIVK
- cik: 0001450704
- company_name: Vivakor, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-12-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1450704/000182912625010272/0001829126-25-010272-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1450704/000182912625010272/vivakorinc_8k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: e6834ba978ac1adf22644576865525c88b1fddd7
  claim: Vivakor, Inc.: Increased authorized shares from prior amount to 515,000,000 (500,000,000 common, 15,000,000 preferred) (effective 2025-12-23).
  evidence_excerpt: On December 23, 2025, Vivakor, Inc. (the “Company”), in accordance with the approval of the holders of a majority of the Company’s outstanding voting shares delivered at the Special Meeting of the Company’s Shareholders held on December 22, 2025, filed a Certificate of Amendment (the “Amendment to Articles”) to the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada effecting the increase of the number of shares of capital stock the Company is authorized to issue to 515,000,000, comprised of 500,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and 15,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1450704/000182912625010272/0001829126-25-010272-index.htm

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