---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001829126-26-000094"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VIVK"
cik: "0001450704"
company_name: "Vivakor, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-01-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T11:20:24.988994+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Vivakor enters forbearance on $3.96M default; issues 37.9M shares on debt conversion

## Summary
- Default on $3.67M secured note to Cedarview leads to forbearance through Jan 23, 2026; long-term extension to Jan 2027 planned.
- Defaulted Note Amount as of Dec 31, 2025 is $3,955,578.38 including default interest and $200K collection expenses.
- Company must execute Long Term Forbearance Agreement and Confession of Judgment by Jan 23, 2026.
- Between Dec 31, 2025 and Jan 7, 2026, $256,690 of Lender Notes converted into 37,886,206 shares of common stock without restrictive legend.
- Issuance to seven accredited investors under Section 4(a)(2) exemption.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001829126-26-000094
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VIVK
- cik: 0001450704
- company_name: Vivakor, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-01-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1450704/000182912626000094/0001829126-26-000094-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1450704/000182912626000094/vivakorinc_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  Vivakor, Inc. entered into Interim Forbearance Agreement with Cedarview (effective 2025-12-31).
  - Action: entry
  - Counterparty: Cedarview
  - Effective: 2025-12-31
  source text: On December 31, 2025, we entered in an Interim Forbearance Agreement (the “Interim Forbearance Agreement”) with Cedarview, under which Cedarview agreed to forbear any rights it has for the Company’s default as a result of the Company’s failure to pay the Note in accordance with its terms, as amended.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1450704/000182912626000094/0001829126-26-000094-index.htm

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