secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Vivakor, Inc. (VIVK)
CIK:        0001450704
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-16T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001829126-26-000381
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.30
Item codes: 3.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Vivakor issues 11.9M shares upon $50K convertible note conversion by lender
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- Lender J.J. Astor & Co. converted $50,000 of Second Note principal into 11,904,762 shares of common stock on Jan 12, 2026.
- Conversion exempt from registration under Section 4(a)(2); holder is an accredited investor.
- Shares issued without Rule 144 restrictive legend per legal opinion.
- The Second Note was originally issued July 9, 2025, for $5,940,000 principal; net proceeds $4.4M.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1450704/000182912626000381/0001829126-26-000381-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1450704/000182912626000381/vivakorinc_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001829126-26-000381

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