secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Vivakor, Inc. (VIVK)
CIK:        0001450704
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-12T21:25:23+00:00
Accession:  0001829126-26-005020
Event type: debt
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 1.01, 3.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Vivakor enters forbearance agreements with J.J. Astor & Cedarview, restructuring $7.93M debt
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- J.J. Astor forbearance: $6.82M Second Note + $1.11M Fourth Note due; repayment from RBW Financing (first close by May 7, 2026) and Olenox Transaction.
- Cedarview forbearance: extends maturity to Oct 31, 2026; requires $250K prepayment from RBW second tranche and pledge of 2M Olenox shares as collateral.
- Issued 275K shares to Cedarview under forbearance; also issued 393K shares to CEO Ballengee, 693K shares to Series A holders, 250K shares to CFO Hawley, and 142K shares to ClearThink.
- All equity issuances (1.75M total shares) exempt under Section 4(a)(2) as accredited investors or insiders.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1450704/000182912626005020/0001829126-26-005020-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1450704/000182912626005020/vivakorinc_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001829126-26-005020

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