---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001829126-26-005245"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VIVK"
cik: "0001450704"
company_name: "Vivakor, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-14T21:10:43+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T21:12:28.280285+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Vivakor closes $12M institutional convertible note offering, enters $100M equity line

## Summary
- First closing of $6M received; second $6M tranche pending; total gross proceeds $12M from convertible notes with $15M principal (20% OID).
- Notes convertible at greater of $0.37 or 80% of lowest 5-day VWAP; conversion capped at 4.99% beneficial ownership unless waived.
- Entered $100M standby equity purchase agreement (SEPA) with 36-month term; shares sold at 94% of lowest 3-day VWAP.
- Net proceeds for working capital, debt reduction, and commissioning of RPC in Houston, Texas.
- Placement agent RBW Capital Partners received $540K cash fees and $100K legal fees.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001829126-26-005245
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VIVK
- cik: 0001450704
- company_name: Vivakor, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-14T21:10:43+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1450704/000182912626005245/0001829126-26-005245-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1450704/000182912626005245/vivakorinc_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  Vivakor, Inc. entered into Standby Equity Purchase Agreement with one of the Investors valued at up to $100,000,000 (effective 2026-05-07).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: equity purchase
  - Counterparty: one of the Investors
  - Value: up to $100,000,000
  - Effective: 2026-05-07
  source text: on May 7, 2026, the Company entered into a standby equity purchase agreement (the “SEPA”) with one of the Investors (the “SEPA Investor”), under which the SEPA Investor has committed to purchase from the Company up to $100,000,000 of shares of the Company’s common stock in an equity line of credit (the “Equity Line")
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1450704/000182912626005245/0001829126-26-005245-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  Vivakor, Inc. entered into Securities Purchase Agreement with certain institutional investors valued at up to $12.0 million (effective 2026-05-08).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: equity purchase
  - Counterparty: certain institutional investors
  - Value: up to $12.0 million
  - Effective: 2026-05-08
  source text: On May 8, 2026, Vivakor, Inc. (the “Company”) closed the first tranche of a transaction with certain institutional investors (the “Investors”) under the terms of a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “SPA”) to issue and sell to each of the Investors promissory notes (the “Notes”), for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of up to $12.0 million (the “ Purchase Price")
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1450704/000182912626005245/0001829126-26-005245-index.htm

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