{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001829126-26-010624","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"VIVK","cik":"0001450704","company_name":"Vivakor, Inc.","filed_at":"2026-09-30T20:59:37+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-09-30T21:02:00.296109+00:00","generated_at":"2026-10-12T14:08:53.434834+00:00","sec_items":["1.01","5.02","7.01","9.01"],"event_type":"other_material","sentiment":"negative","materiality_score":0.6,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.6,"confidence":"high","headline":"Vivakor sets 1-for-15 reverse split effective Oct 5, its second in 2026; COO Patterson resigns","bullets":["1-for-15 reverse split effective at the open on Oct 5, 2026 on Nasdaq under VIVK; outstanding shares fall from ~8,981,898 to ~598,794, authorized shares unchanged.","Second reverse split in 2026, following the 1-for-20 split effective July 17, 2026; new CUSIP 92852R700; no fractional shares issued, fractions rounded up to one share.","EVP/COO Leslie D. Patterson resigned effective Sept 24, 2026 under a Sept 17 Mutual Transition Agreement; Vivakor owes all wages through that date plus $150,000 within 24 hours.","Company and Patterson must sign a consulting agreement by Oct 9, 2026; he is to be paid in common stock under the company's Form S-8 equity plan; no disagreements reported.","Stockholders at the June 30, 2026 annual meeting approved splits of 1:2 up to 1:2,000; the board set this 1-for-15 ratio."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001829126-26-010624","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001829126-26-010624.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001829126-26-010624.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001829126-26-010624.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1450704/000182912626010624/0001829126-26-010624-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1450704/000182912626010624/vivakorinc_8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-10-12T14:08:53.434834+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}