secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Direct Digital Holdings, Inc. (DRCT)
CIK:        0001880613
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-10-20T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001880613-25-000123
Event type: debt
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 1.01, 2.03, 3.02, 3.03, 5.03, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Direct Digital converts $10M debt to preferred; adds EBITDA loss covenants
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- Converted $10M term loans into 10,000 Series A Preferred shares; total preferred face now $35M.
- Paid $3.5M amendment fee added to principal; $9.99M term loans remain outstanding.
- New covenants: min cash $0.45M, min quarterly EBITDA loss $(0.652M) and $(1.921M) for Q4 2025 and Q1 2026.
- Existing defaults (non-payment, EBITDA miss, cash covenant) waived; must appoint independent director by Oct 29.
- Preferred pays 10% cumulative dividend, converts at $2.50/sh, liquidation preference 3x accumulation.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1880613/000188061325000123/0001880613-25-000123-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1880613/000188061325000123/drct-20251014.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001880613-25-000123

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