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## Issues

- [Boeing is not writing a check. Archer is issuing a fifth of itself.](https://market-labs.ai/issues/fr-001.html): Archer’s 10 August 2026 Form 8-K states that, as consideration for acquiring Wisk Aero, SkyGrid, and Insitu from Boeing, Archer will issue Boeing Class A shares equal to 19.75% of Class A shares outstanding immediately before closing, plus two warrants each sized to $100.0 million of notional, and that Boeing’s twelve-month lock-up expressly permits hedging. Accession 0001104659-26-093056. Filing: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1824502/000110465926093056/tm2622394d1_8k.htm
- [Precautionary, here, means the banks will not count the loss.](https://market-labs.ai/issues/fr-002.html): MGP Ingredients’ 7 August 2026 Form 8-K states that, on 6 August 2026, the company and its lenders amended the credit agreement so that, for periods on or prior to 31 December 2027, Consolidated EBITDA may add back aggregate accounts-receivable losses of up to $20,000,000 from specific customers, and that the company has exercised an Elevated Ratio Period lifting the consolidated net leverage covenant from 4.00 to 1.00 to 4.50 to 1.00 beginning with the quarter ended 30 June 2026, in connection with earnout obligations for the acquisition of Penelope Bourbon LLC. Accession 0000835011-26-000108. Filing: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/835011/000083501126000108/mgpi-20260806.htm
- [The first-ever buyback is from the note buyers.](https://market-labs.ai/issues/fr-003.html): Opendoor’s 13 August 2026 Form 8-K states that, on 12 August 2026, the company agreed to issue $650 million of 0.00% convertible senior notes due 2030 and, in connection with that issuance, intends to use approximately $158.0 million of the proceeds to repurchase approximately 45.3 million shares from certain participants in the note transactions at the 12 August last reported sale price of $3.49, plus approximately $52.5 million to buy capped calls with an initial cap of $6.98. Accession 0001140361-26-032600. Filing: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1801169/000114036126032600/ef20080105_8k.htm
- [The $5.00 is an election behind a $19.2 million cash cap.](https://market-labs.ai/issues/fr-004.html): Star Equity Holdings’ 14 August 2026 Form 8-K states that, on 14 August 2026, Star, Merger Sub - R, Inc., and Harte Hanks, Inc. entered a merger agreement under which each outstanding share of Harte Hanks common stock other than treasury and owned shares converts into the right to elect $5.00 cash or 0.50 shares of Star’s 10% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, that aggregate cash including cash in lieu of fractional preferred shares shall not exceed $19,200,000 and is subject to proration, and that each outstanding Harte Hanks performance stock unit will be cancelled without payment or consideration. Accession 0001210708-26-000080. Filing: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1210708/000121070826000080/hson-20260814.htm
- [The 8-K cut the ratio. The amendment puts 1.00x back after December.](https://market-labs.ai/issues/fr-005.html): Prairie Operating Co.’s Form 8-K for the 14 August 2026 event, accession 0001140361-26-033264, filed 17 August 2026, states that a Third Amendment, effective as of 30 June 2026, reduces the credit Current Ratio from 1.00 to 1.00 to 0.50, 0.40, and 0.60 for the fiscal quarters ending 30 June, 30 September, and 31 December 2026; Exhibit 10.1 restates that covenant with those three floors and a fourth clause requiring 1.00 to 1.00 for each fiscal quarter ending thereafter. Accession 0001140361-26-033264. Filing: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1162896/000114036126033264/ef20080297_8k.htm
- [The dividend is 12.5% a year, paid monthly.](https://market-labs.ai/issues/fr-006.html): NextNRG, Inc.’s Form 8-K for the 13 August 2026 event, accession 0001493152-26-038535, filed 17 August 2026, states that each share of Series C Convertible Non-Voting Preferred Stock pays a mandatory dividend at an annual rate of 12.5% of the aggregate Stated Value, payable monthly in arrears in cash or Common Stock; Exhibit 3.1 §3 restates that payment as a mandatory monthly dividend at an annual rate equal to 12.5% of aggregate Stated Value, payable monthly in arrears. Accession 0001493152-26-038535. Filing: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1817004/000149315226038535/form8-k.htm
- [The 8-K left $3.3 million in the lockbox. The SPA left $3.0 million.](https://market-labs.ai/issues/fr-007.html): FingerMotion, Inc.’s Form 8-K for the 12 August 2026 event, accession 0001493152-26-038662, filed 17 August 2026, states that at closing the company will receive $4,300,000, of which $1.3 million will be immediately available and the remaining $3.3 million will be held in a DACA account; Exhibit 10.1 §2.4 restates that split as $1,300,000 Release A released on the Closing Date, with the remaining $3,000,000 held in the Deposit Account subject to the DACA. Accession 0001493152-26-038662. Filing: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1602409/000149315226038662/form8-k.htm
- [The 8-K prints 3.00% OID. The filed exhibit does not.](https://market-labs.ai/issues/fr-008.html): Phoenix Energy One, LLC’s Form 8-K for the 12 August 2026 event, accession 0001193125-26-354088, filed 17 August 2026, states that Amendment No. 10 established $75 million of Amendment No. 7 Discretionary Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments, all drawn as of the Amendment No. 10 Effective Date, subject to original issue discount of 3.00%, and a repayment-premium MOIC of 1.15 / 1.18; Exhibit 10.1 matches the $75,000,000 and the 1.15 / 1.18, does not print original issue discount of 3.00%, funds those loans net of original issue discount in the amount set forth in the Amendment No. 7 Fee Letter, which is not an exhibit to this 8-K, and prints 3.00% as the Term SOFR Floor. Accession 0001193125-26-354088. Filing: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1818643/000119312526354088/ck0001818643-20260812.htm

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