bzfd-20260507
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): May 7, 2026
BuzzFeed, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-39877 | 85-3022075 | ||||||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) | ||||||
50 West 23rd Street
New York, New York 10010
(Address of registrant’s principal executive offices, and zip code)
(646) 397-2039
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||||||||||||
| Class A Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share | BZFD | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC | ||||||||||||
| Redeemable warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of approximately $46.00 per share | BZFDW | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC | ||||||||||||
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Emerging growth company x
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On May 7, 2026, BuzzFeed, Inc. (the “Company”), BuzzFeed Media Enterprises, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and certain of the Company’s other domestic and Canadian subsidiaries as borrowers and guarantors, entered into the Amendment No. 4 to Credit Agreement (the “Fourth Amended Credit Agreement”) with the financial institutions party thereto as lenders (the “Lenders”) and Sound Point Agency LLC, as agent for the Lenders. The Fourth Amended Credit Amendment amends the Credit Agreement dated as of May 23, 2025 (as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 to the Credit Agreement dated as of July 31, 2025, by that certain Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement dated as of August 25, 2025, by that certain Amendment No. 3 to Credit Agreement dated as of March 11, 2026, and as amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the Fourth Amended Credit Agreement, the “Credit Agreement”). Capitalized terms used, but not otherwise defined, in this Current Report on Form 8-K have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
$5.0 million was due under the Credit Agreement on April 30, 2026. The Fourth Amended Credit Agreement provides for an extension of the $5.0 million due under the Credit Agreement from April 30, 2026 to May 18, 2026.
Additionally, the Fourth Amended Credit Agreement establishes certain incremental mandatory prepayments, whereby the Company is required to prepay any aggregate outstanding principal amounts of any Overadvances (as defined in the Credit Agreement) upon the occurrence of certain events, including from the sale of specified assets or the issuance of any equity interests, subject to the Company retaining liquidity of $7.5 million.
The Company will incur a debt modification fee of approximately $0.5 million in connection with the Fourth Amended Credit Agreement, which will be payable only upon the occurrence of certain events.
If the $5.0 million payment and payment of any Overadvances are not made when due and remain unpaid following the expiration of any applicable cure period as defined in the Credit Agreement, an event of default would occur. Such a default, absent a waiver or amendment from the Lender, would permit the Lender to exercise its contractual remedies, subject to the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement. The Fourth Amended Credit Agreement also requires satisfaction of certain post-closing covenants including, among others, delivery of certain security documents and a perfection certificate. For further information regarding the Credit Agreement's terms, refer to the Current Report filed on Form 8-K dated May 23, 2025.
The foregoing description of the Credit Agreement does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the Credit Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit Number | Description | |||||||
| 10.1 | ||||||||
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). | |||||||
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Date: | 5/7/2026 | ||||||||||
| BuzzFeed, Inc. | |||||||||||
| By: | /s/ Jonah Peretti | ||||||||||
| Name: Jonah Peretti | |||||||||||
| Title: Chief Executive Officer | |||||||||||