newt-20260217
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
February 17, 2026
Date of Report (date of Earliest Event Reported)
NEWTEKONE, INC.
(Exact Name of Company as Specified in its Charter)
| Maryland | 814-01035 | 46-3755188 | ||||||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) | (Commission File No.) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||||||
4800 T Rex Avenue, Suite 120, Boca Raton, Florida 33431
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
(212) 356-9500
(Company’s telephone number, including area code)
(Former name or former address, if changed from last report)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||||||||||||
| Common Stock, par value $0.02 per share | NEWT | Nasdaq Global Market LLC | ||||||||||||
| 8.00% Notes due 2028 | NEWTI | Nasdaq Global Market LLC | ||||||||||||
| 8.50% Notes due 2029 | NEWTG | Nasdaq Global Market LLC | ||||||||||||
| 8.625% Notes due 2029 | NEWTH | Nasdaq Global Market LLC | ||||||||||||
| 8.50% Notes due 2031 | NEWTO | Nasdaq Global Market LLC | ||||||||||||
| Depositary Shares, each representing a 1/40th interest in a share of 8.500% Fixed-Rate Reset Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B | NEWTP | Nasdaq Global Market LLC | ||||||||||||
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Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information required by Item 2.03 is contained in Item 8.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 8.01. Other Events
On February 17, 2026, NewtekOne, Inc. (the “Company”) completed an exempt offering of $15.0 million aggregate principal amount of its 8.375% note due 2033 (the “Note” and the "Offering"). The Offering was consummated pursuant to the terms of a purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) dated February 17, 2026 between the Company and an institutional accredited investor (the “Purchaser”). The Purchase Agreement provided for the Note to be issued to the Purchaser in a private placement in reliance on Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Company relied upon this exemption from registration based in part on representations made by the Purchaser. The Note has not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration. The net proceeds from the sale of the Notes were approximately $14.9 million. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Note for general corporate purposes.
The Note will mature on March 1, 2033. The Note may be redeemed by the Company, at its option, at a make-whole price at any time prior to January 1, 2033, or at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Note to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereafter. The Note bears interest at a rate of 8.375% per year payable semiannually on February 1 and August 1 each year, beginning on August 1, 2026. The Note will be the Company’s direct unsecured obligation and ranks pari passu, or equal, with all outstanding and future unsecured unsubordinated indebtedness issued by the Company. The Note will be effectively subordinated to the Company’s existing and future secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness, and structurally subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness and other obligations of any of the Company’s subsidiaries.
SIGNATURES
In accordance with the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| NEWTEKONE, INC. | ||||||||
Date: February 19, 2026 | By: | /S/ BARRY SLOANE | ||||||
| Barry Sloane | ||||||||
| Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board | ||||||||