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PMTS · Current Report (Form 8-K) · Filed December 5, 2025

Cpi Card Group Inc — Current Report (Form 8-K)

Form
8-K
Filed
December 5, 2025
Period
Dec 4, 2025
Ticker
PMTS
Accession
0001104659-25-118907
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Tricor funds sold approximately 1.9M CPI shares to the Tricor Family Office; a Director Nomination Agreement grants board nomination rights while ownership remains 10%+.

Cooperation agreement
About Cpi Card Group Inc
Market cap
$192M
1Y TSR
−27.4%
3Y TSR
−12.6%
Board grade
C
Sector
Financial Services
CEO
John Lowe
Last annual meeting: May 21, 2026 · View full Cpi Card Group Inc profile →
CPI CARD GROUP INC._December 4, 2025

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): December 4, 2025

CPI CARD GROUP INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

001-37584

(Commission File Number)

26-0344657

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

CPI Card Group Inc.
10368 W Centennial Road,

Littleton, CO

(Address of principal executive offices)

80127

(Zip Code)

(720) 681-6304

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

   Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

   Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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, $0.001 par value

PMTS

Nasdaq Global Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company 

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 December 4, 2025, CPI Card Group Inc.’s (the “Company’s) significant stockholders Tricor Pacific Capital Partners (Fund IV), Limited Partnership and Tricor Pacific Capital Partners (Fund IV) US, Limited Partnership (together, the “Tricor Funds”), affiliated with Parallel49 Equity, ULC, collectively sold approximately 1.9 million shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Common Stock”) to a wholly-owned affiliate of Tricor Pacific Capital Inc., Tricor PMT25 Holdings Inc. (the “Tricor Family Office”) in a privately negotiated transaction (the “Share Transfer”).

In connection with the Share Transfer, the Company entered into a director nomination agreement (the “Director Nomination Agreement”) with the Tricor Family Office. The Director Nomination Agreement provides the Tricor Family Office the right to nominate individuals for election to the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) for so long as the Tricor Family Office beneficially owns 10% or more of the total number of shares of the Common Stock then outstanding. The number of directors that the Tricor Family Office is entitled to nominate under the Director Nomination Agreement is based on the percentage of the outstanding Common Stock over which the Tricor Family Office and the Tricor Funds collectively have direct voting control in relation to the total number of directors then serving on the Board, limited by the greater of the number of directors that the Tricor Funds are then entitled to nominate or have serving on the Board pursuant to the Director Nomination Rights Agreement dated October 15, 2015 between the Tricor Funds and the Company.

The foregoing is only a summary of the material terms of the Director Nomination Agreement and does not purport to be complete, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Director Nomination Agreement, a copy of which is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated by reference herein.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On December 5, 2025, the Company issued a press release announcing the Share Transfer.

The information furnished under this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibit

    

Description

10.1

Director Nomination Agreement dated December 4, 2025, by and between CPI Card Group Inc. and the Tricor Family Office.

99.1

Press release issued by the Company on December 5, 2025.

104

 

Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL).

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

CPI CARD GROUP INC.

 

 

 

Dated: December 5, 2025

By:

/s/ Darren Dragovich

 

Name:

Darren Dragovich

 

Title:

Chief Legal and Compliance Officer

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When did Cpi Card Group Inc file this 8-K?
Cpi Card Group Inc (PMTS) filed this Current Report (Form 8-K) with the SEC on December 5, 2025. The accession number assigned by EDGAR is 0001104659-25-118907.
What does an 8-K disclose?
Form 8-K is the SEC's current-report form, used to disclose material events between periodic reports (10-K / 10-Q). Triggers include CEO/CFO departures, acquisitions, bankruptcies, earnings releases, auditor changes, changes in fiscal year, and amendments to corporate governance. Each 8-K is keyed to one or more Item numbers (1.01 through 9.01).
What is the key takeaway from this filing?
Tricor funds sold approximately 1.9M CPI shares to the Tricor Family Office; a Director Nomination Agreement grants board nomination rights while ownership remains 10%+. This is Boardroom Alpha's one-line summary of the current report; see the full filing text above for the formal disclosure.
What events did Boardroom Alpha flag in this filing?
BA's event-extraction layer identified this signal in the filing text: "Cooperation agreement". It appears above the filing body as a labeled pill.
What Item codes does an 8-K cover?
An 8-K's Item codes (1.01 through 9.01) specify what kind of event is being disclosed — e.g. Item 1.01 for entering a material agreement, Item 5.02 for departure/election of directors and executive officers, Item 8.01 for other events. The Item codes for this 8-K appear in the filing text above.
Where can I find Cpi Card Group Inc's prior current reports on EDGAR?
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