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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): February 27, 2026
BuzzFeed, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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| 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)
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:
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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| 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.
Under the Credit Agreement, dated as of May 23, 2025 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), 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 (the “Borrowers”) were required to repay $5.0 million of principal on February 20, 2026 to the financial institutions party thereto (the “Lenders”).
As disclosed in the Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 20, 2026, on February 20, 2026, the Lenders and Sound Point Agency LLC, as agent for the Lenders (the “Agent”), consented to amend Section 2.05(b)(iii) of the Credit Agreement by deleting “February 20, 2026” as the due date for the repayment of the $5.0 million of principal and inserting instead “February 27, 2026.”
On February 27, 2026, the Lenders and the Agent consented to further amend Section 2.05(b)(iii) of the Credit Agreement, by deleting “February 27, 2026” (as previously amended) as the due date of the repayment of the $5.0 million of principal and inserting instead “March 6, 2026” (the “Second Consent Letter”).
If the $5.0 million payment is not made when due, and remains 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. 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 Second Consent Letter does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the Second Consent Letter, which 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 3.01 Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.
On March 2, 2026, BuzzFeed, Inc. (the “Company”) received a letter (the “Notice”) from the Listing Qualifications Department (the “Staff”) of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) notifying the Company that, for the previous 30 consecutive business days, the bid price for the Company’s common stock had closed below the minimum $1.00 per share requirement for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) (the “Bid Price Requirement”). The Notice has no effect at this time on the Company’s common stock or warrants, which continue to trade on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbols “BZFD” and “BZFDW,” respectively.
In accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), the Company has been provided an initial period of 180 calendar days, or until August 31, 2026 (the “Compliance Date”), to regain compliance with the Bid Price Requirement. If, at any time before the Compliance Date, the bid price for the Company’s common stock closes at $1.00 or more for at least 10 consecutive business days, unless the Staff exercises its discretion to extend this 10-day period pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(H), the Staff will provide written notification to the Company that it has regained compliance with the Bid Price Requirement.
If the Company is not in compliance with the Bid Price Requirement by the Compliance Date, the Company may qualify for a second 180 calendar day compliance period. To qualify, the Company would be required, among other things, to meet the continued listing requirement for the market value of publicly held shares, as well as the standards for initial listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market with the exception of the Bid Price Requirement, and would need to provide written notice of its intention to cure the bid price deficiency during the second compliance period. If the Company does not qualify for, or fails to regain compliance during, a second compliance period (assuming it qualifies for a second compliance period), then the Staff will provide written notification to the Company that its common stock will be subject to delisting. At that time, the Company may appeal the Staff’s delisting determination to the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Panel. However, there can be no assurance that, if the Company receives a delisting notice and appeals the delisting determination, such an appeal would be successful.
The Company intends to monitor the closing bid price of its common stock and may, if appropriate, consider available options to regain compliance with the Bid Price Requirement.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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| Exhibit Number | | Description |
| 10.1 | | Second Consent Letter, dated February 20, 2026. |
| 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.
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| Date: | 3/3/2026 | | |
| | | BuzzFeed, Inc. |
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| | | By: | /s/ Jonah Peretti |
| | | | Name: Jonah Peretti |
| | | | Title: Chief Executive Officer |
