1,024 material Form 8-K filings that 799 companies we cover made with the SEC in August 2025, each read and summarized by AI: what happened, the key figures, whether it reads positive or negative for shareholders, and how big a deal it is (impact 1-5). All of them were written later, when past filings were added: a selection, not every 8-K of the month (see the note below).
MP Materials entered a credit agreement dated August 25, 2025 with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as administrative agent, providing a five-year, $275.0 million revolving credit facility for general corporate purposes. The facility is secured by substantially all of the company's assets and carries restrictive covenants, including a requirement to keep unrestricted cash of at least $500 million until a covenant trigger event occurs.
Five-year, $275.0 million revolving credit facility with a $200.0 million letter of credit sublimit, maturing on the fifth anniversary of the August 25, 2025 effective date, subject to a springing maturity provision
Interest at SOFR or a base rate plus a margin of 1.75% to 2.50% (SOFR loans) or 0.75% to 1.50% (base rate loans), based on total leverage ratio
Commitment fee on unused amounts of 0.20% to 0.35% per year
Financial covenants include minimum unrestricted cash of $500 million until the Covenant Trigger Event, and after it a total leverage ratio below 4.00 to 1.00 and cash interest expense coverage above 3.00 to 1.00
Viavi Solutions issued $250 million of 0.625% senior convertible notes due March 1, 2031, under an indenture dated August 20, 2025. About $97.5 million of its 1.625% notes due 2026 were exchanged for about $100.9 million of the new notes, and $149.1 million of new notes were sold for cash, with the company expecting to use the net proceeds to repay part of the 2026 notes at maturity. The filing shows added debt and possible future share issuance on conversion, with up to 22,665,450 shares initially issuable.
$250 million aggregate principal of 0.625% senior convertible notes due March 1, 2031, dated August 20, 2025.
About $97.5 million of 1.625% notes due 2026 exchanged for about $100.9 million of new notes.
Gross cash proceeds of about $149.1 million from the subscription transactions, before fees and expenses.
Initial conversion price of about $13.79 per share, a 25% premium to the $11.03 closing price on August 13, 2025; up to 22,665,450 shares initially issuable on conversion.
H&R Block's subsidiary Block Financial LLC agreed on August 19, 2025 to sell $350.0 million of 5.375% Notes due 2032, which the company fully and unconditionally guarantees. The closing is expected on August 26, 2025. The filing describes a debt financing, not an earnings or guidance change, so its direct effect on shareholders depends on how the new debt is used, which the filing does not state.
Block Financial LLC issues $350.0 million principal amount of 5.375% Notes due 2032 under an Underwriting Agreement dated August 19, 2025
H&R Block, Inc. fully and unconditionally guarantees the Notes
Closing expected August 26, 2025; underwriters are J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, PNC Capital Markets LLC and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.
Offering was registered on Form S-3ASR (File No. 333-281584)
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Briefs marked “Written later” were written in November 2026 for filings that were by then more than three weeks old, so months before mid-October 2026 hold a selection: every material 8-K of the past year for the 100 largest companies we cover and the last 15 important 8-Ks of every other one. Briefs the number check holds back are not shown or counted. Also: the last 45 days, briefs by company, A–Z and the live SEC filings wire.