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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Academy Sports + Outdoors (ASO)

Academy Sports issues $500 million senior secured notes due 2031 to refinance debt

Neutral Impact 3 of 5 financing Written later

Academy, Ltd., a subsidiary of Academy Sports and Outdoors, closed a $500 million private placement of 5.875% senior secured notes due 2031 on May 14, 2026. Proceeds will redeem its 2027 senior secured notes, prepay its $400 million term loan, and fund fees and general corporate purposes, and the company also amended its ABL credit facility to extend its maturity to May 14, 2031.

Key points

  • $500 million of 5.875% senior secured notes due May 15, 2031, issued May 14, 2026 in a private placement
  • Proceeds used to redeem all outstanding senior secured notes due 2027 and prepay all amounts under the $400 million term loan with UBS AG, Stanford Branch
  • ABL credit facility maturity extended to May 14, 2031 under an amendment with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as administrative agent

The filing

CompanyAcademy Sports + Outdoors (ASO)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECMay 14, 2026, 4:21 PM ET
Accession number0001140361-26-021318

Items reported: 1.01 Material Definitive Agreement1.02 Termination of Material Agreement2.03 New Direct Financial Obligation7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:01 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on May 14, 2026.

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