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Companies · VIVK · Refuse Systems · Company update · Aug 4, 2026

Debt conversion clears one note but adds 1.30 million unrestricted shares.

Vivakor, Inc. (VIVK) — what happened, in plain English, and what it means versus what the market expected.

This is a financing update, not an operating beat. The filing contains no revenue, earnings, guidance, or business-performance change to measure against published operating expectations; it instead discloses the conversion of existing convertible debt into stock. The exact share issuance is new, though conversion was already a feature of the previously disclosed notes.

ItemWhat changedComparison / implication
First convertible note$135,328 of principal and interest converted into 139,513 shares; all amounts due on this note are now paidRemoves the remaining obligation to this holder, at an implied conversion value of about $0.97 per share. *(Item 3.02 — August 2025 Note conversion)*
J.J. Astor junior secured note$1,199,342 converted into 1,160,000 sharesThe conversion equals roughly 20% of the note's original $5.94 million face amount, at an implied value of about $1.03 per share. The filing does not disclose the note's current remaining balance. *(Item 3.02 — J.J. Astor Second Note conversions)*
Total disclosed conversion$1.335 million of debt/interest exchanged for 1,299,513 sharesDebt is reduced, but the company has issued a meaningful block of additional common stock. *(Item 3.02 — conversion disclosures)*

The trade-off is cleaner debt versus tangible dilution. Retiring $1.33 million of obligations improves the balance-sheet burden, and fully settling the smaller note is a concrete positive. But nearly all of the new shares—1.16 million—went to J.J. Astor, and the filing says both issuances were made without a Rule 144 restrictive legend, making the added supply more relevant than a locked-up issuance. *(Item 3.02 — First Note and J.J. Astor share issuances)*

Net versus expectations: mixed, rather than a positive surprise. There is no disclosed operating catalyst or consensus comparison here, and the debt reduction is offset by newly issued shares at roughly $1 per share. The filing improves one part of the capital structure but does not establish that the larger junior secured note has been fully addressed.

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