BuzzFeed, Inc. — Capital/Financing Update 2025

Apr 2, 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): March 31, 2025

BuzzFeed, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-39877	85-3022075
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

229 West 43 rd Street

New York , New York 10036

(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)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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 8.01 Other Events.

As previously disclosed, on December 10, 2024, BuzzFeed, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into the Fourth Supplemental Indenture (the “Fourth Supplemental Indenture”) with Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as trustee (the “Trustee”), amending and supplementing the indenture (the “Original Indenture”), dated as of December 3, 2021, between 890 5th Avenue Partners, Inc. (the predecessor to the Company), as issuer, and the Trustee, as previously supplemented by (i) that First Supplemental Indenture (the “First Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of July 10, 2023, (ii) that certain Second Supplemental Indenture (the “Second Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of February 28, 2024, and (iii) that certain Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 28, 2024 (the “Third Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Original Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture and the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”).

Pursuant to the Indenture, on March 31, 2025, the Company paid a cash fee of approximately $1.2 million to the Trustee, and thereby extended the earliest date that the Option Repurchase Notices (as defined in the Indenture) may be delivered to the Company, which is now 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on May 31, 2025.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit Number	Description
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.

Date:
BuzzFeed, Inc.
By:	/s/ David Arroyo
	Name: David Arroyo
	Title: Chief Legal Officer