American Rebel Holdings: enters exchange and termination agreements

What happened American Rebel Holdings filed an 8-K on Oct 14, 2026 reporting that it entered into exchange agreements with Horberg Enterprises, LP and Streeterville Capital, LLC and a termination agreement with 218 LLC and Gary Bowie. On Oct 2, 2026 the company entered into a Series D exchange with Horberg converting 10,800 shares of Series D convertible preferred stock into 81 shares of Series E preferred stock (dollar amount $81,000), and a Series E exchange on Oct 2, 2026 converting those 81 shares of Series E preferred stock into 1,756,507 shares of common stock. On Oct 5, 2026 the company entered into a note exchange with Streeterville that partitioned a $125,000 secured promissory note from an earlier note and exchanged the partitioned note for 1,190,476 shares of common stock. On Oct 12, 2026 the company executed a termination agreement with 218 LLC and Gary Bowie terminating the membership interest purchase agreement and related secured note, surrendering 82,000 shares of Series D preferred stock for cancellation, and issuing a promissory note in the principal amount of $89,986.18.

Key details

• Exchange and stock issuances: 1,756,507 shares of common stock issued to Horberg on Oct 5, 2026, valued at $0.0461 per share; 1,190,476 shares issued to Streeterville in exchange for a $125,000 partitioned note on Oct 5, 2026.
• Prior Streeterville amounts disclosed: original secured promissory note dated Jun 26, 2025 in principal amount $5,470,000; second secured note dated Jul 10, 2025 in principal amount $6,235,000; $100,000 released from the DACA account on Sep 23, 2026.
• 218 LLC termination: MIPA and secured note terminated; company transferred any membership interests back to Gary Bowie; 82,000 shares of Series D preferred stock surrendered for cancellation.
• Promissory note to 218 LLC: principal $89,986.18, interest rate 7.00% per annum simple interest, nine monthly interest-only payments of $524.92 beginning Nov 12, 2026, maturity Jul 12, 2027, unsecured.

Why it may matter The filing reports Item 1.01 (entry into material definitive agreements) covering the Horberg and Streeterville exchanges, Item 1.02 (termination of a material definitive agreement) covering the 218 LLC MIPA termination, Item 2.03 (creation of a direct financial obligation) for the promissory note to 218 LLC, Item 3.02 (unregistered sales of equity securities) for the share issuances, Item 7.01 (Regulation FD disclosure) for subsidiary press releases, and Item 8.01 (other events) for the surrender and cancellation of preferred shares and facility updates. The filing does not explain why any insider traded or why the company acted.