UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): February 20, 2026

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THE CANNABIST COMPANY HOLDINGS INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

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British Columbia	000-56294	98-1488978
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)


321 Billerica Road Chelmsford, Massachusetts			01824
(Address of principal executive offices)			(Zip Code)

(978) 910-1486

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Registrant’s name or former address, if change since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None.

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On February 20, 2026, The Cannabist Company Holdings Inc. (“The Cannabist Company” or “the Company”) announced that the ad hoc group of noteholders of the Company’s 9.25% Senior Secured Notes due December 31, 2028 and the 9.00% Senior Secured Convertible Notes due December 31, 2028 (collectively, the “Notes”), which are parties to the previously announced forbearance agreement with the Company, have agreed to a further extension and to forbear from exercising any of their rights and remedies under the amended and restated indenture, as supplemented, governing the Notes and applicable law, until February 27, 2026.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and corresponding Canadian securities laws. Such forward-looking statements are not representative of historical facts or information or current condition, but instead represent only the Company’s beliefs regarding use of proceeds, future events, plans, strategies, or objectives, many of which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain and outside of the Company’s control. Generally, such forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “plans”, “expects” or “does not expect”, “is expected”, “future”, “scheduled”, “estimates”, “forecasts”, “projects,” “intends”, “anticipates” or “does not anticipate”, or “believes”, or variations of such words and phrases, or may contain statements that certain actions, events or results “may”, “could”, “would”, “might” or “will be taken”, “will continue”, “will occur” or “will be achieved”. Forward-looking statements involve and are subject to assumptions and known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors which may cause actual events, results, performance, or achievements of the Company to be materially different from future events, results, performance, and achievements expressed or implied by forward-looking statements herein, as well as the risk factors described in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2025, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, in each case, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov and in Canada on SEDAR+, available at www.sedarplus.ca. The forward-looking statements contained in this Current Report are made as of the date of this Current Report, and the Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking information or forward-looking statements that are contained or referenced herein, except as may be required in accordance with applicable securities laws. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking information and statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by this notice regarding forward-looking information and statements.

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.


			THE CANNABIST COMPANY HOLDINGS INC.

			By:			/s/ David Sirolly
			Name:			David Sirolly
			Title:			Chief Legal Officer & General Counsel

Date: February 18, 2026

Cannabist Co Holdings Inc. 8-K