{"url_path":"/sec/cmt/8-k/2026-02-17/item-1-01","section_key":"item-1-01","section_title":"Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-02-17","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1026655/0001026655-26-000003-index.html","accession_number":"0001026655-26-000003","cik":"0001026655","ticker":"CMT","issuer_name":"CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES INC","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1026655/0001026655-26-000003-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001026655","primary_entity_name":"CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES INC"},"word_count":255,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 1.01 – Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement\n\nOn February 10, 2026, Core Molding Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a First Amendment to Credit Agreement (the “Amendment”) with The Huntington National Bank, as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto. The Amendment was executed on February 10, 2026 and became effective as of December 31, 2025.\n\nThe Amendment modifies the Company’s existing Credit Agreement dated July 22, 2022, as previously amended. The Amendment does not constitute a refinancing, novation, or repayment of the existing secured obligations. Material Terms of the Amendment include (i) deleting he definition of “Consolidated Unfunded Capital Expenditures” and replacing it with Sustaining Capital Expenditures,” defined as capital expenditures used to maintain, repair, replace, or sustain existing production assets, subject to an aggregate cap of $10.0 million, (ii) modifying the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio to revise the calculation by deducting (a) Sustaining Capital Expenditures, (b) Capital Distributions and other Restricted Payments actually made, and (c) net Consolidated Income Tax Expense paid in cash, from Consolidated EBITDA in the numerator, and (iii)limiting the aggregate operating lease rental payments for all Company entities to $5.0 million per fiscal year.\n\nThe Amendment also contains customary representations, warranties, reaffirmations of existing loan documents, conditions precedent, and releases in favor of the administrative agent and lenders.\n\nThe foregoing summary of the Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8‑K and is incorporated herein by reference."}