{"url_path":"/sec/leu/8-k/2026-06-18/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":"2026-06-18","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1065059/0001628280-26-044386-index.html","accession_number":"0001628280-26-044386","cik":"0001065059","ticker":"LEU","issuer_name":"CENTRUS ENERGY CORP","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1065059/0001628280-26-044386-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001065059","primary_entity_name":"CENTRUS ENERGY CORP"},"word_count":527,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement\n\nOn June 18, 2026, Centrus Energy Corp. (the “Company”) entered into a Seventh Amendment to the Section 382 Rights Agreement (the “Seventh Amendment”), which amends the Section 382 Rights Agreement, dated as of April 6, 2016 (the “Rights Agreement”), by and among the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. and Computershare Inc., as rights agent, as previously amended by (i) the First Amendment to the Rights Agreement dated as of February 14, 2017; (ii) the Second Amendment to the Rights Agreement dated as of April 3, 2019; (iii) the Third Amendment to the Rights Agreement dated as of April 13, 2020; (iv) the Fourth Amendment to the Rights Agreement dated as of June 16, 2021; (v) the Fifth Amendment to the Rights Agreement dated as of June 20, 2023; and (vi) the Sixth Amendment to the Rights Agreement dated as of May 28, 2024. The Seventh Amendment was approved by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) on March 10, 2026, and approved by the Company’s stockholders at the Company’s annual meeting of the stockholders held on June 18, 2026.\n\nThe Seventh Amendment (a) extends the Final Expiration Date (as defined in the Rights Agreement) from June 30, 2026 to June 30, 2029 and (b) increases the purchase price for each one one-thousandth (1/1000th) of a share of the Company’s Series A Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share, from $160.38 to $1,143.95 in light of the increase in the trading price of the Company’s Class A common stock since the adoption of the Fifth Amendment.\n\nThe Seventh Amendment was not adopted as a result of, or in response to, any effort to acquire control of the Company. The Seventh Amendment has been adopted in order to preserve for the Company’s stockholders the long-term value of the Company’s net operating loss carry-forwards for United States federal income tax purposes and other tax benefits.\n\nThe foregoing description does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Rights Agreement, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in a Current Report on Form 8-K on April 7, 2016, the First Amendment, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in a Current Report on Form 8-K on January 5, 2017, the Second Amendment, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in a Current Report on Form 8-K on April 4, 2019, the Third Amendment, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in a Current Report on Form 8-K on April 14, 2020, the Fourth Amendment, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in a Current Report on Form 8-K on June 16, 2021, the Fifth Amendment, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in a Current Report on Form 8-K on June 20, 2023, the Sixth Amendment, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in a Current Report on Form 8-K on May 28, 2024, and the Seventh Amendment, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 4.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference."}