{"url_path":"/sec/usar/8-k/2026-05-13/cover-page","section_key":"cover-page","section_title":"Cover Page","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-05-13","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1970622/0001213900-26-055511-index.html","accession_number":"0001213900-26-055511","cik":"0001970622","ticker":"USAR","issuer_name":"USA Rare Earth, Inc.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1970622/0001213900-26-055511-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001970622","primary_entity_name":"USA Rare Earth, Inc."},"word_count":450,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"false\n0001970622\n\n0001970622\n\n2026-05-13\n2026-05-13\n\niso4217:USD\n\nxbrli:shares\n\niso4217:USD\n\nxbrli:shares\n\n \n\n \n\n**UNITED\nSTATES**\n\n**SECURITIES\nAND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**\n\n**Washington,\nD.C. 20549**\n\n** **\n\n**FORM\n8-K**\n\n** **\n\n**CURRENT\nREPORT**\n\n \n\n**Pursuant\nto Section 13 OR 15(d)**\n\n**of\nThe Securities Exchange Act of 1934**\n\n \n\n**Date\nof Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 13, 2026**\n\n \n\n \n\n**USA\nRare Earth, Inc.**\n\n*(Exact\nName of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)*\n\n \n\n**Delaware**\n \n**001-41711**\n \n**98-1720278**\n\n*(State\nor Other Jurisdiction*\n\n*of\nIncorporation)*\n\n \n*(Commission File Number)*\n \n\n*(I.R.S.\nEmployer*\n\n*Identification\nNo.)*\n\n \n\n**100\nW. Airport Road, Stillwater, OK 74075**\n\n*(Address\nof Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)*\n\n \n\n**(813)\n867-6155**\n\n*(Registrant’s\ntelephone number, including area code)*\n\n \n\n**Not\napplicable**\n\n*(Former\nName or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)*\n\n \n\nCheck\nthe appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under\nany of the following provisions:\n\n \n\n☐Written\ncommunications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)\n\n \n\n☐Soliciting\nmaterial pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)\n\n \n\n☐Pre-commencement\ncommunications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))\n\n \n\n☐Pre-commencement\ncommunications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))\n\n \n\nSecurities\nregistered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:\n\n \n\nTitle of each class\n \nTrading Symbol(s)\n \nName of each exchange on which registered\n\nCommon Stock, par value $0.0001\n \nUSAR\n \nThe Nasdaq Stock Market LLC\n\n \n\nIndicate\nby check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405\nof this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).\n\n \n\nEmerging\ngrowth company ☒\n\n \n\nIf\nan emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying\nwith any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n**EXPLANATORY\nNOTE**\n\n** **\n\nAs\npreviously announced, USA Rare Earth, Inc. (“USAR,” “we,” “our,” and “us”) entered into\na definitive Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), dated as of April 19, 2026, by and among (i) USAR, (ii)\nMiddlebury Merger Sub Ltd., a business company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands and an indirect,\nwholly owned Subsidiary of USAR, (iii) SVRE Holdings Ltd., a business company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the British\nVirgin Islands (“SVRE”), and (iv) Serra Verde Rare Earths Ltd., a company incorporated and existing under the laws of the\nBritish Virgin Islands, solely in its capacity as the representative of SVRE’s shareholders. The Merger Agreement provides for\nthe merger of SVRE with and into Merger Sub, with Merger Sub surviving such merger as an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of USAR."}