<general_context>
	- Current date: 2026-09-11 12:10 UTC.
</general_context>
<company_context>
	- Ticker: RENT.
	- Company: Rent the Runway.
</company_context>


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                    <label>RENT 8-K, date: 2026-09-11 12:10 UTC</label>
                    <content>UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSIONWashington 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 \(Date of earliest event reported\): September 11, 2026

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Rent the Runway, Inc.\(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter\)

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| Delaware                        | 001-40958   | 80-0376379         |
| \(State or other jurisdiction of 
 incorporation\)                  | -Commission 
 File Number | -IRS Employer      
 Identification No. |
Rent the Runway, Inc.

10 Jay Street

Brooklyn, New York 11201

\(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code\)

\( 212\) 524-6860
\(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code\)

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended
to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

| ☐ | Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities 
 Act \(17 CFR 230.425\)                                             |

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 Act \(17 CFR 240.14a-12\)                                        |

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 the Exchange Act \(17 CFR 240.14d-2\(b\)\)                          |

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 the Exchange Act \(17 CFR 240.13e-4\(c\)\)                          |
Securities registered pursuant to Section
12\(b\) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:
| Title                                            
 of each class                                    | Trading 
 Symbol  | Name                
 of each exchange    
 on which registered |
| Class A Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share | RENT    | NASDAQ              |

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth
company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 \(§230.405\) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 \(§240.12b-2\).

Emerging growth company ☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant
has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant
to Section 13\(a\) of the Exchange Act. ☐

| Item 1.01 | Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement. |

On September 11, 2026, Rent the Runway, Inc.
\(the “Company”\) entered into a rights offering backstop agreement \(the “Rights Offering Backstop
Agreement”\), by and among the Company, CHS US Investments LLC \(“CHS”\), Gateway Runway, LLC \(“Nexus”\)
and S3 RR Aggregator, LLC \(“STORY3” and, collectively with CHS and Nexus, the “Investor Group”\), in
connection with a $15,000,000 rights offering by the Company \(the “Rights Offering”\) to enhance the Company’s
financial position and financial flexibility. Pursuant to the Rights Offering, the Company will distribute to all eligible holders
of record of its Class A common stock, par value $0.001 per share \(the “Class A Common Stock”\), as of 5:00 p.m., New
York City time on the record date to be determined at a later date by the Board of Directors of the Company \(the “Record
Date”\), at no cost and on a pro rata basis, transferable subscription rights to purchase shares of Class A Common Stock at a
subscription price equal to the greater of \(i\) $3.55, which represents the volume weighted average price of our Class A Common
Stock for the 15-day trading period ending on the second trading day preceding the date of the Rights Offering Backstop
Agreement and \(ii\) the volume weighted average price of our Class A Common Stock for the 15-day trading period through and including
the Record Date \(the “Subscription Price”\).

In connection with the Rights Offering, the Company
will prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission \(the “SEC”\) a registration statement on Form S-1. Under
the Rights Offering Backstop Agreement, the Investor Group agreed to purchase from the Company, at the Subscription Price, all unsubscribed
shares of the Class A Common Stock \(the “Unsubscribed Shares”\) to be issued in connection with the Rights Offering, on the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Rights Offering Backstop Agreement. The completion of the Rights Offering, as well
as the Investor Group’s obligations to complete the purchase of shares pursuant to the Rights Offering Backstop Agreement, are subject
to certain customary conditions, including among others, that a registration statement with respect to the Rights Offering has been declared
and remains effective.

The description of the terms of the Rights Offering
Backstop Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the agreement, a copy of which
is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

| Item 3.02 | Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities. |

The information set forth under Item 1.01 of this
Current Report on Form 8-K with respect to the Rights Offering Backstop Agreement and the issuance of the Unsubscribed Shares, if any,
is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02.

| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |

\(d\) Exhibits.

| Exhibit 
 Number  
 10.1    |     | Description                                                                                                   
 Rights Offering Backstop Agreement, dated September 11, 2026, by and among the Company and the Investor Group |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

|     | RENT THE RUNWAY, INC. |                                             |
| By: |                       | /s/ Dave Loretta                            |
|     | Name:                 | Dave Loretta                                |
|     | Title:                | interim Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer |

Dated: September 11, 2026</content>
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