---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950103-26-015480"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BMBL"
cik: "0001830043"
company_name: "Bumble Inc."
filed_at: "2026-10-13T12:56:00+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-13T13:00:06.946925+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bumble to be acquired by Ithaca for $6.05/share, a 138% premium, in $1.3B take-private

## Summary
- Class A holders get $6.05 cash per share, a 138% premium to the Oct 9, 2026 unaffected close and 119% to the 30-day VWAP.
- Class B shares convert to $0.000001 cash; Opco units receive the $6.05-$0.000001 spread. Options cancelled for no consideration; vested RSUs cashed out.
- Founder/CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd and Beehive Holdings signed a rollover agreement to contribute shares to Oak Topco instead of receiving $6.05; Wolfe Herd recused from board vote.
- Affiliates of Blackstone and Wolfe Herd delivered written consent approving the merger, providing required shareholder approval; Ithaca Co-CEOs Ravi Gupta and John Hegeman will become Bumble Co-CEOs.
- Either party can terminate after July 12, 2027; Bumble termination fee is $29M and Ithaca parent termination fee is $102M, escrowed by Oct 19, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950103-26-015480
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BMBL
- cik: 0001830043
- company_name: Bumble Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-10-13T12:56:00+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1830043/000095010326015480/0000950103-26-015480-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1830043/000095010326015480/dp254907_8k.htm

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