---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950142-26-001087"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EQH"
cik: "0001333986"
company_name: "Equitable Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-04-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T06:52:50.725054+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Nippon Life enters voting and support agreement for Equitable-Corebridge merger

## Summary
- Nippon Life agrees to vote all its Corebridge shares in favor of the merger and against any alternative acquisition proposals.
- Nippon Life restricted from transferring its Corebridge stock until shareholder vote or agreement termination.
- Nippon Life will use reasonable best efforts to obtain regulatory approvals, including CFIUS filing within 45 business days.
- Upon closing, Nippon Life and HoldCo will enter new stockholder and registration rights agreements, terminating prior agreements.
- The Voting and Support Agreement terminates upon closing, merger agreement termination, or other specified events.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950142-26-001087
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EQH
- cik: 0001333986
- company_name: Equitable Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-04-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1333986/000095014226001087/0000950142-26-001087-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1333986/000095014226001087/eh260762961_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950142-26-001087.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: a355e1f458c96b9cac2f5b3c86d4740b61c4f50e
  claim: Equitable Holdings, Inc. entered into Voting and Support Agreement with Nippon Life Insurance Company valued at Voting and Support Agreement entered into in connection with Merger Agreement (effective 2026-04-08).
  evidence_excerpt: On April 8, 2026, Equitable Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Equitable”), entered into a Voting and Support Agreement (the “Voting and Support Agreement”) with Nippon Life Insurance Company, a mutual company ( sougogaisha ) organized under the laws of Japan (“Nippon Life”), and Corebridge Financial, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Corebridge”) in connection with the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), dated as of March 26, 2026, by and among Equitable, Corebridge, Mountain Holding, Inc., a newly formed Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Corebridge (“HoldCo”), Palisade Holding, Inc., a newly formed Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of HoldCo, and Marcy Holding, Inc., a newly formed Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of HoldCo.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1333986/000095014226001087/0000950142-26-001087-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.