{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0000950157-26-000007","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"CABO","cik":"0001632127","company_name":"Cable One, Inc.","filed_at":"2026-01-05T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:02:35.692749+00:00","generated_at":"2026-05-16T11:40:17.462018+00:00","sec_items":["1.01","7.01","8.01","9.01"],"event_type":"m_and_a","sentiment":"positive","materiality_score":0.75,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.75,"confidence":"high","headline":"Cable One to acquire remaining 55% of Mega Broadband for ~$475M–$495M","bullets":["Purchase price for 55% of MBI expected $475M–$495M; net debt assumed ~$845M–$895M.","MBI had ~$310M revenue, ~210K data customers, ~675K passings in trailing twelve months.","Cable One to finance with cash and/or borrowings under existing $1.25B revolver; close expected Oct 1, 2026.","Separately, Clearwave Fiber (Cable One JV) to merge with Point Broadband; Cable One becomes minority equityholder in Point Holdings, close Q2 2026."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950157-26-000007","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950157-26-000007.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950157-26-000007.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950157-26-000007.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1632127/000095015726000007/0000950157-26-000007-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1632127/000095015726000007/form8-k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-05-16T11:40:17.462018+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"565045de258515cd5a066eafbfde0d198193b979","claim":"Cable One, Inc. entered into Purchase Agreement with Mega Broadband Investments Holdings LLC, Mega Broadband Blocker, LLC, GTCR Fund XII/C LP, Major Merger Sub LLC, GTCR Fund XII/B valued at expected to range between approximately $475 million and $495 million (effective 2026-01-03).","evidence_excerpt":"On January 3, 2026, Cable One, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Mega Broadband Investments Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“MBI”), Mega Broadband Blocker, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, GTCR Fund XII/C LP, a Delaware limited partnership, Major Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and, solely in its capacity as equityholders’ representative, GTCR Fund XII/B, a Delaware partnership, pursuant to which, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, the Company will acquire the equity interests in MBI that it does not already own (the “Transaction”).","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 1.01/1.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1632127/000095015726000007/0000950157-26-000007-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"Material Agreements","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"entry"},{"label":"Agreement","value":"asset purchase"},{"label":"Counterparty","value":"Mega Broadband Investments Holdings LLC, Mega Broadband Blocker, LLC, GTCR Fund XII/C LP, Major Merger Sub LLC, GTCR Fund XII/B"},{"label":"Value","value":"expected to range between approximately $475 million and $495 million"},{"label":"Effective","value":"2026-01-03"}],"fact_type":"material_agreement"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}