secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     UPBOUND GROUP, INC. (UPBD)
CIK:        0000933036
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-02-05T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-25-009700
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.01, 3.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Upbound closes $279M cash and stock acquisition of fintech Brigit; adds 1M+ paid subscribers
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- Acquisition of Brigit completed on Jan 31, 2025; total closing consideration includes ~$278.7M cash and ~2.69M shares of UPBD common stock.
- Additional deferred consideration of $75M payable over two years and up to $60M in earnout based on 2026 performance.
- Combined company serves ~4 million active customers, including Brigit's 1M+ paid subscribers and 1M free subscribers.
- Brigit's cash-flow underwriting tech expected to enhance risk management and customer approvals across Upbound's brands.
- Brigit co-founders Zuben Mathews and Hamel Kothari to continue leading Brigit as a business segment of Upbound.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/933036/000110465925009700/0001104659-25-009700-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/933036/000110465925009700/tm254758d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-009700

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