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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-116680"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001821160"
company_name: "Guild Holdings Co"
filed_at: "2025-11-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T16:14:57.957356+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 1.0
calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bayview completes $1.244B all-cash acquisition of Guild Holdings at $20/share

## Summary
- All-cash merger closed at $20.00 per share; total consideration approximately $1.244 billion.
- Class A and B common stock delisted from NYSE; company now privately held by Bayview MSR Opportunity Master Fund.
- All prior directors resigned; new board includes Michael Lau, Brian Bomstein, Richard O'Brien, Brett Evenson.
- Michael Lau named President & CEO of surviving company; Terry Schmidt remains CEO of Guild Mortgage subsidiary.
- Senior management retention bonuses equal to base salary, 50% paid within 30 days, remainder after one year.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-116680
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001821160
- company_name: Guild Holdings Co
- filed_at: 2025-11-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 1.0
- calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.01, 3.01, 3.03, 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1821160/000110465925116680/0001104659-25-116680-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1821160/000110465925116680/tm2532188d4_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-116680.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 3e25ec00a0675393506ac52ee6b71fd435e61f36
  claim: Guild Holdings Co underwent a change of control involving Gulf MSR HoldCo, LLC for $20.00 in cash (closed 2025-11-28).
  evidence_excerpt: Company Common Stock ” and each share of Company Common Stock, a “ Share ”), other than Shares held by the Company or the Parent Parties, was converted into the right to receive $20.00 in cash, without interest (the “ Per Share Consideration ”). Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, (i) each outstanding restricted
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1821160/000110465925116680/0001104659-25-116680-index.htm

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