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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-009503"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DCH"
cik: "0001062231"
company_name: "Dauch Corp"
filed_at: "2026-02-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T05:14:01.849817+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dauch Corp completes acquisition of Dowlais Group for 43p cash + 0.0881 share per share

## Summary
- Acquired Dowlais Group plc (GKN Automotive & Powder Metallurgy) via scheme of arrangement; Dowlais shares delisted from LSE Feb 4.
- Consideration: 43 pence cash + 0.0881 Dauch shares per Dowlais share; ~117M new Dauch shares issued.
- Combined company branded Dauch Corporation, headquartered in Detroit; David C. Dauch remains Chairman & CEO.
- Board expanded to include two former Dowlais independent directors (Simon Mackenzie Smith, Fiona MacAulay) effective Feb 5.
- Breakout awards granted to CEO (575,758 target shares), President & COO (287,879), and CFO (287,879) under performance-vesting plan tied to share price targets from $12 to $22.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-009503
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DCH
- cik: 0001062231
- company_name: Dauch Corp
- filed_at: 2026-02-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.01, 3.02, 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1062231/000110465926009503/0001104659-26-009503-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1062231/000110465926009503/tm264521d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-009503.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: de17ae1711e125d940ab836bb7a1c4faf21977bd
  claim: Dauch Corp completed an acquisition involving Dowlais Group plc for 43 pence per share in cash and 0.0881 new shares of common stock of the Company (closed 2026-02-03).
  evidence_excerpt: cquire the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Dowlais Group plc (“ Dowlais ”), a public limited company incorporated in England and Wales (the “ Business Combination ”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1062231/000110465926009503/0001104659-26-009503-index.htm

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