---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-070529"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DDS"
cik: "0000028917"
company_name: "DILLARD'S, INC."
filed_at: "2026-06-04T20:15:23+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T20:49:33.616227+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dillard's completes merger with family holding company W.D. Company, Inc.

## Summary
- Merger of W.D. Company, Inc. into Dillard's completed June 4, 2026.
- 41,494 Class A and 3,985,758 Class B shares issued to former WDC shareholders.
- No dilution to existing Dillard's shareholders; total shares outstanding decreased slightly.
- Former WDC shareholders have slightly lower percentage interest in voting power and book value.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-070529
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DDS
- cik: 0000028917
- company_name: DILLARD'S, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-06-04T20:15:23+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.01, 3.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/28917/000110465926070529/0001104659-26-070529-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/28917/000110465926070529/tm2616894d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-070529.txt

## Key facts
- M&A Transactions
  DILLARD'S, INC. completed an acquisition involving W.D. Company, Inc. (closed 2026-06-04).
  - Action: acquisition
  - Counterparty: W.D. Company, Inc.
  - Closing: 2026-06-04
  source text: On June 4, 2026, Dillard’s, Inc., a Texas corporation (the “Company”), completed the transactions contemplated by that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 20, 2026 (the “Original Merger Agreement,” and as amended on March 25, 2026, the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, W.D. Company, Inc., an Arkansas corporation (“WDC”), and Alex Dillard (solely in his capacity as the representative of the shareholders of WDC), including the merger of WDC with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company surviving the Merger (collectively, the “Transactions”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/28917/000110465926070529/0001104659-26-070529-index.htm

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