---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-24-008279"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001719395"
company_name: "Eargo, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-02-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T00:17:26.901841+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 1.0
calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Eargo completes acquisition by Patient Square Capital at $2.55 per share; stock delisted

## Summary
- Merger closed Feb 16, 2024; shareholders received $2.55 per share in cash.
- Trading of EAR common stock halted on Nasdaq; delisting requested.
- Company taken private by Patient Square Capital, a healthcare investment firm.
- All outstanding options and RSUs cancelled and converted to cash based on $2.55/share.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-24-008279
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001719395
- company_name: Eargo, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-02-16T23:59:59+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, 5.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1719395/000114036124008279/0001140361-24-008279-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1719395/000114036124008279/ny20021593x2_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-008279
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-008279.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-008279.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  Eargo, Inc.: The bylaws were amended and restated in their entirety.
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  source text: the Company’s bylaws were amended and restated in their entirety
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1719395/000114036124008279/0001140361-24-008279-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  Eargo, Inc.: The certificate of incorporation was amended and restated in its entirety.
  - Change: charter amendment
  source text: the Company’s certificate of incorporation was amended and restated in its entirety
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1719395/000114036124008279/0001140361-24-008279-index.htm
- M&A Transactions
  Eargo, Inc. underwent a change of control involving PSC Echo Parent LLC for $2.55 per share (closed 2024-02-16).
  - Action: change of control
  - Counterparty: PSC Echo Parent LLC
  - Consideration: $2.55 per share
  - Closing: 2024-02-16
  source text: terms of the Merger Agreement, was cancelled and extinguished and automatically converted into and shall thereafter represent the right to receive an amount in cash equal to $2.55 per share of Company Common Stock (the “ Merger Consideration ”), payable to the holder thereof, without interest and subject to applicable tax withholding, subject to and in
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1719395/000114036124008279/0001140361-24-008279-index.htm

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