secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     MeridianLink, Inc. (—)
CIK:        0001834494
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-10-24T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001140361-25-039178
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.90
Item codes: 1.02, 2.01, 3.01, 3.03, 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Centerbridge completes $1.6B acquisition of MeridianLink; stockholders get $20/share cash
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- Merger closed Oct 24, 2025; total purchase price approx $1.6B funded by Centerbridge equity and third-party debt.
- Stockholders receive $20 cash per share of common stock; trading halted and shares to be delisted from NYSE.
- All pre-merger directors resigned; Benjamin Jaffe and Jared Hendricks appointed as directors of surviving corporation.
- CFO Elias Olmeta received $750,000 transaction bonus contingent on closing and continued employment.
- Silversmith Capital Partners makes minority investment to support growth alongside Centerbridge.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834494/000114036125039178/0001140361-25-039178-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834494/000114036125039178/ef20057538_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-25-039178

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