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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-26-003765"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KKR"
cik: "0001404912"
company_name: "KKR & Co. Inc."
filed_at: "2026-02-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T04:23:08.759490+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# KKR agrees to acquire Arctos for $1.4B initial consideration plus up to $550M in earnout equity

## Summary
- Initial consideration: $300M cash + $900M equity to Arctos shareholders (management equity vests through 2030) + $200M additional equity allocable by 2028, vesting through 2033.
- Up to $550M additional equity tied to KKR share price and business-specific performance targets, vesting through 2031.
- Arctos manages ~$15B AUM; is the largest institutional investor in professional sports franchise stakes and a top-five GP solutions firm.
- Transaction expected to close after regulatory and specified sports league approvals; immediately accretive per key financial metrics.
- Arctos Managing Partners Ian Charles and Doc O'Connor will join KKR as Partners; Charles to lead new KKR Solutions unit.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-26-003765
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KKR
- cik: 0001404912
- company_name: KKR & Co. Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-02-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1404912/000114036126003765/0001140361-26-003765-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1404912/000114036126003765/ef20064765_8k.htm

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