---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-26-005601"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KW"
cik: "0001408100"
company_name: "Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-02-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T02:23:32.995996+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 1.0
calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kennedy-Wilson to be acquired by Fairfax-backed entity for $10.90 per share in cash

## Summary
- Merger consideration: $10.90 per share in cash for common stock; preferred stock and warrants treated separately.
- Equity commitment from Fairfax of $1.65 billion to fund Merger Consideration and Series A preferred redemption.
- Rollover agreements with CEO McMorrow, Windisch, and Lee; shares contributed to Parent in exchange for units.
- Termination fee of $42.7 million payable by Kennedy-Wilson if it accepts a superior proposal or certain conditions.
- Closing conditions: stockholder approval, regulatory clearances, no material adverse effect; no financing condition.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-26-005601
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KW
- cik: 0001408100
- company_name: Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-02-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 1.0
- calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408100/000114036126005601/0001140361-26-005601-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408100/000114036126005601/ef20065816_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc. entered into Agreement and Plan of Merger with Kona Bidco, LLC, Kona Merger Subsidiary, Inc. valued at $10.90 in cash per share (effective 2026-02-16).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: merger
  - Counterparty: Kona Bidco, LLC, Kona Merger Subsidiary, Inc.
  - Value: $10.90 in cash per share
  - Effective: 2026-02-16
  source text: On February 16, 2026, Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) by and among Kona Bidco, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Parent”), Kona Merger Subsidiary, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408100/000114036126005601/0001140361-26-005601-index.htm

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