---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-26-029039"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KORE"
cik: "0001855457"
company_name: "KORE Group Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-07-21T13:59:25+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-21T14:01:07.513505+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 1.0
calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# KORE Group Holdings acquired by Searchlight and Abry for $9.25/share; stock delisted

## Summary
- Merger closed July 21, 2026; shareholders received $9.25 per share in cash.
- Stockholders approved merger with 12,455,012 votes for (71.77% quorum).
- KORE common stock delisted from NYSE; company becomes private.
- New $300M term loan and $25M revolver entered into by KORE Wireless Group Inc.
- Board of directors resigned; Merger Sub directors became directors of surviving corporation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-26-029039
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KORE
- cik: 0001855457
- company_name: KORE Group Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-07-21T13:59:25+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 1.0
- calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 1.02, 2.01, 3.01, 3.03, 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1855457/000114036126029039/0001140361-26-029039-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1855457/000114036126029039/ef20078282_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-26-029039
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-26-029039.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-26-029039.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ronald Totton resigned as Director at KORE Group Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: each member of the Company’s board of directors resigned from and ceased serving on the Company’s board of directors and any and all committees thereof.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1855457/000114036126029039/0001140361-26-029039-index.htm
- Executive change
  Cheemin Bo-Linn resigned as Director at KORE Group Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: each member of the Company’s board of directors resigned from and ceased serving on the Company’s board of directors and any and all committees thereof.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1855457/000114036126029039/0001140361-26-029039-index.htm
- Executive change
  H. Paulett Eberhart resigned as Director at KORE Group Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: each member of the Company’s board of directors resigned from and ceased serving on the Company’s board of directors and any and all committees thereof.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1855457/000114036126029039/0001140361-26-029039-index.htm
- Executive change
  James Giesler resigned as Director at KORE Group Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: each member of the Company’s board of directors resigned from and ceased serving on the Company’s board of directors and any and all committees thereof.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1855457/000114036126029039/0001140361-26-029039-index.htm
- Executive change
  Michael K. Palmer resigned as Director at KORE Group Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: each member of the Company’s board of directors resigned from and ceased serving on the Company’s board of directors and any and all committees thereof.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1855457/000114036126029039/0001140361-26-029039-index.htm
- Executive change
  David Fuller resigned as Director at KORE Group Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: each member of the Company’s board of directors resigned from and ceased serving on the Company’s board of directors and any and all committees thereof.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1855457/000114036126029039/0001140361-26-029039-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jay M. Grossman resigned as Director at KORE Group Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: each member of the Company’s board of directors resigned from and ceased serving on the Company’s board of directors and any and all committees thereof.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1855457/000114036126029039/0001140361-26-029039-index.htm
- Executive change
  Andrew Frey resigned as Director at KORE Group Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: each member of the Company’s board of directors resigned from and ceased serving on the Company’s board of directors and any and all committees thereof.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1855457/000114036126029039/0001140361-26-029039-index.htm
- Executive change
  Robert P. MacInnis resigned as Director at KORE Group Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: each member of the Company’s board of directors resigned from and ceased serving on the Company’s board of directors and any and all committees thereof.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1855457/000114036126029039/0001140361-26-029039-index.htm
- Executive change
  Timothy M. Donahue resigned as Director at KORE Group Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: each member of the Company’s board of directors resigned from and ceased serving on the Company’s board of directors and any and all committees thereof.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1855457/000114036126029039/0001140361-26-029039-index.htm

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