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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-066979"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001713952"
company_name: "Vivint Smart Home, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-03-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T05:36:51.858600+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 1.0
calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Vivint Smart Home completes $2.6B acquisition by NRG Energy; shareholders get $12.00/share

## Summary
- Merger closed March 10, 2023; VVNT shareholders received $12.00 per share in cash.
- Total consideration approx. $2.6B; Vivint becomes wholly owned subsidiary of NRG Energy.
- VVNT common stock delisted from NYSE; company to file Form 15 to terminate SEC registration.
- All prior directors ceased; Mauricio Gutierrez, Alberto Fornaro, Rasesh Patel appointed as directors.
- Officer changes: CEO David Bywater, Dana Russell, Garner Meads left; new officers include David Porter, Kevin Cole, Christine Zoino.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-066979
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001713952
- company_name: Vivint Smart Home, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-03-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 1.0
- calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.01, 5.01, 3.01, 3.03, 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1713952/000119312523066979/0001193125-23-066979-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1713952/000119312523066979/d471589d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Alberto Fornaro was appointed as Director at Vivint Smart Home, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: Alberto Fornaro and Rasesh Patel were appointed directors of the Company effective as of the Effective Time.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1713952/000119312523066979/0001193125-23-066979-index.htm
- Executive change
  Dana C. Russell departed as other_named_officer at Vivint Smart Home, Inc..
  - Action: ceased
  source text: David H. Bywater, Dana C. Russell and Garner Meads, who were officers of the Company, ceased to be officers of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1713952/000119312523066979/0001193125-23-066979-index.htm
- Executive change
  Christine Zoino was appointed as other_named_officer at Vivint Smart Home, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  source text: David Porter, Kevin L. Cole and Christine Zoino were appointed as officers of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1713952/000119312523066979/0001193125-23-066979-index.htm
- Executive change
  Rasesh Patel was appointed as Director at Vivint Smart Home, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: Alberto Fornaro and Rasesh Patel were appointed directors of the Company effective as of the Effective Time.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1713952/000119312523066979/0001193125-23-066979-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kevin L. Cole was appointed as other_named_officer at Vivint Smart Home, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  source text: David Porter, Kevin L. Cole and Christine Zoino were appointed as officers of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1713952/000119312523066979/0001193125-23-066979-index.htm
- Executive change
  David H. Bywater departed as other_named_officer at Vivint Smart Home, Inc..
  - Action: ceased
  source text: David H. Bywater, Dana C. Russell and Garner Meads, who were officers of the Company, ceased to be officers of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1713952/000119312523066979/0001193125-23-066979-index.htm
- Executive change
  David Porter was appointed as other_named_officer at Vivint Smart Home, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  source text: David Porter, Kevin L. Cole and Christine Zoino were appointed as officers of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1713952/000119312523066979/0001193125-23-066979-index.htm
- Executive change
  Mauricio Gutierrez was appointed as Director at Vivint Smart Home, Inc..
  - Action: became
  - Role: Director
  source text: at the Effective Time, Mauricio Gutierrez, the sole director of Merger Sub, became a director of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1713952/000119312523066979/0001193125-23-066979-index.htm
- Executive change
  Garner Meads departed as other_named_officer at Vivint Smart Home, Inc..
  - Action: ceased
  source text: David H. Bywater, Dana C. Russell and Garner Meads, who were officers of the Company, ceased to be officers of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1713952/000119312523066979/0001193125-23-066979-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  Vivint Smart Home, Inc.: Bylaws of Merger Sub became bylaws of surviving corporation, with name references replaced.
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  source text: At the Effective Time, the bylaws of Merger Sub, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, became the bylaws of the Company as the surviving corporation in the Merger (except that all references to the name of Merger Sub were replaced with references to the name of the Company)
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1713952/000119312523066979/0001193125-23-066979-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  Vivint Smart Home, Inc.: Amended and restated certificate of incorporation at the effective time of the merger.
  - Change: charter amendment
  source text: At the Effective Time, the certificate of incorporation of the Company, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, was amended and restated to be the certificate of incorporation attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1713952/000119312523066979/0001193125-23-066979-index.htm
- M&A Transactions
  Vivint Smart Home, Inc. underwent a change of control involving NRG Energy, Inc. for $12.00 in cash per share of Class A common stock (closed 2023-03-10).
  - Action: change of control
  - Counterparty: NRG Energy, Inc.
  - Consideration: $12.00 in cash per share of Class A common stock
  - Closing: 2023-03-10
  source text: ☐ Introductory Note As previously disclosed, on December 6, 2022, Vivint Smart Home, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “ Merger Agreement ”), by and among the Company, NRG Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Parent ”), and Jetson Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“ Merger Sub ”), pursuant to which, on March 10, 2023 (the “ Closing Date ”), Merger Sub merged with and into the Company (the “ Merger ”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1713952/000119312523066979/0001193125-23-066979-index.htm

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