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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-224929"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JBL"
cik: "0000898293"
company_name: "JABIL INC"
filed_at: "2023-08-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T02:10:49.985016+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Jabil enters preliminary agreement to sell Mobility business to BYD Electronic for ~$2.2B

## Summary
- Deal valued at ~$2.2B; BYD Electronic (BYDE) is the buyer.
- CEO Kenny Wilson calls it the largest transaction in company history.
- Proceeds will fund incremental share buybacks and investments in EV, renewable energy, healthcare, AI cloud.
- Completion requires due diligence, definitive agreement, regulatory approvals, and customary closing conditions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-224929
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JBL
- cik: 0000898293
- company_name: JABIL INC
- filed_at: 2023-08-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/898293/000119312523224929/0001193125-23-224929-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/898293/000119312523224929/d475923d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-224929
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-224929.txt

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