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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-085376"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001766363"
company_name: "Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-04-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T02:54:52.097105+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Endeavor to go private in $27.50/share deal with Silver Lake; Emanuel to remain CEO

## Summary
- Going-private transaction at $27.50 per share in cash; Class A stock to be delisted from NYSE.
- Silver Lake and management stockholders (>50% voting power) approved the merger via written consent.
- Termination fees: $288.5M payable by OpCo for superior proposal; $705M payable by Parent entities if they breach or fail to close.
- Financing committed: Silver Lake equity commitment + debt financing from JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, RBC.
- Post-merger: Ariel Emanuel named CEO of Endeavor and Founder/Executive Chairman of WME; Patrick Whitesell named Chairman of Endeavor and WME.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-085376
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001766363
- company_name: Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-04-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1766363/000119312524085376/0001193125-24-085376-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1766363/000119312524085376/d803092d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ariel Emanuel was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: At the Effective Time, Mr. Emanuel will be appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, a member of the board of directors of the Company and Founder and Executive Chairman of WME.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1766363/000119312524085376/0001193125-24-085376-index.htm
- Executive change
  Ariel Emanuel was appointed as Director at Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: At the Effective Time, Mr. Emanuel will be appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, a member of the board of directors of the Company and Founder and Executive Chairman of WME.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1766363/000119312524085376/0001193125-24-085376-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc. entered into Agreement and Plan of Merger with Wildcat EGH Holdco, L.P., Wildcat OpCo Holdco, L.P., and various merger subsidiaries (effective 2024-04-02).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: merger
  - Counterparty: Wildcat EGH Holdco, L.P., Wildcat OpCo Holdco, L.P., and various merger subsidiaries
  - Effective: 2024-04-02
  source text: On April 2, 2024, Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company” or “Endeavor”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”)
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1766363/000119312524085376/0001193125-24-085376-index.htm

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