secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BlackRock Finance, Inc. (—)
CIK:        0001364742
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-10-01T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-24-229654
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 3.01, 3.03, 5.03, 5.01, 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

BlackRock closes GIP acquisition: $3B cash + ~12M shares; reincorporation completed
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- Total consideration of $3B cash + ~12M shares of new BlackRock common stock; ~30% of stock consideration deferred.
- Old BlackRock (formerly BlackRock, Inc.) became wholly owned sub of New BlackRock; BLK ticker continued on NYSE.
- Directors and officers of new parent company: Laurence Fink (CEO), Robert Kapito (President), Martin Small (CFO).
- Old BlackRock common stock delisted from NYSE; euro-denominated 1.25% notes due 2025 moved to TISE.
- Certificate of incorporation and bylaws amended to reflect name change to BlackRock Finance, Inc. and post-merger structure.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1364742/000119312524229654/0001193125-24-229654-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1364742/000119312524229654/d856279d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-229654

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