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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-192858"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DNOW"
cik: "0001599617"
company_name: "DNOW Inc."
filed_at: "2025-08-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T09:13:23.298569+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# DNOW discloses three shareholder lawsuits and supplemental proxy disclosures for MRC Global merger

## Summary
- Three NY state complaints allege material omissions in joint proxy statement; DNOW denies merit but voluntarily supplements to avoid delay.
- Supplemental disclosures include Goldman Sachs DCF inputs: DNOW net debt ~$(194)M, MRC net debt ~$324M, pro forma net debt ~$230M.
- J.P. Morgan public trading multiples: MRC implied equity value $12.80-$18.30/sh; DNOW $14.60-$18.70/sh.
- Combined company implied present value per share range from Goldman Sachs DCF: $17.15-$20.92.
- No new employment agreements for MRC Global executives post-merger finalized as of filing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-192858
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DNOW
- cik: 0001599617
- company_name: DNOW Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-08-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1599617/000119312525192858/0001193125-25-192858-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1599617/000119312525192858/d72331d8k.htm

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