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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-002601"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CR"
cik: "0001944013"
company_name: "Crane Co"
filed_at: "2026-01-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T11:43:59.258350+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Crane completes $1.06B acquisition of Precision Sensors & Instrumentation from Baker Hughes

## Summary
- Purchase price $1.06B after adjusting for expected tax benefits with ~$90M NPV, before working capital adjustments.
- Acquired 100% of PSI, a provider of sensor-based technologies for aerospace, nuclear and process industries.
- Q4 2025 earnings release set for January 26, 2026; teleconference January 27 at 10:00 AM ET.
- Acquisition was previously announced on June 6, 2025 and funded with cash and debt.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-002601
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CR
- cik: 0001944013
- company_name: Crane Co
- filed_at: 2026-01-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1944013/000119312526002601/0001193125-26-002601-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1944013/000119312526002601/d36278d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-002601.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 07b2bd45fc34bd0a860ae7de8910bd272ffdac27
  claim: Crane Co completed an acquisition involving Baker Hughes Holdings LLC and Bently Nevada, LLC for purchase price of $1,060 million (closed 2026-01-01).
  evidence_excerpt: the “Sellers”). Pursuant to the Agreement, the Company acquired all of Seller’s interest in Panametrics, LLC, which constituted 100% of PSI, for a purchase price of $1,060 million after adjusting for expected tax benefits with a net present value of approximately $90 million, but before contractual adjustments for working capital, cash acquired, and
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1944013/000119312526002601/0001193125-26-002601-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.