secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BLACK HILLS CORP /SD/ (BKH)
CIK:        0001130464
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-02T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-140217
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Black Hills, NorthWestern shareholders approve merger; new name Bright Horizon Energy
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- Shareholders approved stock issuance for merger (59.8M for, 1.5M against).
- Authorized shares increased from 100M to 300M; indebtedness limit raised from $8B to $20B.
- Company name to change to Bright Horizon Energy Corporation upon closing.
- Merger still subject to federal (HSR, FERC) and state (MT, NE, SD) approvals; expected close H2 2026.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130464/000119312526140217/0001193125-26-140217-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130464/000119312526140217/bkh-20260402.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-140217

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