---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-234383"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BKR"
cik: "0001701605"
company_name: "Baker Hughes Co"
filed_at: "2026-05-21T20:01:31+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-21T22:29:34.072635+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Baker Hughes files EC Form CO for Chart acquisition; expects close in July 2026

## Summary
- Filed Form CO with European Commission on May 21, 2026, initiating Phase I review.
- Expects merger to close in July 2026, subject to EC approval and other conditions.
- Deal announced July 28, 2025; Chart will survive as indirect Baker Hughes subsidiary.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-234383
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BKR
- cik: 0001701605
- company_name: Baker Hughes Co
- filed_at: 2026-05-21T20:01:31+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1701605/000119312526234383/0001193125-26-234383-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1701605/000119312526234383/d22620d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-234383.txt

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