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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-305477"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BKR"
cik: "0001701605"
company_name: "Baker Hughes Co"
filed_at: "2026-07-16T12:54:32+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-16T12:55:04.053921+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Baker Hughes closes $210/share acquisition of Chart Industries; targets $325M cost synergies

## Summary
- Acquisition closed at $210.00 per share in cash; Chart becomes third operating segment.
- Targets $325 million in annualized cost synergies within three years after close.
- Chart reported $4.3 billion revenue for FY2025; serves customers in 50+ countries.
- Jim Apostolides appointed senior vice president to lead the new Chart segment.
- Funded via $2.0B term loans, cash on hand, and $6.5B/€3.0B senior notes issued March 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-305477
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BKR
- cik: 0001701605
- company_name: Baker Hughes Co
- filed_at: 2026-07-16T12:54:32+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 1.02, 2.01, 2.03, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1701605/000119312526305477/0001193125-26-305477-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1701605/000119312526305477/d105425d8k.htm

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