secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AEVEX Corp. (AVEX)
CIK:        0002096300
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-09-08T20:43:38+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-385301
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.01, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

AEVEX closes $600M acquisition of BlackSea Technologies, adds maritime unmanned systems
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- Total enterprise value $600M; paid in $350M stock (12.7M shares) plus cash, with $5M escrow adjustment.
- Up to $50M contingent consideration if AVEX hits $28 VWAP and BlackSea meets revenue/gross profit targets.
- BlackSea becomes AEVEX Maritime Systems division led by Bob Pudney; 350+ USVs delivered, 25,000+ operational hours.
- BlackSea Baltimore plant adds ~40 USVs/month capacity; combined co. has 10,000+ systems and 114% YoY Q2 production growth.
- Financial statements and pro forma info to be filed within 71 days via 8-K amendment.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2096300/000119312526385301/0001193125-26-385301-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2096300/000119312526385301/d930675d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-385301

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