{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001213900-23-088058","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"GNE","cik":"0001528356","company_name":"Genie Energy Ltd.","filed_at":"2023-11-17T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:29.383215+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-08T00:00:13.344408+00:00","sec_items":["5.01"],"event_type":"other_material","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.85,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.85,"confidence":"high","headline":"Howard Jonas gains 61% voting control via children's trust share transfer to his partnership","bullets":["Seven trusts for children of Howard Jonas transferred 1,377,535 Class A shares (87% of Class A) to a limited partnership.","Howard Jonas is sole manager of general partner, gaining sole voting/dispositive power over those shares.","Following transfer, Mr. Jonas holds approximately 61% of aggregate voting power of all capital stock.","Company now qualifies as a 'controlled company' under NYSE Section 303A listed company manual."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-23-088058","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-23-088058.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-23-088058.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-23-088058.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1528356/000121390023088058/0001213900-23-088058-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1528356/000121390023088058/ea188591-8k_genie.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-08T00:00:13.344408+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"0e7a5a0cf293a72fd655109d1eeac89a09129295","claim":"Genie Energy Ltd. underwent a change of control involving Howard S. Jonas (closed 2023-11-15).","evidence_excerpt":"On November 15, 2023, seven trusts, each for the benefit of a child of Howard S. Jonas, the Company’s Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board, with independent trustees, transferred an aggregate of 1,377,535 shares of Class A common stock of Genie Energy Ltd. (the “Company”) (representing 87% of the issued and outstanding shares of the Class A common stock of the Company, and 56% of the aggregate voting power of all issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company) to a limited partnership.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 2.01/5.01","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1528356/000121390023088058/0001213900-23-088058-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"M&A Transactions","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"change of control"},{"label":"Counterparty","value":"Howard S. Jonas"},{"label":"Closing","value":"2023-11-15"}],"fact_type":"ma_transaction"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}