---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-25-030676"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MRLN"
cik: "0002028707"
company_name: "Merlin, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-04-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T17:35:51.782920+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. I appoints new CFO, audit committee chair change

## Summary
- CFO Robert Folino resigns, effective May 7, 2025.
- Marcello Padula appointed CFO effective May 7, 2025; previously VP at BofA Securities with $25B+ transaction experience.
- Kathy Savitt appointed Audit Committee Chair; Nazim Cetin resigns as chair but remains committee member.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-25-030676
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MRLN
- cik: 0002028707
- company_name: Merlin, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-04-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2028707/000121390025030676/0001213900-25-030676-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2028707/000121390025030676/ea0237858-8k_bleich1.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 247d91bb48
  claim: Nazim Cetin resigned as Chair of the Audit Committee at Merlin, Inc..
  evidence_excerpt: Nazim Cetin resigned as the Chair of the Audit Committee effective April 8, 2025, but will continue to serve as a member of the Audit Committee.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2028707/000121390025030676/0001213900-25-030676-index.htm
- claim_id: 7f0d396684
  claim: Marcello Padula was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Merlin, Inc..
  evidence_excerpt: On April 10, 2025, the Board appointed Marcello Padula to serve as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective on May 7, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2028707/000121390025030676/0001213900-25-030676-index.htm
- claim_id: 9067bc7c9f
  claim: Kathy Savitt was appointed as Chair of the Audit Committee at Merlin, Inc..
  evidence_excerpt: the Board appointed Kathy Savitt as the Chair of the Audit Committee of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2028707/000121390025030676/0001213900-25-030676-index.htm
- claim_id: ece53e66ce
  claim: Robert Folino resigned as Chief Financial Officer at Merlin, Inc..
  evidence_excerpt: On April 4, 2025, Robert Folino notified the board of directors (the “Board”) of Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. I (the “Company”) of his resignation as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective on May 7, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2028707/000121390025030676/0001213900-25-030676-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.