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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-020011"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LIND"
cik: "0001512499"
company_name: "LINDBLAD EXPEDITIONS HOLDINGS, INC."
filed_at: "2024-06-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T04:49:27.978306+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lindblad Expeditions acquires two Galapagos vessels for $17M, fleet to double by Jan 2025

## Summary
- Agreement to buy 100% of Torcatt Enterprises Limitada for $17M; vessels have 48 and 16 guest capacities.
- Transaction expected to close January 2025; ships will undergo multi-million-dollar revitalizations.
- Bookings open later in June 2024; ships will join Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic fleet.
- Deal doubles Galapagos fleet from two to four owned vessels in core market.
- Previously operated as Celebrity Xpedition and Celebrity Xploration; expansion builds on 1967 Galapagos pioneering.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-020011
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LIND
- cik: 0001512499
- company_name: LINDBLAD EXPEDITIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-06-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1512499/000143774924020011/0001437749-24-020011-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1512499/000143774924020011/lindb20240611_8k.htm

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