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accession: "0001437749-24-024164"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LIND"
cik: "0001512499"
company_name: "LINDBLAD EXPEDITIONS HOLDINGS, INC."
filed_at: "2024-08-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T13:47:43.356675+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
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materiality_score: 0.6
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# Lindblad Expeditions closes $30M acquisition of Tanzania safari operator WTA

## Summary
- Aggregate purchase price $24M cash plus $6M in Lindblad common stock (682,593 shares) for WTA and Tanzanian Companies.
- Acquisition includes Thomson Safaris (40+ years), Gibb's Farm lodge, and Nature Discovery.
- Deal closed July 31, 2024; expands land-based experiential travel portfolio.
- Lindblad agreed to file Form S-1 registration statement within three business days post-closing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-024164
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LIND
- cik: 0001512499
- company_name: LINDBLAD EXPEDITIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-08-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1512499/000143774924024164/0001437749-24-024164-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1512499/000143774924024164/lindb20240726_8k.htm

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