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Issuer:     NORTHWESTERN CORP (—)
CIK:        0000073088
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-10-02T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-23-033376
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.30
Item codes: 1.01, 3.01, 3.03, 5.03, 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

NorthWestern Corporation reorganizes into holding company; shares convert 1:1 to New NWE common
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- Merger effective Oct 2, 2023, creates NorthWestern Energy Group as new public holding company.
- Each share of NorthWestern Corporation common stock automatically converted into one share of New NWE common.
- Trading symbol NWE and CUSIP unchanged; no stockholder vote required.
- Second phase planned in early 2024 to transfer SD and NE utility assets to subsidiary NorthWestern Energy Public Service Corporation.
- Merger intended to qualify as tax-free reorganization under Section 368(a)(2)(E).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/73088/000162828023033376/0001628280-23-033376-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/73088/000162828023033376/nwe-20231002.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-033376

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