---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-001646"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BARK"
cik: "0001819574"
company_name: "Bark, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-01-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T11:05:17.776929+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BARK receives $0.90/share take-private proposal from investor group including CEO Meeker

## Summary
- Great Dane Ventures, led by CEO Matt Meeker and other stockholders, proposes to acquire all outstanding BARK common shares not already owned by the group for $0.90 per share.
- The Board formed a special committee of independent directors to evaluate the proposal and will retain independent financial and legal advisors.
- The proposal is preliminary and non-binding; no assurance a definitive agreement will be reached.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-001646
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BARK
- cik: 0001819574
- company_name: Bark, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-01-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819574/000162828026001646/0001628280-26-001646-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819574/000162828026001646/bark-20260109.htm

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