{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0002071876-26-000221","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"UNG","cik":"0001376227","company_name":"United States Natural Gas Fund, LP","filed_at":"2026-09-25T21:28:41+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-09-25T21:30:00.170880+00:00","generated_at":"2026-10-12T13:28:05.471132+00:00","sec_items":["1.01"],"event_type":"m_and_a","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.4,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.4,"confidence":"high","headline":"Marygold to be taken private by Madison Dearborn in all-cash deal; parent of UNG's general partner","bullets":["The Marygold Companies entered a definitive agreement with Chicago-based private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners for TMC to become privately held in an all-cash transaction.","TMC is sole shareholder of USCF Investments, Inc., the holding company and sole member of United States Commodity Funds LLC, general partner of United States Natural Gas Fund, LP (UNG).","Closing expected in the first half of 2027 or earlier, subject to TMC stockholder approval, regulatory approvals and certain change-of-control approvals.","On completion, TMC will be privately held and its common stock will no longer be listed on the New York Stock Exchange.","After closing, MDP and TMC leaders intend to execute TMC's previously announced transformation strategy to refocus USCF's business; completion is not guaranteed."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0002071876-26-000221","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0002071876-26-000221.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0002071876-26-000221.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0002071876-26-000221.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1376227/000207187626000221/0002071876-26-000221-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1376227/000207187626000221/i26394_ung-8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-10-12T13:28:05.471132+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}