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The merger consideration is $34.00 per share in cash, subject to stockholder approval and regulatory clearance (HSR Act, Wisconsin and Texas insurance regulators), with customary closing conditions and a $35 million termination fee.","company_name":"Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc.","ticker":"BOW","filing_date":"2026-08-03","form":"8-K","submitted_at":null,"items":[{"id":23650,"accession_number":"0001628280-26-051540","item_number":"1.01","item_title":"Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.","event_type":"ma_activity","event_domain":"operational","is_material":true,"confidence":0.99,"reasoning":"Item 1.01 discloses entry into a definitive merger agreement on August 2, 2026, whereby American Family Mutual Insurance Company will acquire Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc. through a merger with Merger Sub, with Bowhead surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent. The merger consideration is $34.00 per share in cash. This is a material acquisition transaction requiring stockholder approval and regulatory clearance (HSR Act, Wisconsin and Texas insurance regulators), with customary closing conditions and a $35 million termination fee. The transaction is clearly material to investors and represents a change of control.","classifier_version":"claude-haiku-4-5-20251001+prompt-a85dd512","taxonomy_version":"v1.3","classified_at":"2026-08-04T02:31:23.247604+00:00","company_name":"","ticker":null,"filing_date":""},{"id":23652,"accession_number":"0001628280-26-051540","item_number":"8.01","item_title":"Other Events.","event_type":"ma_activity","event_domain":"operational","is_material":true,"confidence":0.95,"reasoning":"The Item 8.01 disclosure announces Bowhead's entry into a definitive merger agreement with American Family, which constitutes a material acquisition/change of control transaction. 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