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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · NOW (DNOW)

DNOW Completes MRC Global Acquisition; MRC Holders Receive 0.9489 DNOW Shares Each

Neutral Impact 5 of 5 m&a Written later

DNOW completed its acquisition of MRC Global on November 6, 2025, converting each MRC Global common share into the right to receive 0.9489 DNOW common shares. The company also amended its asset-based credit facility, extending maturity to November 30, 2030 and setting an $850 million revolver with an accordion feature of up to $500 million more. Shareholders will face a larger share count and a combined company whose earnings and cost synergies have not yet been reported in this filing.

Key points

  • Each MRC Global common share converted into the right to receive 0.9489 DNOW common shares, with cash paid for fractional shares.
  • Amended credit facility has an $850 million revolver, with an accordion permitting up to $500 million more (total commitments of up to $1.35 billion) and a maturity of November 30, 2030.
  • DNOW expects $70 million of annual cost synergies within three years following closing.
  • George J. Damiris and Ronald L. Jadin joined the Board, which was expanded to ten members; Gillian Anderson was appointed Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer.

The filing

CompanyNOW (DNOW)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECNov 6, 2025, 4:30 PM ET
Accession number0001193125-25-269726

Items reported: 1.01 Material Definitive Agreement2.01 Acquisition or Disposition Completed2.03 New Direct Financial Obligation5.02 Director / Officer Change7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 6:56 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on November 06, 2025.

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