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Dillard's, Inc.

DDS/W.D. Company, Inc.private

Dillard's shareholders to vote on W.D. Company merger on May 28, 2026

StockVote Scheduledhigh confidence

Merger Arbeconomics, downside, days

Deal value

stock

Per-share offer

Premium

Days to close

Term fee

ConsiderationStock
AnnouncedApr 24, 2026
Days outstanding84d
Expected close
Termination fee
Reverse term fee
Go-shop period
Fiduciary out
Financing condition
Debt commitment
Insider lock-up

No structured deal economics extracted yet. Re-run the scanner or fall back to the source filing below.


Timelineannounced → close
  1. Announced

    Apr 24, 2026

  2. Preliminary Proxy

  3. Definitive Proxy

  4. Record date

  5. Shareholder vote

    May 28, 2026

  6. Expected close


Vote Mechanicsrecord / mailing / vote
Vote required50d post-vote
Vote dateMay 28, 2026
Record date
Mailing date
Record → vote
Threshold
Min approvalparsed
Shares outstanding
Insider lock-up

Regulatory & ConditionsHSR / EU / CFIUS / MAC

No regulatory or closing-conditions data extracted yet. The merger agreement Exhibit 10.1 contains this in the “Conditions to Closing” and “Regulatory Approvals” articles.


Closing Conditionsapprovals · vote · financing · lockups

No closing-condition data extracted.


Interloper Riskcompeting bids, activist filers

No competing-bidder, activist, or dissident-proxy signals in the database for this target.


Advisors

No advisor data on record for this deal.


Filing Timelineevery filing on this issuer
  1. Apr 24, 2026this filing

    Dillard's shareholders to vote on W.D. Company merger on May 28, 2026


Sources

Dillard's, Inc. is seeking shareholder approval for a merger with W.D. Company, Inc., an Arkansas corporation, with Dillard's surviving the transaction. The merger agreement was dated March 20, 2026 and amended on March 25, 2026, involving the issuance of up to 41,496 shares of Class A common stock and 3,985,776 shares of Class B common stock. The shareholder vote is scheduled for May 28, 2026 at the company's headquarters in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Item id: 0188a595-43eb-404b-ada0-df25266b8ee0 · ingested Apr 24, 2026