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Green Dot Corporation

GDOT/CommerceOne Financial Corporationprivate

CommerceOne to acquire Green Dot in merger with Smith Ventures buyout

MixedDefinitive Proxyhigh confidence

Merger Arbeconomics, downside, days

Deal value

mixed

Per-share offer

Premium

Days to close

Term fee

ConsiderationMixed
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

  6. Expected close


Vote Mechanicsrecord / mailing / vote
Vote required
Vote date
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

Acquirer side· CommerceOne Financial Corporation

Legal

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

  • · H. Rodgin Cohen
  • · Stephen M. Salley
  • · Mario Schollmeyer
H. Rodgin Cohen Stephen M. Salley Mario Schollmeyer Sullivan & Cromwell LLP 125 Broad Street New York, New York 10004 (212) 558-4000

Target side· Green Dot Corporation

Legal

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

  • · Edward D. Herlihy
  • · Matthew M. Guest
  • · Matthew T. Carpenter
Edward D. Herlihy Matthew M. Guest Matthew T. Carpenter Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz 51 West 52nd Street New York, New York 10019 (212) 403-1000

Counterparty Historyprior deals in DB
FirmRoleSideDeals in DB
Sullivan & Cromwell LLPLegalAcquirer3View deals →
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & KatzLegalTarget3View deals →

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

    CommerceOne to acquire Green Dot in merger with Smith Ventures buyout


Sources

CommerceOne Financial Corporation will acquire Green Dot Corporation through a series of mergers, with Smith Ventures acquiring Green Dot's non-bank fintech assets in a concurrent transaction. Green Dot shareholders will receive 0.2215 shares of New CommerceOne common stock and $8.11 in cash per share. Upon completion, former CommerceOne shareholders will own approximately 27.8% and former Green Dot shareholders will own approximately 72.2% of New CommerceOne.

Item id: 1102b92d-42c0-4f40-8690-821bccf07181 · ingested Apr 24, 2026