UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d)

of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) October 7, 2025

 

DNOW INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware		001-36325		46-4191184
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

7402 North Eldridge Parkway Houston, Texas		77041
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 281-823-4700

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01		DNOW		New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

Item 8.01

Other Events.

As previously announced, on June 26, 2025, DNOW Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company” or “DNOW”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with MRC Global Inc., a Delaware corporation (“MRC Global”), Buck Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned, direct subsidiary of DNOW (“Merger Sub”), and Stag Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly-owned, direct subsidiary of DNOW (“LLC Sub”). The Merger Agreement provides that, among other things and subject to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement, (1) Merger Sub will be merged with and into MRC Global (the “First Merger”), with MRC Global continuing as the surviving corporation in the First Merger and (2) immediately following the First Merger, MRC Global will be merged with and into LLC Sub (the “Second Merger” and, together with the First Merger, the “Mergers”), with LLC Sub continuing as the surviving company at the effective time of the Second Merger as a wholly-owned, direct subsidiary of DNOW. The Mergers and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement are herein referred to as the “Transactions.”

The Transactions are conditioned on, among other things, the expiration or early termination of the statutory waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the “HSR Act”), and other required regulatory approvals. The statutory waiting period under the HSR Act expired on October 6, 2025. The Transactions remain subject to the remaining customary closing conditions and approvals and the receipt of other required regulatory approvals.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: October 7, 2025