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BKV Corp·4

Jan 30, 5:03 PM ET

Banpu North America Corp. 4

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BKV Corp (BKV) 10% Owner Banpu Receives 5,315,390 Shares

What Happened
Banpu Public Company Limited (a reported 10% owner of BKV) — via its subsidiary Banpu Power US Corporation (BPPUS) — received 5,315,390 shares of BKV common stock on January 30, 2026. The shares were issued as 50% of the closing consideration under a Membership Interest Purchase Agreement dated October 29, 2025 (i.e., shares issued in lieu of cash). No per-share trade price was reported (transaction price listed as N/A). Using the 20-day VWAP of $21.6609 cited in the filing, the issuance implies a value of roughly $115.1 million for these shares (this equals 50% of the purchase price under the agreement).

Key Details

  • Transaction date: 2026-01-30 (filing date: 2026-01-30) — appears timely.
  • Transaction type/code: Other acquisition or disposition (Code J) — issuance as deal consideration, not an open-market purchase.
  • Shares received: 5,315,390 common shares. Price reported as N/A; shares were allocated by dividing 50% of the purchase price by a VWAP of $21.6609.
  • Implied consideration: ~ $115.1M for these shares (represents 50% of the purchase price; implies ~ $230.2M total purchase price).
  • Ownership after transaction: Not specified in the provided excerpt of the filing.
  • Footnotes: Shares were issued to BPPUS (direct owner); BPPUS is a wholly owned subsidiary of Banpu Power Public Co Ltd (BPP), which is controlled by Banpu Public Company Limited (BPCL) — so ownership is direct (BPPUS) and indirect (BPP, BPCL). Reporting persons note possible group status but disclaim beneficial ownership beyond any pecuniary interest. A related stockholders’ agreement gives BNAC/BOG/BPCL certain board nomination rights while BPCL owns ≥10%.

Context
This was an institutional issuance as part of acquisition consideration (not an executive trading action). Such transactions reflect corporate deal terms (transfer of equity for LLC interests) rather than routine insider buying/selling, and therefore should be interpreted as part of the transaction structure rather than a conventional insider market signal.