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BARK Retains Moelis & Company LLC as Financial Advisor to the Special Committee
NEW YORK, February 02, 2026--BARK, Inc. (NYSE: BARK) ("BARK" or the "Company"), a leading global omnichannel dog brand with a mission to make all dogs happy, today announced that the special committee (the "Special Committee") of the Company’s Board of Directors has retained Moelis & Company LLC as financial advisor and Sidley Austin LLP as legal advisor to assist the Special Committee in the review and evaluation of the previously disclosed preliminary non-binding indicative proposal letters th
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