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BARK Announces Receipt of Preliminary Non-Binding Indicative "Take Private" Proposal
NEW YORK, January 09, 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 its Board of Directors (the "Board") has received a preliminary non-binding indicative proposal letter (the "Letter"), as noted in a Schedule 13D filing made January 9, 2026, from Great Dane Ventures, LLC ("Great Dane"), comprised of a group of the Company’s current stockholders, including Matt Meeker, the Company’s Chie
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