{"url_path":"/sec/mrln/8-k/2026-05-14/item-2-02","section_key":"item-2-02","section_title":"Item 2.02 Results of Operations and","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-05-14","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2028707/0001213900-26-056230-index.html","accession_number":"0001213900-26-056230","cik":"0002028707","ticker":"MRLN","issuer_name":"Merlin, Inc.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2028707/0001213900-26-056230-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0002028707","primary_entity_name":"Merlin, Inc."},"word_count":140,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 2.02. Results of Operations and\nFinancial Condition**\n\n \n\nOn May 14, 2026, Merlin, Inc. (the “Company”)\nissued a press release announcing its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026. A copy of the press release is being\nfurnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K (“Form 8-K”).\n\n \n\nThe information in this Item 2.02 of this Form\n8-K (including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto) shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange\nAct of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed\nincorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth\nby specific reference in such a filing."}