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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000860731-26-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TYL"
cik: "0000860731"
company_name: "TYLER TECHNOLOGIES INC"
filed_at: "2026-02-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T05:30:27.644560+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Tyler Technologies to acquire For The Record for $212.5M in cash

## Summary
- Cash purchase price ~$212.5M; expected close Q1 2026 subject to regulatory approvals.
- FTR provides digital court-recording, speech-to-text, and AI transcription solutions.
- Acquisition expands Tyler's Courts & Justice Division with complementary tech.
- FTR's solutions used in all 50 U.S. states, including Los Angeles and Maricopa County courts.
- Management and staff of FTR to join Tyler's Courts & Justice Division post-close.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000860731-26-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TYL
- cik: 0000860731
- company_name: TYLER TECHNOLOGIES INC
- filed_at: 2026-02-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860731/000086073126000004/0000860731-26-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860731/000086073126000004/tyl-20260203.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000860731-26-000004.txt

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