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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000860731-26-000026"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TYL"
cik: "0000860731"
company_name: "TYLER TECHNOLOGIES INC"
filed_at: "2026-04-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T05:25:40.642250+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 completes $212.5M acquisition of For The Record

## Summary
- Cash purchase price of approximately $212.5 million for For The Record (FTR).
- FTR provides SaaS for digital court recordings and AI-powered speech-to-text transcription.
- FTR management and team remain; operations continue in Phoenix, Boston, Brisbane.
- Acquisition accelerates Tyler's courts & justice innovation with 'judicial intelligence' capability.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000860731-26-000026
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TYL
- cik: 0000860731
- company_name: TYLER TECHNOLOGIES INC
- filed_at: 2026-04-20T23:59:59+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/860731/000086073126000026/0000860731-26-000026-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860731/000086073126000026/tyl-20260420.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000860731-26-000026.txt

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